Signing day for high school student-athletes is supposed to be one of the most memorable days in their lives, but for ESPN 150 running back Alex Collins it was memorable for all the wrong reasons: His mother refused to sign letter of intent papers with Arkansas. According to ESPN.com, Andrea McDonald, Collins’ mother, refused to [...]
Bobby Petrino Interested in Kentucky Coaching Vacancy
November 8, 2012 | Posted by
Bobby Petrino, fired at Arkansas after a scandal involving a young female employee, is interested in returning to coaching at Kentucky, where Joker Phillips was fired on Sunday, according to Bobby Pertrino Sr. “I just know this, that he’s interested in Kentucky,” Petrino Sr. told the Louisville Courier-Journal on Wednesday. “He wants to stay in [...]
Mauch Becomes Latest Arkansas State Official To Defend Slavery
October 9, 2012 | Posted by
Loy Mauch is the latest Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives found to have written letters in support of slavery. According to reports from the Arkansas Times, Mauch defended slavery in one of his letters to the editor of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette in 2009, saying: “If slavery were so God-awful, why didn’t [...]
Arkansas State Rep: Slavery Was a ‘Blessing in Disguise’
October 7, 2012 | Posted by
Rep. John Hubbard of the Arkansas state senate believes that for blacks in America, slavery was a “blessing in disguise.” These claims are taken from his 2009 book, Letters To The Editor: Confessions Of A Frustrated Conservative, in which Hubbard identifies himself as a “true American.” Hubbard, a staunch Republican, characterized African-Americans as ignorant and [...]
SEC’s Alabama, LSU Top 2 Teams in Country – Again
September 17, 2012 | Posted by
Once again, Alabama and LSU are Nos. 1 and 2 on The Associated Press college football polls, their seemingly rightful place. This where they were much of last season and it is likely the two SEC schools will remain their much of the season – or until they meet on Novel 3 in Baton Rouge. [...]
Surprise: Southern Primary Voters Selected Anybody But Obama
May 23, 2012 | Posted by
It’s no secret that President Obama is unpopular among white voters in the South—so as further evidence we have yesterday’s Democratic primary results in Arkansas and Kentucky. In Kentucky, which has a closed primary, meaning only registered Democrats can vote, 42 percent of voters chose “uncommitted” rather than vote for the President. In Arkansas, which [...]
