John Calipari confirms Kentucky exit in video as Arkansas looms
The John Calipari era is over in Kentucky. Calipari announced Tuesday that he is retiring as the Wildcats’ head basketball coach after 15 seasons and making another early exit from the NCAA Tournament. This comes two days after ESPN reported that he was in talks to become the next coach at the University of Arkansas. […]
More than 200 couples marry at ‘Elope at the Eclipse’ event in Arkansas
More than 200 couples wed at an event held in Russellville, Arkansas, on Monday, just before the total solar eclipse. The event, titled “Elope at the Eclipse,” drew hundreds of people to tie the knot at the moment of totality. CNN and Field report. Complete combustion there lasted four minutes. The ceremony was scheduled to […]
Hundreds to marry in Arkansas
It is a total solar eclipse of the mind. More than 300 couples will be tying the knot in a mass wedding ceremony in Russellville, Arkansas, on Monday to commemorate the solar eclipse. On Monday afternoon, just as the moon eclipses the sun, couples will say “I Do” at an Eclipse event elopement. Carlotta Cox […]
Calipari Stuns Sporting World With Shocking Career Decision To Leave Kentucky For Arkansas
Legendary college basketball coach John Calipari is departing the Kentucky Wildcats after 15 years at the helm to become the new head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Sunday night. Multiple reports confirmed the shocking news, which comes just weeks after Kentucky’s athletic director Mitch Barnhart claimed that Calipari was coming back […]
A chicken empire and ‘bad feelings’ behind John Calipari leaving Kentucky for Arkansas
Chicken money and feeling unwanted. Those two factors marked a major shift in college basketball on Sunday night as Kentucky coach John Calipari neared a five-year contract with Arkansas that is expected to close on Monday. Per ESPN. Let’s start with an even more unusual element of this SEC coaching story: chicken money. John Calipari […]
Grading John Calipari’s move to Arkansas for Razorbacks and Kentucky
John Calipari joins the Arkansas Razorbacks kentucky wildcats is in the market for a new men’s basketball head coach, and the college basketball world is being shaken to its core less than 24 hours before the national championship game. university university And Purdue. Calipari’s bombshell was dropped late Sunday night, with multiple reports confirming the […]
John Calipari set to take Arkansas coaching job in major college basketball shake up: report
Months after Nick Saban left the Alabama Crimson Tide, reports say John Calipari could be making a move to shake up his respective sport as the SEC’s newest head coach. Calipari is being targeted in the search for a head coach for Arkansas men’s basketball, ESPN reported. As of Sunday night, Calipari has signed a […]
Kentucky’s John Calipari finalizing deal to bolt for Arkansas
It’s been less than a month since Kentucky coach John Calipari reaffirmed his commitment to Wildcats fans, but it now appears that perhaps it wasn’t as firm a commitment as it seemed. Arkansas’ coaching search took a surprising turn as multiple reports surfaced linking Calipari to the Razorbacks’ vacant position. The legendary college basketball coach […]
Arkansas expands eligibility for Education Freedom Accounts
(The Center Square) – More Arkansas students will be eligible for Education Freedom Accounts this upcoming school year, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday. The program will expand to children of veterans, military reserve members, first responders, law enforcement officers, and students who previously attended D-rated schools for the 2024-2025 school year, the governor said. […]
Barge strikes Oklahoma bridge over Arkansas River days after Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck
The Oklahoma State Patrol said Saturday it closed the highway south of Sallisaw after a barge crashed into a bridge over the Arkansas River. State Patrol spokeswoman Sarah Stewart said troopers shut down South Route 59 and diverted traffic from the area around 1:25 p.m. after receiving word of the incident. The bridge, which crosses […]