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Mike Anderson isn't ready to talk about the NCAA tournament just yet. The Arkansas coach is so caught up in the moment in his first season on the job that he hasn't allowed himself — or his players, for that matter — to look that far ahead. read more >

War Memorial will host the Players All-Star Classic at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The game will feature four former Razorbacks, including UCA quarterback Nathan Dick, and four former Arkansas State Red Wolves, plus four other in-state college performers, 13 players out of the Southeastern Conference, and other potential NFL players from around the country. read more >

In the past three years the Little Rock Razorback Club has moved its “Signing Day in the Rock” spectacular from one large ballroom, to a bigger one, and now to Verizon Arena, where Thursday night's visit by Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino and his staff turned into part rock show/part religious revival. The religion, of course, is Razorback football, where more than 1,200 folks paid the price of a Southeastern Conference football ticket in Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium, $65, to hear Petrino and the other coaches go into full detail — with video — of the latest, 24-man signing class. The arena darkened and AC/DC's “Hell's Bells” rang in the assistant coaches to the main stage, each one entering from the opposite side to the stage and almost sprinting down the middle aisle where “Voice of the Razorbacks” Chuck Barrett welcomed them in. Then came Bobby Petrino's rock-star entrance, complete with a fog machine. read more >

Nolan Richardson has often described his teams as being a family. It's a description he's used frequently in the past and again in a recent radio interview. So it seems very appropriate that Richardson's 1994 NCAA title team — the entire team — is being inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Members of the squad that went 31-3 with a 76-72 championship victory against Duke are among this year's class of honorees. read more >

As we were reminded again this week by a pair of SEC coaches who get paid millions not to lose, there is a right way and wrong way to handle not getting what you want. You can handle it like Bobby Petrino did or you can (mis)handle it like LSU's Les Miles. read more >