Wintry weather can't keep Jerry the Gatecrasher away
DETROIT - A beautiful, but crisply cool, Sunday ended with sleet in the face as I walked from the Greektown Hotel.
Day off means time to reflect
DETROIT - On game day, Saturday, this city showed it really can mess up. Some writers have wanted to blame the weather on Motown or the fact that the media work room, on the second floor, is at least a five-minute walk to the court, in the basement.
Detroit embracing NCAA visitors
DETROIT - It is almost hard not to rip this host city for the NCAA Final Four.
Dinner talk steers toward the newspaper
DETROIT - At the recommendation of the concierge, a group of sportswriters gathered at the Sweetwater Tavern for dinner.
Hey Wally, got a light?
DETROIT - The March to Motown started in a very nice Kansas City and moved through Memphis before John Calipari left for Kentucky.
The Kentucky blues in Memphis
MEMPHIS - Oklahoma brought a really good crowd of fans to this blues capital.
Wildcat news eclipses chicken, for a bit
MEMPHIS - Not long after a lunch at Gus' Famous Fried Chicken, which started out as Maggie's in the early 1960s, the story broke about Billy Gillispie being out at Kentucky.
Going the distance
MEMPHIS - A few years ago when the SEC Tournament was held here, the weekend started off rough for a couple of TV guys.
Of barbeque and basketball
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After the late games were watched Thursday, the local CBS news came on and there sat Karen Fuller, who once was an anchor at KATV, Channel 7.
This road warrior ready for Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Everyone from Joe Kleine to Bob Holt said, "Oh, it's an easy drive." Little Rock to here was easier than understanding the bonus philosophy at AIG, but no one will ever consider it fun.
Would purple have mattered?
The Razorbacks looked sharp in their red-on-red uniforms, but that was no salve for interim head coach Reggie Herring after the Razorbacks 38-7 loss to the Tigers.
PHOTOS: AT&T Big Play Luncheon
Arkansas players attended the Big Play Luncheon. Photos on the jump...
Razorbacks visit Children's Medical Center
Arkansas Head Coach Reggie Herring and the entire Arkansas team visited for about an hour with patients at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas on Friday afternoon.
Living it up in Dallas
While the Hogs players and coaches are hard at work preparing for the game, fans are painting the town Razorback red.
Razorback fans in Galleria Mall
Arkanasas Online News Editor Jeff Lindsey took photos of Hogs fans at Galleria Mall in Dallas.
VIDEO: Hogs practice, see Jerry Jones
Catch video of the Hogs' Thursday practice. On jump.
Hogs in Dallas
The Razorbacks arrived in Dallas this week and were already on the field for practice on Thursday.
NEW VIDEO: BHS Band drumming up excitement
Hard work paid off for the Bearden High School Band, which has been selected to participate in the annual AT&T Cotton Bowl Music Festival in Dallas from Dec. 30 through Jan. 1.
Bowl betting
If Arkansas loses in the Cotton Bowl, the state will be short some McClard's Bar-B-Q sauce and Petit Jean ham. That's because Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe and his Missouri counterpart have made a friendly wager on the New Year's matchup.
