Kirby Shepherd, a Southern Arkansas University graduate, has been named the new athletic director at Jacksonville College, Jacksonville, TX.

Former Southern Arkansas football player Tanner Hudson is one four men signed by the San Francisco 49ers to its practice squad.

Delta State University, a frequent athletic foe of Southern Arkansas University, has released its policy for alcohol service at the Cleveland, MS campus.

Arkansas has 14 current or former athletes participating in this summer’s Olympic Games, which begin Friday in Tokyo.

Dates have been set for the 2021 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout.

Magnolia High School 2021 graduate Jade Snider recently signed a letter-of-intent from South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado to play softball for the SouthArk Stars.

Former Magnolia High School basketball star Solomon Bozeman is the new men’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Former Magnolia and Southern Arkansas baseball star Hayden Simpson has been named pitching coach for the University of Central Arkansas baseball team.

CONWAY -- The winningest coach in University of Central Arkansas baseball history went out with one final win Saturday.

McNeil High graduate and former Lady Eagles basketball player Deidra Johnson has been hired as associate head coach for the Indiana State women’s basketball program.

Padraic McMeel, director of Athletics at the University of Arkansas-Monticello, will resign effective July 1.

Intercollegiate athletics at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado took a big leap this week with the hiring of the first head coaches for the school’s new diamond-sport programs.

Arkansas’ Matt Goodheart was named the SEC Player of the Week on Monday after helping power the Razorbacks through a perfect 5-0 stretch.

The intercollegiate athletic program at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado will include men’s baseball and women’s softball teams for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Magnolia High School senior Keshunti Brantley recently signed a letter-of-intent to play basketball for South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado.

MONTICELLO -- Fans of horses, cowboys, and cowgirls can put their boots on. The rodeo is coming to Monticello.

Former Southern Arkansas linebacker Don Unamba has signed with the Canadian Football League’s Ottawa Redblacks.

Zac Harrington of Texas A&M University-Texarkana was named the Red River Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week. This is the second set of weekly awards for the 2021 baseball season.

Arkansas and Arkansas State will play their first football game against each other in a contest set for September 6, 2025 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.

In an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19, officials at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado have elected to hold this season’s men’s and women’s home basketball games without fans in attendance.

Shreveport’s Independence Bowl Foundation has cancelled the 2020 football bowl game.

Baylie Ainsworth, daughter of John and Cristal Ainsworth and a senior at Emerson High School in Emerson, has signed a national letter of intent and committed to play college softball at SAU Tech in Camden.

The Texas A&M University-Texarkana Athletics Department has quarantined three of the university’s intercollegiate athletic teams after a player on each team tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.

An employee of Fort Smith country station KMAG 99.1 is out of a job after making a derogatory social media post toward a University of Arkansas women’s basketball player.

University of Louisiana Monroe Athletics and Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC), a regional grocery store company with more than 180 locations and 10 throughout the Monroe area, have agreed to a new partnership.

Eastern Kentucky University softball added Robyn Leighton to the staff, head coach Jane Worthington announced.

Former Southern Arkansas women’s basketball assistant coach Derrick Mitchell, who produced a winning program at Voorhees College (S.C.) the past six seasons, will look to build on his success as the new head men's basketball coach at Wiley College in Marshall, TX.

The daughter of a Magnolia High School graduate has committed to play college basketball at Southern Methodist University.

Last August, Hailey McNee was on the visiting sideline as the University of Nebraska at Kearney volleyball team defeated Wyoming in four sets.

As basketball fans across the country remember the life of Eddie Sutton, many are reflecting on the components of a career that finally in 2020 earned him a spot in the Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame.

Markell Cox has been named head women’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

University of Arkansas at Monticello women's basketball head coach Greg Long has accepted a position to be the head coach for Mississippi College women's basketball.

Columbia International University has a new women’s head basketball coach.

Magnolia High School senior Braelyn Beasley recently signed a letter-of-intent to play football for the Henderson State University Reddies next fall.

TEXARKANA — Missouri Western used a dominate second half to defeat Henderson State 35-15 on Saturday in the 2019 Live United Bowl.

The University of Arkansas at Monticello plans a press conference for Monday to announce the contract extension of head football coach Hud Jackson.

Noticeable changes will be evident when football fans come to War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock for the November 29 “Battle Line Rivalry” between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Missouri Tigers.

Both Great American Conference teams in the NCAA Division II football playoffs lost Saturday.

HOT SPRINGS -- Oklahoma Baptist captured its first Great American Conference volleyball championship on Saturday, as the Bison ended Harding’s reign as champions with a three-set victory on Saturday from the Bank OZK Arena.

RUSTON, LA – Louisiana Tech officials showed plans this week for rebuilding certain athletic facilities in the aftermath of the April 25 tornado.

Henderson State will play Missouri Western in the seventh annual Agent Barry Live United Bowl football game in TexARKana.

Roy Green, a Magnolia High School graduate who played professional football from 1979-1992, will be honored with the retirement of his MHS football jersey number on Friday, October 18.

Mystic Creek Golf Club in El Dorado will host the 2020 and 2021 Sun Belt Conference Men's Golf Championships.

The 14,000-seat CenturyLink Center in Bossier City, LA will play host to the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament on Friday through Sunday.

RUSSELLVILLE – Former Southern Arkansas football assistant Josh Lawson has been named defensive coordinator at Arkansas Tech.

Magnolia High School senior Mar'Kevion Strickland recently signed a scholarship letter-of-intent to play basketball for the newly established South Arkansas Community College Stars in El Dorado.

The Arkansas Razorbacks will play Arkansas-Pine Bluff in non-conference football games in 2021 and 2024, the UA system said Wednesday.