Arkansas Razorbacks

How Arkansas hooked John Calipari and why he was ready to leave Kentucky

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John Calipari sat in his hotel room in Phoenix on Friday when a close friend, John H. Tyson, reached out to discuss an important decision. People with knowledge of the conversation say Tyson, the billionaire chairman of Tyson Foods and a longtime major donor at the University of Arkansas, wanted to pick the Kentucky basketball … Read more

20 years after his career began, this NFL lineman keeps defying the odds

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What would possess an offensive lineman to play 20 seasons in the NFL? Some of it’s complicated. Plenty of it’s not. The scenes and stories behind Jason Peters’ unprecedented run: 1. Head pounding, pride hurt, anger simmering, Peters was done with the sport before he ever started. He was 14, a freshman in high school. … Read more