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Of Parkview v. North Little Rock & the Old-School Genius of Al Flanigan
When KeVaughn Allen fouled out with a minute to go, Flanigan took out the towel to signify the win was all but sealed.More than a decade ago, my little brother, then a high school sophomore, made one...
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Todd Day, Anton Beard, KeVaughn Allen & Recruiting to Arkansas
Don’t let Beard (center) fool you. His basketball future is decidedly looking up. It took a while, but Anton Beard’s heart is finally where his home is. No longer committed to a college north of the...
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Before Derek Fisher, Dexter Reed Put Parkview High Basketball On the Map
A year before Eddie Sutton’s arrival, Dexter Reed passed on a chance to join the Triplets in Fayetteville. It’s March, which means basketball fever is spreading through Arkansas. Interest in the high...
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Exclusive Portrait Shots of Prep Basketball’s “god of dunk”
Portrait of a Basketball Artist as a Young Man: By John David Pittman Perhaps fitting the Nike pullover Malik Monk is rocking in this picture is definitively old school. He is, after all, constantly...
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LeBron James Teaches Arkansan Malik Monk to Excel
In terms of basketball talent, Arkansas is in a golden era, producing elite players at a clip not seen in decades. But when it comes to national team recognition, the state is in a bit of a drought....
View ArticleSidney Moncrief on Nolan Richardson’s Basketball Hall of Fame Induction
In the late 1990s, Sidney Moncrief was nominated to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame four straight years. The Little Rock Hall High alumnus wasn’t voted in, though, and now stands as the...
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Who is in Malik Monk’s Inner Circle?
This young man needs his own silhouette logo. Great work by the folks at Courtside Films, who put together an authoritative summer highlight package on Malik Monk – the springy Bentonville High junior...
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Wally Hall, the Arkansas Activities Association & the Loss of a State’s...
We’re taught in school that history, at its core, is comprised of facts: so-and-so did such-and-such on a certain date. Learn enough of those, and you know enough to write an essay, make your passing...
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Malik Monk vs Corliss Williamson, Keith Lee & Willy Cutts
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwXLU29B8Y8&w=560&h=315] Malik Monk’s 35 points per game average so far this postseason is on track to likely be the most impressive in state history. I...
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Mike Irwin on Difference Between Archie Goodwin and Malik Monk Situations
Here’s part two of Arkansas sportscaster Mike Irwin’s jeremiad for the ages against the circumstances Malik Monk’s decision to attend Kentucky instead of Arkansas. He delivered it on The Forum with...
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Hank Iba called Houston Nutt, Sr. “a black man in a white man’s body.”
At least four Arkansans have played basketball at the University of Kentucky. I’ve already written about three of them—Bob Burrow, Archie Goodwin and Malik Monk— though just briefly touched on the...
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Yes, LeBron James’ First NBA Coach Is From Prescott, Arkansas
Paul Silas is known to most of the basketball world as a Creighton legend, two-time NBA All-Star and a three-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics. He later became a head coach at the NBA level,...
View ArticleThe LRSD To Begin Pilot Program with “African-American Athletes in Arkansas”
In the spring semester, Little Rock School District social studies classes will begin to implement my book into curricula. I’m pleased to announce that Little Rock School District social studies...
View ArticleThe Boycott of Marianna Lee High School’s Basketball Team: Part 2
Below is Part 2 of a two-part series on the 1972 strike by nearly every member of the Lee High basketball team. Read Part 1 here. The strike began soon after January 13 as part of a larger boycott...
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The All-Black Arkansas Activities Associaton
The Arkansas Activities Association is now Arkansas’ only governing body for high school sports. That wasn’t always the case… Below are the earliest known references to the Arkansas Colored Athletic...
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