by Do South | Nov 3, 2023 | News & Events
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith is reviving a fan-favorite tradition with the return of the original Toy Toss. Set to take place at the Stubblefield Center on Tuesday, Nov.21, the nearly 15-year-old activity returns thanks to head men’s basketball coach...
by Do South | Jul 1, 2023 | Featured, People
Hunter, well shy of the first down, he’s gonna lateral it back. Ball’s on the ground, IT’S PICKED UP BY COLLINS! ALEX HAS GOT ROOM, AT THE THIRTY, TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY, COLLINS AT THE FIFTEEN, CUTS BACK AT THE TEN. THIS GAME’S STILL ALIVE, AND...
by Do South | Jun 1, 2023 | Featured, People
At the start of the 2022-2023 NBA season, the basketball world expected little from either Fort Smith native Isaiah Joe or the Oklahoma City Thunder, which picked the guard out of free agency after two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers. No one, that is, except...
by Do South | Feb 1, 2022 | People
Rickey Smith, head girls basketball coach at Fort Smith Northside, is one of the most successful coaches in Arkansas in any sport, a straight-ahead, no-nonsense kind of guy who enjoys the challenge of competition almost as much as the win itself. After all, as he’s...
by Do South | Sep 1, 2021 | People
[title subtitle=”WORDS and IMAGES Dwain Hebda”][/title] Nick Watson spins the basketball lightly in his oversized hands as he sizes up his opponent. On this day, like countless other times in the gym and driveway, he’s matched against his younger brother,...
