Arkansas defensive tackle Ernest Mitchell paid a $150 fine on Thursday for charges stemming from a traffic stop in Forrest City late last month, according to a spokesperson with the St. Francis County District Court.     The spokesperson, who asked not to be identified, said Mitchell appeared in court and paid the fine [...]

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Offensive coordinator/receivers coach Paul Petrino can’t wait until practice begins. You’d feel the same if you had four new toys to play with. Petrino spoke with the media before the golf outing Tuesday and one of the more interesting things dealt with the incoming class of receivers. The Razorbacks have four — Joe Adams, Jarius Wright, Greg [...]

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Offensive coordinator/receivers coach Paul Petrino can’t wait until practice begins. You’d feel the same if you had four new toys to play with. Petrino spoke with the media before the golf outing Tuesday and one of the more interesting things dealt with the incoming class of receivers. The Razorbacks have four — Joe Adams, Jarius Wright, Greg [...]

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Offensive coordinator/receivers coach Paul Petrino can’t wait until practice begins. You’d feel the same if you had four new toys to play with. Petrino spoke with the media before the golf outing Tuesday and one of the more interesting things dealt with the incoming class of receivers. The Razorbacks have four — Joe Adams, Jarius Wright, Greg [...]

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Offensive coordinator/receivers coach Paul Petrino can’t wait until practice begins. You’d feel the same if you had four new toys to play with. Petrino spoke with the media before the golf outing Tuesday and one of the more interesting things dealt with the incoming class of receivers. The Razorbacks have four — Joe Adams, Jarius Wright, Greg [...]

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    Here is the latest on an incident involving Arkansas nose tackle Ernest Mitchell…     Mitchell was pulled over in Forrest City on June 30, and according to a police spokesperson, an officer found a small caliber gun, drug paraphernalia and what was believed to be a small amount of marijuana in Mitchell’s car.     Bill Sadler, [...]

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  Well that didn’t take long.   Arkansas has found a replacement for Dean Weber, naming Joe Sheehan as its coordinator of athletic training and sports medicine. Sheehan has spent the past 11 years with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The past three years he has been their assistant athletic trainer and director of rehabilitation.   Sheehan and Bobby [...]

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  We got back from the Arkansas footbal coaches/media golf tournament a few minutes ago. No, Alex and I didn’t play golf. But The Morning News was well represented out there.   We do have some more from Bobby Petrino about the suspensions.   We know why he suspended them and his reasoning for making it [...]

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  Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino has answered some questions about discipline this morning, suspending linebacker Freddy Burton and receiver Marques Wade for the first two games of the season.   "We have suspended Freddy and Marques for the first two games of the season," Petrino said in a statement just released by the university. "While the [...]

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    Arkansas backup linebacker Freddy Burton pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated and careless driving.     He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 8, four days after the Razorbacks hold their first preseason practice.     Burton, 19, was arrested June 29 after University of Arkansas police say the sophomore’s vehicle crossed the center [...]

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