I got a chance to talk to Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long at length about the punishments a few other topics a little while ago. I’ll just run some of his responses word for word below: (On why he felt two to three games was appropriate) “I think given the poor decisions of the student athletes, the [...]

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One more note on the men’s basketball incident. There is a release from the university dealing with matter from the fraternity. Here it is: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas office of community standards and student ethics is conducting an inquiry into possible violations of the code of student life at the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity [...]

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Arkansas has announced its course of action for players involved in the off-the-court mess. I’m just going to post this for now. In short, none of the players appear to be kicked off the team. However, there will be “two to three game” suspensions for players, based upon a “variety of considerations.” The release won’t name [...]

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I spent the all day working at Pinnacle Country Club at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship. Specifically, my job was to follow Stacy Lewis through her first round at the tournament. So checking e-mail and blogging were a little difficult. So I know this is late, but there is something I want to post tonight. We [...]

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Meant to get this up awhile ago, but, well, I’m just slow … Arkansas officials have confirmed that sophomore point guard Courtney Fortson could be disciplined for something he wrote on Twitter, a social networking Web site, earlier this week. Fortson’s post came early Monday morning, two days before news broke that three Arkansas basketball players were [...]

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Arkansas coach John Pelphrey has released a statement tonight. Here it is: “We are in the process of reviewing all of the information associated with this matter. We will move forward judiciously and will take appropriate action when the review is complete. We will continue to emphasize to our student-athletes that as members of the Razorback [...]

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We know the details that surfaced yesterday regarding the Arkansas basketball players: They were accused of raping an 18-year-old female last month. It happened at a fraternity house on campus. An investigation was conducted regarding the incident, but prosecutors determined that no charges will be filed because the evidence indicated it was consensual. So criminal charges [...]

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Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long has new comments on the rape investigation involving Arkansas basketball players: “We have been advised that the appropriate authorities have reviewed the information and concluded the facts of the investigation did not warrant charges being filed against any students. As stated previously, the athletic department and our student-athletes cooperated with the [...]

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I’ve been away from the computer most of the day working on the obvious story: The fact that no charges will be filed against three Arkansas Razorback basketball players accused of raping an 18-year-old female student at a fraternity party early Aug. 27. We’ve been working on the story most of the day (and still are) [...]

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