Aug. 3
1992
Mike Conley, a nine-time NCAA champion at Arkansas, gained the Olympic gold medal within the triple bounce by leaping 59 ft, 7 1/2 inches on the Barcelona Video games.
“It’s like being on Cloud 10,” Conley stated. ”You skip-jump proper previous Cloud 9.”
Conley’s bounce would have been a world document, nevertheless it was ever so barely wind-aided.
For a mark to depend as a document, the wind studying have to be 2.Zero meters per second or much less. The wind studying on Conley’s successful bounce was 2.1.
It was the one one in all 33 makes an attempt by all opponents that was wind-aided, however Conley didn’t complain.
“I gained the gold medal,” he stated. ”Asking for something greater than that’s being grasping.”
Aug. 4
2013
Stacy Lewis shot a final-round par 72 to win the Ladies’s British Open on the Previous Course at St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Lewis took her second LPGA main victory, becoming a member of the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship, and her eighth event as a professional.
Lewis completed the event with an 8-under par 280, holding off Na Yeon Choi and Hee Younger Park by two strokes every. Lewis’ winner’s verify was for $402,584.
2012
Former Arkansas All-American Veronica Campbell-Brown, working for her native Jamaica, completed third within the 100 meters to win an Olympic bronze medal in London. Campbell-Brown completed in 10.81 seconds.
2002
Chicago Bears defensive lineman Dan Hampton, an All-American at Arkansas, was inducted into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
“I didn’t wish to play soccer,” Hampton stated throughout his acceptance speech. “As soon as I received concerned, the sport teaches qualities you search for not solely in soccer, however in life.
“Everyone will get their flip to hit the ball in baseball or shoot the basketball. In soccer, it’s a must to be prepared to sacrifice your self and private glory for the great of the group.”
Hampton was introduced by former Bears star Ed O’Bradovich.
“The factor I favored about Dan is watching him choose up a 280-pound sort out with one hand and a 270-pound guard with the opposite, drive them 7 yards into the backfield and dump them on the quarterback,” O’Bradovich stated.
Hampton, lately voted the No. 2 Razorback of all time within the execs by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, works in TV and radio in Chicago.
1984
Mike Conley, a junior for the Razorbacks, completed second within the triple bounce on the Olympics to earn a silver medal.
Al Joyner, from Arkansas State College, gained the triple bounce on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a leap of 56 ft, 71/2 inches to edge Conley, who went 56-41/2.
Aug. 5
2017
Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones, a North Little Rock native and beginning offensive lineman for Arkansas’ 11-Zero group that gained a share of the 1964 nationwide championship, was inducted into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame as a contributor.
Jones purchased the Cowboys in 1989 for $140 million. By the point he was inducted into the Corridor of Fame 18 years later, the group was valued by Forbes at $4.2 billion.
The Cowboys have gained three Tremendous Bowl titles underneath Jones’ possession. He additionally has been a key chief amongst NFL house owners in negotiating profitable TV and advertising and marketing offers.
2012
Former Razorback Tyson Homosexual ran 9.Eight seconds and completed fourth within the 100 meters on the Olympics in London, one spot away from incomes a medal.
Homosexual was inconsolable after the race, crying his method by means of an interview.
“I attempted. I attempted, man,” Homosexual stated. “I attempted my greatest. I gave it my all.”
Aug. 6
2009
Cliff Lee confirmed his new followers a few of his greatest stuff.
Lee, traded from Texas to Philadelphia per week earlier, pitched seven innings in his dwelling debut at Residents Financial institution Park because the Phillies beat Colorado 3-1. He held the Rockies to 6 hits and had 9 strikeouts.
“To get that first win at dwelling out of the way in which, I’m actually happy with it,” Lee stated. “The preliminary shock and adrenaline rush was over. It was my first one at dwelling, and I used to be anxious to get that behind me.”
1948
Clyde “Smackover” Scott, who performed soccer and ran observe for Arkansas, completed second within the 110-meter hurdles on the Olympics in London to earn a silver medal.
Scott barely missed out on the gold medal, gained by Invoice Porter in a photograph end that additionally included Craig Dixon.
“It took what appeared like an eternity, about 20 or 30 minutes, to find out who gained the race,” Scott advised the Tulsa World in 1992.
Porter was awarded the victory and gold medal with a time of 13.9 seconds. Scott and Dixon have been every timed in 14.1, however Scott was decided to have completed second.
“Again then, it was a sense of group perhaps greater than now,” Scott advised the World. “We have been very proud to win 1-2-3.”
Scott, who performed within the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions after starring at Arkansas, died in 2018 in Little Rock at age 93. His No. 12 jersey is one in all two retired by Arkansas soccer together with the No. 77 of Brandon Burlsworth.
Aug. 7
2018
Former Girl Razorbacks basketball standout India Lewis died after a battle with breast most cancers. She was 36.
Lewis, from Siloam Springs, performed guard from 1999-2003 and was a part of three NCAA Match groups for Coach Gary Blair.
As a junior, Lewis averaged 14.Zero factors and a couple of.6 rebounds. She averaged 13.Four factors and a couple of.Eight rebounds as a senior.
Aug. 8
2014
Nolan Richardson, who in 17 seasons led the Razorbacks to a school-record 389 victories and the 1994 nationwide championship, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
After Richardson graduated from Texas-El Paso, he grew to become a trailblazer. He was the primary black head coach employed in El Paso, Texas, at Bowie Excessive, the primary in a Texas junior school at Western Texas, the primary in Oklahoma at Tulsa and the primary within the Deep South at Arkansas.
“The only strongest person who received me to the place I’ve been capable of go is Ol’ Mama Rose,” Richardson stated of his grandmother. “She was my hero, and she or he instilled rather a lot in me.”
John Thompson, the previous Georgetown coach, was amongst these praising Richardson in a video tribute earlier than his speech.
“Whenever you performed towards 40 minutes of hell, you needed to preserve 40 minutes of focus as a result of the minute you mentally broke down, they might be going away from you smiling,” Thompson stated. “His fashion of play was one thing the place he didn’t attempt to adapt to you. He made you adapt to him.”
2012
Former Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino granted an interview with ESPN as a mea culpa after being fired 4 months earlier after his Harley-Davidson wreck together with his mistress aboard. The interview came about in his hometown of Helena, Mont., with reporter Joe Schad.
“I take duty for it, and I actually am sorry,” Petrino stated. “I’ve performed it over in my head 1,000,000 occasions. How may I do that? How may this occur? My actions and conduct for months was simply mistaken.”
Petrino, who led the Razorbacks to a 34-17 document in 4 seasons, took Arkansas to heights it had not seen in many years when the 2010 group performed within the Sugar Bowl in this system’s solely BCS berth, ending at 10-3. The 2011 group completed 11-2 and No. 5 within the remaining Related Press ballot.
Arkansas went 29-10 in his remaining three seasons. The Razorbacks are 37-62 with three successful seasons in eight years since he was fired.
Petrino received again into teaching at Western Kentucky and led the Hilltoppers to an 8-Four mark in 2013 earlier than behind employed for a second head teaching stint at Louisville. The Cardinals have been 36-26 underneath Petrino the subsequent 5 years previous to his firing late within the 2018 season with a 2-Eight mark. He was employed as head coach at Missouri State on Jan. 15.
2008
The Hogs basketball group took a significant hit when it was introduced Patrick Beverley wouldn’t play throughout the 2008-09 season.
Beverley, a 6-1 junior guard, would have been the Razorbacks’ main returning scorer at 12.1 factors per recreation. He additionally averaged a team-high 6.6 rebounds.
A information launch asserting Beverley wouldn’t play gave no cause why, nevertheless it was later reported he was suspended for educational points.
In October of 2008, Beverley started his professional profession with a group within the Ukraine. He now performs within the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers.
1998
Don Tyson introduced a donation of $Three million towards the development of a brand new indoor observe and discipline facility for Arkansas.
The constructing, named the Randal Tyson Observe Middle in honor of Don Tyson’s brother, price $Eight million and opened in 2000 when Arkansas hosted the NCAA Indoor championships for the primary time.
The middle has hosted the NCAA Championships 10 occasions and the SEC meet seven occasions. It’s now present process a renovation, and the Tyson household has donated $6 million for the undertaking.
Aug. 9
2002
Athletic Director Frank Broyles underwent surgical procedure on the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., to take away his prostate gland after the 77-year-old had been recognized with prostate most cancers two months earlier.
After the surgical procedure, Broyles issued an announcement complimenting his medical remedy and providing thanks for the outpouring of help he and his household had acquired since his most cancers analysis grew to become public.
“I’ve been so lucky alongside the way in which to have a few of the greatest medical doctors in each Northwest Arkansas and on the Mayo Clinic,” Broyles stated. “From my preliminary analysis to the numerous checks that have been run in my time on the clinic, the medical doctors have been very thorough and spectacular. Their data and a spotlight to element put me relaxed.”
Broyles stated on the time he had no plans to retire. He continued as athletic director by means of the top of 2007. He died in 2017 at age 92.
1975
The Broyles Complicated, named for Frank Broyles, opened as an addition to Razorback Stadium’s north finish zone.
The ability housed places of work for all of Arkansas’ athletic division directors and coaches, in addition to a locker room, weight room and coaching room for the soccer group. It additionally had an indoor exercise space with a synthetic turf discipline.
The Broyles Complicated was renovated within the 1990s and added a museum dedicated to Razorbacks soccer, then was demolished in 2016 with a brand new Broyles Athletic Middle constructed as a substitute.