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Lady Warriors rally for victory
JONESBORO — Abby Manley and Rachel Edwards belted back-to-back home runs during a six-run fifth inning that lifted Westside to a 10-6 victory over Tuckerman in high school softball Thursday.
Manley belted a two-run home run and Edwards a solo shot as the Lady Warriors erased a 6-4 deficit.
Jada Diaz was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored; Baile Rogers was 2-for-4 with two RBIs; Manley had a hit and two RBIs; and Sloane Welch had a hit and two RBIs for Westside (9-3). Edwards and Gracie Landreth both finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, with Edwards scoring twice.
Manley pitched the last four innings for the victory, giving up four runs (two earned) on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks.
Landreth pitched the first three innings, giving up two runs (one earned) and no hits while striking out four and walking four.
Cabot eases past JHS
CABOT — Cabot defeated Jonesboro 17-7 in high school baseball Thursday.
The Panthers led 12-0 after three innings, then answered the Hurricane’s sixth-run fourth with four runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth.
Zac Day was 2-for-3 with a double with three RBIs and two runs scored for the Hurricane (10-5-1). Josh Hyneman was 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two runs scored. Maddox Morrison, Meyer Maddox and Hudson Hosman also had RBIs for Jonesboro.
Dunn powers Marked Tree
MAMMOTH SPRING — Bryce Dunn was 5-for-5 with a there-run home run and six runs batted in Thursday for Marked Tree as the Indians routed Mammoth Spring 17-7 in 1A-3 conference baseball.
Aiden McGuire was 4-for-5 with two RBIs and four runs scored for the Indians (6-4, 5-0 conference). Tate Swink earned the pitching victory, yielding seven runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out nine.
Cook shoots 73 in Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO — Former Jonesboro High School and University of Arkansas golfer Austin Cook shot a 1-over par 73 Friday in the second round of the Texas Open.
Cook was even to par at 144 after two rounds. He fired a 1-under par 71 in the first round Thursday. | 2022-04-02T09:34:27Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Sports roundup | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/sports-roundup/article_d46a0600-73d4-52ac-9432-1d2f464501c5.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/sports-roundup/article_d46a0600-73d4-52ac-9432-1d2f464501c5.html |
2 guns stolen from unlocked vehicle
JONESBORO — Two firearms were reported as stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Friday, police said.
A black Glock 43X 9 mm and a black Taurus GSC 9 mm were taken from a vehicle at a home in the 2500 block of Mary Jane Drive, according to the report.
Among other incidents investigated by Jonesboro police:
Residential burglary Friday night in which a 34-year-old woman and two small children were injured in their home in the 3200 block of Fairview Drive. An unidentified woman was said to be a suspect.
Residential burglary at an undisclosed location, reported by a teenaged girl, who said more than $1,000 in property was stolen, including game systems, two cellphones and a school backpack.
Residential burglary Saturday in the 3500 block of Race Street in which a Technico Pro sound system, valued at $1,800, was stolen.
A 60-inch Samsung TV and about $100 in coins were reported stolen Sunday from a home in the 900 block of Belt Street.
Residential burglary in 1900 block of Irby Street.
Theft of more than $3,000 in professional testing equipment and instruments from a security company’s pickup while parked in the 1300 block of Links Drive.
Vehicle break-in in the 200 block of South Main Street in which someone broke a window and stole a bag of tools.
A woman reported she was scammed online out of $3,650.
Theft of more than $30,000 in railroad cable and tools from Union Pacific Railroad. | 2022-04-05T06:29:33Z | www.jonesborosun.com | 2 guns stolen from unlocked vehicle | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/2-guns-stolen-from-unlocked-vehicle/article_534c62f6-819c-5701-9614-3044e69c40f0.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/2-guns-stolen-from-unlocked-vehicle/article_534c62f6-819c-5701-9614-3044e69c40f0.html |
LITTLE ROCK — Slade Caldwell belted a grand slam home run as Valley View routed Little Rock Christian 13-1 Friday in high school baseball.
Caldwell was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, three runs scored and five runs batted in to lead the Blazers (13-2). Kannon Jones was 3-for-4 with a double and four RBIs, while Kayson Becker was 2-for-3 and scored twice.
Grayson Becker (4-0) pitched 2 2/3 innings for the victory, allowing one run on two hits with three strikeouts against the Warriors (10-4). Eli Crecelius pitched 2 1/3 innings, holding Little Rock Christian hitless while striking out four.
Nettleton 14, Pocahontas 3
BATESVILLE — Nettleton routed Pocahontas 14-3 Saturday to close its participation in the Pioneer Classic high school baseball tournament.
The Raiders (4-9) scored 13 runs in the first two innings. Seven different Nettleton players had a hit, with Zachary Bishop finishing 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Maddox Hampton hit a double, scored twice and drove in two runs. Colby Miller had a hit, scored twice and drove in two runs; Ethan Duffel had a hit and an RBI; Seth Bishop had a hit, an RBI and scored twice; Ethan Harrah had a hit and an RBI; Ford Raffo and Jayce Williams drove in one run each; and Landon Webb and Carson McFarland scored two runs each.
Kenwarren McShan pitched all three innings for the victory, working around two hits and six walks while striking out two batters.
Nettleton lost 11-0 earlier Saturday to Pulaski Academy as the Bruins’ Patrick Engskov threw a four-inning perfect game, striking out three.
Mountain Home defeated Nettleton 12-4 Friday. Zachary Bishop was 2-for-2 for the Raiders while Miller had a hit and drove in two runs.
Webb and Raffo hit one double each for the Raiders. Hampton drove in a run.
MONETTE — Brayden Carmichael went the distance on the mound Friday as Buffalo Island Central Mustangs shut down Bay 6-0.
The game was scoreless until the Mustangs scored three runs in the fourth inning. BIC (6-2, 5-0 conference) plated three more in the fifth to seal the 2A-3 conference victory.
Carmichael surrendered only two hits while striking out 13 and walking three batters.
Hank Hurst drove home the game’s first run. Another run would score on the play from a fielding error in the outfield. Nick Patterson had two hits for BIC and drove in a run as well.
Easton Fletcher threw a complete game for the Yellowjackets (4-4, 2-2 conference). He gave up five hits and six runs (three earned) while striking out nine. Fletcher got the only hits for Bay, going 2-3 on the day.
MARKED TREE — Bryce Smith pitched a complete game Friday to lead Marked Tree to an 8-5 victory over Trumann in high school baseball.
Smith (2-0) worked around 10 hits and three walks while striking out four batters.
Zander Criswell and Aiden McGuire had two hits and drove in two runs each for Marked Tree (7-4). Cayden Kimery had a hit and scored three runs for the Indians.
LAKE CITY — Riverside routed Cross County 14-2 Friday in 2A-3 conference baseball.
Madix Blake was 2-for-3 and drove in four runs for the Rebels. Easton Hatch was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, while Brayeson Timms finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Winning pitcher Trae Barnes pitched three innings, holding Cross County without a hit while striking out six. Cash Gillis allowed one hit over two innings while striking out four.
Tuckerman 10, West Side GF 6 Rose Bud 4, Tuckerman 1
ROSE BUD — Tuckerman split two games Saturday in Rose Bud, defeating West Side Greers Ferry 10-6 before losing 4-1 to Rose Bud.
The Bulldogs outscored West Side 7-3 over the final three innings of their game to prevail. Aaron Hurst was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored for Tuckerman; Will King was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI; and Finley Lancaster had a hit, an RBI and scored twice.
Starting pitcher Owen Keller (2-1) worked four innings for the victory, giving up three runs on two hits while striking out six. Will King pitched 1 2/3 innings, while David Platt struck out four while giving up one hit in 1 1/3 innings.
Tuckerman (9-8) scored its only run against Rose Bud in the second inning. Will King was 3-for-4 and D.T. King had a hit and an RBI. Brantley Lane (0-1) pitched six innings, giving up four hits while striking out nine. | 2022-04-05T06:30:40Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Caldwell drives in five as Blazers rout Warriors | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/caldwell-drives-in-five-as-blazers-rout-warriors/article_0591a917-70c6-5d95-867b-adf7f620d0a7.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/caldwell-drives-in-five-as-blazers-rout-warriors/article_0591a917-70c6-5d95-867b-adf7f620d0a7.html |
PARAGOULD — Hard work helped Sam Wood enjoy a breakout junior softball season for the Paragould Lady Rams, which in turn helped generate college interest and the opportunity to continue playing the game beyond high school.
Wood, the Lady Rams’ standout center fielder, signed a letter of intent Monday with Hendrix College. A two-sport standout, Wood batted .365 last season with a .432 on base percentage and no errors in the field, Paragould coach Marty Williford said during Wood’s signing ceremony.
“Like Coach Williford touched on, I did have a breakout season my junior year,” Wood said. “My batting average skyrocketed, I was doing really well in the outfield and I’m just super excited that I got that exposure and the opportunity to play at Hendrix. It’s bittersweet to leave my teammates, but I know that the future holds great things.”
Wood, who earned all-state tournament honors after helping the Lady Rams finish third in the 5A-East conference in 2021, said she started working toward her junior season months earlier.
“It started with working really hard in the summer prior to the season, playing travel ball tournaments every weekend, putting in the work at practice, staying after practice, practicing on my own personally,” she said. “It’s all the little things, fixing parts of my swing, working on tracking balls, that really add up to an overall better game.”
Wood has picked up where she left off on the diamond, Williford said, after joining the softball team at the conclusion of basketball season. She played shooting guard for the Paragould basketball team, serving as what coach Sonja Tate described as a 3-point specialist on a team that reached the 5A state quarterfinals.
Williford said Wood, who bats third in the Lady Rams’ lineup, has an average hovering around .400 this season.
“She’s gotten more confident and she’s starting to hit line drives instead of worrying about the long ball, hitting line drives and scoring runs,” Williford said. “Patience at the plate has really helped her as well.”
Wood also makes an impact with her leadership and defensive skills, the coach said.
“She’s a phenomenal leader on the field,” Williford said. “When we’re calling up, before we head out to play defense or if we come in before hitting, she’s the one who’s getting them riled up, getting them ready. You can hear her through the whole town of Paragould basically when she’s calling it up for family.
“She’s just an anchor in center field. I mean, she goes and gets everything that’s close. We played Wynne the other night and her sweatshirt was just green because she dove for ball after ball after ball, made some great plays.”
Wood, who drove in five runs during a 5A-East sweep of Batesville, is excited to see what the Lady Rams can accomplish as they aim for a repeat trip to the state tournament.
“We’ve been hitting the ball really well and we’ve had some freshmen really step up to the plate and do some great things,” she said. “I look forward to the rest of the season because I feel like we really do have a good chance at state.” | 2022-04-05T06:30:47Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Hendrix softball signs Lady Rams' Wood | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/hendrix-softball-signs-lady-rams-wood/article_db98f470-6eb8-5879-a3ad-2c859194e99d.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/hendrix-softball-signs-lady-rams-wood/article_db98f470-6eb8-5879-a3ad-2c859194e99d.html |
Suspect pleads to manslaughter in slaying
JONESBORO — In a plea agreement with prosecutors, Wesley James Neal pled guilty in March to manslaughter in the shooting death of Andrew Powell, 24, in November 2019.
Neal was originally charged with first-degree murder.
On Tuesday, Circuit Judge Randy Philhours sentenced Neal to six years in prison with an additional five years’ suspended sentence.
Kyron Stegall, 24, of Jonesboro, and JaColby “Jack” Haggard, 30, of West Memphis, are awaiting trials for first-degree murder in the slaying, according to court records.
Haggard was arrested in December 2019 in Memphis by the Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force.
Detective Chris Poe wrote in his probable cause affidavit, that at 11:15 p.m. Nov. 30, 2019, “JPD officers received a call from the previous tenant of 3105 Parkwood Road reporting a burglary in progress to that residence.
“Upon arrival, officers located the deceased body of Andrew Powell who had several obvious gunshot wounds. While collecting evidence at the scene, investigators located the victim’s phone lying in the front yard of the residence. A search of the phone revealed a text conversation that took place shortly before the incident occurred involving the victim and a subject named ‘Wesley.’ Further investigation of the text conversation, revealed the identity of the owner of the phone number.
“The owner of the phone and that person’s significant other placed the phone in the possession of Wesley Neal during the time frame in which the victim was murdered. The significant other could place Wesley Neal inside the residence where the victim was murdered.”
Poe said, “Neal admitted to providing phone information of the victim for a meeting which ultimately led to his death. Neal admitted to being inside the home where Powell’s body was found.”
An email to Prosecuting Attorney Keith Chrestman seeking comment received no response as of Tuesday afternoon. | 2022-04-06T13:21:47Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Suspect pleads to manslaughter in slaying | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/suspect-pleads-to-manslaughter-in-slaying/article_ca0d2d6a-20d7-59a5-99a9-4f5aa6228e57.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/suspect-pleads-to-manslaughter-in-slaying/article_ca0d2d6a-20d7-59a5-99a9-4f5aa6228e57.html |
Bearcats sweep Rebels in 4A-3 doubleheader
BROOKLAND — Brookland swept Highland in a 4A-3 baseball doubleheader Monday, taking the first game 9-0 and the second 15-5.
Jack Henry Pettit pitched a three-hit shutout in the opener. Pettit (4-2) struck out 16 batters and allowed three walks in a complete-game effort.
Dax Webb doubled and drove in three runs in the first game. Gavin Jordan was 2-for-3 with two RBIs; Griffin Duvall was 2-for-4 with an RBI; Cade Collins and Mason Pankey had an RBI each; and Jake Reece and Weston Speir belted one double apiece.
Pankey was 3-for-5 with three RBIs in the second game. Webb was 3-for-4 with two RBIs; Reece was 2-for-5; Duvall, Pettit and Speir drove in two runs each; and Jordan also had an RBI for the Bearcats (11-4, 7-1 conference).
Reece (3-0) pitched three innings for the victory, allowing four runs (one earned) on one hit and three walks with six strikeouts. David Rubottom picked up a three-inning save, allowing one run on two hits and one walk while striking out four.
RECTOR — Daniel Romero drove in the go-ahead run and also earned the pitching victory as Rector edged Riverside 4-3 in 2A-3 high school baseball Monday.
Romero delivered the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the sixth in his lone plate appearance. He pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the victory, holding Riverside hitless while striking out three.
Rector starting pitcher Cooper Rabjohn pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up no earned runs and three hits while striking out nine batters.
Drew Henderson, Jerron Bucy and Evan Holmes also picked up hits for Rector (11-2, 6-1 conference).
Easton Hatch pitched five innings for Riverside, allowing three runs (one earned) on three hits while striking out nine batters and walking four. Hatch was also 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI.
BAY — For the second time in four days the Buffalo Island Central Mustangs defeated Bay, picking up an 8-1 victory in 2A-3 conference baseball Monday.
BIC (7-2, 6-0 conference) scored eight runs on seven hits, also taking advantage of five Bay errors.
Brayden Carmichael did the majority of the damage for BIC, finishing 4-for-4 with a two-run home run in the fifth inning. Ayden Qualls went 2-for-3 and Alex Rangel pitched six shutout innings for the victory, giving up three hits and four walks while striking out nine
The Yellowjackets were led at the plate by Duck Fletcher, who was 2-for-4 with a double. Will Cossey banged out a hit and scored the lone run for Bay (4-5, 2-3 conference). | 2022-04-06T13:22:54Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Bearcats sweep Rebels in 4A-3 doubleheader | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/bearcats-sweep-rebels-in-4a-3-doubleheader/article_e0e45980-e5fe-5b86-986e-3a9cb825fe8b.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/bearcats-sweep-rebels-in-4a-3-doubleheader/article_e0e45980-e5fe-5b86-986e-3a9cb825fe8b.html |
Late rally gives Lady Bearcats doubleheader split
BROOKLAND — An 11-run seventh inning lifted Brookland to an 18-13 victory over Highland and a split of their 4A-3 conference softball doubleheader Monday.
Highland won the first game 10-3 and held a 13-7 lead in the nightcap before Brookland, the visiting team on the scoreboard in the second game, roared back in the seventh inning.
The Lady Bearcats (3-7, 3-3 conference) finished with 17 hits in the second game. Madison Wooldridge was 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs. Brianna Patterson also belted two doubles as part of a 3-for-5, two-RBI, two-run performance.
Bella Byerly was 2-for-4 with a double, four RBIs and two runs scored; Ashlyn McNeese was 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs and four runs scored; Nicole Flowers homered and drove in two runs while scoring twice; Taylor Reed was 3-for-4 with two RBIs; Avery Toombs and Emily Willett drove in one run each; and Jazlyn Baker scored twice.
Flowers, McNeese and Willett drove in one run each in the first game.
Nettleton 19, Manila 1
JONESBORO — Nettleton hammered out 25 hits Monday during a 19-1 rout of Manila in high school softball.
Kate Golden finished with three hits, including a double and a triple, while driving in four runs for the Lady Raiders (7-6). Ramsey Crum, Acelen Hart, Becca Tibbs, Sydney Huntsman and Hannah Marsico also had three hits each, while Mekenzie Racy, Teagan Weaver and Gracelynn Pagan had two hits each.
Hart pitched all five innings, giving up two hits and one run while striking out three and walking one. The Lady Raiders did not commit an error.
Westside 7, BIC 2
MONETTE — Westside scored four runs in the third inning Monday and went on to defeat Buffalo Island Central 7-2 in high school softball.
Jada Diaz belted a two-run double in the Lady Warriors’ big third inning, which snapped a 2-2 tie. Diaz finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Abby Manley belted a two-run home run in the first inning and finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Westside (10-3). Rachel Edwards was 2-for-4 with a double, while Lexi Engle tripled and drove in a run.
Gracie Landreth pitched three innings, giving up two runs on two hits while striking out four batters. Manley pitched four scoreless innings for the victory, holding striking out eight batters while allowing one hit.
Trumann 7, Gosnell 4
GOSNELL — Kaydence Jones was 3-for-4 with a three-run home run Monday as Trumann defeated Gosnell 7-4 in high school softball.
Jones drove in three runs and scored twice while stealing two bases. Lindie Barnes was also 3-for-4 with a solo home run, three RBIs and two runs scored.
Karsen Overshine was 2-for-3; Catoria Addison was 2-for-3; Ellisabeth Holladay was 2-for-4; and Kayla Reyes scored twice for the Lady Wildcats.
Mekenzy McGuire earned the pitching victory and Tiara Postell picked up the save.
EPC 16, Marked Tree 0
MARKED TREE — Keegan McCorkle pitched a no-hitter Monday as East Poinsett County defeated Marked Tree 16-0 in high school softball.
McCorkle struck out eight batters over four innings and walked only one. She also had two hits, including a home run during a five-run fourth inning.
Terrin Powell was 3-for-3 with an inside-the-park home run in the fourth inning. Kelly Ann Lucas had two hits, including an RBI double, and had three of nine stolen bases for EPC (15-1). Brinley Brewer also had two hits.
Rector 5-7, Riverside 2-2
RECTOR — Rector kept its 2A-3 conference softball record perfect Monday with a doubleheader sweep of Riverside.
The Lady Cougars (10-1, 6-0 conference) won the first game 5-2 and the second 7-2. | 2022-04-06T13:23:07Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Late rally gives Lady Bearcats doubleheader split | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/late-rally-gives-lady-bearcats-doubleheader-split/article_2d1fe4c4-dd56-5379-86e9-708b2cb77491.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/late-rally-gives-lady-bearcats-doubleheader-split/article_2d1fe4c4-dd56-5379-86e9-708b2cb77491.html |
The COVID-19 numbers remain small for Lawrence County, but included in this week’s figures is one additional death among county residents, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.
ADH figures also show the active case count remaining steady at nine active cases among county residents, the same total reported last Tuesday.
During the seven-day period, eight new cases were reported for the county, bringing the cumulative total since March of 2020 to 5,291.
The county also saw seven recoveries reported during the past week. The new total recoveries, as of Tuesday, is 5,206, up from the 5,199 reported the previous Tuesday.
This is the second week in a row that new cases have outpaced recoveries, but case numbers are remaining in the single digits as the omicron variant surge appears to be abating. | 2022-04-06T13:23:31Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Numbers low, but one death added | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/times_dispatch/news/numbers-low-but-one-death-added/article_8e4964db-bc02-505f-9ecf-3f87251955bc.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/times_dispatch/news/numbers-low-but-one-death-added/article_8e4964db-bc02-505f-9ecf-3f87251955bc.html |
The Williams Baptist College Board of Trustees voted Friday to make Dr. Thomas O. Jones the next president of the college. Jones served at the college from 1994 to 2000 as vice president for institutional advancement. He has held the same title at Golden Gate Baptist Seminary in California for the past 12 years. Jones will replace Dr. Jerol Swaim, who is retiring in June.
Clell Cox, co-owner of Taylor-Cox Funeral Home in Pocahontas, recently purchased Higginbotham Funeral Service in Walnut Ridge. The funeral home, most recently owned by Mary Jo Higginbotham, had been in the Higginbotham family for more than 100 years. It will now be known as Cox Funeral Home.
Junior Bethany Wright was crowned Miss Mustang 2012 at the recent Miss Pageant. Other winners included: Morgan Woodard, first runner-up; Emily Freer, second runner-up; Alexia Crow, third runner-up; and Desiree Freer, fourth runner-up.
The Walnut Ridge Senior High Quiz Bowl Team recently placed third in the 2A East Regional Tournament, qualifying them for the state competition in Little Rock. Team members include Helen Solvik, Cassandra Walker, Blake Ross, Shalia McCall, Carolin Wurm, Edward Harthorn, Alex Long, Jeb Bridges, Jake Smith, Daniel Vaughn, Celea Jones and Brittney Pinkston.
Bob and Gloria Slusser of Walnut Ridge celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Saturday with a dinner at the Sedgwick Community Center.
The Lynn fourth and fifth grade girls peewee basketball team won their division in the county peewee tournament held recently in Black Rock. Their overall record is 15-0. Team members are: Breanna Doyle, Lauren Pickle, Story Miller, Abbie McKnight, Heather Geurin, Jerica Brown, Nicole Powers, Amy McKenzie, Makayla Doyle, Christin Highfield, Jessica Kennedy, Malerie Counce, Tamara Evans, Miranda Doyle, Shelby Huskey, Nicole Baldwin and Allie Harris. Their coach is Michealle Wooten.
Walnut Ridge sixth-grade girls independent basketball team won first place in the Delaplaine tournament held recently. Team members are Sebrina Gutshall, Amanda Gafford, Jessica Harris, Dana Manning, Amanda Causey, Lisa Nicholson, Angela Knight, Janet Brown, Peggy Hancock and Bridget Owens.
Anna Gipson, a fifth-grader at Hoxie School, placed second in state swim competition in Little Rock on March 21-22.
Daniel Cullum, a third grader at Walnut Ridge Elementary School, placed in several events in the state gymnastic meet held at Son-shine Academy in Conway on March 20-21.
Torrie Lynn Bommershine was crowned Miss Walnut Ridge. The new Junior Miss Walnut Ridge is Lisa Gay Romine. Leslie Fowler won the title of Little Miss Walnut Ridge.
Marge Willmuth has been elected president of the Beta Sigma Phi for 1982-83. Other officers are Reta Covey, Leona Fletcher, Judy Moore, Gail Devecsery, Coni Davis and Mrs. Rose Robert.
Tomorrow has been declared “Mary N. Bean Day” by her fellow employees at Lawrence Manufacturing Co. Mary is leaving the secretarial position she has held at the factory for more than 20 years.
Ruth Savage, Sam Ponder and Rodney Gaines, students of WRHS, have had art works chosen for exhibition in New York.
Pvt. Terry Jarrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jarrett of Rt. 1, Walnut Ridge, is receiving basic training with the National Guard at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
LYNN ROUTE – Sunday morning, Jack Frost paid a visit to our gardens and small plants. A good rain fell to help the fields and trees become greener.
Many of our community shop at the Piggly Wiggly Store in Walnut Ridge each week. We will miss Mr. Oliven J. Holder being there to help in many ways. His sudden death was a shock to everyone.
Mrs. Imogene Robinson Sloan, widow of the late Neil F. Sloan of Walnut Ridge, died Saturday in Memphis. John Berry, aged 78, a lifetime resident of Sedgwick and former postmaster, died Saturday night.
Ray and Marsha Martin are the parents of a son born Thursday, March 23, in Randolph County Hospital. The little lad weighed nine pounds, one ounce and has been named Drake Ray.
Sheriff D.S. (Rosie) Foley will be a candidate for a second term as Sheriff of Lawrence County.
A dust storm filled the air over Lawrence County and most of Arkansas, Tuesday, as topsoil from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas was brought in by fast-moving winds.
Delegates who will attend the state Student Council meeting at Morrilton April 3-5 are Billy Mac Cooper, Gary Rainwater and Ann Carolyn Lawrence, accompanied by Miss Ida Rainwater, sponsor.
Beth Henderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Henderson of Imboden, is one of 10 girls nominated for the title of “Queen of the University of Arkansas.” The winner will be chosen at the Gaebale Beauty Contests, an outstanding spring event at Fayetteville.
J.H. Myers, local banker and former vice-president of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, was elected president at the federation’s annual meeting in Little Rock, Friday.
Those students in typing making “A” on their budgets last week were: Joe Belk, Ernest Burns, Robert Cox, Frankie Wilcoxson, Glenna Beth Howard, Muriel Murray, Vada Smith, Janiel Jones, Nina Jane Brady, Genevieve Henry, Zada Webb, Theda Snow, Patty Wood, Kathleen Baird and Katie Schultz.
Mrs. Julia Robins celebrated her 80th birthday March 14 when she was the honored guest at a dinner given at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Homer Callahan, at Clover Bend.
Friends and relatives totaling 46 gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Dobbs, Route 1, Alicia, Sunday to honor her 73rd birthday.
Mayor E.K. Riddick of Walnut Ridge, acting upon advice from governmental agencies, urged consumers to buy coal for the 1942-43 winter now and avoid transportation difficulties that may be present next winter.
Five Lawrence County officials announced for re-election. They are: Frank Andrews, circuit court clerk; Paul Morgan, county clerk; Judge M.C. McLeod, county and probate judge; W.E. Archer, sheriff; Tom B. Logan, county treasurer.
Murrell Moore, chairman of the Lawrence County Rationing Board, issued an urgent appeal to the public today for understanding cooperation in “a situation that is very embarrassing, as well as serious in the rationing of the different commodities which has been placed in our hands.”
L.L. Cochran was elected to membership on the Board of Directors of the Hoxie School District in the annual balloting last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Earl Morgan of Wilson announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sara Elizabeth, to Weldon T. Rainwater, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Rainwater of Walnut Ridge. The wedding will take place early in June in Wilson.
Sergeant Tom Manning, son of Essie Manning of Route 3, Walnut Ridge, who has been stationed in Fort Raymond, Alaska, with Company K of the National Guard, has been transferred to the Air Corps.
All sugar sales in the United States will be halted at midnight April 27 for approximately one week. Government officials announced today after they had set six days in April and May for the nation-wide sugar rationing registration. | 2022-04-06T13:24:20Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Yesteryears | Opinion | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/times_dispatch/opinion/yesteryears/article_d2fdc01e-cffd-5042-98d2-09ff57f4e26b.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/times_dispatch/opinion/yesteryears/article_d2fdc01e-cffd-5042-98d2-09ff57f4e26b.html |
Clark Sanders
Trent Brown joins FNBC
JONESBORO — Trent Brown has joined FNBC as senior vice president -Northeast Arkansas loan manager. He brings more than 20 years of banking experience and will be based out of FNBC’s Jonesboro office, 2631 Race St.
“We are pleased to have Trent joining us as we continue to grow and develop our footprint in Jonesboro and Northeast Arkansas,” said FNBC Community President, Brad Snider. “He is highly involved and respected in our community. Trent is very knowledgeable and has a great background in banking.”
Brown holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance with an emphasis in Corporate Finance from Arkansas State University and completed Graduate Banking School at Louisiana State University. Brown has worked in several banking-related roles in his career, including lending and loan review. | 2022-04-07T08:07:49Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Trent Brown joins FNBC | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/trent-brown-joins-fnbc/article_1172880d-a5b1-5306-8f66-735ece6c333c.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/trent-brown-joins-fnbc/article_1172880d-a5b1-5306-8f66-735ece6c333c.html |
Council speeds up purchase of license plate readers
JONESBORO — City council members agreed Tuesday to expedite a proposed ordinance to buy license plate recognition technology for the city’s traffic signal surveillance system.
The council waived the required three readings and adopted the ordinance to buy the technology from Vigilant Solutions.
The contract includes a one-time fee of $9,380 with a recurring subscription fee of $48,500.
The council also approved an emergency clause, making the ordinance waiving formal bidding effective immediately.
The license plate readers are part of the city’s effort to develop a real time crime detection center.
The council also heard the third reading and voted to approve an ordinance to abandon a drainage easement at 1700 Mayfield Drive in the Hill Park commercial subdivision.
A proposal by A & J Deliveries to rezone 3.73 acres of unimproved land on Service Road, which is on the east side of Willow Road, was heard. If the council approves the measure April 19, it would change the property from C-3 general commercial, to I-1 limited industrial.
The council also heard the first reading of an ordinance proposed by Classic Hospitality, doing business as Don Jose, 2200 Wilkins Ave., for a restaurant private club permit.
Among resolutions approved by the council was one to authorize a city application for a $20 million federal grant to complete 21 miles of the Jonesboro Quality of Life and Connectivity Master Plan. It will be the city’s second attempt to secure the nationally-competitive Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant.
The plan includes completing the A-Sate and University Heights Links, the Joe Mack Campbell Link, the A-State Link flyover, and the upper portion of the Red Wolf Way regional loop.
Another resolution authorized the city to seek funding under the Federal-aid Recreational Trails Program for a $343,888 project to construct a soft surface walking trail at Craighead Forest Park.
The council also confirmed the following appointments to city boards and commissions.
Appointed Drew Waddell and Amanda Eaton to fill the unexpired terms of Ray Osment and Jeremy Moore on the Land Bank Commission through May 20 this year.
Appointed Marilyn Copeland, Judy Casteel, Daisy Freeman, Nate Schimmel, Richard Boss, James Sanders, Brandon Shrader and Grant Newkirk to the Jonesboro Urban Forestry Council through March 4, 2025.
Reappointed John Street and Barry Phillips to the City Water and Light Board through Feb. 25, 2025.
Reappointed Brent Martin and Jarrod Woodard to the Jonesboro Parks and Recreation Planning and Advisory Committee through March 4, 2025.
Reappointed James Goad to the Jonesboro Arkansas Residential Housing and Healthcare Facilities Board through Oct. 13, 2026. | 2022-04-07T08:08:08Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Council speeds up purchase of license plate readers | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/council-speeds-up-purchase-of-license-plate-readers/article_4fecbf80-0331-5124-9589-85efd461ca4b.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/council-speeds-up-purchase-of-license-plate-readers/article_4fecbf80-0331-5124-9589-85efd461ca4b.html |
Nettleton High School senior Jorje Resendiz Salas shovels dirt on the the roots of the new maple tree as Ranger Bill Tripp of Jonesboro’s Forestry Division helps NHS students Alexder Flores, Kevin Heang and Marlon Snell hold the tree straight, while Tyler Wheeless and Tyler Montgomery help shovel more dirt during a tree-planting event on Wednesday at Allen Park in Jonesboro.
Tree planting at Allen Park recognizes Arkansas Arbor Day
JONESBORO — Eager Nettleton High School students grabbed shovels full of dirt as they planted a new tree in recognition of Arkansas Arbor Day at Allen Park on Wednesday next to the Allen Park Community Center in Jonesboro.
Beverly Parker, chairman of the Keep Jonesboro Beautiful (KJB) committee, said that the tree planting was the second annual Arbor Day tree planting for Keep Jonesboro Beautiful.
“This year, a 25-gallon maple tree was provided by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry,” Parker said. “The city is in the process of forming an Urban Forestry Council and is in the process of reestablishing Jonesboro as a Tree City.”
“Having an Arbor Day activity is one of the requirements,” she said, noting that once the formation of the Urban Tree Council is official, it will be charged with preserving the city’s tree canopy, and re-establishing Jonesboro as a Tree City among other things.
She said that along with Jonesboro Parks and Recreation and the Forestry Division, students from Nettleton High School assisted with the tree planting and learned specifics of how to correctly plant a tree.
Bill Tripp, Ranger 1 with Jonesboro’s Forestry Division, said on Wednesday that he was proud that the school district was participating in the event and applauded the city for recognizing the importance of such events.
“Keep Jonesboro Beautiful is working to make Jonesboro Clean, Green and Beautiful,” Parker said. “The maple tree was planted along the trail to provide shade in summer to those that visit the park, and a blaze of beautiful color in many falls to come.”
Although National Arbor Day is on April 29 this year, Arkansas Arbor Day is actually the third Monday in March, according to the Arbor Day Foundation website.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the tree planter’s holiday, which was first celebrated on April 10, 1872.
Today Arbor Day is celebrated in all 50 states and around the world. Although the most common date in the U.S. for observance is the last Friday in April or National Arbor Day, a number of state Arbor Days are at other times to coincide with the best tree planting weather.
For more information on the Keep Jonesboro Beautiful Commission, visit their website at www.keepjonesborobeautiful.com. | 2022-04-07T08:08:20Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Tree planting at Allen Park recognizes Arkansas Arbor Day | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/tree-planting-at-allen-park-recognizes-arkansas-arbor-day/article_b733a178-4094-5e86-b1a0-faa2d257dbd1.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/tree-planting-at-allen-park-recognizes-arkansas-arbor-day/article_b733a178-4094-5e86-b1a0-faa2d257dbd1.html |
Valley View’s Anna Winkfield (20) moves to elude Westside’s Bailey Willis after a throw skipped into the outfield during the first game of Tuesday’s softball doubleheader at Jack Moore Complex.
Lady Blazers rally to earn sweep
JONESBORO — Valley View edged Westside twice in 4A-3 conference softball Tuesday, scoring two runs in the sixth inning of the nightcap to earn the sweep with a 7-6 victory.
The Lady Blazers won the first game 2-1 and held a 5-0 lead after two innings of the night cap. The Lady Warriors scored four runs in the fourth inning and two in the fifth to grab the lead before Valley View rallied in the sixth.
Makenzie Whitlock hit an RBI single to tie the score and Lexi Davis grounded out to shortstop to score the go-ahead run.
Davis, who belted a three-run home run in the second inning, finished with four RBIs and scored twice in the second game for Valley View (14-2, 7-1 conference). Caroline Prestidge was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, while Anna Winkfield doubled and drove in a run. Isabel Riba and Lauren Mitchell scored two runs each.
Valley View pitcher Riley Smith yielded six runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks while striking out six.
Jada Diaz and Bailey Willis belted home runs to power Westside’s rally. Diaz was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, while Willis also drove in two runs. Rachel Edwards was 2-for-4 with an RBI; Abby Manley drove in a run; and Baile Rogers scored twice for the Lady Warriors (11-5, 5-3 conference).
Westside’s Gracie Landreth pitched five innings, allowing six runs (two earned) on eight hits and two walks, with three strikeouts. Manley pitched the last two innings, giving an unearned run on two hits.
Smith struck out 14 batters while limiting Westside to three hits as Valley View won the first game. Willis broke up the shutout with a seventh-inning home run.
Winkfield had Valley View’s lone hit in the first game and scored both runs as the Lady Blazers capitalized on a couple of errors.
Landreth pitched the first six innings for Westside, yielding two unearned runs on one hit and two walks while striking out three. Manley held Valley View without a hit over the last two innings.
Marion 15-9, Nettleton 5-11
JONESBORO – Nettleton scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning Tuesday and held off Marion in the bottom of the frame for an 11-9 victory and a split of their 5A-East conference softball doubleheader.
Kate Golden was 4-for-5 in the nightcap, including an RBI double in the eighth inning. Teagan Weaver and Ramsey Crum also had multiple hits for the Lady Raiders (8-7, 2-4 conference). Acelen Hart earned the pitching victory, striking out seven batters while yielding eight runs on 10 hits.
Hannah Marsico belted an RBI double in a seven-run first inning for the Lady Raiders. Marion (10-5, 4-2 conference) battled back to tie the game 8-8 and force extra innings while hitting four home runs, two by Emerson Miller.
Marion won the first game 15-5. Eden White was 4-for-4 to lead Nettleton, with Golden, Marsico and Crum also adding multiple hits. Marsico’s totals included a home run.
Tuckerman 15,
Sloan-Hendrix 0
TUCKERMAN – Kenzie Soden struck out six batters while pitching a three-inning perfect game Tuesday as Tuckerman defeated Sloan-Hendrix 15-0 in 2A-2 conference softball.
Shanley Williams had a hit and four RBIs for Tuckerman (9-5, 5-0 conference). Audrey Altom added a hit and three RBIs, while Hannah Nicholson was 2-for-2 with two RBIs.
Trumann 10-12, Pocahontas 0-2
TRUMANN – Tiara Postell limited Pocahontas to two runs while striking out seven batters over two games as Trumann swept a 4A-3 conference softball doubleheader Tuesday.
The Lady Wildcats took the first game 10-0. Alexis Carter and Jaelyn Craig both finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored each to lead Trumann.
Lindie Barnes had a hit, an RBI and scored twice; Ellisabeth Holladay had a hit and an RBI; Macey Powell drove in one run; and Kaydence Jones scored twice.
Barnes was 2-for-3 with an inside-the-park home run, two runs scored and four RBIs for Trumann in the second game. Karsen Overshine was 2-for-4, while Carter, Craig and Holladay added one hit and one RBI each.
Jones and Karla Reyes scored two runs each for the Lady Wildcats.
EPC 21, Cross County 0
LEPANTO – East Poinsett County kept its 2A-3 conference record perfect Tuesday with a 21-0 rout of Cross County.
Jaycee Davis was 3-for-4 with a triple, two stolen bases and four RBIs for the Lady Warriors (16-1, 6-0 conference). Terrin Powell finished with two hits, including an inside-the-park home run in an 11-run third inning,
Zoe Constant and Natalie Dunman had three hits each. Brinley Brewer, Mercedes Reel and Kelly Ann Lucas added two hits each, helping EPC produce 19 as a team.
Keegan McCorkle struck out eight batters over three innings while yielding only one hit.
LAKE CITY – Riverside scored six runs in the first inning Tuesday and went on to defeat Marmaduke 11-0 in 2A-3 conference softball.
Brooklyn Berry was 2-for-2 with three runs scored and two RBIs to lead the Lady Rebels (8-6, 5-3 conference). Kaylee Cox doubled while finishing 2-for-2 with an RBI. Paris McGee was also 2-for-2 with one RBI.
Gracie Doty and Klaire Womack drove in one run each, while Annalee Qualls scored two runs.
Riverside pitcher Katie Ridge allowed only one hit while striking out seven batters and walking none. | 2022-04-07T08:09:45Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Lady Blazers rally to earn sweep | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/lady-blazers-rally-to-earn-sweep/article_3be33859-f3e9-5e43-b528-ab721711baf3.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/lady-blazers-rally-to-earn-sweep/article_3be33859-f3e9-5e43-b528-ab721711baf3.html |
White River Medical Center Surgery providers and staff with the Aquablation Therapy equipment, a new, minimally invasive robotic treatment for patients with an enlarged prostate. Pictured are Dr. Rob Emery (left), Urologist; Laura Draper, Scrub Tech; Jane Swaim, RN; Britney Carter, Scrub Tech; and Dr. Hunter Brown, Urologist.
BATESVILLE — Dr. Hunter Brown and Dr. Rob Emery, Urologists at WRMC Surgery Clinic, are proud to offer Aquablation Therapy for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The procedures are performed at White River Medical Center (WRMC).
BPH, or an enlarged prostate, is a non-cancerous condition where the prostate has grown to be larger than normal. One in two men ages 51 to 60 have BPH, and the incidence increases every decade of life. If left untreated, BPH can cause significant health problems, including irreversible bladder or kidney damage, bladder stones, and incontinence. Some BPH surgical options offer symptom relief, but can include a range of possible negative side effects.
Aquablation Therapy is an advanced, minimally invasive treatment that uses the power of water delivered with robotic precision to provide best-in-class and long-lasting symptom relief with low rates of irreversible complications, regardless of prostate size or shape.
“We are proud to be among the first in the region to offer a solution for men with BPH that provides BPH relief without compromise,” said Dr. Brown.
Aquablation Therapy is performed by the AquaBeam Robotic System, the first FDA-cleared, surgical robot utilizing automated tissue resection or the treatment of LUTS due to BPH. It combines real-time, multi-dimensional imaging, automated robotic technology, and heat-free waterjet ablation technology for targeted, controlled, and immediate removal of prostate tissue. Aquablation Therapy offers predictable and reproducible outcomes, independent of prostate anatomy, prostate size, or surgeon experience.
“Aquablation Therapy is the next step to furthering our commitment to robotic surgery and men’s health,” said Dr. Emery.
Dr. Brown and Dr. Emery practice at the WRMC Surgery Clinic, a clinic of White River Health System. Carla Smith, APRN, also sees Urology patients at the WRMC Surgery Clinic, and can refer for Aquablation Therapy treatment. For more information call the WRMC Surgery Clinic at (870) 698-1846 or visit aquablation.com. | 2022-04-07T15:18:07Z | www.jonesborosun.com | WRMC urologists introduce Aquablation Therapy | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/wrmc-urologists-introduce-aquablation-therapy/article_29543418-1b46-56c2-9ed0-cc9b2e581d92.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/wrmc-urologists-introduce-aquablation-therapy/article_29543418-1b46-56c2-9ed0-cc9b2e581d92.html |
County prayer set
The Lawrence County Ministerial Alliance will host its monthly county prayer at 8 a.m. Monday at the Lawrence County Courthouse in Walnut Ridge.
All pastors, elected officials, candidates and others are welcome to attend.
The alliance will also host its regular monthly meeting at noon April 20 at La Casita Grill, 738 U.S. 67 North in Walnut Ridge.
For more information, contact President Dennis Calaway at 870-932-5300.
Velvet Ridge to perform
Pleasant Ridge Community Church will have a singing at 6 p.m. April 23 featuring Velvet Ridge. The singing will begin at 6 p.m. and a time of fellowship will follow.
The church is located eight miles northeast of Poughkeepsie in the Sitka community.
For more information please call the pastor, Jimmy Pagan at 870-528-4909.
Church briefs are run each Friday. Announcements for special events, such as revivals, homecomings, Bible schools and gospel singings, should be submitted by email to lifestyles@jonesborosun.com at least one week prior to the event and are needed by Wednesday for Friday publication. | 2022-04-08T09:59:41Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Church briefs | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/church-briefs/article_6e92307d-6fb0-566d-a317-35840a2c57a3.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/church-briefs/article_6e92307d-6fb0-566d-a317-35840a2c57a3.html |
Patsy Lenderman (from left), David Penn and Dana Penn are active members of Lawrence County’s The Compassionate Friends. David and Dana formed the Lawrence County group in 2005.
Photos by Shantelle Redden
Patsy Lenderman’s daughters, Melissa Renee Ragan (left) and Becky Lenderman Holmes, passed away from cancer and a vehicle accident. Since their passing, Patsy has found comfort with The Compassionate Friends.
David and Dana Penn established The Compassionate Friends in Lawrence County in 2005 after years of grieving over the loss of their son, John David, who passed away in 1991. | 2022-04-09T09:56:05Z | www.jonesborosun.com | TCF reaches out to those in need | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/tcf-reaches-out-to-those-in-need/article_47a250ef-fbb1-5a6b-9e3b-0ca9609d1988.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/tcf-reaches-out-to-those-in-need/article_47a250ef-fbb1-5a6b-9e3b-0ca9609d1988.html |
Bono needs grocery store
With the recent news of Brookland getting a Harps grocery store, I am deeply saddened to hear that no one has taken the initiative to invest in Bono. Yes, Bono did once have Kelly’s IGA – the small grocer that was ran by the late Ron Kelly. Since his passing, and the growth of Bono, no one has come to that area and brought forth another grocery store.
While I’m glad that someone has done this for the town of Brookland, they too need to analyze Bono. (Bono, Sedgwick, Egypt, Cash, Alicia, Fontaine)
Those living in Bono must drive 20 minutes or more to go to Walmart on Parker Road.
I grew up in Bono, in the days when we had Kelly’s IGA. If you needed a loaf of bread or your mom needed something to cook with, then you got on your bike and road down to Kelly’s and got it for her. Those days are long gone.
I understand that Bono has Dollar General, but they aren’t like a marketplace.
Say what you want about that 20-minute drive to Walmart, but it’s been six years since Ron Kelly passed, and I think it’s time someone picked up his torch and gave the city of Bono another grocery store.
Jason Rufkahr | 2022-04-09T09:56:30Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Bono needs grocery store | Opinion | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/opinion/bono-needs-grocery-store/article_169eddb9-5af4-5a87-b0a9-d18ba144dcb0.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/opinion/bono-needs-grocery-store/article_169eddb9-5af4-5a87-b0a9-d18ba144dcb0.html |
Jonesboro’s Will Thyer steals second base as Batesville’s Wes Lange (10) catches the throw during the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader at Woodland Field. Jonesboro swept the doubleheader, winning the first game 6-5 and the second 10-0.
JONESBORO — Jonesboro rallied in the first game and dominated the second to earn a doubleheader sweep of Batesville in 5A-East conference baseball Thursday.
The Hurricane scored five runs in the final two innings to rally for a 6-5 victory over the Pioneers to start the doubleheader. Lance Davis pitched a two-hit shutout in the nightcap as Jonesboro rolled to a 10-0 victory in six innings.
Jonesboro (12-5-1, 5-1 conference) trailed 5-1 after five innings in the first game. A two-run sixth closed the gap to two runs and the Hurricane plated three in the bottom of the seventh to win.
Josh Hyneman and Rykar Acebo hit one-out singles to start Jonesboro’s seventh-inning comeback. Hudson Hosman drew a walk to load the bases and Will Thyer drew a walk to score a run, pulling the Hurricane within 5-4.
Jack Cheatham was hit by a pitch to score the tying run and Zac Day drew another walk to score the winning run.
Day, who also drove in a run in the sixth, finished with a hit and two RBIs in the first game. Ty Rhoades doubled for the Hurricane’s lone extra-base hit.
Acebo pitched a complete game for the victory, allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits while striking out seven and walking none.
Batesville’s Gage Wood pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up three runs (none earned) on four hits while striking out 10 and walking four. Wood also powered the Pioneers (11-4, 4-2) at the plate, finishing 2-for-3 with a triple, a home run and two RBIs.
Davis struck out nine batters while walking one and allowing only two hits in the nightcap. Jonesboro, the visiting team in the second game, scored three runs in the third inning, five in the fourth and two in the sixth.
Meyer Maddox was 3-for-5 with an RBI in the second game. Rhoades was 2-for-3; Hosman added a hit and an RBI; Hyneman had a hit, two RBIs and two runs scored; Acebo had a hit and an RBI while scoring twice; Day drove in a run; and Charlie Dominguez had a hit and two RBIs.
Marion 7, Valley View 5
JONESBORO – Marion held off Valley View for a 7-5 victory Thursday in high school baseball.
The Blazers (15-3) lost despite outhitting the Patriots (13-4) 10-3. Slade Caldwell was 2-for-2 with two RBIs, while Grayson Becker was 2-for-3 with an RBI for Valley View.
Lawson Ward and Jackson Stotts also drove in runs for Valley View.
Becker started on the mound, yielding four runs (three earned) on two hits while walking six and striking out one.
Walnut Ridge 13, Hoxie 1
WALNUT RIDGE – Mason Andrews pitched a five-inning no-hitter Thursday to lead Walnut Ridge to a 13-1 victory over Hoxie in 3A-3 conference baseball.
Andrews struck out 10 batters. He was also 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs for the Bobcats (12-2, 9-1 conference).
Kel Slusser was 2-for-2 with a double and three RBIs, while Maddox Jean doubled and drove in a run. Nolan Belcher added a hit and two RBIs, including one in the first inning to help the Bobcats get going. He also joined Andrews in driving in runs during Walnut Ridge’s four-run fifth inning.
LAKE CITY – Jerron Bucy pitched a complete game Thursday to lead Rector to a 9-2 victory over Riverside in 2A-3 conference baseball.
Bucy allowed two runs on four hits. He struck out seven batters and walked only one.
Cooper Rabjohn was 3-for-4 to lead the Cougars (12-3, 7-2 conference). Sam Shipley was 2-for-4 and Bucy reached base four times on a hit and three walks.
Riverside’s Kaleb Tacker pitched two innings, yielding four runs (two earned) and four hits. Trae Barnes worked 3 2/3 innings, allowing five runs and five hits while striking out four batters. | 2022-04-09T09:56:54Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Jonesboro sweeps Batesville in 5A-East twinbill | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/jonesboro-sweeps-batesville-in-5a-east-twinbill/article_631a7d86-60ed-5b25-b143-490e08ffbf8d.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/jonesboro-sweeps-batesville-in-5a-east-twinbill/article_631a7d86-60ed-5b25-b143-490e08ffbf8d.html |
JONESBORO — Westside scored 30 runs to sweep Brookland in a 4A-3 conference softball doubleheader Thursday, winning the first game 17-5 and the second 13-3.
The Lady Warriors’ first-game barrage included a home run and a double from Jada Diaz, who was 3-for-4 with five RBIs. Abby Manley was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, while Gracie Landreth had a hit and drove in three runs.
Westside’s Lexie Engle was 2-for-3 with an RBI; Megan Hedger had a hit and an RBI while scoring three runs; Bailey Willis and Rachel Edwards had one hit and two RBIs each; and Baile Rogers had a hit while scoring twice.
Landreth struck out three in three innings for the pitching victory. Manley struck out three over the final two innings.
Rogers was 4-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored as the Lady Warriors (13-5, 5-3 conference) won the second game in six innings. Manley was 2-for-2 with four RBIs and Landreth was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
Willis added two hits and two RBIs. Engle had two hits; Sloane Welch added a hit and an RBI; and Hedger had one hit and scored three runs.
Manley struck out eight over 3 2/3 innings for the pitching victory. Landreth struck out two over the final 2 1/3 innings.
Emily Willett hit a two-run home run for Brookland in the first game. In the second game, Madison Wooldridge was 3-for-4 and Ashlyn McNeese hit a three-run homer for the Lady Bearcats (3-9, 3-5 conference).
EPC 12, Jonesboro 3
LEPANTO – Kelly Ann Lucas drove in four runs while belting a triple and a double during a 10-run fourth inning Thursday, leading East Poinsett County to a 12-3 victory over Jonesboro in high school softball.
Lucas finished with three hits for EPC. Keegan McCorkle and Zoe Constant added three hits each for the Lady Warriors (17-1). Mercedes Reel added two hits for EPC.
In addition to Lucas’ four RBIs, Reel, Jaycee Davis, Constant and McCorkle drove in one run each during EPC’s fourth-inning outburst.
McCorkle pitched all seven innings, yielding three runs on six hits while striking out 11 batters.
Caroline Hughes had three hits for Jonesboro (5-10).
Beebe 6, Valley View 1
JONESBORO – Beebe scored four runs in the first two innings Thursday and went on to defeat Valley View 6-1 in high school softball.
Three Beebe pitchers combined to strike out seven batters while limiting the Lady Blazers (14-3) to three hits. Isabel Riba, Lauren Mitchell and Grace Butler had hits for Valley View, with Butler scoring a run.
TUCKERMAN – Hannah Nicholson struck out 11 batters Thursday as Tuckerman kept its 2A-2 conference record perfect with a 9-1 victory over Midland.
Audrey Altom was 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Lady Bulldogs (10-5, 6-0 conference). | 2022-04-09T09:57:06Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Westside rolls past Brookland in 4A-3 doubleheader | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/westside-rolls-past-brookland-in-4a-3-doubleheader/article_564d80f2-d6f2-57ab-9bf6-d57c74a0eff3.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/westside-rolls-past-brookland-in-4a-3-doubleheader/article_564d80f2-d6f2-57ab-9bf6-d57c74a0eff3.html |
Arkansas Pie Festival returns to Cherokee Village
CHEROKEE VILLAGE — Cherokee Village will host Arkansas’s statewide Pie Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
“After two years of fighting COVID and missing out on many of our favorite traditions, we are so excited to bring the Arkansas Pie Festival back. We look forward to welcoming pie lovers to Cherokee Village,” festival co-chairman and Cherokee Village Community Developer Jonathan Rhodes said.
The festival will feature a competition between professional pie makers from around the state.
Judges and attendees will be able to sample pies of all varieties before crowning a champion baker.
Pies from amateur and student bakers will also be on display and auctioned off for charity.
In addition to pie tasting, festival-goers will enjoy live music entertainment, food trucks, pie-eating contests, shopping at the Arkansas Pie Pop-up Shop and the opportunity to meet Miss Arkansas 2021 Whitney Williams.
The festival also includes a Pie Day 5K race for the first time.
The festival will end with a silent pie auction and awards ceremony.
Festival proceeds will support STEAM programming and education through the community’s Spring River Innovation Hub.
Ticket sales, Pie Day 5K and pie competition registration are available online. Presale tickets for adults are $10, which includes the pie tasting, and $5 for children ages 5-12. Tickets will also be available at the gate for $12.
For more information, visit www.arkansaspiefestival .com to learn more about the festival including how to become a contestant. | 2022-04-12T18:44:16Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Arkansas Pie Festival returns to Cherokee Village | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/arkansas-pie-festival-returns-to-cherokee-village/article_30b8c028-c8c1-541f-9ce0-f6a7d2755c62.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/arkansas-pie-festival-returns-to-cherokee-village/article_30b8c028-c8c1-541f-9ce0-f6a7d2755c62.html |
BRTC to hold graduation for respiratory care
Black River Technical College will hold the spring respiratory care graduation and pinning at 6 p.m. April 28 in the Randolph County Development Center, 1410 Arkansas 304 East, on the Pocahontas campus.
Guests of the graduates and members of the community are invited to attend commencement.
ADA offers scholarship
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting scholarship applications from students majoring in agriculture or an agriculture-related field at Arkansas State University, Southern Arkansas University, the University of Arkansas System or Arkansas Tech University.
Applications will be accepted through June 1 and can be found at bit.ly/DeptofAgScholarship. Recipients must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average. Selections are based on academic achievements, character, leadership, career plans and financial need.
Scholarship recipients may receive up to $5,000 for the 2022-23 academic year.
Curtis Humes memorial scholarship established
The Curtis Humes Memorial Scholarship has recently been established through the Black River Technical College Foundation.
Humes began attending BRTC in the fall of 2016. During his tenure at BRTC, he completed a welding certificate, an Auto CAD Level 1 Certificate, a Microcomputer Repair Technician of Proficiency Certificate, and an Associate of Applied Science in Computer Information Technology.
The scholarship, created by his family will be awarded each fall to a student enrolled in a computer technology course.
Students may apply for the scholarship at bit.ly/3NWO27o.
Two inducted into honor society
Graham Averitt of Jonesboro and Brianna Cupp of Walcott were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
Averitt is at Samford University while Cupp is at The University of Mississippi. | 2022-04-12T18:44:22Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Education briefs | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/education-briefs/article_ab579956-ea81-5cdf-b9d9-2669d5d792dc.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/education-briefs/article_ab579956-ea81-5cdf-b9d9-2669d5d792dc.html |
Rainwater awarded scholarship
PARAGOULD — Joshua Rainwater of Paragould has accepted the Spring 2022 Paragould Site Student Scholarship at Black River Technical College.
Rainwater is currently seeking the Associate of Arts in General Studies from BRTC.
He is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success.
BRTC Paragould educators, staff and community members collectively donate to this scholarship to support local students struggling for financial support, to help with their education.
This Paragould scholarship is available for all Paragould-site traditional and non-traditional students. | 2022-04-12T18:44:52Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Rainwater awarded scholarship | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/rainwater-awarded-scholarship/article_c4b9f0bd-9054-54aa-b223-03a6d80ab94d.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/rainwater-awarded-scholarship/article_c4b9f0bd-9054-54aa-b223-03a6d80ab94d.html |
Egg hunt and horse back rides planned
JONESBORO — Kids can enjoy a free Easter Egg Hunt and horseback rides at “Easter In The Park” on Saturday at Craighead Forest Park.
Diego Ranch and In-Sync Counseling have joined forces to spread a little joy this year through an event they are calling “Easter In The Park.”
This will be a free community event from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday at pavilion one in the Craighead Forest Park in Jonesboro.
Micheal Jackson, Diego Ranch owner, said on Monday that there will be an Easter egg hunt, bounce houses and food vendors, plus free horseback rides.
The Easter Egg Hunt will begin at 2 p.m.
“There will be horses dressed in Easter attire,” he said, “the Easter Bunny, local vendors, and of course a free Easter Egg Hunt.”
“Our promotion of Mental Health Services will also include a self-care giveaway basket,” Jackson said, “which contains a bunch of cool items, including a $100 gift card to Black Arrow Tattoos, an Hour long massage from Elizabeth Buck Massage Therapy, gift cards from Rivendell for Southern Confections desserts, and plenty more.”
“We hope everyone will come out and have a good time,” Jackson said. “We are still currently taking on local sponsors, vendors and donations. Donations will be used to purchase items for the event and the remainder will be donated to Diego Ranch for their future equine therapy program here in Jonesboro.”
“Equine therapy is a form of mental health therapy that involves the use of horses instead of traditional therapy methods,” he said, noting that In Sync Counseling is an outpatient mental health clinic which provides mental health services for the community as well, including therapy, group therapy, psychological testing, and medication management services.
For more information about sponsoring, setting up a booth, or donating to the cause, contact Micheal Jackson at diegorachinc@gmail.com or Amanda Emerson at amanda@insync.hush.com. | 2022-04-12T18:45:10Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Egg hunt and horse back rides planned | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/egg-hunt-and-horse-back-rides-planned/article_ec354018-1dc7-5da7-9856-eba14ca2114f.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/egg-hunt-and-horse-back-rides-planned/article_ec354018-1dc7-5da7-9856-eba14ca2114f.html |
JONESBORO — District Judge David Boling found probable cause Monday to charge a Jonesboro man with five felonies and one misdemeanor.
Brandon Allen Hunter, 23, is charged with rape, kidnapping, first-degree terroristic threatening, residential burglary, second-offense third-degree domestic battery, all felonies, and second-degree interference with emergency communications.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Hunter broke into his former girlfriend’s residence in the 300 block of Wildwood Point on April 3. Officers responding to the scene observed that the victim had injuries to her head, neck and wrists. She also had swelling to her forehead and face, a laceration to her lip and scratches to her neck and wrists.
She told officers she heard the back door to the residence close and opened her bedroom door to investigate.
“As she opened the door Hunter struck her in the face with his hand, knocking her back into her bedroom. The victim stated Hunter struck her in the face multiple times with his hands and feet and had choked her to the point of losing consciousness approximately three times,” the affidavit states.
The victim told officers Hunter urinated on her before raping her. She said after he assaulted her Hunter forced her into his vehicle. He then drove around for some time, striking her in the head while he drove.
She said she attempted to escape at a gas station, but Hunter forced her back into the vehicle
The victim said Hunter then bound her wrists and mouth with duct tape.
She said she was able to eventually break free of the tape and was able to escape near the intersection of Prospect Road and Kathleen Street.
Boling set Hunter’s bond at $1 million. | 2022-04-12T18:45:35Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Rape suspect get $1 million bond | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/rape-suspect-get-1-million-bond/article_77eb7cbe-a94e-5070-951b-96c198c8df45.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/rape-suspect-get-1-million-bond/article_77eb7cbe-a94e-5070-951b-96c198c8df45.html |
Nettleton catcher Kaleb Tedder catches a throw on the bounce as Wynne’s Ethan Hirons scores during Friday’s game at Raider Field. Wynne won 14-8.
JONESBORO — Jonesboro churned out 29 runs Friday and Saturday to defeat Pulaski Robinson and Vilonia in high school baseball at Woodland Field.
The Hurricane used a seven-run fifth inning Friday to finish off Robinson 13-3. Ty Rhoades, Josh Hyneman and Rykar Acebo launched back-to-back-to-back home runs in the fifth, with two runs scoring on Rhoades’ blast.
Acebo was 3-for-3 with a triple, a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored. Rhoades was 2-for-4 with a double, home run and four RBIs. Meyer Maddox was 2-for-3 with a double and scored three runs.
Hudson Hosman doubled and scored twice; Hyneman homered and scored twice; Will Thyer hit a solo home run and scored twice; and Charlie Dominguez had a hit and an RBI.
Maddox pitched four scoreless innings for the victory, allowing one hit while striking out six batters.
Tied 10-10 after three innings Saturday with Vilonia, Jonesboro (14-5-1) scored five runs in the fourth inning to take control. The Hurricane pounded out 14 hits to overcome four errors that led to five unearned runs for the Eagles.
Hyneman was 3-for-4 with his eighth home run of the season, four runs batted in and three runs scored. Rhoades doubled twice while finishing 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Maddox was 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored, while Dominguez was 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Hosman was 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored. Barrett Waleszonia had a hit and two RBIs.
Rhoades pitched three scoreless innings in relief for the victory, striking out four while holding Vilonia hitless.
Valley View 8, Vilonia 7 Valley View 11, Robinson 1
JONESBORO – Valley View improved to 17-3 over the weekend with victories over Vilonia and Pulaski Robinson in high school baseball.
The Blazers pushed across a run in the eighth inning Friday to defeat Vilonia 8-7. Tyler Hoskins was 2-for-4 with two RBIs to lead Valley View, which had six different players drive in runs.
Carter Saulsbury was 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI. Cooper Lutz, Grayson Becker, Kayson Becker and Jackson Stotts drove in one run each. Slade Caldwell doubled and scored twice.
Three Valley View pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts. Eli Crecelius pitched three scoreless innings for the victory, holding Vilonia without a hit while striking out seven batters.
The Blazers capitalized on 11 walks and five Robinson errors in Saturday’s 11-1 rout of the Senators.
Preston Watlington was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Lawson Ward drove in two runs, Grayson Becker, Kannon Jones and Jackson Stotts had a hit and an RBI each; Hoskins also drove in a run; and Caldwell and Grayson Becker scored two runs each.
Caldwell pitched four innings for the victory. He gave up one run on two hits and one walk while striking out four.
Lonoke 6, Brookland 1 Brookland 10, Vilonia 5
JONESBORO – Brookland split two games over the weekend, falling 6-1 to Lonoke on Friday before bouncing back to defeat Vilonia 10-5 on Saturday.
Dax Webb was 3-for-4 with an RBI in Friday’s loss to Lonoke at Jack Moore Complex. Griffin Duvall was 2-for-4.
Webb (0-2) suffered the loss on the mound, giving up three runs on a hit and four walks in an inning. David Rubottom pitched six innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and recording five strikeouts.
Weston Speir earned the pitching victory and was 3-for-3 with two doubles and four RBIs as the Bearcats defeated Vilonia at Woodland Field. Speir (4-0) pitched three innings, allowing two runs on three hits while striking out three.
Duvall was 3-for-5 with two doubles for the Bearcats (12-5). Webb drove in two runs, while Jake Reece and Cade Collins added an RBI apiece.
Wynne 14, Nettleton 8
JONESBORO – Wynne scored seven runs in the final two innings Friday to hold off Nettleton for a 14-8 victory in high school baseball.
Nine different players had hits for the Yellowjackets, who capitalized on 10 walks and four Raider errors.
Luke Taegtmeyer doubled and drove in three runs, while Ethan Hirons and Drew Moore drove in two each for Wynne. Hirons and Keith Henderson scored three runs each; Grey Westbrook and Siler Holbrook scored twice each.
Dillon Burns pitched five innings for the victory, allowing three runs (two earned) on two hits and four walks while striking out five.
Zachary Bishop was 2-for-5 with a double and three RBIs for Nettleton, which scored five runs in the last two innings. Landon Webb doubled, drove in two runs and scored two; Carson McFarland had a hit and drove in two runs; and Ford Raffo and Kaleb Tedder scored two runs each.
Marked Tree 15, CRA 1
MARKED TREE – Logan Smith fired a five-inning no-hitter Thursday as Marked Tree defeated Crowley’s Ridge Academy 15-1 in 1A-3 conference baseball.
Smith struck out nine, walked one and allowed only an unearned run.
Zander Criswell was 3-for-4 with three RBIs for the Indians (7-5, 6-0 conference); Aiden McGuire was 2-for-3 and doubled twice; and Ryan Wages scored three runs. | 2022-04-12T18:46:11Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Hurricane, Blazers earn two victories each | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/hurricane-blazers-earn-two-victories-each/article_9e148c3d-743e-5e3d-8679-09479900903d.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/hurricane-blazers-earn-two-victories-each/article_9e148c3d-743e-5e3d-8679-09479900903d.html |
LEFT: Kace Kersey, heart transplant recipient, addresses those present at the Donate Life celebration held at AMMC. Right: Paragould Mayor Josh Agee (seated) signs a proclamation recognizing April as Donate Life Month as Teresa Fisher (left), AMMC Chief Nursing Officer, and Kim Mosley, with Mid America Transplant, observe.
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Peggy Jackson talks about the importance of organ and tissue donation as part of the Donate Life Month ceremony at AMMC.
Paragould Mayor Josh Agee (seated) signs a proclamation recognizing April as Donate Life Month as Teresa Fisher (left), AMMC Chief Nursing Officer, and Kim Mosley, with Mid America Transplant, observe.
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Jim Scudder (left) and Gavin Hunt raise the Donate Life flag at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center during a ceremony recognizing April as Donate Life Month, to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation.
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AMMC draws attention to organ and tissue donation
By Steve Gillespie Paxton News Service
April is National Donate Life Month, which focuses awareness on organ and tissue donation.
An event held April 1 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center ushered in the month with a proclamation signing by Paragould Mayor Josh Agee, a flag raising ceremony, and testimonials from local people with first-hand experiences involving organ and tissue donation.
Kace Kersey is about to celebrate his 15th birthday. When he was 14 months old, he contracted a virus that attacked his heart. He shared his story with those at the event.
“I was airlifted from Arkansas Methodist Medical Center to Children’s Hospital in Little Rock,” he said. “After being on life support for nearly two weeks, I received a heart transplant. I take medication twice a day, and go for regular checkups every three months. This summer I will have my three-year heart cath. Organ donation saved my life. I am forever thankful for that. I want to encourage everyone to be an organ donor.”
Peggy Jackson, of Paragould, also spoke about her husband who passed away last year.
“Bob Jackson donated life on March the 20th, 2021,” she said. “Bob was listed as a donor for over 50 years, when he first went into the military. This has been a very long and difficult year. Bob believed in First Corinthians 6:19-20 – ‘Don’t you know that your bodies are temples of the holy spirit? The spirit is in you and you have received the spirit of God. You do not belong to yourself. Christ paid the price for you.’ – So use your bodies in a way that honors God.”
She said her husband did just that, and that she has found comfort in the scriptures and knowing that her husband has helped so many people.
“There’s a young man in St. Louis who now sees,” Jackson said. She added that nerve transplants are even being done now, and that skin and bone can be preserved for donation up to five years. “So Bob is still helping people.”
Prior to proclaiming April as National Donate Life Month, Mayor Agee said that by becoming an organ, eye and tissue donor, one individual could save and heal the lives of more than 75 people.
“During National Donate Life Month we honor the compassion and generosity of registered donors, donor families and living donors, and recognize the commitment of researchers, innovators, champions, national partners and medical professionals who work tirelessly to save and heal lives through transplantation,” Agee said.
There are 117,000 Americans and 234 people in Arkansas who are currently on the national transplant waiting list.
According to Arkansas Methodist Medical Center’s donation summary, during the years 2019-2021, there have been 34 unique eye and tissue donors, 22 bone donors recovered, 28 eye donors, 31 skin donors recovered, eight heart valves recovered and 1 liver donation.
People can register to be an organ or tissue donor through www. midamericatransplant.org or sayyesgivelife.org. | 2022-04-13T08:21:54Z | www.jonesborosun.com | AMMC draws attention to organ and tissue donation | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/ammc-draws-attention-to-organ-and-tissue-donation/article_465cbeee-4f4f-522c-ba33-4c80171c9145.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/ammc-draws-attention-to-organ-and-tissue-donation/article_465cbeee-4f4f-522c-ba33-4c80171c9145.html |
JONESBORO — The only point of contention Monday evening at the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library’s board of trustees meeting concerned the social media policy for the library.
The library’s attorney, Donn Mixon, spoke about the social media policy, saying he thought the policy was well-written.
According to the policy, “The Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library will review all comments and posts for appropriate content. … While comments will not be edited by PR staff, a comment may be hidden or deleted if it violates the comment policy described here.”
Comments will be immediately removed if they are:
Abusive, offensive, threatening, obscene, or vulgar language.
Harassing, stalking, or abusive behavior.
Personal attacks of any kind.
Language that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, age, or religious group, gender, sexual orientation or disability status.
Specific or imminent threats.
Advertisements.
Endorsements.
Organized political activity.
Comments and posts that are off-topic.
Mixon said one concern of his was if a board member entered a comments section on social media.
“My concerns about social media is how board members respond. If you identify yourself as a board member it could cause problems,” he said.
The policy was approved 3-2, with board members Shalon Tate, Michael Watkins and Mike Johnson voting for it, and board members Mark Nichols and Kailey Luster voting against it.
Nichols said the library would be censoring comments.
Mixon responded by saying the library set an objective standard for the comments.
The attorney, in response to Luster saying Mixon didn’t answer emails she sent to him, said he won’t respond to individual emails from board members because he doesn’t represent individual members, but the board as a whole.
He said he would respond to emails from the library director.
The board unanimously approved two policies, one on its lending out of R-rated DVDs to those under 17 years of age.
The library will not allow those under 17 to check out R-rated DVDs unless a parent waives the restriction by presenting a photo identification to the circulation desk and stating they waive this restriction for their child.
Also approved was that if a proposed new policy or change of policy is not approved by the board, that policy cannot be reintroduced to the board for six months.
Speakers at the meeting included the Right Rev. Terry Riley of the Southern Delta Church of Wicca. Riley expressed concern about the library restricting access to books for children.
“The library can’t take the place of parents in restricting children’s access to books,” he said.
Riley warned the board that if a proposed section dedicated to world religions is placed in the children’s area of the library that all religions must be included, not just mainstream ones.
Another speaker, Robin Martin, said the library needs more than one person in its accounting office. She said the library has enough money to fund an extra position.
Kier Heyl spoke about the response at the March meeting when Vanessa Adams, the library’s director, said a Gay Pride display won’t be placed in the children’s section as it was last year. Heyl said “half the room erupted in cheers.”
He said his 12-year-old child is happy with gay pride displays and said the LGBTQ+ community is under attack.
“Who’s going to stand up for my child?” Heyl said. | 2022-04-13T08:22:06Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Library OKs social media policy | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/library-oks-social-media-policy/article_ab38f583-4f5f-5b59-b5b6-9ab991b6f9f3.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/library-oks-social-media-policy/article_ab38f583-4f5f-5b59-b5b6-9ab991b6f9f3.html |
JONESBORO — District Judge David Boling found probable cause Monday to charge two Jonesboro men with possession of meth or cocaine greater than 2 grams but less than 10 grams and felony possession of drug paraphernalia.
Antony Jalomo Banda and Perez Villarreal were arrested at about 1 a.m. Monday on U.S. 49 after a Brookland police officer saw a vehicle parked about 15 feet off the roadway. The two occupants of the vehicle were asleep in the vehicle, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Craighead County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Potter assisted.
During a search of the vehicle, officers found 9 grams of suspected meth along with a glass pipe used to smoke meth.
The two were transported to the Craighead County Detention Center.
Boling gave both men a $50,000 bond.
In other cases Monday, Boling found probable cause to charge:
Bryant Barden, 22, of Jonesboro, with probation violation; $2,500 bond.
Ariel Lamb, 22, of Forrest City, with felony failure to appear; $25,000 bond.
Kristina Johnson, 36, of Jonesboro, with possession of meth or cocaine less than 2 grams and no proof of insurance; $1,500 bond.
Ashley Byrd, 25, of Jonesboro, with second-degree domestic battery and third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor; $20,000 bond.
April Rodriguez, 40, of Jonesboro, with felony failure to appear; $1,500 bond.
Kenneth Everett, 58, of Jonesboro, with possession of meth or cocaine greater than 2 grams but less than 10 grams, felony possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana; $7,500 bond.
William Fields, 35, of Jonesboro, with probation violation; $1,000 bond.
Zachary Golden, 33, of Jonesboro, with felony failure to appear; $25,000 bond.
Chad Eaker, 39, of Jonesboro, with possession of meth or cocaine with the purpose to deliver less than 2 grams, possession of a Schedule I or II drug not meth or cocaine with the purpose to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a Schedule IV or V drug with the purpose to deliver and possession of a Schedule III drug with the purpose to deliver; $7,500 bond.
Olajide Roddy, 34, of Jonesboro, with felony failure to appear and possession of marijuana; $4,500 total bond.
Marquez Turner, 26, of Jonesboro, with probation violation and felony failure to appear; $10,000 bond.
Christopher Hood, 29, of Lake City, with probation violation; $1,000 bond.
Melissa Hilburn, 48, of Walnut Ridge, with probation violation; $1,000 bond. | 2022-04-13T08:22:12Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Meth arrests lead to $50,000 bonds | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/meth-arrests-lead-to-50-000-bonds/article_e8fe10e8-bb14-508a-b69d-656d006e94a3.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/meth-arrests-lead-to-50-000-bonds/article_e8fe10e8-bb14-508a-b69d-656d006e94a3.html |
Virginia Earlene Hicks, 70, of Strawberry, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday April 7, 2022, at UAMS in Little Rock.
Earlene was born Nov. 11, 1951, in Walnut Ridge, to John and Olene (Sharp) Voyles. Earlene was a faithful member of Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. She was a hard worker her whole life and loved her job as a riverboat cook for Marquette for many years. Above all, Earlene was a loving friend, mother, sister and grandmother. Her favorite thing to do was to cook for her family and spend time at her home in Strawberry.
In addition to her parents, Earlene was preceded in death by sister, Lois Northcutt; brother-in-law, Norman Tanner; niece, Carrie Breedlove; and nephew, Chad Breedlove.
She is survived by her children, John (Tanya) Pettit of Strawberry and Debra (Roger) Randolph of Smithville; siblings, Steve Voyles, Ronnie and Lonnie Voyles and Debra Tanner, all of Odessa, Texas; grandchildren, Blake Pettit, Jake Pettit, Shelby Ward, Cheyanne Ibarra, Raven Johnson and Ian Crane; and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation was Tuesday, April 12, 2022, from noon until 1 p.m. at Jerusalem Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Strawberry. The funeral was at 1 p.m. with Bro. Roger Randolph officiating. Interment was in Old Lebanon Cemetery in Lynn under the direction of Cox Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.
Honored to serve as pallbearers were Jake Pettit, Michael Simmons, Rick Clem, Brady Johnson, Brandon Jackson and Jeffery Bristow. Honorary pallbearers were Blake Pettit, Caleb Ward, Jeffery, Ian Crane, and the men of Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. | 2022-04-13T19:36:33Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Earlene Hicks | Obituaries | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/times_dispatch/obituaries/earlene-hicks/article_b27b4397-5a89-5cdd-94ee-ae6548280c32.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/times_dispatch/obituaries/earlene-hicks/article_b27b4397-5a89-5cdd-94ee-ae6548280c32.html |
Arkansas YF&R announces finalists
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers announced the finalists for the “Excellence in Ag” and “Achievement Award” contests.
The Achievement Award recognizes young farmers and ranchers in Arkansas who have excelled in their operations and exhibited outstanding leadership abilities. The award is designed for those involved full-time in production agriculture.
Brittany Scott in Craighead County – Scott is owner and operator of SMART Repro and Delta Livestock Diagnostics and co-owner of SMART Research Group. These businesses focus on the reproductive physiology of small ruminant animals.
Brandon and Lauren Martin in White County – The Martins have six broiler houses, 55 head of commercial cows and a small herd of registered Hereford heifers. They also custom bale over 600 bales of hay a year on 65 acres.
Brad and Tara Peacock in White County – The Peacocks rent 1,000 acres on which they grow soybeans, rice and corn. Brad also helps manage a 2,000-acre family row-crop farm with his father.
Excellence in Ag recognizes the accomplishments of contestants that derive the majority of their income from efforts other than agriculture but are also involved in farming.
The top three finalists for Excellence in Ag are:
Sara Beth Johnson in Lonoke County – Johnson is a content and social media specialist for Filament Ag, an agricultural marketing company. She and her husband, Colton, own and operate Flying Pig Cattle Co., where they have a commercial cow-calf herd, a goat herd and registered Miniature Herefords.
Reed and Sara Kelley in Faulkner County – The Kelleys have a commercial cow-calf operation in Conway, where Reed is an agricultural instructor at Conway High School. Sara works at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center as a labor and delivery nurse.
Matthew and Chloe Martin in White County – Matthew is a diesel mechanic and Chloe is a teacher at Concord Public Schools. Together they own and operate Ridge Raised Farms, where they raise cattle. | 2022-04-14T04:52:51Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Arkansas YF&R announces finalists | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/arkansas-yf-r-announces-finalists/article_144c2d83-933d-5776-a15f-ac7a7f44080c.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/arkansas-yf-r-announces-finalists/article_144c2d83-933d-5776-a15f-ac7a7f44080c.html |
CWL to flush water system
City Water and Light in Jonesboro will be flushing its water system from April 24-29.
The flushing will begin at approximately 10 p.m. and end at approximately 6 a.m. Various areas within the Jonesboro city limits will be flushed.
If you have any questions, contact CWL at 870-935-5581.
Arvest Bank Credit Card Division sets records
Arvest Bank has announced that its credit card division generated record sales volume in merchant services for 2021. | 2022-04-14T04:52:57Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Business briefs | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/business-briefs/article_635689ec-6b98-549e-8eac-3626eb7c3068.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/business-briefs/article_635689ec-6b98-549e-8eac-3626eb7c3068.html |
JONESBORO — Operation Spring Cleaning was a success, Craighead County Sheriff Marty Boyd said Wednesday.
The months-long cooperative investigation among the sheriff’s office, Jonesboro Police Department and 2nd Judicial District Drug Task Force resulted in 124 arrests, including 115 for felony offenses, Boyd said.
During the investigation, police seized 216 grams of methamphetamine, 128 grams of cocaine, 110 ecstasy pills and 463 grams of marijuana, he said. A total of $5,049 in cash was confiscated, according to Boyd.
“We still have some outstanding warrants,” Boyd said.
Twelve people were also arrested who were not the original targets of the investigation.
And two firearms were seized.
District Judge Tommy Fowler set bond at $350,000 for Arthur Ray Osborne, 40, and Dwight Darrell Crayton, 29, both of Jonesboro, who were arrested on warrants and now face nine felony charges. They include simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, possession of methamphetamine, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, possession of ecstasy, possession of oxycodone, a bottle of promethazine and other drugs.
Investigators also noted that Osborne was wanted on federal drug charges, as well, and is charged with two counts of delivery of illegal drugs.
In a separate case, the judge found probable cause to charge Gyeon D. Porter, 27, of Jonesboro, with simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, possession of ecstasy, and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. He set his bond at $250,000.
Simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms carries a potential life prison sentence.
The judge set bond at $250,000 for Travis Sentell Ward, 42, of Jonesboro, who was arrested on two warrants – both charging him with delivery of either methamphetamine or cocaine to an undercover informant – on separate dates.
Among others appearing before the judge:
Kedrin Lorail Brown, possession of meth, $25,000 bond.
Gene Edward Jones, felony possession of meth and misdemeanor obstructing governmental operations, $10,000 cash only bond.
Eric Luper, possession of meth, posted $10,000 bond
William Earl Davidson, 46, possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, $7,500 bond.
Billy Stephens, 61, of rural Bono, felony possession of pills that are controlled substances, $3,500 bond.
Jeremy Wayne Darr, 48, possession of 29 grams of meth, $50,000 bond.
Brice Wayne Brewer, 39, of Jonesboro, possession of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia, tampering with physical evidence and parole violation, $35,000 bond.
Briana Michelle Raymond-Hughes, 30, of Brookland, possession of meth and tampering with physical evidence, $25,000 bond.
Tia Leann Milligan, 41, of Trumann, possession of meth and tampering with physical evidence, $7,500 bond.
Jeremy Wells, 39, of Jonesboro, possession of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor hazardous driving.
William Barber, 31, of Jonesboro, possession of meth or cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and misdemeanor tampering with physical and possession of marijuana, $25,000 bond.
If prosecutors file formal charges, the suspects will appear in late May in Craighead County Circuit Court. | 2022-04-14T04:53:28Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Boyd declares success with 124 arrests in drug sweep | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/boyd-declares-success-with-124-arrests-in-drug-sweep/article_4fad185c-cb12-5d0a-a755-addf05655563.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/boyd-declares-success-with-124-arrests-in-drug-sweep/article_4fad185c-cb12-5d0a-a755-addf05655563.html |
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Little Rock Field Office has noted an increase in sextortion schemes targeting children, according to Public Affairs Officer Connor Hagan.
“The FBI has received numerous reports of predators posing as young girls on social media to coerce young boys into sending sexual videos of themselves and then extorting money from these victims,” Hagan said.
According to a news release from the FBI, the scheme typically follows this pattern: a predator (posing as a young girl on social media) convinces a young male, usually 13 to 17 years of age, to engage in explicit sexual activity over video chat; the video is secretly recorded and saved; the predator then reveals they have the saved video and attempts to extort money from the juvenile victim by threatening to post videos on various social media pages.
Hagan said the predator usually requests payment by asking for bank account login information or requesting gift cards.
The FBI release emphasizes that sextortion is a serious crime.
“The coercion of a child by an adult to produce child sexual abuse material carries heavy penalties, including life sentences for offenders,” the release stated. “To make the victimization stop, children typically notify someone – normally a parent, teacher, caregiver or law enforcement.”
Hagan noted that embarrassment can prevent a juvenile from coming forward, but reporting the crime is important.
“Sextortion offenders frequently have dozens of victims around the world, so coming forward to help law enforcement identify a predator may prevent countless future incidents of sexual exploitation,” he said.
The FBI offered the following tips to protect adults and children online:
For those who have been victimized or know someone who may be a victim of sextortion in Arkansas, contact FBI Little Rock at 501-221-9100 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (1-800-THE-LOST).
“Do not delete anything before law enforcement is able to review it,” Hagan said. “Tell law enforcement everything about the online encounters. It may be embarrassing, but it is necessary to find the predator.” | 2022-04-14T04:53:40Z | www.jonesborosun.com | FBI warns about sextortion schemes aimed at children | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/fbi-warns-about-sextortion-schemes-aimed-at-children/article_fe651a84-e0d5-5386-98cb-b84d5972e168.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/fbi-warns-about-sextortion-schemes-aimed-at-children/article_fe651a84-e0d5-5386-98cb-b84d5972e168.html |
JONESBORO — A rezoning proposal for land along Southwest Drive was rejected Tuesday by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission after neighboring property owners voiced their objections.
The vacant 2.12-acre tract between 5427 and 5421 Southwest Drive is currently zoned R-1 single family residential, but owner Brian French sought to change the zoning to I-1 limited industrial. French’s application indicated plans for 120 commercial storage units.
Three neighboring residents voiced their opposition to plans for storage units on the property, including Steve Floyd, who lives just east of the site.
Floyd said the city recently approved plans for one storage project in the vicinity, and that he learned mini-storage units are planned near the new Kum & Go convenience store in the Southern Hills Development.
Derrel Smith, Jonesboro’s planning and zoning director, told the commission he believed the proposed rezoning is incompatible with the surrounding property. The land is surrounded on three sides by homes.
Commission member Dennis Zolper said he’s typically in favor of commercial growth.
“Mr. French, I hate to say that, but I think you should reconsider your uses,” Zolper said.
The commission voted 6-0 to recommend against the request.
In other business, the commission approved preliminary subdivision plans for Prospect Farms, Phase VIII, 55 lots on 16 acres on Prospect Farms Road. Mark Morris Homes LLC is the developer. | 2022-04-14T04:53:46Z | www.jonesborosun.com | MAPC rejects rezoning proposal | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/mapc-rejects-rezoning-proposal/article_f788d59f-761e-5f15-9d72-69ea5cee1e78.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/mapc-rejects-rezoning-proposal/article_f788d59f-761e-5f15-9d72-69ea5cee1e78.html |
Family friendly?
The fight for the freedom to read at the public library has been going on for almost a year. Recently, I viewed some documents via an FOIA request from 2021. Last year, an anti-LGBTQ+ activist screencapped my calls to action on social media and emailed them to the Craighead County Quorum Court. They said, "Don’t be a part of this ‐ Craighead County is viewed as a family‐friendly community. Hold the line."
It's amusing/depressing to watch these folks tell on themselves. They use "family-friendly" to mean "no queerness allowed." They act like learning about sex is corrupting. They insinuate that LGBTQ+ minors are mentally ill. They say, outright, that LGBTQ+ adults are groomers, pedophiles and child molesters.
I was a queer kid. Now I'm a queer adult. What I want is a world in which LGBTQ+ kids with parents who are hostile to the LGBTQ+ community don't have to skulk around in the shadows like I did, hoping for a crumb of recognition. That is why I am fighting so hard for our library to keep its books about LGBTQ+ kids and families.
Our GOP-majority quorum court could've ended this last year by appointing actual LGBTQ+ community members, parents or advocates to help educate the Jonesboro Library Board on these topics. They chose, instead, to appoint someone openly hostile to the LGBTQ+ community.
There are elections in May and November. The LGBTQ+ community in Craighead County needs all compassionate folks to show up for us. Please choose leaders who see our humanity.
Renay Williams | 2022-04-14T04:55:11Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Family friendly? | Opinion | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/opinion/family-friendly/article_805fd999-ae16-563a-9ba5-9db4be864c13.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/opinion/family-friendly/article_805fd999-ae16-563a-9ba5-9db4be864c13.html |
Matthew Bartels (20) and Rykar Acebo celebrate with Josh Hyneman (12) after Hyneman’s home run during the first game of Tuesday’s baseball doubleheader with Nettleton at Woodland Field.
JONESBORO — Jonesboro scored 10 runs over the final three innings of the second game to complete a doubleheader sweep of Nettleton in 5A-East conference baseball at Woodland Field.
The Hurricane (16-5-1, 7-1 conference) prevailed 4-1 in a pitcher’s duel in the opener, then pulled away in the nightcap for a 13-1 victory over the Raiders.
Jonesboro’s Lance Davis held Nettleton to four hits and one run in the first six innings of the first game, striking out four batters. Ty Rhoades worked around a single to earn the save in the seventh.
Nettleton’s Maddox Hampton allowed four runs on eight hits and three walks in the first game, striking out four batters.
The Raiders led 1-0 after Zachary Bishop drove in a run in the first inning. Jonesboro evened the score in the second when Jack Cheatham drove in a run, took a 2-1 lead on Zac Day’s RBI single in the fourth and added insurance on Josh Hyneman’s two-run home run in the fifth.
Hudson Hosman was 2-for-3 for Jonesboro, while Kenwarren McShan was 2-for-2 for Nettleton.
Rykar Acebo gave the Hurricane another strong start in the second game, striking out 11 batters while allowing an unearned run and six hits over six innings. Maddox worked the seventh.
Maddox Morrison was 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored for the Hurricane in the second game. Hyneman was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored; Acebo was 2-for-2 with an RBI; and Maddox was 2-for-5.
Rhoades doubled and drove in two runs, while Will Thyer doubled and drove in one. Hosman, Dominguez and Cheatham also drove in runs for Jonesboro, with Hosman scoring twice.
Landon Webb was 2-for-3 for Nettleton in the second game. Ford Raffo doubled and scored, and McShan also hit a double for the Raiders.
POCAHONTAS – Cade Collins’ walk-off single in the seventh inning lifted Brookland to a 2-1 victory over Pocahontas and a sweep of their 4A-3 conference baseball doubleheader Tuesday.
The Bearcats (14-5, 9-1 conference) started a two-out rally in the seventh on Kolin Parker’s single. Dax Webb drew a walk and the runners moved up another base on a passed ball before Collins’ game-ending single.
David Rubottom earned the pitching victory with three hitless innings in relief, allowing only an unearned run and one walk while striking out three batters. Starter Weston Speir worked four innings, giving up two hits and three walks while striking out two.
Speir also added a double at the plate.
Brookland won Tuesday’s first game 6-0 as Jack Henry Pettit pitched a complete-game shutout. Pettit (5-2) struck out six batters while giving up three hits.
Jake Reece drove in two runs for the Bearcats. Speir was 2-for-3 with an RBI; Pettit was 2-for-4 with an RBI; and Ethan Hafer was 2-for-3.
Walnut Ridge 14, Corning 0
CORNING – Maddox Jean limited Corning to six hits Tuesday as Walnut Ridge rolled to a 14-0 victory in 3A-3 conference baseball.
Rex Tedder was 2-for-3 with a triple and four RBIs to lead Walnut Ridge (13-2, 10-1 conference) at the plate. Kel Slusser added a hit and three RBIs, while Nolan Belcher added a hit and drove in two runs.
Walnut Ridge put up nine runs in the third inning, when Garrison Doyle, Jean, Kaden Martin, Bo Kersey, Slusser and Tedder all had RBIs.
Bay 16, Marmaduke 2
BAY – A nine-run third inning helped Bay pull away for a 16-2 victory over Marmaduke in 2A-3 conference baseball Tuesday.
Hunter Turner’s leadoff double set the tone for Bay as the Yellowjackets scored three runs in the first inning. Reed Crocker drove home a pair of runs in the third inning, which ended with the Yellowjackets (6-5, 4-3 conference) leading 12-1.
Crocker batted 3-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored. Turner also went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and a trio of runs scored. Korbyn Hoyt and Landon Therrell both had multi-hit games for Bay, which finished with season highs in runs and hits (13).
Duck Fletcher pitched a pair of innings, enough to give him his third win of the season. Fletcher allowed a run on three walks and an infield hit in the first inning, then pitched a scoreless second.
Riverside 11, EPC 1
LAKE CITY – Riverside rolled past East Poinsett County 11-1 Tuesday in 2A-3 conference baseball.
Brayeson Timms was 3-for-3 and scored two runs for the Rebels. Easton Hatch was 3-for-4 with an RBI; Cash Gillis was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored; and Trae Barnes was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Hatch and Kaleb Tacker combined to strike out 12 batters over five innings. Hatch struck out eight in three innings, while Tacker finished with four strikeouts in two innings.
Marked Tree 15, Maynard 0
MARKED TREE – Logan Smith struck out five of 11 batters over three innings Tuesday, giving up one hit while throwing only 30 pitches as Marked Tree routed Maynard 15-0 in 1A-3 conference baseball.
Bryce Smith led the Indians (9-5, 7-0 conference) at the plate, finishing 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Zander Criswell was 2-for-3 and scored twice; Cayden Kimery had a double and two RBIs; and Tate Swink and Aiden McGuire had one hit and two RBIs each. | 2022-04-14T04:55:29Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Jonesboro sweeps Nettleton in 5A-East baseball | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/jonesboro-sweeps-nettleton-in-5a-east-baseball/article_5a67ffa4-e4f3-5bf1-aea1-377764479d11.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/jonesboro-sweeps-nettleton-in-5a-east-baseball/article_5a67ffa4-e4f3-5bf1-aea1-377764479d11.html |
Nettleton second baseman Gracelyn Pagan throws to first base for the final out of the sixth inning in Tuesday’s first game at Jonesboro.
JONESBORO — Nettleton swept Jonesboro in 5A-East conference softball Tuesday, winning the first game 8-5 and the second 7-3.
Hannah Marsico’s two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning helped the Lady Raiders weather a Lady Hurricane rally in the bottom of the inning. Maya Cody belted a two-run home run to help fuel Jonesboro’s three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh.
Kate Golden was 3-for-4 with an RBI and four runs scored for Nettleton in the first game. Eden White was 3-for-3 with a double and a home run for the Lady Raiders. Marsico had a hit and two RBIs, while Acelen Hart doubled and also drove in a run.
Cody was 2-for-4 with four RBIs for the Lady Hurricane in the first game. Peyton Church was 3-for-3 with two doubles; Tessa Wilson was 2-for-4 with an RBI; Rhea Bewley was 2-for-4 with a double; and Meadow Jones was also 2-for-4.
Golden was 2-for-4 with a three-run home run for Nettleton (10-7, 4-4 conference) in the second game. The Lady Raiders scored four runs in the fourth inning and three in the fifth to take a 7-2 lead.
Nettleton’s Gracelyn Pagan was 3-for-4 and scored two runs; Sydney Huntsman was 2-for-3 with two RBIs; Ramsey Crum had three hits; and White and Becca Tibbs hit a double apiece while recording two hits each.
Jonesboro’s Serenity Jefferson was 4-for-4 with a double, while Cody was 3-for-4 with a solo home run in the second game. Wilson was 2-for-3 with a double; Jones and Caroline Hughes drove in one run each; and Hannah Henson belted a double for Jonesboro.
Hart worked around 11 Jonesboro hits in the second game while holding the Lady Hurricane to three runs. She struck out four batters.
Valley View 14-13, Trumann 1-1
TRUMANN – Mackenzie Whitlock drove in five runs in the first game and Isabel Riba produced six RBIs in the second as Valley View swept Trumann in a 4A-3 conference softball doubleheader Tuesday.
Whitlock was 4-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored as the Lady Blazers took the first game 14-1. Anna Winkfield also had a big game, finishing 3-for-3 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored.
Lexi Davis, Caroline Prestidge, Sophie Newberry and Grace Butler had a hit and an RBI each, with Butler scoring twice. Riba scored three runs.
Kaydence Jones had a hit and an RBI for Trumann.
Whitlock and Riley Smith shared pitching duties for Valley View, with Whitlock pitching three innings for the victory.
Riba was 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and six RBIs as Valley View (16-3, 9-1 conference) won the nightcap 13-1. Lexi Davis was 3-for-3 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and four RBIs for the Lady Blazers.
Whitlock was 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored; Racey Talley doubled, drove in a run and scored twice; Newberry had a hit and scored twice; and Amera Wright scored twice.
Smith and Whitlock combined to hold Trumann to one hit, a single by Karsen Overshine.
POCAHONTAS – Brookland edged Pocahontas twice in 4A-3 conference softball Tuesday, winning the first game 6-4 before taking the second 7-5.
Jazlyn Baker was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI for the Lady Bearcats in the first game. Madison Wooldridge was also 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
Brookland’s Taylor Reed doubled and drove in two runs, while Bella Byerly also doubled and drove in one run. Briah Hamlett also drove in a run, while Brianna Patterson hit a triple.
Reed pitched all seven innings, striking out 14 and walking nine. She gave up eight hits.
Brookland (5-9, 5-5 conference) pounded out 10 hits to take the second game. Byerly was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs; Wooldridge was 2-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and scored twice; Nicole Flowers was 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored twice; McNeese was 2-for-3 with a double; Patterson hit a triple; Baker drove in two runs; and Emily Willett also added an RBI.
EPC 8, Riverside 0
LAKE CITY – Keegan McCorkle pitched a two-hit shutout and also hit a home run Tuesday to lead East Poinsett County to an 8-0 victory over Riverside in 2A-3 softball.
McCorkle struck out seven batters.
EPC (18-1, 7-0 conference) scored three runs in the seventh inning to build on a 6-0 lead. Natalie Dunman hit and RBI single in the seventh to finish the game 2-for-4.
Katie Ridge belted a double for Riverside.
Tuckerman 21, WCC 0
JUDSONIA – Tuckerman routed White County Central 21-0 in 2A-2 conference softball Tuesday.
Gracie Smith was 3-for-4 with six RBIs to lead the Lady Bulldogs (11-5, 7-0 conference). Julie Glasgow, Reagan Washam and Audrey Altom all finished 2-for-2 at the plate, while Lizzy Walker was 2-for-3. | 2022-04-14T04:55:36Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Lady Raiders sweep Lady Hurricane in 5A-East twinbill | Sports | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/lady-raiders-sweep-lady-hurricane-in-5a-east-twinbill/article_af537c7b-3d89-50ac-9b4e-23976dac3ee6.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/lady-raiders-sweep-lady-hurricane-in-5a-east-twinbill/article_af537c7b-3d89-50ac-9b4e-23976dac3ee6.html |
The Arkansas Department of Transportation is reminding candidates for political office and their supporters that it is unlawful to place campaign signs on highway right of ways.
“There are several Arkansas statutes addressing encroachment and the placing of signs or other objects on highway right of way,” ARDOT Director Lorie Tudor said in a prepared statement.
ARDOT announced Thursday that its personnel will remove any “yard” signs placed on the right of way and will contact owners of large “billboard” signs.
Owners will be able to pick up the signs during normal business hours at the nearest ARDOT Area Maintenance Office, however.
The Arkansas Preferential Primary Election and Nonpartisan General Election is May 24. Early voting in the state begins May 9. | 2022-04-14T12:38:05Z | www.jonesborosun.com | ARDOT: Campaign signs on highway right of ways unlawful | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/ardot-campaign-signs-on-highway-right-of-ways-unlawful/article_21dccf2a-c3e5-5ee6-9c38-ea540196900e.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/ardot-campaign-signs-on-highway-right-of-ways-unlawful/article_21dccf2a-c3e5-5ee6-9c38-ea540196900e.html |
Hannah Malone, Lynda Nash, Susan Mattix and Lee Heagwood pose for photo after Mattix, project manager for the Cares Act Grant at the Jonesboro Elks Lodge, presented Nash, director of the Beck Center, with the AEDs on Thursday morning at the Jonesboro Elks Lodge in Jonesboro.
JONESBORO — Members of the Jonesboro Elks Lodge presented three automated external defibrillators, or AEDs for short, to the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), the Beck Center and the recently-opened Veterans Cottages on Thursday morning at the Jonesboro Elks Lodge.
Susan Mattix, project manager for the Cares Act Grant at the Jonesboro Elks Lodge, and Lee Heagwood, veteran’s committee chair at the Jonesboro Elks Lodge, presented the AEDs to Lynda Nash, director of the Beck Center, who was accepting the AEDs for all three organizations.
“We are very excited to be receiving these AEDs for the organizations,” Nash said on Thursdays morning, noting that one would be placed at each of the organizations’ facilities.
“We hope we never have to use one but they are handy to have just in case,” she said, noting that the mission through these organizations is to provide veterans with resources for counseling, personal rehabilitation, advocacy and financial assistance; supporting these individuals to achieve their post military service goals, as well as access to the higher education experience.”
Mattix said that the lodge purchased the AEDs through their CARES Act grant and this was the first opportunity they had to hand them out, but they really wanted to do something to help the local veterans organizations.
Hannah Malone, doctor of occupational therapy grad student at A-State, said they have been trying to do as much for the veterans as possible so she appreciated the recognition of their veterans groups. | 2022-04-15T05:10:16Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Elks present AEDs to help veterans | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/elks-present-aeds-to-help-veterans/article_4aa43d1b-a9df-5e65-90e6-d9334709f70d.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/elks-present-aeds-to-help-veterans/article_4aa43d1b-a9df-5e65-90e6-d9334709f70d.html |
JONESBORO — An employee of a local grocer apparently used her job to engage in a forgery scheme, according to a court affidavit.
Nyisha “Tweety” Hardaway, 31, of Jonesboro, was arrested this week, and now faces charges of second-degree forgery and felony theft.
Craighead County District Judge Tommy Fowler found probable cause Wednesday to charge her with the crimes. She was released the same day after posting a $1,500 cash bond.
She’ll join three other suspects she reportedly used in the check-cashing scheme on May 27 in Craighead County Circuit Court.
Detective Adam Hampton of the Jonesboro Police Department began the investigation after the supermarket reported several bogus checks on Jan. 28.
The three other suspects who have been arrested all identified Hardaway as the person who provided them the checks, although one only knew her as “Tweety.”
The checks were made out to the suspects, who would then take the checks to the store. According to Hampton’s investigation, Hardaway personally cashed the checks for the other suspects. However, the suspects would keep only $150 and later give Hardaway the remainder of the cash.
James Smith, 46, of Jonesboro, was arrested on March 22. Before Hampton confronted Smith about one of the checks, Smith told the detective that “Tweety” contacted him about cashing a check to make some money.
“The male told me that once he agreed to cash the check for Haradway, she left his residence for a short time and then came back with a check made out to him for a sum of money,” Hampton wrote in a probable cause affidavit. “The male told me that Hardaway then drove him to the grocery store where she works and told him to wait in the car so that she could clock in. The male told me that a few minutes later he goes into the grocery store and contacts Hardaway who was working in the office area and she cashed the check that she had given him. He stated that later in the day he gave her all the money minus the money that she paid him to cash it.”
Michelle Jones, 31, was arrested on March 26, and Akila Brown, 27, was arrested April 5 as part of the same investigation, according to police records. Both Jonesboro women said Hardaway told them not to cash their checks at a bank, but at a grocery store, according to Hampton.
As of Wednesday, the total amount of all the checks cashed wasn’t known. However, Hampton said in the affidavit that he had accounted for at least $1,479.66.
Judge Fowler noted during Hardaway’s hearing that charges could be amended upward. She faces up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine on the forgery charge and up to six years and $10,000 for the felony theft charge.
The judge also found probable cause to charge two other people in unrelated forgery investigations.
Desmond Coleman, 44, of Jonesboro, remains in the Craighead County Detention Center in lieu of a $5,000 bond in connection to a check that was cashed at a convenience store on Feb. 26.
Gene Edward Jones, 38, of Jonesboro, is accused of cashing three unauthorized checks on a local business account during 2021. He remains in custody in lieu of a $10,000 bond.
Also Wednesday, Fowler found probable cause to charge Axel Hassiel Navarrete, 19, of Jonesboro with sexual indecency with a child. He was freed on a $2,500 bond.
Police said Navarrete confirmed that he had been dating and engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl.
Among other cases:
Desmond Darrel Miller, 20, of Jonesboro, felon in possession of a firearm and felony tampering with physical evidence and misdemeanor violation of a protection order, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, ordered held on a $50,000 cash bond.
Desharren Neal, 45, of Jonesboro, felony terroristic threatening and misdemeanor third-degree domestic battering and interference with emergency communications; bond set at $35,000,
David Allen Richards, 36, of Jonesboro, felony terroristic threatening and misdemeanor criminal mischief; bond set at $10,000. | 2022-04-15T05:10:28Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Grocery employee tied to forgery scheme | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/grocery-employee-tied-to-forgery-scheme/article_154d25b8-bdf5-5e24-b35f-0022e625dc6b.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/grocery-employee-tied-to-forgery-scheme/article_154d25b8-bdf5-5e24-b35f-0022e625dc6b.html |
Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles did not rule out the possibility of making changes to his coaching staff after Tampa Bay lost to Baltimore on Thursday night to fall to 3-5 on the season.
Asked if he would make changes to his coaching staff, Bowles didn’t say no.
“We’re going to talk about everything this weekend,” Bowles said. “When you’re not playing well, everything is on the table for us and we’ll discuss that as a staff.”
That answer is a departure from Bowles. After Sunday’s loss to the Panthers, Bowles was asked the same question and answered flatly, “I would not consider changing coaching.”
But another loss has Bowles considering everything. The Buccaneers were widely viewed as Super Bowl contenders heading into the season, but they’ve now lost four of their last five games.
And it’s possible that some of the coaches who were with the Bucs on Thursday night will not be with the Bucs the rest of the season. | 2022-10-28T09:45:23Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Todd Bowles not ruling out changes to Bucs' coaching staff: "Everything is on the table" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/todd-bowles-not-ruling-out-changes-to-bucs-coaching-staff-everything-is-on-the-table/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/todd-bowles-not-ruling-out-changes-to-bucs-coaching-staff-everything-is-on-the-table/ |
The Ravens suffered a slew of injuries during the 2021 season and the ultimately proved to be too much for the team to overcome in their push for a spot in the postseason.
Things have not gotten that dire in Baltimore this season, but injuries have certainly been a storyline in recent weeks. Running back J.K. Dobbins went on injured reserve while defensive end Calais Campbell and linebacker Josh Bynes did not play on Thursday night. Tight end Mark Andrews, wide receiver Rashod Bateman, and running back Gus Edwards all played after being listed as questionable, but couldn’t make it through the game in Tampa.
Others have been in and out of the lineup, but the Ravens found players to make plays when needed on Thursday. Rookie tight end Isaiah Likely and wide receiver Demarcus Robinson combined for 12 catches, 141 yards and a touchdown and Kenyan Drake ran for 62 yards to help the team to a 27-22 win.
“It was just crazy how guys stepped up and we were able to replace those guys,” cornerback Marlon Humphrey said, via Jeff Zrebiec of TheAthletic.com. “We just lost J.K. a week ago. We lost so many guys recently and it’s been no complaining. Guys just stepped up and tried to fill in the best they could. We were able to come out with two wins these past two weeks.”
The Ravens made a habit out of blowing double-digit leads to open the season, but they ground out a win over the Browns last Sunday and came back from a 10-3 halftime deficit to win on Thursday night despite the missing pieces. Those experiences should help this year’s push for a playoff spot, especially if they can keep the injuries from overwhelming them over the second half of the schedule. | 2022-10-28T12:09:58Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Marlon Humphrey: Crazy how guys stepped up to replace injured players - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/marlon-humphrey-crazy-how-guys-stepped-up-to-replace-injured-players/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/marlon-humphrey-crazy-how-guys-stepped-up-to-replace-injured-players/ |
The Buccaneers lost 27-22 to the Ravens on Thursday night to fall to 3-5 on a season and extend their current losing streak to three games.
No one expected things to play out this way when quarterback Tom Brady opted to end his brief retirement and return to the team. The Bucs have struggled to consistently put points on the board and Thursday night’s game saw the team fail to take advantage of drives into the red zone over and over again.
The offense isn’t the only culprit. The Bucs defense gave up 231 rushing yards on Thursday night and a special teams blunder handed the Ravens their first points of the night, but this has been Brady’s team since he came aboard and losing five of six games is going to fall on his shoulders.
Some have pointed to Brady’s extended break from training camp and occasional absences during the regular season as reasons why the unit has not come together as hoped, but wide receiver Mike Evans said on Thursday night that no one in the organization is blaming the quarterback for the team’s current state of affairs.
“He’s the best to ever do it,” Evans said, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. “I mean, he hates losing. That’s all he knows is winning and being 3-5 is not good enough. So we’ve got to turn it around and soon. Nobody is pointing the finger at Tom Brady. It’s the whole team. It’s a team game.”
Reporters in the locker room said Brady sat at his locker in uniform staring straight ahead for a long time before making his way to a press conference that was short on answers about how the team can move forward. Brady said he thinks “we’re going to try to figure out everything,” but each loss makes it that much harder to believe the Bucs will be able to do that this season. | 2022-10-28T12:10:04Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Mike Evans: Tom Brady is the best ever, nobody's pointing the finger at him - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/mike-evans-tom-brady-is-the-best-ever-nobodys-pointing-the-finger-at-him/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/mike-evans-tom-brady-is-the-best-ever-nobodys-pointing-the-finger-at-him/ |
With the Broncos at 2-5, there have been trade rumors involving edge rusher Bradley Chubb.
He’s currently in the last year of his rookie deal, as the Broncos exercised his fifth-year option last spring.
Chubb has also been plenty productive, registering 5.5 sacks, four tackles for loss, eight quarterback hits, and a pair of forced fumbles this season. So it makes sense that teams in need of a boost to their defense would be interested.
But speaking to reporters in London after Friday’s practice, Chubb said he “100 percent” would like to remain with Denver long-term.
“It means you’re playing good ball to where other teams are noticing it as well. At the end of the day, I’m just focusing on what I’ve got in front of me,” Chubb said of the trade rumors, via Nick Kosmider of TheAthletic.com. “I’m focused on doing the right things to win this game.
“I’ve been here for five years now, doing the right things. Trying to be the best leader I can each and every day. I’m glad it gets noticed.”
Chubb has 26.0 career sacks in 48 career games since the Broncos selected him at No. 5 overall in the 2018 draft. He was a Pro Bowler in 2020. | 2022-10-28T14:20:22Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bradley Chubb "100 percent" wants to remain a Bronco - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/bradley-chubb-100-percent-wants-to-remain-a-bronco/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/bradley-chubb-100-percent-wants-to-remain-a-bronco/ |
Dolphins defensive end Jaelan Phillips has been named the NFL Players Association’s Community MVP for Week Eight of the 2022 season.
Phillips invited 18 Dolphins rookies to join him on a visit to the Broward Regional Juvenile Detention Center to speak to spend time with 40 youngsters who are incarcerated at the facility. The players played games, ate snacks and spoke to the youngsters about overcoming challenges and adversity as they move forward with their lives.
“The South Florida community welcomed me with open arms since day one and has given me so much,” Phillips said in a statement. “It’s an honor to be able to give back even in the smallest of ways. NFLPA, thank you so much for this recognition. It takes a team and the work continues!”
The NFLPA will donate $10,000 to Phillips’ foundation or a charity of his choice. He will join the other weekly winners in being eligible for the Alan Page Community MVP award. | 2022-10-28T15:43:25Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jaelan Phillips named NFLPA Community MVP for Week 8 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/jaelan-phillips-named-nflpa-community-mvp-for-week-8/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/jaelan-phillips-named-nflpa-community-mvp-for-week-8/ |
Thursday’s loss by the Buccaneers means that the winner of Sunday’s game between the Panthers and Falcons will be in first place in the NFC South at the end of Week Eight.
Running back Chuba Hubbard will not be part of the Panthers’ effort to come away with the victory. Hubbard has been ruled out with an ankle injury that he suffered in last Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers.
Hubbard is the only player that has been ruled out for Carolina, but four others have been listed as questionable.
That group includes cornerback Jaycee Horn, who has missed the last two games with injured ribs. Defensive end Marquis Haynes (illness), linebacker Frankie Luvu (shoulder), and safety Juston Burris (hip) join Horn with questionable tags. | 2022-10-28T16:22:36Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Chuba Hubbard out, Jaycee Horn questionable for Panthers - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/chuba-hubbard-out-jaycee-horn-questionable-for-panthers/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/chuba-hubbard-out-jaycee-horn-questionable-for-panthers/ |
As the trade deadline approaches, plenty of rumors and speculation will be flying about deals that could be done. There’s currently a rumor making the rounds on social media that the Eagles are trying to trade for Saints running back Alvin Kamara.
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, that’s not the case.
It’s unclear how or why this rumor emerged. It’s possible that Kamara’s camp was looking for a way to get the word out that the player is in play, in the hopes that he can move (as James Robinson and Christian McCaffrey did recently) from a losing team to a potential contender.
Still, Kamara is 27. He’s got wear and tear. He’s missed two games this year due to injury. And he’s facing an eventual (likely in 2023) suspension for a brawl that left a man in Las Vegas with allegedly serious injuries.
It’s not clear what the Saints would want for Kamara. Whoever acquires him would inherit a contract with three years remaining, at compensation levels of $11 million in 2023, $11.8 million in 2024, $25 million in 2025. (That final year was added for one reason only — to drive up the total average.)
Will someone make a move for Kamara? Crazier things have happened this year. This month. This week. But if there’s a move to be made, it won’t be the Eagles who end up with Kamara.
5 responses to “Eagles aren’t trying to trade for Alvin Kamara”
Knock me over with a feather!
Kamara might end up playing for the “Mean Machine” team next season!
Howie’s waaaaaaay too smart for this. Eagles already own Saints #1 pick – why take on their damaged RB?
Send him, next year he’s a liability
Now Kareem Hunt on the other hand…….. | 2022-10-28T16:22:43Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Eagles aren't trying to trade for Alvin Kamara - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/eagles-arent-trying-to-trade-for-alvin-kamara/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/eagles-arent-trying-to-trade-for-alvin-kamara/ |
Earlier this month, ESPN published a lengthy article about the situation with the Commanders. It included allegations that owner Daniel Snyder claims to have “dirt” on other owners and Commissioner Roger Goodell. A subsequent letter from Snyder to all other owners hinted at potential litigation against ESPN.
During a Thursday #PFTPM interview of attorney John Brownlee of Holland & Knight, outside counsel for the Commanders, I asked him whether a defamation suit will be filed against ESPN over the contents of the article.
“I really can’t get into that,” Brownlee said. “I would say that those lawsuits are very difficult, as particularly for . . . public people. And so the burden is high. [Sullivan v.] New York Times ‘malice’ is one of the toughest things to satisfy in the law. That being said, I certainly think that these reporters knew what they were publishing was false.
“And so those kinds of decisions will be made at a later time. I think, right now, Dan and Tanya are really focused on the season. They’re trying to win some games, and our hope would be that we could try to turn down the noise as best as you can. You only have so much control over that. And try not to be a distraction to the coaches and the players because, you know, they’re the ones out there on the field, doing their darnedest to try to win ball games. And I think it’s incumbent upon all of us to try to turn down the noise, try to set the record straight. . . . At the end of the day, our hope is that the noise can be turned down, so the focus can be on the players and the coaches and what’s going on on the field.”
The legal standard Brownlee mentioned requires that, for public figures, a defamatory statement be made with “actual malice,” which means that the publication knew the statement was false, or that the publication acted with reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity of the statement. Brownlee definitely seems to think portions of the ESPN article count as false.
“It’s false,” he said. “I mean, I think that the general thrust of the article is a fabrication, right? First of all, you start with, it’s all anonymous sources. Now, I get the fact that anonymous sources can be somewhat valuable in certain kinds of investigations, whether it’s government or something like that. But this is not one of those. And in fact, I was talking to a well-respected reporter [Wednesday] who said, you know, his shop would’ve never allowed something like that out the door. . . . We engaged with the reporters beforehand. They showed us some of the allegations. We told them it wasn’t true. We showed them why it wasn’t true, and yet they went ahead and reported it anyway. And here we are now two weeks after that, and still no corroborating evidence at all for any of the allegations. . . . The allegation that Dan Snyder was hiring private investigators to snoop on other owners, I mean, that’s just patently false. . . .
“I just thought that that was something that was a fabrication. It was false. It was pushed, and it really hurt, right? Because it tends to try to try to break the ownership apart or to try to create fissures within it, based on evidence that’s just not true. So that’s one thing we wanted to certainly discuss. I think they also took some unfair shots against Jason Wright, that he somehow wasn’t in control, or was — I think they kind of insinuated that he was kind of a token, which is so unfair, right? And it’s that old dog whistle that they pushed. This is an accomplished guy, a graduate of Northwestern, consulted at McKenzie and is doing a great job. And yet there’s people that were pushing this narrative and why they want to try to undermine the team through negative stories about people like Jason and, and people like the Snyders.”
Brownlee said that “ESPN kind of basically just took its great network and handed it over to people who had an axe to grind, had their own motivations, and said, ‘You can say whatever you want to, and we’ll print it.’ So trying to go back to them to try to clean stuff up, I found to be kind of a fool’s errand.”
It’s also a fool’s errand for someone who has found himself in multiple controversies to pursue a defamation case against anyone. Even if it can be proven that ESPN acted with “actual malice,” the damages are determined by assessing the harm to Snyder’s reputation. This requires Snyder’s pre-existing reputation to be determined. Which opens the door to aggressive discovery efforts regarding anything and everything Snyder has ever said or done that would diminish his reputation, in any way.
For some, filing a defamation case amounts to pulling a pin on a grenade buried deep in the plaintiff’s own pocket. In this specific case, a defamation case would give ESPN license to explore all sorts of things about Snyder, starting with the still-hidden details regarding the Beth Wilkinson investigation.
That’s likely the real reason for not filing suit. Snyder realizes that going after ESPN would allow ESPN to go after him — and that it quite possibly would uncover facts that would make it harder for Snyder to persist in his refusal to sell the team. | 2022-10-28T18:16:12Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Commanders lawyer: Decisions on whether to sue ESPN "will be made at a later time" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/commanders-lawyer-decisions-on-whether-to-sue-espn-will-be-made-at-a-later-time/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/commanders-lawyer-decisions-on-whether-to-sue-espn-will-be-made-at-a-later-time/ |
Justice often moves slowly when the parties involved in a given case are at odds. When the two sides agree, things can progress very quickly.
With Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen reaching an agreement as to the terms of their divorce, the divorce is already final. Via TMZ.com, a judge signed the order making it official earlier today.
The paperwork shows that the divorce was initiated by Bundchen, and that the settlement agreement was reached on Tuesday, October 25.
The order describes the marriage as “irretrievably broken,” and legally ends it.
1 responses to “Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen divorce is already final”
That’s sad. It’s awful seeing a marriage end. | 2022-10-28T20:06:08Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen divorce is already final - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/tom-brady-gisele-bundchen-divorce-is-already-final/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/tom-brady-gisele-bundchen-divorce-is-already-final/ |
The Texans reportedly are getting calls about receiver Brandin Cooks. That doesn’t mean they’re getting any significant offers.
As one league source explains it, teams won’t touch the current Cooks contract because it carries a fully-guaranteed contract of $18 million in 2023. This means the Texans may have to assume some of the financial obligation in order to get someone to take Cooks off the books — and to give the Texans value for the player.
Five years ago, the Texans blazed a new trail by giving the Browns a second-round pick in order to get them to assume the $16 million guaranteed salary of quarterback Brock Osweiler. It’s now common for teams to pay a portion of a player’s salary in order to facilitate a trade.
A first-round pick in 2014, Cooks has been traded three prior times, from the Saints to the Patriots to the Rams to the Texans.
In six games this season, Cooks has 28 catches for 281 yards and one touchdown. He’s questionable for Sunday’s game against the Titans, with a wrist injury.
1 responses to “Contract complicates potential Brandin Cooks trade”
Maybe rodgers will help his team by restructuring his contract to sign a WR. 🤣 | 2022-10-29T00:09:35Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Contract complicates potential Brandin Cooks trade - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/contract-complicates-potential-brandin-cooks-trade/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/contract-complicates-potential-brandin-cooks-trade/ |
Broncos CEO Greg Penner hadn’t bought the team yet when General Manager George Paton hired coach Nathaniel Hackett and traded for quarterback Russell Wilson. But Penner did support Paton giving Wilson a five-year, $245 million contract extension, and penner says he has no regrets.
Penner acknowledged that Wilson hasn’t been good enough so far this season, but Penner indicated that it’s Wilson himself who sets the highest standards, and that Penner expects Wilson to meet those standards.
“Russell’s won a lot of games in the NFL,’’ Penner said, via Mike Klis of 9 News in Denver. “He’s been a 9-time Pro Bowler, he’s won a Super Bowl. Russell knows how to win. The specifics on the contract area, that’s a place where I do rely on George and his expertise. I think he is going to be a great quarterback for us. He hasn’t performed at his expectations. But he’s a fierce competitor. And I think he’ll be a great quarterback for us.”
Penner acknowledged that the Broncos’ 2-5 start has been a major disappointment.
“You wake up on Monday morning, and you wonder if that really happened yesterday,” he said. “You kind of go through the first day or two of the week in a bit of a fog. This is ownership. And finally when you get to Wednesday or Thursday, you start looking forward to the next game.”
Penner isn’t promising that Hackett will be the coach for the next game. But he expects Wilson to be the quarterback for the next game, the next year and many years to come. | 2022-10-29T11:21:35Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Greg Penner: Russell Wilson hasn't performed to his expectations, but he will be great - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/greg-penner-russell-wilson-hasnt-performed-to-his-expectations-but-he-will-be-great/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/greg-penner-russell-wilson-hasnt-performed-to-his-expectations-but-he-will-be-great/ |
Todd Bowles defends Devin White’s performance
As the Tampa Bay defense struggles, linebacker Devin White has become an increasing subject of scrutiny and criticism, both for perceived lack of skill and effort. It came to a head on Thursday night against the Ravens.
On Friday, coach Todd Bowles defended White.
“I don’t think there’s been a drop-off — defense is a team sport,” Bowles told reporters. “You’re not going to be a star by yourself. There are guys in front of you and guys behind you. To say that Devin has dropped off . . . the defense has dropped off, I would say. I wouldn’t say Devin has dropped off. It’s about playing together, it’s about making your reads and doing the right things. He’s doing a lot of things we asked him to do — I have no problems with Devin.”
The eye in the sky, as they say, doesn’t lie. Here’s White getting manhandled by Ravens rookie center Tyler Linderbaum. Here’s White not doing his best to keep Kenyan Drake out of the end zone. Here’s a collection of plays that show some of both.
Bowles said the coaching staff singles out instance of loafing. He said that, sometimes, players are gassed. And sometimes they’re loafing.
So was White loafing or gassed?
“A little bit of both,” Bowles said.
But while the coaches spotted loafing by White, Bowles isn’t ready to call White a loafer.
“Devin is our starter,” Bowles said as to the possibility of White being demoted. “I didn’t see some loafing, I saw a play [where he loafed]. You can point to anybody on this team when you say they weren’t playing well any week of the season. To pick on Devin is unnecessary.”
Picking on a player and picking out specific plays where he didn’t play well are two different things. White, who has shown in the past that he can perform at a high level, isn’t. Given what he’s previously done, what he’s doing now tends to stand out.
1 responses to “Todd Bowles defends Devin White’s performance”
Loafing or being gassed is on the HC, obviously Bowles does not create a culture of hard work and accountability, as can be seen in the drop off of level of play by the whole team from the past 2 yrs. He is a horrible HC and is proving it once again, but this time he is destroying a playoff caliber tram nit the once lowly jets | 2022-10-29T13:28:22Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Todd Bowles defends Devin White's performance - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/todd-bowles-defends-devin-whites-performance/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/todd-bowles-defends-devin-whites-performance/ |
The push for grass fields in lieu of artificial turf continues. More and more players and coaches are saying what needs to be said about the importance of protecting players by playing games on real grass, covering real dirt.
Rams receiver Cooper Kupp, whose team plays on artificial turf in one of the league’s newest stadiums, recently said all games should be played on grass. Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey was asked about the situation on Friday, during his weekly press conference.
“Grass,” Ramsey said regarding his preference. “I feel like it’s better for you. It’s better on your joints, it’s better on your body. This might sound like a little funky or a little weird, but if you’re out there playing, all the players would understand what I’m about to say, it feels different. You can feel the grass differently than you can feel the turf. The grass might have a little give to it. The way you plant, the way you break, the feel of it is better. But I ain’t tripping though, I’ll play on concrete if I got to.”
Plenty of players have that mindset, whether because they truly feel that way or because they believe they need to say it in order to be perceived as tough.
Ramsey also was asked whether the grass vs. turf question is a matter of player safety. He stated the obvious, but with some reluctance in his answer.
“A little bit, but I mean there ain’t really nothing we could do about it,” Ramsey said. “There’s a lot that goes into that, business, all that other type of stuff, but yeah, I do. It’s all good though.”
Ramsey seems resigned to the fact that it doesn’t matter. Stan Kroenke could have built a stadium with a grass system, but it would have been much more expensive to do so. An artificial field can quickly and easily be covered whenever the venue hosts one of the various other revenue-generating events that aren’t Rams or Chargers football games. And it would have added expenses to create a system for rolling a grass field into the stadium, a system currently used in Arizona and Las Vegas.
The issue of surface safety has generated even more attention in the aftermath of Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson‘s non-contact, season-ending knee injury on the surface. During Super Bowl LVI, the same thing happened to Rams receiver Odell Beckham, Jr.
“Sometimes freak accidents happen, right?” Ramsey said. “That comes into play, but like I said, I do like grass more than turf, but it is what it is. It’s a lot that goes into everything. Nothing’s ever really simple. We try to come up here and give y’all simple answers or I can try to give you a simple answer, but nothing’s ever really simple. Business goes into it, all other types of stuff go into all these decisions when it’s coming to making a mega-stadium like this. So it’s just part of it. It is what it is. It’s part of it. Everybody’s got to deal with it, so it ain’t like something we can like really complain about, you know what I mean? Because everybody has to deal with it. But it sucks though to see injuries like that regardless of if that was just a freak accident or whether it was because of the turf or whatever. It just sucks to see so many guys getting injured.”
Ramsey may seem nonchalant about the issue, but he’s appropriately resigned to the fact that, no matter how much anyone complains, changes aren’t likely to happen.
Still, everyone should keep pushing for change. It’s easy to become numb to the reasons why owners won’t pay for a safer playing surface. If enough people make enough noise about it, they’ll have no chance but to dip into their superyacht maintenance budget for some money that can be used to put a better an safer playing surface on the football stadiums they use.
In recent months, Super Bowl-winning coaches like John Harbaugh and Pete Carroll have chimed in. The union’s position also is clear. More people need to keep saying it, loudly and repeatedly, to effect change.
1 responses to “Jalen Ramsey prefers grass, but he realizes business considerations call for turf”
I want to see the best players playing, not their replacements. Better helmets, form tackling etc. to encourage player safety. Is the NFL better without OBJ, Jackson, Young and so on? Obviously, no. Change the turf to grass, no excuses. | 2022-10-29T14:59:49Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jalen Ramsey prefers grass, but he realizes business considerations call for turf - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/jalen-ramsey-prefers-grass-but-he-realizes-business-considerations-call-for-turf/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/jalen-ramsey-prefers-grass-but-he-realizes-business-considerations-call-for-turf/ |
The cellar-dwelling 1-5 Lions could be sellers at the trade deadline, and one of the names making the rounds is tight end T.J. Hockenson.
Hockenson, a fourth-year player who is under contract through 2023, understands the chatter.
“Listen, I’m not stupid, I know what I can bring to another team and I know here that they could, if they want something, if they want to do things for the future then I’m not stupid in that sense,” Hockenson recently told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, via SI.com. “It is a business and whatever they have to do upstairs they’re going to do. And that doesn’t — there’s no hard feelings about it. There’s no, ‘Hey, I don’t like him personally’ or anything about that. That’s just how it is. So I’m not dumb or naive in that fact.”
Hockenson said he wants to stay with the Lions, and it would make sense for the Lions to keep as many good players as they can. The question becomes whether and to what extent they’ll be willing to reward him with a major contract before his rookie deal expires.
He’s due to make $9.362 million next year. The fifth-year option is fully guaranteed.
Hockenson has had one great game in 2022, with eight catches for 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns against the Seahawks. In Detroit’s other five games, he has 15 catches for 136 yards and one touchdown.
If they’re not going to use him more regularly, maybe the team and the player and a new team would be better off with him. That way, the Lions could stockpile a draft pick or two for their inevitable next reboot.
9 responses to “T.J. Hockenson understands trade rumors are part of the business”
seems like the lions are in the inevitable rebuild mode every single year. what gives?
Not that this would solve all their problems but Brady is really missing Gronk on the field, maybe Hockenson could be their mismatch pass catching TE.
Campbell is likely gone after this year and they draft a QB for the first time since Stafford.
Matt Hoover says:
Instead of trading a franchise building block, maybe hire an offensive coordinator who understands what a tight end is and find a quarterback that will actually throw him the football.
Hock is a complete tight end. Unless a contender is going to pony up a 1st round pick, you’d be stupid to trade him, and stupid to trade him even for a late 1st.
Trade him by all means. The Lions would be crazy to extend him at his current level of production. Maybe another team could put his skills to better use. This regime didn’t make the mistake of drafting him that high and should move on if they can get some value in return.
Tampa Bay or New England make way too much sense.
There’s a lot more going for this team than the record suggests. They’d be crazy to trade such a weapon, unless for very high picks. They’re also crazy for not deploying him better.
-Matt Patricia
One of those players that doesn’t fit well with what the Lions are doing on offense and has loads of talent. I really can’t understand why they don’t scheme him to be matched up with LB’s more often in the passing game
“Players want to play here.” -Joe Judge | 2022-10-29T14:59:51Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | T.J. Hockenson understands trade rumors are part of the business - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/t-j-hockenson-understands-trade-rumors-are-part-of-the-business/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/t-j-hockenson-understands-trade-rumors-are-part-of-the-business/ |
During Thursday’s interview with #PFTPM, Commanders outside counsel John Brownlee made an offhand remark about owner Daniel Snyder’s defamation claim filed in India. The comment raised an obvious question.
Brownlee said that the Snyders “prevailed” in the action filed regarding the blatantly false story linking him to Jeffrey Epstein. At the time, I asked Brownlee what “prevailed” specifically meant.
“They were able to establish that those things were, in fact, false,” he said. “He wasn’t with Jeffrey Epstein. He wasn’t paying off referees. He wasn’t doing drugs. I mean, all of that stuff was shown to be false.”
In that same answer, Brownlee mentioned that one of the Commanders’ former limited partners was banned from ever participating in NFL ownership again. That person was, as PFT reported at the time, Dwight Schar.
“I mean, these were were really defamatory allegations made against Dan and the Snyder family,” Brownlee said. “They were not true. They had every legal right to try to disprove them, which they did.”
It still wasn’t clear how the Snyders had “prevailed” in the Indian defamation action. A Commanders spokesman told PFT early Saturday morning that the court in India issued an order requiring the story in question to be removed, and that the case remains pending.
Per this article, the order was issued in August 2020. According to the spokesperson, the defendant complied with the order to remove the article.
So, eventually, there will — or won’t — be a settlement or a verdict or a judgment in the lawsuit. Either way, it remains active. | 2022-10-29T19:08:46Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Daniel Snyder's defamation case in India remains pending - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/daniel-snyders-defamation-case-in-india-remains-pending/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/29/daniel-snyders-defamation-case-in-india-remains-pending/ |
To no surprise, Jim Irsay and Daniel Snyder haven’t spoken recently
I’ll freely admit that I’ve struggled with this one. On one hand, I’m trying to be less of an asshole. (It’s a struggle.) On the other hand, the 21st anniversary of the launch of PFT is coming on Tuesday. The site has survived and thrived in part because I’ve been willing to write what needs to be written, even if it makes some people a little miffed.
Here’s something that didn’t need to be written by ESPN.com today: “Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay have not had any contact since Irsay made pointed comments about Snyder at the league meetings earlier this month, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday.”
That was the headline of the article, a day after Irsay once again teed off on Snyder, this time expanding the attack to include the league’s handling of the Commanders owner. And the Commanders responded by publicly accusing Irsay of repeatedly violating the NFL’s Constitution by publicly criticizing Snyder.
But it wasn’t good enough for ESPN to focus a story on the interview with Irsay, or the aggressive comment from the Commanders, published on Saturday by the Washington Post. ESPN felt compelled to add something to the story, even if what was added was, well, nothing at all.
The question of whether Irsay and Snyder have exchanged phone calls or emails or text messages is relevant only if the answer is “yes.” There’s no significance whatsoever to the fact that they haven’t communicated.
It’s OK for a media outlet to have nothing new. It’s OK to credit the work of others, and to make the most significant aspects of that work the centerpiece of a story.
Not everyone feels the same way, obviously. ESPN believed it had to advance its own reputation as the worldwide whatever by interjecting a stray new fact that the Post didn’t have.
Then again, the Post technically had it. It was implicit in the story. Obviously, if there had been any communication between Irsay and Snyder in the past 12 days, Irsay would have said so to the Post, and it would have been mentioned in the article.
I’ve got no problem with Sunday Splash! reports. But to truly be a splash, there needs to be something more than a pebble thrown into the pool. And it also would help to have some water in there, too. In this specific case, there was neither. | 2022-10-30T15:05:06Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | To no surprise, Jim Irsay and Daniel Snyder haven't spoken recently - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/to-no-surprise-jim-irsay-and-daniel-snyder-havent-spoken-recently/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/to-no-surprise-jim-irsay-and-daniel-snyder-havent-spoken-recently/ |
Commanders outside counsel John Brownlee was offered to PFT for a potential interview because he wanted to address, among other things, an allegedly “well-funded, well-orchestrated and well-documented [smear] campaign” against team owner Daniel Snyder. When the interview recently occurred, I asked Brownlee a simple question.
If there’s a “well-funded, well-orchestrated and well-documented smear campaign,” who’s behind it?
“You asked the best question,” Brownlee said, “and I’m not quite sure. I think it started probably with the India campaign.”
That’s a reference to the defamatory article about Snyder that originated with an India-based website, sparking litigation in India and various companion efforts in the United States to gather evidence.
“I think that was a big part of it,” Brownlee said. “You’ve got a lot of interesting and odd combinations, and I’ll raise a couple of those. You know, first of all, you have Congress who all of a sudden gets involved in this, right? They really have no jurisdiction here. And I think some of the Republican members have pointed that out, right? This is the [House] Oversight & Reform Committee looking into a private football team. And so why did they do that? What was pushing them? Well, then, if you look behind that, there’s a law firm called Katz & Banks. . . . And they have in many ways kind of become the de facto counsel for the Congress. We sent a letter to Congress several weeks ago, and Congress never responded, but Katz & Banks did. And they were defending congressional action. They were defending people they don’t represent. And so you’ve got this odd combination of this law firm and of course, this is the same law firm that brought the allegations against Justice Kavanaugh in his hearings and represented, I think, one of the — at least the principal accuser. And so you’ve got a lot of this swirling about, I don’t know who funds them, if anyone. I don’t know what their motivation is. I don’t know what they’re trying to accomplish. But I know that they’re working closely with Congress. I’m not sure why Congress is interested, but when one of the members of Congress was questioning, the Commissioner, what she said was is, ‘Why don’t you make him sell?'”
So if I understand Brownlee’s position, and I’m not entirely sure I do, someone is using Katz & Banks and Congress to try to force Snyder to sell. But Brownlee doesn’t know who it is.
At one point, it seemed that the people working the hardest to bring down Snyder were his limited partners. The theory was that they couldn’t find a buyer for their own shares, so they tried to force Snyder to sell his interest — which would then potentially allow them to sell theirs, too. After Snyder bought out his partners, however, the argument that they’re trying to bring him down makes less sense. At that point, they have no reason to care.
But somebody cares, as far as Snyder and, in turn, Brownlee are concerned. We still don’t know who it is. We may never know.
And there’s still a chance that no one is behind it. That the current situation represents the natural and organic reaction to the behaviors that were rampant for years in the Commanders organization, and that anyone who is trying to advance an agenda that entails forcing Snyder out simply believes that it’s the right thing to do, and the most appropriate outcome to the current situation.
How did Congress get involved? They weren’t until someone leaked the Jon Gruden emails that were gathered as part of the Beth Wilkinson investigation. That prompted renewed focus on the fact that the NFL brushed the Wilkinson investigation under the rug. Which possibly caught the attention of Congress.
Sometimes, there isn’t a grand conspiracy. Sometimes, shit just happens. And it’s possible that, in this case, that’s exactly what’s occurring.
3 responses to “Who’s behind the supposed smear campaign against Daniel Snyder?”
The one that’s running his mouth
Telling the truth about a person isn’t a smear.
He deserves to be smeared. | 2022-10-30T16:36:49Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Who's behind the supposed smear campaign against Daniel Snyder? - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/whos-behind-the-supposed-smear-campaign-against-daniel-snyder/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/whos-behind-the-supposed-smear-campaign-against-daniel-snyder/ |
Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts has been one of this season’s most disappointing players. Perhaps that changes today.
Pitts has three catches for 38 yards and a touchdown in the first 20 minutes of action today against the Panthers, and his touchdown gave Atlanta a 7-3 lead.
It’s been an incredibly frustrating season for Pitts, who had just 16 catches for 178 yards and one touchdown heading into today. But it’s been a good start today in Atlanta.
If the Falcons win this game, they’ll be all alone in first place in the NFC South. | 2022-10-30T18:47:33Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Falcons' offense finally getting Kyle Pitts going - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/falcons-offense-finally-getting-kyle-pitts-going/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/falcons-offense-finally-getting-kyle-pitts-going/ |
Alvin Kamara has a hat trick.
The 2-5 Saints are dominating the 2-4 Raiders.
On the opening possession of the second half, Kamara caught a short pass and took in a 36-yard touchdown to give New Orleans a 24-0 lead.
Kamara now has nine receptions for 96 yards with a pair of receiving touchdowns. He also opened the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
While Kamara had missed time this season due to injury, he ironically had no touchdowns entering this week’s game. Clearly, that’s changed. | 2022-10-30T19:35:03Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Alvin Kamara's third touchdown gives Saints 24-0 lead - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/alvin-kamaras-third-touchdown-gives-saints-24-0-lead/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/alvin-kamaras-third-touchdown-gives-saints-24-0-lead/ |
The Bears finally forced a three-and-out on the Cowboys and then scored again to draw them within 28-23.
Chicago trailed 28-7 with less than a minute left in the first half.
N'Keal Harry scored on a 17-yard pass from Justin Fields with 40 seconds left in the first half. Then, following an Eddie Jackson pick of Dak Prescott on the next play from scrimmage, Chicago closed the half with a 36-yard field goal by Cairo Santos.
On their first possession of the second half, the Bears had a five-play, 62-yard touchdown drive. Khalil Herbert scored on a 12-yard run.
Herbert had a fumble overturned by replay earlier in the drive to maintain possession for the Bears. The ball started to come loose, but he regained possession and his knee touched down before Leighton Vander Esch came out of the pile with the ball. | 2022-10-30T19:35:09Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bears score 16 unanswered to draw within 28-23 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/bears-score-16-unanswered-to-draw-within-28-23/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/bears-score-16-unanswered-to-draw-within-28-23/ |
The Lions scored on every possession of the first half. They punted on their first possession of the second half.
That’s all the opening the Dolphins needed to take the lead.
Miami went 67 yards in nine plays for a touchdown. Tight end Mike Gesicki caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa on third-and-three.
The Dolphins now lead 31-27.
The only downer for Miami is they lost starting left guard Liam Eichenberg on the touchdown play. Eichenberg was carted off with a knee injury, and the Dolphins have ruled him out.
Tagovailoa is 25-of-31 for 339 yards and three touchdowns. Jaylen Waddle has two touchdown and 88 yards on seven receptions, and Tyreek Hill has caught nine passes for 163 yards.
The Dolphins trailed 27-17 at halftime but opened the second half with a nine-play, 75-yard drive. Fullback Alec Ingold scored on a 1-yard run to draw the Dolphins to within 27-24. | 2022-10-30T19:35:33Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Dolphins take first lead 31-27 as Liam Eichenberg carted off - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/dolphins-take-first-lead-on-alec-ingold-td-run-as-liam-eichenberg-carted-off/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/dolphins-take-first-lead-on-alec-ingold-td-run-as-liam-eichenberg-carted-off/ |
Best known as a Viking, Jared Allen really is a cowboy.
The retired pass rusher joined Minnesota’s Ring of Honor on Sunday. He made his entrance riding a horse. Onto the field.
Hopefully, the horse didn’t do what horses often do. If the horse didn’t, the Vikings may be in the process of doing it, blowing a double-digit lead to the Cardinals. (The Vikings have since retaken the lead. Don’t worry; they’ll blow it again.)
Allen spent six seasons with the Vikings. He had double-digit sacks every year in Minnesota, including 22 in 2011. Allen had 136.0 sacks for his career. | 2022-10-30T19:35:52Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jared Allen rides horse onto field for Ring of Honor ceremony - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/jared-allen-rides-horse-onto-field-for-ring-of-honor-ceremony/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/jared-allen-rides-horse-onto-field-for-ring-of-honor-ceremony/ |
The Lions scored on every first-half possession, scoring four touchdowns and getting a 26-yard field goal on the final play of the half after running out of time. They lead the Dolphins 27-17 at halftime.
Detroit has 326 yards.
Jamaal Williams has run for 42 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries; Jared Goff went 18-of-25 for 264 yards and a touchdown; and Kalif Raymond has two receptions for 70 yards.
It was an impressive offensive display as the Lions went 4-for-6 on third down and 1-for-1 on fourth down, pulling off a fake punt.
The Dolphins’ problem hasn’t been offense. They have 266 yards and scored on three of four possessions, with Braylon Sanders losing a fumble in Detroit territory on the other.
Tua Tagovailoa has completed 17 of 22 attempts for 253 yards with two touchdowns. Tyreek Hill has seven receptions for 142 yards, and Jaylen Waddle has two touchdowns on six receptions for 72 yards.
1 responses to “Lions scored on every first-half possession, gained 326 yards and lead Miami 27-17”
Armstead holding on every play Uncalled. NFL has got to fix this unethical officiating | 2022-10-30T19:36:04Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Lions scored on every first-half possession, gained 326 yards and lead Miami 27-17 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/lions-score-on-every-first-half-possession-gain-326-yards-and-lead-miami-27-17/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/lions-score-on-every-first-half-possession-gain-326-yards-and-lead-miami-27-17/ |
The Cardinals were down 14-3 to the Vikings early in the second quarter.
Now early in the third, they’re up 17-14.
Tight end Zach Ertz caught a short pass on the left side and dove into the end zone for an 8-yard touchdown. Ertz got the ball over the pylon for the score. The tight end has a pair of catches for 19 yards with the score so far on Sunday.
That touchdown capped a five-play, 52-yard drive that took just 2:14 off the clock.
Murray is now 15-of-19 passing for 149 yards with a pair of touchdowns.
While the Vikings are 5-1, they’ve had issues with holding leads in the second half. Minnesota has run the ball well so far in the contest, so we’ll see if the club can lean on that to regain an advantage. | 2022-10-30T19:36:16Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Zach Ertz touchdown gives Cardinals 17-14 lead - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/zach-ertz-touchdown-gives-cardinals-17-14-lead/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/zach-ertz-touchdown-gives-cardinals-17-14-lead/ |
The Cardinals lost their brief 17-14 lead when the Vikings ripped off 14 straight points to go up 28-17.
But now Arizona has once again made it a game.
Receiver Rondale Moore caught a 38-yard touchdown to make the score 28-23. Arizona went for two to narrow the gap to three point, but the attempt failed.
Then on the ensuing drive, quarterback Kirk Cousins was strip-sacked at the Minnesota 23 by Isaiah Simmons, who recovered the loose ball for an extra possession.
But when quarterback Kyler Murray fumbled a snap on third-and-8 at the Minnesota 11, the Cardinals had to settle for a 34-yard field goal to make the score 28-26.
The Vikings and Cardinals each have a turnover in Sunday’s game. | 2022-10-30T20:31:47Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | After Kirk Cousins strip-sack, Cardinals trail Vikings 28-26 - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/after-kirk-cousins-strip-sack-cardinals-trail-vikings-28-26/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/after-kirk-cousins-strip-sack-cardinals-trail-vikings-28-26/ |
Bill Belichick passed George Halas with 325th career win on Sunday
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick moved into second place on the NFL’s all-time wins list on Sunday.
The 22-17 victory over the Jets was the 325th of Belichick’s career — regular season and postseason — and that broke a tie with former Bears coach George Halas for the No. 2 spot behind Don Shula.
“We’ll talk about that when it’s over and add them up at the end. It was good to come down here and win. Happy for our team and I appreciate all the great players we’ve had that have won those games,” Belichick said, via CBSNews.com. “A couple of them were in the locker room there — Devin McCourty, Matthew Slater, Jerod Mayo, Troy Brown. Those guys won a lot of games for us, for me. So those are really team wins.”
Shula had 347 wins over the course of his career, so it will be a little while before Belichick will be in striking distance of that mark.
1 responses to “Bill Belichick passed George Halas with 325th career win on Sunday”
But how many of Halas’ wins were based on cheating? We already know most of BB’s are from the cheating advantage. Betting 0 of Halas’ involved cheating | 2022-10-30T22:12:08Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bill Belichick passed George Halas with 325th career win on Sunday - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/bill-belichick-passed-george-halas-with-325th-win-on-sunday/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/bill-belichick-passed-george-halas-with-325th-win-on-sunday/ |
Commanders lead Colts 7-3 at halftime as Sam Ehlinger throws for 57 yards, fumbles
The Sam Ehlinger era is not off to a rip-roaring start for the Colts. Instead, he looks a lot like most of the other eight quarterbacks who have started for Indianapolis since 2017.
The Colts gained only 137 yards in the first half as Ehlinger completed 7 of 11 passes for 57 yards. He rushed for minus-1 yard and lost a fumble.
The Commanders lead 7-3 at halftime.
Washington running back Antonio Gibson caught a 9-yard pass from Taylor Heinicke with 10:55 remaining in the second quarter for the only touchdown of the game.
He has four catches for 39 yards.
Heinicke has completed 8 of 11 passes for 108 yards and a touchdown.
Colts running back Jonathan Taylor has rushed for 55 yards on seven carries. He needed his injured ankle re-taped but returned despite the Colts calling him questionable to get back in. | 2022-10-30T22:12:14Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Commanders lead Colts 7-3 at halftime as Sam Ehlinger throws for 57 yards, fumbles - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/commanders-lead-colts-7-3-at-halftime-as-sam-ehlinger-throws-for-57-yards-fumbles/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/commanders-lead-colts-7-3-at-halftime-as-sam-ehlinger-throws-for-57-yards-fumbles/ |
The 49ers have been the Rams’ bugaboo in the regular season since 2019. But after two quarters on Sunday, Los Angeles has a 14-10 lead.
San Francisco had a chance to tie the game late in the second quarter with a drive that ended deep in L.A. territory. But linebacker Bobby Wagner knocked the ball out of Christian McCaffrey’s hands on third down to force an incomplete pass. San Francisco settled for a field goal.
Los Angeles’ offense has gotten back on track with 12 first downs and was 5-of-6 on third down in the first two quarters. Quarterback Matthew Stafford was 17-of-21 passing for 150 yards with a TD — a 16-yard pass to receiver Cooper Kupp.
Last year’s leading receiver, Kupp also had a strong first half with seven catches for 73 yards. Even Allen Robinson got involved with three receptions for 35 yards.
On the other side, McCaffrey scored his first 49ers touchdown by losing a 34-yard strike to receiver Brandon Aiyuk early in the second quarter. He has seven carries for 24 yards and four catches for 21 yards.
Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is 9-of-12 passing for 85 yards.
Rams edge rusher Leonard Floyd has been a thorn in the 49ers side, recording a pair of sacks in the first half.
San Francisco is without several key players on Sunday, including receiver Deebo Samuel who’s out with a hamstring injury.
The 49ers will have the ball to start the second half. | 2022-10-30T22:12:32Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Rams lead 49ers 14-10 at halftime - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/rams-lead-49ers-14-10-at-halftime/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/rams-lead-49ers-14-10-at-halftime/ |
Wide receiver Elijah Moore was back in the Jets lineup on Sunday, but he doesn’t seem to be any happier about his role in the offense.
Moore did not play in Week Seven after complaining about a lack of passes his way and requesting a trade away from the team. He returned to practice this week and played in Sunday’s 22-17 loss to the Patriots, but was only targeted one time and was clearly frustrated by that when he spoke to reporters after the game.
Moore was asked about his chemistry with quarterback Zach Wilson.
“I don’t even know, I couldn’t even tell you. I don’t get the ball. I don’t know,” Moore said, via SNY.
The Jets said last week that they would not entertain offers for Moore’s services, but another round of complaints could lead them to feel differently if they get any appealing calls before Tuesday’s trade deadline.
6 responses to “Elijah Moore on chemistry with Zach Wilson: I don’t know, I don’t get the ball”
jeremy2020 says:
It’s not a mystery. Wilson can’t even throw the ball away without throwing an Int
Bit of a transition for NY after the two big injuries they had last week. I wouldn’t panic, but Wilson might be looking over his shoulder next week
redskinstexan says:
Green Bay on line 1…
If the Jets are not going to get Moore involved with their offense, then Moore is right to ask for a trade.
Moore is a great talent and the Jets are wasting him ….trade the guy
It’s hard to believe but Mac Jones remains the best QB of his draft class and that’s not saying much. Trevor, Zach, Trey, Fields have all been underwhelming. | 2022-10-30T22:13:09Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Elijah Moore on chemistry with Zach Wilson: I don't know, I don't get the ball - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/elijah-moore-on-chemistry-with-zach-wilson-i-dont-know-i-dont-get-the-ball/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/elijah-moore-on-chemistry-with-zach-wilson-i-dont-know-i-dont-get-the-ball/ |
Derrick Henry tops 150 rushing yards, 2 TDs for fourth straight game vs. Texans
Derrick Henry has the Texans’ number, like no running back has ever had an opposing team’s number in NFL history.
Henry has gained 185 yards and run for two touchdowns today against the Texans, the fourth consecutive game against Houston that he has topped 150 rushing yards and scored two rushing touchdowns.
Henry is now the only player in NFL history with 150 rushing yards and two touchdowns in four straight games against the same team.
In the last game of 2019, Henry carried 32 times for 211 yards and three touchdowns against the Texans, and in two meetings in 2020, Henry had 22 carries for 212 yards and two touchdowns at home, and 34 carries for 250 yards and two touchdowns on the road. He didn’t play the Texans at all in 2021, but now he’s picking up where he left off in 2022. | 2022-10-30T22:16:30Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Derrick Henry tops 150 rushing yards, 2 TDs for fourth straight game vs. Texans - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/derrick-henry-tops-150-rushing-yards-2-tds-for-fourth-straight-game-vs-texans/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/derrick-henry-tops-150-rushing-yards-2-tds-for-fourth-straight-game-vs-texans/ |
The trade deadline arrives on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ET, and there will be plenty of rumors and chatter between now and then. One player who already is the subject of such rumors and chatter is Saints running back Alvin Kamara.
An unfounded rumor emerged linking him to the Eagles. On Sunday, Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reported that the Bills called about Kamara, but that they were “rebuffed.”
After Sunday’s win by the Saints over the Raiders, I asked Saints defensive end Cam Jordan whether the Kamara trade talk has made its way into the locker room.
“It’s part of the game,” Jordan said. “I mean, there’s always going to be rumors, always going to be whatever. But if anything, that just motivates us to fight more, run harder to run, whatever. I mean, we’ve all had trade rumors be about us. [Alvin] is a consummate pro. I mean that’s not going to [affect] him. If anything, whatever it was, I said, ‘Yo, are you worried?’ He said, ‘Whatever happens, I’m bleeding black and gold.’ That’s all I need to know about it. If something comes up, will we be hurt by his absence? Absolutely. What [he] brings to our offense, what [he] does to another team? You can’t really replace that. At the same time, rumors are rumors, so I’m going to let the media do what the media has always done, speculate, and do whatever they do and we’re going to worry about how we’re going to try to get these next wins.”
Whatever happens, the Saints will keep moving forward. Jordan made that clear when I asked him about the impact of former coach Sean Payton’s departure.
“I mean, how different has it been without Drew [Brees] here, you know?” Jordan said. “How different has it been without Jimmy Graham here? How different has been when John Vilma left the defense? There’s always going to be a come-and-go. You have to deal with what you have to deal with. I can’t imagine this team without Mark Ingram and yet we were there for two years without Mark Ingram. It’s always got to be what do we have on our team now and how can we try and get ahold of these wins? We’re trying to take advantage of what we’re trying to take advantage of. At the end of the day, we came into the game, and we still don’t have Mike [Thomas], we don’t have Jarvis Landry, but Chris Olave has been playing his butt off. We got guys like Marquez Callaway, Tre’Quan [Smith] trying to make up for it. You got guys like tight end Juwan Johnson who guys aren’t talking about enough, doing some of the nitty gritty dirty work and being that wide receiver-type tight end. We’re making do with what we’ve got.”
And they’re finally getting the production from the defense that complements the offense. In a big way. And they’re very much alive in a wide-open NFC South.
2 responses to “Alvin Kamara said to Cam Jordan on trade chatter,”Whatever happens, I’m bleeding black and gold””
He is not going anywhere.
They get at least a first for Sean next year they are not gonna trade the best back they have had in the existence of the franchise
Until someone else pays him | 2022-10-31T03:00:08Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Alvin Kamara said to Cam Jordan on trade chatter,"Whatever happens, I'm bleeding black and gold" - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/alvin-kamara-said-to-cam-jordan-on-trade-chatterwhatever-happens-im-bleeding-black-and-gold/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/alvin-kamara-said-to-cam-jordan-on-trade-chatterwhatever-happens-im-bleeding-black-and-gold/ |
Eddy Piñeiro’s teammates had his back. Literally.
As Piñeiro answered questions about his missed extra point in the waning seconds of regulation and a chip-shot field goal in overtime, Baker Mayfield, Derrick Brown, Johnny Hekker and JJ Jansen surrounded the Panthers kicker. It was a show of support after a 37-34 overtime loss to the Falcons.
“It hurts,” Piñeiro said, via Augusta Stone of the team website. “I love this team, and I know they’ve got my back. I know this is not going to define me as a kicker, and everybody misses kicks. Unfortunately, mine was today, and my time was today. [I’m] going to bounce back and be ready to kick.”
Piñeiro missed a 48-yard extra point after DJ Moore removed his helmet to celebrate a miraculous 62-yard touchdown catch with 12 seconds, drawing a 15-yard penalty. That sent the game to overtime, where Piñeiro had a chance to win it with a 32-yard field goal. It was wide left.
“I just came across it,” Piñeiro said. “My hips came across it and I should have kept my hips forward.”
Piñeiro said he took accountability after the game, telling his teammates the loss was on him. His teammates disagreed.
“It sucks [to] try to put it on Eddy when all of us had a hand in this,” Brown said. “That’s how it goes, but this doesn’t fall on him. . . . Dude has made a hundred kicks. He missed two, and everybody wants to go haywire. But in this situation, we’re still together. We’re going to get back to work tomorrow.”
Piñeiro had made all 12 extra points and 14 of 15 field goals since replacing Zane Gonzalez in the preseason. Until Sunday. | 2022-10-31T03:00:14Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Eddy Piñeiro on his missed kicks: It hurts, but it's not going to define me - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/eddy-pineiro-on-his-missed-kicks-it-hurts-but-its-not-going-to-define-me/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/30/eddy-pineiro-on-his-missed-kicks-it-hurts-but-its-not-going-to-define-me/ |
Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs had to be held back by his teammates from going after Packers cornerback Rasul Douglas after a 26-yard touchdown catch in the first half of Sunday night’s win and that was not the only time that he could be seen jawing with Green Bay players during the game.
Cornerback Jaire Alexander was also a target of Diggs’ on a night that the wideout said featured “the most talking that’s ever been with another team.” It began during pregame warmups and continued throughout the game even though Diggs and Alexander didn’t spend much time matched up against each other in Buffalo’s 27-17 win.
Their verbal sparring was still a topic during Diggs’ postgame media session, however.
“I don’t give a f–k who started it, I finished it. I got the win,” Diggs said, via Alaina Getzenberg of ESPN.com. “I don’t deal with moral victories. I don’t deal with one-on-one battles because it’s not a one-on-one game. . . . It’s a team effort, and I got a dub. I feel like at the end of the day there are no moral victories.”
At 6-1, the Bills don’t have to concern themselves with moral victories because they keep adding actual ones to their record and Diggs will be moving on to other battles as they try to keep the wins coming. | 2022-10-31T12:06:17Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Stefon Diggs: I don't care who started trash talk, I finished it - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/stefon-diggs-i-dont-care-who-started-trash-talk-i-finished-it/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/stefon-diggs-i-dont-care-who-started-trash-talk-i-finished-it/ |
After Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins, the Lions are 1-6.
General Manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell received a vote of confidence from team owner Sheila Ford Hamp last week. And Detroit put together a solid first half against Miami, taking a 27-17 lead into the break.
But the Dolphins outscored the Lions 14-0 in the final 30 minutes, once again leaving Campbell to explain defeat in his postgame press conference.
“That was tough, to say the least,” Campbell said. “Hey, those guys came back and played well the second half and stayed to their game plan, what they did and we didn’t overcome it. We were pretty good in the first half, offensively, and in the second half we stalled out.”
The Lions have lost their last five games after defeating the Commanders in Week Two. While they’re No. 4 in offensive yards and No. 8 in points scored, they’re still last in yards allowed and points allowed.
“My thought is as frustrating as it is, I know how close we are because we are still talking about one play,” Campbell said. “And the hard thing is to just keep doing your job and staying in the thick of the storm, and the easy thing is to go down below and get under the blanket, eat all the food and whatever. Guys who are going on the deck and just continue to do their part because they know the sun’s coming, those are the guys we’re looking for. So that’s how I choose to think of this.
“The only way to clean up everything is to go back to work, that’s just — that’s all I know. So, we go back to work because if we don’t, we have no chance of being in any of these games. So let’s get back into it. We had a chance to win that game, and once we get that chance, let’s see if we can handle the pressure better and not shoot ourselves in the foot.”
Campbell also brought up one of his former coaches when talking about handling pressure.
“I think it’s all-encompassing,” Campbell said. “Bill Parcells just used to say, ‘The only way to win close games is win close games.’ So, like, we’ve got to find a way to win a close game when we’re actually playing in close games, and that’s how you build confidence to do it. And until then, you’ve got to do all the little things right. So, I think it’s all-encompassing.
“Hey, it’s frustrating, but I know everybody’s tired of hearing it’s close, but I do know we’re close, and you just don’t know when it’s going to turn. But if we don’t keep swinging away at it, it’ll only get worse.”
Close as it may be, as Chris Burke of TheAthletic.com put it Sunday afternoon, at some point, the Lions need to win a game. The results have to start appearing at some point. Otherwise, major change will become inevitable.
2 responses to “Dan Campbell: I know everybody’s tired of hearing it’s close, but I do know we’re close”
You know what is else close? What I am seeing and hearing from this team is close to the same BS I have been seeing and hearing for over 60 years.
Campbell will be out by the end of next year at the latest. | 2022-10-31T15:09:11Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Dan Campbell: I know everybody’s tired of hearing it’s close, but I do know we’re close - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/dan-campbell-i-know-everybodys-tired-of-hearing-its-close-but-i-do-know-were-close/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/dan-campbell-i-know-everybodys-tired-of-hearing-its-close-but-i-do-know-were-close/ |
The Eagles have risen to 7-0, thanks most recently to a systematic dismantling of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Even though the Steelers remain sufficiently dangerous to beat any team at any time, the Eagles emerged with a 35-13 blowout win.
After the game ended, quarterback Jalen Hurts explained that he sees the team adopting his mindset and approach to the constant competitive grind of the NFL.
“I’ve never been one to speak on myself in this way,” Hurts told PFT by phone, “but I really felt the transition of this football team and especially being here in my second year starting, I felt the transition of this football team, and I’ve always tried to have the right mentality approaching games and approaching different situations that may come throughout these experiences and what life may bring you. And I feel like the team is really kind of taking on the same mentality and that’s something that I preach as a leader, and I feel like they really bought into it.
“This is like keep the main thing the main thing, and control what you can. I’m never satisfied as an individual, as a competitor. And I feel like that’s what we’ve taken on as a football team. So when you go out there and play any opponent, the standard doesn’t change. You talk about perfection. Perfection is never attainable, but there ain’t nothing wrong with chasing something you’ll never catch because that’s what it is, we’re chasing some that we’ll never catch. But also, maybe we want to achieve things and do great things in the end. I just feel like we all have the same mentality. That’s what’s allowed us to do what we’ve done thus far, and we’ll do everything together.”
I tried to summarize Jalen’s thoughts. Is he saying that his own attitude has become the attitude of the entire team? That the other guys have bought into the way you view things?
“In short, yes,” Hurts said. “That’s exactly what it is. I think this team has an attitude that is a direct reflection of mine. And the approach is to never be satisfied, and to never waver in any condition or circumstance. And I think that’s what it’s come to be. And it’s beautiful to see.”
The results are also beautiful to see. The Eagles have matched their best start in league history at 7-0; they last did that in 2004, a Super Bowl season. With a win on Thursday night against the Texans, the Eagles will be 8-0 for the first time ever. | 2022-10-31T15:09:17Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Jalen Hurts: "Beautiful to see" Eagles adopting his mindset - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/jalen-hurts-beautiful-to-see-eagles-adopting-his-mindset/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/jalen-hurts-beautiful-to-see-eagles-adopting-his-mindset/ |
The Cardinals fell to 3-5 with their loss to the Vikings on Sunday, a game that Arizona turnovers allowed Minnesota to seize control in the second half.
Arizona had recorded just one game with multiple giveaways so far in 2022 — the Week Six loss to the Seahawks. The club had three in Sunday’s defeat, which was a season-high.
Quarterback Kyler Murray threw a pair of interceptions and there was also a muffed punt.
“We’ve just got to be better offensively,” Murray said in his postgame press conference. “Defensively we felt like they did enough. We were in the game. Everybody on the team knows we were in the game. Just got to be better. It’s a good team. We know they’re going to capitalize on those mistakes, and that’s what they did.”
Murray finished the game 31-of-44 passing for 326 yards with three touchdowns and two picks. Beginning next week with the Seahawks, Arizona will play each of its divisional opponents and host the Chargers before a Week 13 bye.
“[T]his one is very frustrating, but we’ll get over it,” Murray said. “We’ve got a divisional opponent. Everything we want is right in front of us. We’ll be better.” | 2022-10-31T15:09:23Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Kyler Murray: This loss is very frustrating, but we'll get over it - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/kyler-murray-this-loss-is-very-frustrating-but-well-get-over-it/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/kyler-murray-this-loss-is-very-frustrating-but-well-get-over-it/ |
The bad news is that scoring is down this year. The good news is that close games are up.
Per the NFL, the league has had a record number of games decided by six points or less (55) or eight points or less (71) through the first eight weeks of any season.
In Week Eight, 10 of the 14 games played were one-score contests at some point in the fourth quarter. So far, 94 games have fit the description, another record.
With one game to go in Week Eight, those records could each be pushed one game higher.
Although a few teams are gathering at the extremes of good and bad, most of the league is bunched together. And from that cluster of teams that make up the vast majority of the pack, one or two serious threats to win it all can emerge. | 2022-10-31T15:09:47Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | NFL enjoys record number of close games - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/nfl-enjoys-record-number-of-close-games/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/nfl-enjoys-record-number-of-close-games/ |
Colts quarterback Sam Ehlinger made his first NFL start on Sunday and he played well enough to stake the team to a 16-7 lead in the fourth quarter, but neither he nor the Colts were able to finish the deal.
The Commanders scored the final 10 points of the game to snag a 17-16 win and leave Ehlinger to lament what could have been. Among the things that he wanted to go differently were two turnovers in Commanders territory and settling for field goals on two other trips deep into scoring position.
“I thought as an offense we had a lot of opportunities,” Ehlinger said, via the team’s website. “We just shot ourselves in the foot. We got down on the other side of the 50 multiple times and didn’t come away with points — two turnovers. We came down to the inch-yard line and came away with three points. That’s not good enough in this league.”
Ehlinger finished the day 17-of-23 for 201 yards and he was able to avoid pressure behind an offensive line that continues to allow too much pressure, so there were things for the Colts to try to build on in the weeks to come even as a winnable game slipped through their fingers. | 2022-10-31T15:09:59Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Sam Ehlinger: We had opportunities, we just shot ourselves in the foot - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/sam-ehlinger-we-had-opportunities-we-just-shot-ourselves-in-the-foot/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/sam-ehlinger-we-had-opportunities-we-just-shot-ourselves-in-the-foot/ |
Though the Chiefs were on their bye last week, they stayed active by acquiring receiver Kadarius Toney from the Giants.
On Monday, head coach Andy Reid told reporters that Toney — who hasn’t played since Week Two — is healthy and Kansas City plans to work him into the offensive rotation.
“We look forward to getting him in the mix somehow. We’re working through that right now,” Reid said, via Matt McMullen of the team’s website. “We’ll see how he fits in. … I think it will be a gradual process moving forward.”
Reid also mentioned the possibility of Toney contributing as a punt returner.
“We know he has that potential,” Reid said, via Matt Derrick of ChiefsDigest.com. “We’ll just see how that goes.”
Reid also worked to lower the immediate pressure on Toney to contribute, given the playmakers already on Kansas City’s roster.
“We’ve got one football and we’ve got a few guys that we’d like to get the ball to,” Reid said, via Adam Teicher of ESPN.
Toney had a pair of catches that netted 0 yards for the Giants this year. he also had a couple of carries for 23 yards. As a rookie in 2021, Toney caught 39 passes for 420 yards.
He’s yet to score his first NFL touchdown.
The Chiefs are the league’s top scoring team and are No. 2 in total yards.
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He’ll get his first TD as a Chief this year. Hell, maybe this week. I just learned about his back tattoo, hope he makes better decisions in the future
Looks like he’s healthy Giants fans! | 2022-10-31T19:35:10Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Andy Reid: We look forward to getting Kadarius Toney in the mix - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/andy-reid-we-look-forward-to-getting-kadarius-toney-in-the-mix/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/andy-reid-we-look-forward-to-getting-kadarius-toney-in-the-mix/ |
Lions head coach Dan Campbell said today that he didn’t want to fire defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant, but the Lions’ struggles this season demanded it.
“I think Aubrey is a hell of a coach. I have a ton of respect for him. It was a tough decision, but we’re a production-based business and after seven weeks, it just felt like this change needed to be made,” Campbell said. “I wish him the best of luck and I appreciate everything he’s put into it. He put his heart and soul into everything he did.”
Campbell called firing an assistant the worst part of a head coach’s job but said it was necessary because the Lions’ secondary hasn’t gotten any better over the first seven games of the season.
“I thought about it a long time last night, didn’t sleep and thought about it some more, then woke up this morning and this was the decision we had to make,” Campbell said. “It’s all-encompassing after seven weeks.”
Safeties coach Brian Duker and defensive quality control coach Addison Lynch will handle Pleasant’s pervious responsibilities. | 2022-10-31T19:35:34Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Dan Campbell: Firing Aubrey Pleasant was tough, but we're a production-based business - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/dan-campbell-firing-aubrey-pleasant-was-tough-but-were-a-production-based-business/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/dan-campbell-firing-aubrey-pleasant-was-tough-but-were-a-production-based-business/ |
The Ravens are set to be without wide receiver Rashod Bateman for the near future.
Bateman was listed as questionable for last Thursday’s game against the Buccaneers with a foot injury and left that game in the second quarter for the same reason. On Monday, head coach John Harbaugh said at a press conference that the team expects Bateman to miss multiple weeks as a result of last week’s development.
Harbaugh said there are more conversations to be had about Bateman’s outlook and that suggests an injured reserve stint could be a possibility.
Tight end Mark Andrews also left last Thursday’s win, but Harbaugh said there’s less concern about his shoulder injury. Running back Gus Edwards is day-to-day with a hamstring injury. | 2022-10-31T19:35:52Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Rashod Bateman set to miss multiple weeks with foot injury - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/rashod-bateman-set-to-miss-multiple-weeks-with-foot-injury/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/rashod-bateman-set-to-miss-multiple-weeks-with-foot-injury/ |
Tom Brady addresses his work-life balance, following recent divorce
Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has become the centerpiece for intense focus and discussion this year, due to issues regarding his personal life that became intertwined with his professional life. Last week, Brady and his wife divorced. On Monday, Brady addressed the situation on his Let’s Go! podcast.
“There’s a lot of professionals in life that go through things that they deal with at work and they deal with at home,” Brady told Jim Gray, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. “Obviously, the good news is it’s a very amicable situation and I’m really focused on two things — taking care of my family and certainly my children and secondly doing the best job I can to win football games. That’s what professionals do. You focus at work when it’s time to work and when you come home, you focus on the priorities are at home. All you can do is the best you can do. That’s what I’ll continue to do as long as I’m working and I’m being a dad.”
Brady took a broader look at striking that balance while also being the public eye.
“I think that’s what being a professional is,” Brady said. “I’ve dealt with a lot of challenging situations on and off the field over 23 years and a lot of it does play out in front of a lot of people. So I think the interesting thing for a football player and an athlete in general is you’re out there, I always say we’re not actors even though we’re in TV. That is our real self out there. We’re trying to do our best. That’s how people have gotten to know me over the years by being in TV and that is my authentic self out there to compete with my teammates every day and you’re giving all you can to the team. Everyone is going through different things. We all have our unique challenges in life. We’re all humans. We do the best we can do.”
He’s right. And the fact that he has found a way to keep going despite these personal issues sets a solid example for everyone else who inevitably endures real, life issues. | 2022-10-31T23:26:42Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Tom Brady addresses his work-life balance, following recent divorce - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/tom-brady-addresses-his-work-life-balance-following-recent-divorce/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/tom-brady-addresses-his-work-life-balance-following-recent-divorce/ |
Fans in Houston and Philadelphia will need multiple televisions Thursday night.
Game 3 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies was postponed by rain Monday night. So, Major League Baseball announced that the three World Series games in Philadelphia will be played Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Thursday originally was scheduled as a travel day for the baseball teams.
The Eagles are scheduled to play the Texans in Houston on Thursday night when the Phillies are playing Game 5 against the Astros in Philadelphia.
The World Series, which is on Fox, actually might have better ratings than the NFL game, which is on Amazon Prime and could be an early blowout. The Eagles are 7-0 and the Texans 1-5-1. | 2022-11-01T01:15:35Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Astros-Phillies, Eagles-Texans both will play Thursday after World Series pushed back by rain - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/with-world-series-rain-delayed-astros-phillies-eagles-texans-both-will-play-thursday/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/10/31/with-world-series-rain-delayed-astros-phillies-eagles-texans-both-will-play-thursday/ |
Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper threw one of the worst passes you’ll ever see on Monday night, getting the ball on a trick play and throwing it directly to Bengals defensive back Vonn Bell. Afterward, Cooper put the blame squarely on himself.
“It was an abomination,” Cooper said. “It kept running through my mind, ‘OK, If he’s not open, throw it away.’ I didn’t really realize how hard it was to throw the ball away, because that’s what I tried to do. I did not try to throw it to him. I was trying to get the ball back to the line of scrimmage. I looked up, it was in another guy’s hands. It was terrible. Don’t have me throwing too many more passes.”
Cooper said the Browns had watched film of other teams running the same play successfully, and he thought he could do it too, but he now has more respect for how hard quarterback Jacoby Brissett‘s job is.
“I was very excited,” Cooper said. “I saw it on film work a couple times. It was bad. Much respect to Jacoby and the other quarterbacks out there because they’ve got a touch position. I’m just going to stick to getting open.”
Despite the ugly interception, Cooper had a great game, catching five passes for 131 yards and a touchdown in a 32-13 Browns win.
“It was clear that it was my fault,” he said. “It feels like the whole world is watching when you make a bad play like that. But I’ve been in the league a while so I know how to keep my composure.”
Cooper did that. And he learned that he should stick to catching passes, not throwing them.
3 responses to “Amari Cooper on his interception: It was an abomination, don’t have me throw more passes”
At least he owned up to it and didn’t blame anyone else
Amari owning this loudly and hilariously is just one more reason I enjoy him as a player. | 2022-11-01T12:27:31Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Amari Cooper on his interception: It was an abomination, don't have me throw more passes - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/amari-cooper-on-his-interception-it-was-an-abomination-dont-have-me-throw-more-passes/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/amari-cooper-on-his-interception-it-was-an-abomination-dont-have-me-throw-more-passes/ |
Quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw a critical interception early in the second quarter of the Jaguars’ loss to the Broncos in London when he tried to force a ball into a tight window near the goal line.
Broncos safety Justin Simmons picked it off and the Jaguars lost a chance to go up two scores in a game they’d eventually lose 21-17. Lawrence said after the game that he has to play better and head coach Doug Pederson called it a “disappointing” play when he spoke to reporters on Monday.
Pederson said Lawrence has to learn that “you don’t have to chase plays” and that aggressiveness has to be balanced with making the right decisions.
“Obviously, he saw something that he thought was there,” Pederson said, via Demetrius Harvey of the Florida Times-Union. “And, again, we just got to continue to teach it and coach it. Listen, I’m not gonna take the aggressiveness away from Trevor, I love that part about him but, at the same time, we’ve got to be smart.”
The Jaguars came into this season hoping to see Lawrence take a big step forward from his rookie season. That hasn’t happened yet and the need to see greater progress will be a central storyline for the second half of their season.
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I’ve watched a lot of Lawrence. He’s just not a good quarterback. He has bad pocket awareness. He has a terrible habit of locking on his first read and missing open guys elsewhere. When the Jaguars try to go downfield, he routinely misses his guy high. And even on short easy throws that every quarterback should make with their eyes closed, he regularly throws it at the guys feet. And the worst part is he absolutely falls apart late in games when the team needs a score to win or tie.
Lawrence got a free pass last year because of Urban Meyer. But under Pederson, Lawrence is maybe only slightly better. For a guy hailed as a generational talent, he hasn’t even proven he’s good enough to be a starting quarterback in this league. | 2022-11-01T12:27:37Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Doug Pederson: We want Trevor Lawrence to be aggressive and smart - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/doug-pederson-we-want-trevor-lawrence-to-be-aggressive-and-smart/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/doug-pederson-we-want-trevor-lawrence-to-be-aggressive-and-smart/ |
Browns running back Kareem Hunt helped his team to a 32-13 win over the Bengals on Monday night and then turned his attention to whether it might have been his final game with the team.
Hunt requested a trade this summer and his name has remained a subject of trade chatter during the regular season. The trade deadline is 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, so Monday night’s game was his final chance to audition for other clubs that may want to add him to their backfield.
Hunt had 11 carries for 42 yards and four catches for 30 yards in the win. When it was over, he said he was prepared for anything to happen on Tuesday.
“I mean, I’m down for whatever,” Hunt said, via Chris Easterling of the Akron Beacon Journal. “I’m a football player and it’s a business. I’m ready to do whatever they decide with me. That’s either go somewhere else or here, anything, it don’t matter. I love the game of football.”
Hunt added that his plan for Tuesday is to “just relax, enjoy myself, maybe go to one of my favorite restaurants or something” while he waits to find out where he’ll be playing for the rest of the 2022 season.
2 responses to “Kareem Hunt “down for whatever” as trade deadline approaches”
If you trade him please let be to anyone in the NFC.
I_JUST_WORK_HERE says:
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Is McVay to blame for Kupp injury?
Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett called defensive end Myles Garrett “a tone-setter for us” after Monday night’s win over the Bengals and Garrett certainly gave a hint about how the game would go early in the game.
The Bengals drove into Browns territory to open the game, but Garrett batted a Joe Burrow pass into the air on a first down and Browns cornerback A.J. Green came down with the ball to kill Cincinnati’s scoring chance. The Bengals would punt on their next three possessions and lose a fumble on the fourth during a scoreless first half and the Browns would cruise to a 32-13 win.
Garrett would add 1.5 sacks of Burrow to his ledger before the night was out and he said after the game that he wants the performance to serve as the model for the team as they move into the second half of their schedule.
“It has to be routine,” Garrett said, via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. “It has to be the standard. We have to make sure that everything we did leading up to this game is the same the week after this one. I think we have what it takes. We have taken our lumps, but we’ll show what we have and our dedication to the game and what it takes to get wins in this league because they don’t come easily. Right now, to get a win like this, and in a dominant fashion, it’s showing the guys how good we can really be.”
The Browns came into Monday night on a four-game losing streak, so consistency has proven to be a stumbling block for the team. We’ll see if Monday’s performance is a turning point once they return from their bye in Week 10.
1 responses to “Myles Garrett: Monday night performance has to be the standard”
Honestly, the team was still fairly bad. It’s just that the Bengals offensive line and game planning were worse. If the Bengals stick to the running game they may have won, who knows?
That Bengals defense was gassed from all the 3 and outs of the offense plus they were down to their 4th CB by the end of the game when Cooper was catching those wide open passes against a guy who clearly should not have been on the field with him.
A win is a win but let’s not oversell it. | 2022-11-01T13:32:52Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Myles Garrett: Monday night performance has to be the standard - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/myles-garrett-monday-night-performance-has-to-be-the-standard/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/myles-garrett-monday-night-performance-has-to-be-the-standard/ |
The oft-traded Brandin Cooks could be off again.
A subject of regular trade chatter in recent days, the Texans receiver isn’t at practice today, according to DJ Bien-Aime of ESPN.com.
It’s been no secret that Houston would like to move him. His $18 million, fully-guaranteed contract in 2023 is an impediment.
The Rams (who traded him to the Texans after the 2019 season) could be a potential destination. Houston may have to pay some of the 2023 money and/or Cooks may have to give some of it up in order to make it happen.
A 2014 first-round pick of the Saints, Cooks has been traded to the Patriots, the Rams, and the Texans during his nine-year career.
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When a guy with his potential is trades that many times it’s pretty obvious that he’s an issue in the locker room | 2022-11-01T18:29:45Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Amid trade chatter, Brandin Cooks isn't at Texans practice - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/amid-trade-chatter-brandin-cooks-isnt-at-texans-practice/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/amid-trade-chatter-brandin-cooks-isnt-at-texans-practice/ |
Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks wasn’t on the practice field Tuesday and the timing of his absence led to thoughts that he might be on his way to a new team.
The trade deadline is at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Cooks’ name has come up in trade chatter quite often over the last couple of weeks. Head coach Lovie Smith was asked at his press conference if Cooks was missing because he’s been traded.
“What kind of question is that? If there’s someone we’re going to trade, we’ll talk about it then. I talked to Brandin today. He was excused from practice for personal reasons,” Smith said, via Tyler Milner of SportsRadio 610.
Smith’s answer doesn’t preclude a trade, but Cooks’ guaranteed salary of $18 million for the 2023 season may turn out to be too much of a stumbling block for the Texans to overcome as they try to move him. | 2022-11-01T18:30:15Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Lovie Smith says Brandin Cooks was out of practice for personal reasons - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/lovie-smith-says-brandin-cooks-out-of-practice-for-personal-reasons/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/lovie-smith-says-brandin-cooks-out-of-practice-for-personal-reasons/ |
The Vikings’ trade for tight end T.J. Hockenson on Tuesday made it likelier that the team will move on without Irv Smith Jr. after this season and a report about Smith’s ankle injury suggests he may have already played his last game for the Vikings.
Smith suffered a high-ankle sprain in last Sunday’s win over the Cardinals and Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that he is expected to miss 8-10 weeks as a result of the injury.
That timeline leaves the door open for Smith to return to action, especially if the Vikings remain on their current trajectory and make it to the playoffs. The length of the layoff and the possibility for complications in recovery that delay his return could mean that he doesn’t make it back before the season is out.
Smith has 22 catches for 168 yards and two touchdowns this season. The 2019 second-round pick missed all of the 2021 season with a knee injury and has 88 catches for 844 yards and nine touchdowns in 36 career games.
4 responses to “Report: Irv Smith Jr. out 8-10 weeks with ankle injury”
Smith is very talented but had too many injuries to ever fulfill that talent with production. It would be pretty interesting to have him back for the playoffs and unveil a two-tight end offense that they haven’t shown all year.
We need to get rid of this guy. He doesn’t produce and he’s always hurt! Dump him Vikes!
Good riddance! Now we can retire the number 84!!!
Best of luck in your future endeavors Big SwIrv. | 2022-11-01T18:30:21Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Report: Irv Smith Jr. out 8-10 weeks with ankle injury - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/report-irv-smith-jr-out-8-10-weeks-with-ankle-injury/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/report-irv-smith-jr-out-8-10-weeks-with-ankle-injury/ |
Sean McVay: We have to make it feel like we’re not wasting plays when we run the ball
The Rams have the 31st-ranked rushing offense in the league, which has led to an unbalanced offense that has been a big reason why the Rams have a 3-4 record at this point in the season.
After Sunday’s loss to the 49ers, head coach Sean McVay said that the problems couldn’t be laid solely on the shoulders of the team’s running backs and he expanded on his frustrations with that aspect of the offense during an interview for the team’s website.
“We’ve got to figure out how to make it a better operation that you don’t feel like you’re wasting plays because, in some instances, that’s what I feel like,” McVay said. “And we’re getting some of the looks that we want and we’ve got to be able to execute better. We’ve got to be able to hit blocks better, we’ve got to be able to handle movement better and then we’ve got to be able to create a little bit more than what sometimes the play is blocked for. Those are things that I don’t think is asking too much. . . . Ultimately, those are things we’re always looking at. You absolutely have to be able to run the football.”
The Rams were bidders for Christian McCaffrey before he was dealt to the 49ers and they could make a trade for a running back before Tuesday afternoon’s deadline. The latest chatter has them looking at different positions, however, and McVay’s assessment of the situation suggests that simply adding a back isn’t going to fix all that is ailing the run game.
6 responses to “Sean McVay: We have to make it feel like we’re not wasting plays when we run the ball”
Did he fall in love with Stafford?
I’m just spit balling here and thinking out of the box but i recommend that you get some offensive lineman who can block. Running backs do need them. Oh, and by the way the offensive line would keep your QB from having to play “chuck & duck”.
Is this more a shot at his O-line or a shot at his RB room. I don’t know that this will produce the desired result, unless people believe that they could actually lose their job.
So this is why they were willing to give two first round picks for a defensive end.
Now it makes sense.
Stafford & McVay got their Super Bowl win – Kroenke is on the hook for MILLIONS now in that St Louis fiasco so get used to mediocrity in LA because your owners money capital is about to be spent & not on players!
This is cute.
He thinks his season isn’t already over. | 2022-11-01T18:30:33Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Sean McVay: We have to make it feel like we're not wasting plays when we run the ball - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/sean-mcvay-weve-got-to-make-it-feel-like-were-not-wasting-plays-when-we-run-the-ball/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/sean-mcvay-weve-got-to-make-it-feel-like-were-not-wasting-plays-when-we-run-the-ball/ |
After trading for a receiver, the Bears are letting one go from their active roster.
Chicago announced on Tuesday that the club has waived Isaiah Coulter.
A Texans third-round pick in 2020, Coulter played just one game four Houston as a rookie and received just six offensive snaps. When the Texans cut him in 2021, he joined the Bears and appeared in three games for the club last year.
Coulter was promoted to Chicago’s active roster in mid-October but has not yet appeared in a game in 2022.
The deal for Claypool has been officially announced by both the Steelers and Bears, pending a physical. | 2022-11-01T21:06:57Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Bears waive Isaiah Coulter after trading for Chase Claypool - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/bears-waive-isaiah-coulter-after-trading-for-chase-claypool/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/bears-waive-isaiah-coulter-after-trading-for-chase-claypool/ |
Several weeks back, free-agent receiver Odell Beckham Jr. visited the Giants’ facility. But it wasn’t officially a visit. And it doesn’t mean the Giants aren’t interested in a reunion with their 2014 first-round draft pick.
“I had no idea he was in the building,” Giants G.M. Joe Schoen told reporters on Tuesday, via Ralph Vacchiano of Fox Sports. “Obviously he’s a guy we would consider and talk to when he’s healthy.”
The problem with waiting until he’s healthy is that someone else possibly won’t wait. There will be an ideal time to make the move, before Beckham has full clearance to play.
The prevailing thought in league circles continues to be that Beckham will end up in Buffalo, when it’s all said and done. But there’s no current indication with any real certainty as to when he’ll be ready to play. Reports originating from Beckham’s camp have indicated that he’ll be ready to go in the middle of November. Multiple teams think he won’t be ready to play until the middle of December.
The longer it goes, the more informed a decision Beckham will be able to make regarding his next destination. New contenders can emerge, new injuries can occur.
Even today, the dynamics may have altered. The fact, for example, that the Rams weren’t able to figure out a deal for a reunion with Texans receiver Brandin Cooks could prompt L.A. to sweeten its offer for Beckham. The fact that the Packers and Cowboys didn’t trade for a receiver could put them in play, too.
2 responses to “Giants G.M. Joe Schoen leaves door open for Odell Beckham Jr.”
He needs his #13 back though… So I’m sure that might ruffle some feathers…
ike301 says:
My Giants don’t have the cap space to outbid anyone. Let’s be honest here. The receiving core is very pedestrian and a problem like this doesn’t get fixed mid season without a big time trade. They have what they have, and they need to suit up every receiver they have until someone steps up. At the moment, Darius Slayton is the best receiver we have. OUCH! | 2022-11-01T21:07:27Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Giants G.M. Joe Schoen leaves door open for Odell Beckham Jr. - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/giants-g-m-joe-schoen-leaves-door-open-for-odell-beckham-jr/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/giants-g-m-joe-schoen-leaves-door-open-for-odell-beckham-jr/ |
Britt Reid, the former Chiefs assistant and son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was sentenced to three years in prison today for driving while intoxicated and seriously injuring Ariel Young, a 5-year-old girl.
Reid pleaded guilty as part of a deal in which prosecutors would agree to seek no more than four years in prison. The girl’s family released a statement saying they were “outraged” by the deal Reid got.
Before he was sentenced today, Reid addressed the court and apologized for his actions.
“Every time I see my daughter, I think about Ariel and how my decision affected her so deeply and her family,” Reid said, via Sam McDowell of the Kansas City Star.
Authorities say Reid was driving almost 20 MPH over the 65 MPH speed limit and had a blood alcohol content of .113, well above the legal limit of .08. Court documents indicate that Reid had been drinking at the Chiefs facility before crashing into the car in which Young was a passenger.
23 responses to “Britt Reid sentenced to three years in prison”
seymourbuttz says:
3 years is not nearly enough
Turns out, 25,000 people drink at the Chiefs facility, every Sunday…. Not condoning the tragedy, but the facility doesn’t matter. He’s an adult that made a horrible decision.
3 years? Wow. Cakewalk. People with money can pretty much do what they want. If it’d been one of us regular Joes we would be looking at 20 years.
Raise your hand if you haven’t driven 85 mph with some alcohol in your system.
Raise your hand if you think multiple lifetimes in prison will restore Ariel.
Now feel the endorphin rush as you hit “thumbs down” below this comment.
MantisToboggan says:
Should have been life. When you have the wealth his family does there is less than zero excuses for a DUI. A repeat offender? He’s just gonna do the same thing in 4 years.
His father must really be proud of him, you raised a son who took another persons life. You knew your son had a drinking issues and you just turned a blind eye to his issues
Andy Reid has blood on his hands. He enabled this by hiring his son and bringing him into the football environment that markets HEAVILY towards drinking. He brought him into a facility that serves a ton of alcohol openly, despite knowing about his son’s substance abuse history. All of this despite Andy Reid’s other son having lost his life from substance abuse. What a horrible story. A three year old girl has permanent brain damage because Andy Reid and the Chiefs enabled an addict, which is a medical condition, instead of getting him help.
Good lord, the Chiefs not only own Goodell, they own the local PD, DA and courts.
No wonder why they have so many players get away with felonies.
You clearly are a clueless human being. And no Iv never driven 85 while drunk because Iv never drank. Andy Reid obviously didn’t raise his sons well at all, quite the opposite. Britt is a lowlife, but he’s doing better than Andy’s other son.
At first i figured you forgot the zero behind the three, then i read about deal made. Exactly why so many violent criminals are at large. I don’t feel life sentence is warranted, but this is bs. It quit being on Andy Ried when Brett became an adult and moved out, but it is on the chiefs organization if they were aware of his actions and allowed it to continue or even hired him in the first place.
dean7979 says:
He didn’t take anyone’s life. 3 years is enough.
It’s easy to throw judgment and make assumptions. It’s a sad situation anyway you slice it. However, he deserved a much more significant punishment. Anyone less privileged would have been punished accordingly. It’s a slap in the face to the victim’s family. It’s also very sad and traumatizing to his kids, who have no involvement with their father being away for three years.
I have driven over 85 mph with alcohol in my system and only the grace of God allowed me to get away with it without hurting someone. Had I hurt someone I would have deserved a much harsher penalty than 3 years in prison. You do realize he will be paroled before that? 18 months, tops, for ruining a child’s life. The child’s father needs to take appropriate steps.
buukki says:
I’m not a Chiefs fan or hater, but I find it odd that the article mentions that he had been drinking at the facility. And? Literally every week, tens of thousands of people drink at the sports facility while screaming their heads off watching the game. How many people would you estimate then get in their cars and drive home, some while still intoxicated? Whether that happens or not has really nothing you do with the facility, does it? What this guy chose to ski was completely irresponsible. I just think it’s kind of a weird mention about the facility.
Anyways, he got off way too light.
If he has addiction problems now, prison is about to make it a whole lot worse. Drugs are rampant in prison
People will say this isn’t enough, but the girl didn’t die, and honestly,I’m surprised he got any time at all. He will spend time behind bars and his life will never be the same. I think that’s fair…
frogtalk says:
This is going to sound inflammatory, but, hear me out. I don’t think Britt Reid should be in jail. However, I do believe that he personally (or his insurance) should be on the hook FOR.EVERY.SINGLE.MEDICAL.BILL Ariel ever has in her LIFE. Not to mention, a a long ban on driving, and getting counselling for his alcohol addiction. Money is the only thing that seems to hit home for some people.. putting Britt Reid on the hook for Ariel’s medical expenses would be a reminder to stay sober every time he paid a medical bill for her.
(Raises hand)
Tony Buzbee should be talking with that victim family.
Nope. Not enough. At least 5 years no parole. $1,000,000 in restitution to the family, 10 years no driver’s license, alcohol monitor for duration of 10 years. Start there. I’d also accept 20 years in prison.
To dean7979 “He didn’t take anyone’s life. 3 years is enough.” If you don’t consider causing irreparable brain injury to a 5 year old girl not taking anyone’s life, a tidal wave of disagreement would be coming from her family. There is a reason the Kansas City Chiefs organization has agreed to take care of Ariel Young medically and financially for life. There is also a reason the parents of this innocent child are outraged that Britt Reid is not facing a tougher sentence. I do believe in forgiveness. I also believe in justice. Sadly, the irresponsible actions of the son of a star NFL head-coach have taken away any kind of normal life for Ariel Young.
Go to any golf course and watch the drunk guys get into their cars and drive away. Go to any bar or restaurant and see the same thing. Every bar, restaurant, and gold course in America have parking lots for automobiles. Drinking and driving is part of our culture in America. Just don’t get caught or get into an accident. This could have happened to any of us. Three years in prison isn’t going to change anything that happened to that little girl. Fifty years wouldn’t change anything, either. It’s sad all around. I know a lot of good people that drink and drive. What would happen if we all decided to remove parking lots from all the drinking establishments? I don’t think we’d have much luck. The politicians and Chamber of Commerce wouldn’t have any of it. Those are businesses. We’re supposed to be pro-business. Help the economy. Have you seen a football game on TV lately? Lots of beer and alcohol commercials. It’s who we are. We’re all Britt Reid.
And out in 1. | 2022-11-01T23:04:39Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Britt Reid sentenced to three years in prison - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/britt-reid-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/britt-reid-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/ |
The Giants have been one of the biggest surprises in the league this season as they have overcome pessimistic expectations to post a 6-2 record.
A strong start hasn’t caused a change in the team’s approach to the impending free agency of quarterback Daniel Jones and running back Saquon Barkley, however. General Manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll are in their first year on the job and the plan was to evaluate how both players fit into what they want to build before making any calls about new contracts, franchise tags and the like.
Barkley has shown signs of being the player he was in his first couple of seasons and Jones has avoided the crippling turnovers and injuries that torpedoed his first three seasons, but Schoen said on Tuesday that the team isn’t ready to call an end to the evaluation period.
“There’s nine games left, so it’s an ongoing evaluation for everybody on the roster, not just Saquon and Daniel being UFAs,” Schoen said, via a transcript from the team. “Obviously, those are two important players to where we are right now, but it’s a constant evaluation. We still have nine games left.”
The first eight games have featured plenty of promising developments for the Giants beyond the play of Barkley and Jones. If they continue and the wins keep coming, the radical changes that many thought would come to the franchise in the offseason may never materialize. | 2022-11-02T12:18:49Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Joe Schoen: "Continuing evaluation" for Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/joe-schoen-continuing-evaluation-for-daniel-jones-saquon-barkley/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/joe-schoen-continuing-evaluation-for-daniel-jones-saquon-barkley/ |
The 49ers traded for Christian McCaffrey because they believe his versatility can lift their offense to a higher level and the running back’s complete bag of tricks was on display against the Rams in Week Eight.
McCaffrey threw a touchdown pass in the second quarter, caught a touchdown pass in the third quarter and then ran for a score in the fourth quarter of the 49ers’ 31-14 win over their divisional rivals. He was the first player since LaDainian Tomlinson in 2005 to pull off those feats in the same game.
Tomlinson was named the AFC offensive player of the week when he hit that trifecta and McCaffrey has followed in his footsteps again. The NFL named McCaffrey the NFC’s offensive player of the week on Wednesday.
It’s the first time McCaffrey has ever taken weekly honors in the NFL and the 49ers will be hoping that his Week Eight performance is just the start of the big things he’ll bring to their offense.
2 responses to “Christian McCaffrey named NFC offensive player of the week”
A.J. Brown was robbed! Take it out on the Texans this tomorrow. | 2022-11-02T13:41:53Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Christian McCaffrey named NFC offensive player of the week - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/christian-mccaffrey-named-nfc-offensive-player-of-the-week/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/christian-mccaffrey-named-nfc-offensive-player-of-the-week/ |
With quarterback Ryan Tannehill out for last Sunday’s game against the Texans, the Titans needed to lean on running back Derrick Henry.
Did he ever deliver.
Henry has been named the AFC offensive player of the week after rushing for 219 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Tennessee’s 17-10 victory over Houston.
Henry also added a 9-yard catch — one of rookie Malik Willis’ six completions in his first career start.
It was a performance that continued Henry’s string of dominance over the Texans and was the most rushing yards by a player in a game this season.
Henry now has six games with at least 200 yards rushing and two rushing touchdowns, which is the most in NFL history.
The Titans will try to keep things rolling a Week Nine matchup against the Chiefs in Kansas City. | 2022-11-02T13:41:57Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Derrick Henry named AFC offensive player of the week - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/derrick-henry-named-afc-offensive-player-of-the-week-3/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/derrick-henry-named-afc-offensive-player-of-the-week-3/ |
After Monday night’s win over the Bengals, Browns running back Kareem Hunt said he was ready for anything to happen before the trade deadline passed on Tuesday.
Hunt had been a subject of trade speculation since requesting a trade this summer and that chatter continued right up to Monday’s game, but Hunt remained with the Browns. There was some thought that the result of the game with the Bengals would have some bearing on which way the Browns chose to go at the deadline and General Manager Andrew Berry said at a Wednesday press conference that it had some bearing, but it wasn’t the deciding factor on any decisions.
“Kareem’s been excellent every day he’s been in the building,” Berry said, via 92.3 The Fan. “We know he’s going to have a really strong second half, continue to help us win games like he did Monday night.”
Hunt had 11 carries for 42 yards and four catches for 30 yards in the 32-13 win and the Browns will be looking for more of that production over the final nine games of the season. | 2022-11-02T14:56:08Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Andrew Berry: Kareem Hunt's been excellent, we know he'll have a strong second half - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/andrew-berry-kareem-hunts-been-excellent-we-know-hell-have-a-strong-second-half/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/andrew-berry-kareem-hunts-been-excellent-we-know-hell-have-a-strong-second-half/ |
The Lions traded 2019 first-round pick T.J. Hockenson to a divisional rival on Tuesday and their willingness to deal the tight end to the Vikings suggests that the Lions don’t feel like they’re going to be competing with Minnesota in the near future.
That’s a reasonable assumption given the fact that the Lions are 1-6 and the Vikings are 6-1, but General Manager Brad Holmes said that the trade was not made because the Lions are once again at the bottom of the standings.
“This move was not reflective of our record,” Holmes said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “If our record was reversed and it made sense for us, then we would have still done it. So it wasn’t anything of that nature, but it made sense for us and we just move forward.”
While Holmes suggested that the trade would be made even if the Lions were the team winning the NFC North, he also said that the Lions are “still in the build phase” and they think the capital they received in the trade — a 2023 second-round pick and 2024 third-rounder with a 2023 fourth-round pick and a conditional 2024 fourth-rounder going back to Minnesota — will help with that process.
The Lions were in a build phase when they drafted Hockenson as well and trading him before it’s done raises the question of when the Lions will finally flip to a different phase of their evolution.
6 responses to “Brad Holmes: T.J. Hockenson trade not reflective of our record, but we’re still in the build phase”
The Lions are always in build phase and at the bottom of the division.
orchidsofasia says:
They didn’t get any value. Seems like this GM may also have dementia like belicheat.
Makes sense. He was a Patriot Bob pick. They were never planning on giving him the big contract.
The Lions and the Raiders are the two worst franchises in the NFL. Always competing for who can make the bigger bone head move. It literally never ends with these two teams.
Its a smart trade by the Lions, getting future picks for a player they would lose.
Call me crazy, but most teams want young Pro Bowl caliber players on their roster when they’re rebuilding… and any other time. | 2022-11-02T19:31:13Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Brad Holmes: T.J. Hockenson trade not reflective of our record, but we're still in the build phase - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/brad-holmes-t-j-hockenson-trade-not-reflective-of-our-record-but-were-still-in-the-build-phase/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/brad-holmes-t-j-hockenson-trade-not-reflective-of-our-record-but-were-still-in-the-build-phase/ |
The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. announced on Wednesday that they have made an arrest in the shooting of Commanders running back Brian Robinson.
In a release, the department announced that two male suspects carrying handguns attempted to rob Robinson on August 28 and one of them fired at him when he resisted. The two suspects fled at that point without taking any property.
The release goes on to say that a 17-year-old male — who was 16 at the time of the shooting — has been arrested and charged with assault with intent to rob while armed with a gun. They also shared photos and video of the other suspect in the case.
Robinson was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and he returned to the Commanders lineup after missing the first four games of the season. | 2022-11-02T19:57:17Z | profootballtalk.nbcsports.com | Arrest made in Brian Robinson shooting - ProFootballTalk | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/arrest-made-in-brian-robinson-shooting/ | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/02/arrest-made-in-brian-robinson-shooting/ |
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