(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth of a position-by-position view, from the players' perspectives, of UCA football heading into the summer) Brad Gordon, now one of the leaders of a veteran University of Central Arkansas offensive line, remembers when… more »

The Bears' receivers come in all shapes and sizes. (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third of a position-by-position analysis of UCA football, from the players' perspectives, as the Bears break for the summer): The University of Central Arkansas returns… more »

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a position-by-position look at UCA football, from the players' perspectives, as the Bears head into the summer). Even though the Bears' one-two punch at running back was about the only punch during the spring, th… more »

The benchmark is on the cover soon to be on newstands across the state. For the first time in the 16-year history of Hooten's Arkansas Football Magazine, there is a double cover. And the cover boy on the magazines that are being distributed in the… more »

CONWAY, Ark. - A pair of former University of Central Arkansas football standouts will extend their playing careers to the professional level, as wide receiver Aaron Fairooz and cornerback/return specialist Tristan Jackson have signed on with Canadian F… more »

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a position-by-position look at UCA football, from the players' perspectives, as the Bears head into the summer). Quarterback is a position the Bears seem to have a pat hand. They have an ace plus an ace in the… more »

It's like a recurring injury, the twinges of sharp pain still jolt from time to time. The University of Central Arkansas football team broke ranks for the summer a couple of weeks ago. Somewhat. Actually most of the frontline players are staying i… more »

HUNTSVILLE — Southland Conference commissioner Tom Burnett said he was delighted to see Lamar University reinstating football after a 20-year absence. Burnett remembered Lamar football from his collegiate days at Louisiana Tech. The league's commissi… more »

West is best in the Southland Conference. At least, it has been. In the two years since the SLC split into divisions, the West has clearly had the upper hand. In the four divisional sports -- baseball, men's and women's basketball and volleyball -… more »

University of Central Arkansas sophomore Preston Echols, of Forrest City, has been selected to participate in the NCAA Student-Athlete Development Conference to be held in May at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Echols, a member of the Bears’ football team, wi… more »

It's exam time for University of Central Arkansas students with summer on the horizon, but it's another season of thanksgiving for running backs Brent Grimes and Leonard Ceaser. Grimes and Ceaser were the only frontline backs available to the Bears… more »

During the Bears' second scrimmage of the spring Saturday afternoon, again dominated by the defense, University of Central Arkansas coach Clint Conque saw what he had been looking for in a couple of key areas. "We played with intensity and emotio… more »

Even though there were extenuating circumstances, University of Central Arkansas football coach Clint Conque came away Monday night from the Bears' first scrimmage of the spring with more of a sour than sweet taste. "Some parts execution and some… more »

Wet grounds from recent inclement weather postponed the University of Central Arkansas' first scrimmage of the football season Saturday, leading to a "Moonlight Special" Monday night. UCA coach Clint Conque, whose team has been forced to have four of… more »

CONWAY — It certainly wasn’t the kind of announcement Central Arkansas Coach Clint Conque wanted to make on the opening day of spring practice. Conque indefinitely suspended five players from the Central Arkansas football program Friday after one was… more »