Street in front of Bud Walton Arena to be renamed after Nolan Richardson
The Fayetteville City Council passed a resolution to rename Leroy Pond Drive after former men s Razorback basketball coach Nolan Richardson. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 6:24 PM CDT March 17, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The Fayetteville City Council passed a resolution to change the name of Leroy Pond Drive, one of the busiest roads on the University of Arkansas campus, to Nolan Richardson Drive on Tuesday (March 16).
Leroy Pond Drive sits in front of Bud Walton Arena, the home of the men s and women s Razorback basketball teams.
The University of Arkansas Black Alumni Society has requested that the Fayetteville City Council rename Leroy Pond Drive for Razorback Basketball Coach Nolan Richardson. If passed, a section of Meadow Street between Stadium Drive to Graham Avenue will be renamed Leroy Pond Drive.
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Show Transcript FORMER COACH NOLAN RICHARDSON ALREADY HAS A BASKETBALL COURT NAMED AFTER HIM BUT PRETTY SOON. HE COULD HAVE AN ENTIRE. STREET NAMED AFTER HIM AS WELL. COACH NOLAN RICHARDSON MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COACH AT A MAJOR UNIVERSITY IN THE SOUTH FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER D. ANDRE JONES SAYS RICHARDSON STILL MAKES AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY TO THIS DAY. I SPOKE TO COACH RICHARDSON ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON VERY BRIEFLY, AND HE WAS EXTREMELY HUMBLED AND ETERNALLY GRATEFUL WE ADDRESS RACIAL. INEQUITY IN A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY, SO JUST BY LISTENING AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE RACIAL PAST AND THE TRAUMA THAT THAT IS CAUSED BUT BY NAMING THIS STREET BY RENAMING THIS STREET AFTER NOLAN, I THINK THAT SOME OF THAT TRAUMA AND SOME OF THAT PAIN BEGINS TO C
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This will be the 161st meeting between Arkansas and Texas A&M. The Razorbacks own a 103-57 advantage in the series and the series is tied, 38-38, in games played at A&M. The Hogs have a slight 8-6 advantage in games since A&M joined the SEC for the 2012-13 season.
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