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UAPB defensive back Liam Lindo (25) and linebacker Jaden Kelly (0) stuff Texas Southern running back Athean Renfro on a first-quarter run Nov. 23, 2024, at Simmons Bank Field in Pine Bluff. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)

UAPB wide receiver Jordan Jackson runs with the ball alongside wide receiver Chris Hicks Jr. during an Oct. 18, 2025, football game against Grambling State at Simmons Bank Field in Pine Bluff. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)

A Rison High School football player was hospitalized Tuesday after suffering a medical emergency during practice.

A University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff assistant baseball coach has left the school to become a junior college head coach.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The SWAC schedule makers handed the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff a challenging draw of opponents from the SWAC East Division this fall.

Kaleb Higgins of Team Leak, the game MVP, handles the ball against the defense of Kylen MIlton of Team Solo in the Built4It Celebrity Basketball Game on Aug. 1 at H.O. Clemmons Arena. (Special to The Commercial/Nicole Mealing)

Then-Mississippi Valley State coach George Ivory yells instructions during a Feb. 26, 2022, game at UAPB. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)

The Rison Wildcat junior high football team and coaches visited Arkansas Children’s Hospital on Wednesday when their teammate was released to go home. (Special to The Pine Bluff Commercial/Rison Wildcat Football)

The defense held firm for much of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s first scrimmage of fall camp Saturday morning. The Golden Lions, three weeks a

The Toronto Tempo of the WNBA announced Tuesday the team has signed former University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff guard Zaay Green to a developmental contract.