The first annual Arkansas Legislative Hoops For Kids' Sake Game is coming up on Tuesday, and we're really, really excited here at the Times. So much so that we've wasted a couple hours making 10 basketball cards of participating members, replete with nicknames and scouting reports. See all those we feature on the jump and click on the images to see a bigger version paired with the back of the card, where the scouting report is located.
Props to our Capitol reporter David Ramsey for the scouting reports and art director Kai Caddy for the design.
The game will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 at the Jack T. Stephens Center. General admission tickets are $5 and available at the door. Doors open at 6 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas.
Full rosters:
HOUSE
Coach: KATV-7 Sports Anchor Steve Sullivan
Players:
Davy “The Baby-Faced Killah” Carter
Jim Dotson
Jeremy “Blackberry Magic” Gillam
Monte “Blytheville Baller” Hodges
Allen Kerr
Fred “Deadeye Fred” Love
Mark “Kareem” Lowery
Stephanie Malone
Andy “Downtown Mayberry” Mayberry
Reginald Murdock
Matthew “Sweet Baby” Shepherd
Fred “The Preacher” Smith
Jeff Wardlaw
Bruce “Growth-cap Gunner” Westerman
Ringers:
Former Razorback and 93.3 radio host Pat Bradley
KATV-7 Weekend Sports Anchor Robert Burton
SENATE
Coach: KTHV-11 Sports Anchor Mark Edwards
Players:
Paul “The Mortician” Bookout
Joyce “Used-to-Be” Elliott
Jake Files
Jim “The Rover” Hendren
Bart Hester
Jeremy “The Round Mound” Hutchinson
Robert “The Delta Dream” Thompson
Ringers:
Former Razorback Sunday Adebayo
Former Razorback and 93.3 radio host Blake Eddins
KARK-4/KLRT-16 Reporter David Goins