After hat flap, Arkansas station hires former Hog
Posted: August 26, 2010 at 9:48 a.m.
Arkansas running back Michael Smith makes a cut while carrying the ball during the second quarter against Auburn on Oct. 10 at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE — A northwest Arkansas radio station has hired former Razorbacks running back Michael Smith to replace a reporter who was fired after she wore a Florida Gators hat to a Razorbacks' football news conference.
KAKS general manager Dan Storrs confirmed Wednesday that his station had hired Smith, who rushed for 2,018 yards for Arkansas between 2006-09.
Storrs says Smith did some work for the station at the Razorbacks' spring game this year, and would now be reporting from practice.
Reporter Renee Gork was fired amid a brouhaha that began when she wore a Florida hat to an Aug. 14 news conference with Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino.
Storrs has maintained the hat was not the main reason for her dismissal.
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