Until an email invited the newsroom to a small celebration, there was not even a remote idea that Wednesday was the 25th anniversary of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The first newspaper after the newspaper.
Even with Auburn on the horizon, it was impossible not to think back over the great memories of what was one of the greatest newspaper competitions in history, and that the sports section was a significant part of that.
When Walter Hussman decided to challenge the Gazette -- and at that time there was a general feeling that three things were forever in Arkansas: Worthen Bank, the Gazette and the Arkansas Razorbacks -- it was to ensure the state would have two voices.