THIS WEEK IN ARKANSAS ATHLETICS

Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn, right, calls for a relief pitcher as he visits the mound to talk with pitcher Kevin Kopps (45) in the third inning of an NCAA college baseball regional tournament game against Missouri State in Fayetteville, Ark., Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Woods)June 1

2013

Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long described remarks made by Ohio State President Gordon Gee that were critical of first-year Arkansas football Coach Bret Bielema as “slanderous” in a news release.

Gee, speaking to the Ohio State athletics council Dec. 5, the day after Bielema left Wisconsin to take the Arkansas job, said Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez thought Bielema was “a thug” and…