By Evin Demirel (originally written for Delta Crossroads magazine) Pine Bluff’s King Cotton Classic is back. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the high school basketball invitational stood as one of the nation’s finest, drawing scores of future NBA stars and ESPN cameras. For 18 years the King Cotton lay dormant, but Pine Bluff civic … Continue reading The King Cotton Classic, Jackie Ridgle & Jason Kidd