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Will off-field troubles at UA hurt Carey’s Heisman hopes?
The assault and disorderly conduct charges against Ka’Deem Carey have been dropped, but has the resultant bad publicity left a stain on the character of the Arizona Wildcats‘ star running…
Featured Stories
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GCU coach uses basketball idea for new nat’l swim meet
Can’t get into the post-season? No problem, just create your own post-season tournament. If you strip it down to its basics, that’s what the head coach for the Grand Canyon…
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No. 13 recruiting class will boost ASU volleyball in 2013
Arizona State volleyball may be approaching that corner everyone talks about in sport programs – the one you need to get around in any rebuilding process. The ASU program will…
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Stop high school recruiting by holding coaches accountable
Hey, AIA … the elephant in the room is still here. And it gets bigger and more bodacious with each passing high school sports season. The ‘elephant’ in this case…
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Transfers adding experience, depth to UA swim team
Eric Hansen must be doing something right because his Arizona Wildcats swim program is getting a lot of attention, which is bringing in new talent – the kind that is already…
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High school passing tournaments signal start of summer
The high schools are out for the summer -and football is back in. All across the state of Arizona, the growing popularity of 7-on-7 passing tournaments and leagues has spawned…
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Lots of hitting on display at prep baseball All-Star Game
There’s a logical expectation of getting to watch lots of power at the plate when you go to a baseball All-Star game. That’s part of the draw for the event,…
Latest Headlines
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Pitchers hog 2013 high school Player of the Year awards
Posted on June 3, 2013 | No CommentsPitchers ruled this year, as The Arizona Republic picked its small-school and big-school baseball and softball Players of the Year. Three of the four named to the awards earned the... -
ASU softball plays past midnight, loses bid for 3rd nat’l title
Posted on June 2, 2013 | No CommentsIf you were looking for the results of yesterday’s Women’s College World Series game between Arizona State and Michigan in this morning’s newspaper, don’t blame The Republic for its omission. ... -
ASU football: QB commit Wilkins may be key to future
Posted on June 1, 2013 | No CommentsThe strategic nature of college football is a lot like chess, and Arizona State head coach Todd Graham is, like any good chess player, trying to stay a couple moves... -
NAU sending 10 qualifiers to NCAA track championships
Posted on May 30, 2013 | No CommentsIt has been a monster year for Eric Heins – and for his Northern Arizona University track & field teams. The sixth-year NAU head coach will be taking 10 Lumberjacks... -
Despite strong finish to season, UA baseball gets no respect
Posted on May 29, 2013 | No CommentsWhat could be worse than getting word your team, the defending national baseball champion, didn’t even get selected for a berth in this year’s NCAA Tournament? How about knowing that... -
Damon Stoudamire arrives at perfect time for UA basketball
Posted on May 28, 2013 | No CommentsThe perfect storm is brewing down in the Old Pueblo. And now might be the perfect time to get your ticket to the show about to unfold at McKale Center.... -
It’s 2011 again: ASU softball rides Escobedo into WCWS
Posted on May 27, 2013 | No CommentsIt’s looking a lot like 2011, when the Arizona State softball team rode their big freshman hurler to a national title. Dallas Escobedo is back again – and so are... -
Montoya, Westbrook earn Track Athlete of the Year awards
Posted on May 25, 2013 | No CommentsThe Arizona Republic managed to spread the honors around in its selection of the Track Athletes of the Year, picking a sprinter on the girls side and a boys distance... -
ASU softball gathers awards as NCAA region play begins
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsRegional competition begins tomorrow in the world of college softball, and Arizona State is going into battle with a full quiver of arrows. The Sun Devil roster is loaded with... -
Division I, II baseball titles go to first-time winners
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsThey saved the feel-good stories for last. A couple of Scottsdale high school baseball teams won state championships yesterday – and it was the first time each school has ever... -
Red Mtn sets new prep softball record with 4 straight titles
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No CommentsThe 2013 high school softball season has been totally unpredictable among the big-school programs in Division I, with each of the top 10-ranked teams capable of beating any school on... -
State track records fall as Brophy, Chandler win D-I titles
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsBrophy Prep won its second Division I boys’ state track championship in the last three years over the weekend, riding on the back of three individual titles from Devon Allen. ... -
Sendek scores… adds top recruit, transfer to ASU basketball
Posted on May 12, 2013 | No CommentsYou win some, you lose some. There’s a lot of coming-and-going lately in the Arizona State men’s basketball program, so it’s getting hard to keep track of the score, but it... -
GCU begins regionals; Pesqueira named Pitcher of Year
Posted on May 10, 2013 | No CommentsAn emphasis on local recruiting is paying big dividends this year for the head coach of the Grand Canyon University softball program, Ann Pierson. Pierson, an Arizona State graduate who is... -
Boys volleyball: Top seeds left to vie for state finals berth
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsGone are the days of domination in boys’ high school volleyball in Arizona. If you need proof, just look at today’s match-ups in the state tournament semi-finals. Gilbert High School,... -
Losses to Stanford drop ASU baseball from Top 10
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsAfter losing the first two games to Stanford in the weekend series, Arizona State came back to celebrate a win and another milestone in the program’s history with fireworks that... -
Back again…Brophy, Xavier repeat as D-I tennis champs
Posted on May 6, 2013 | No CommentsThe temperature was inching up near a sizzling 100 degrees by the time the No. 6 singles match in the boys’ competition got underway at last year’s high school Division... -
Arizona softball stuns No. 3 ASU, ruins Pac-12 title hopes
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsThe roof fell in on the Arizona State softball team over the weekend. Not on their stadium, but on their season. It’s not just an old axiom that says you... -
Butts shuffles UA hoops staff again, adds Sean LeBeauf
Posted on May 4, 2013 | No CommentsIt would appear that Niya Butts will be given a little more time to try to turn around the struggling women’s basketball program at University of Arizona. She just hired... -
2011 hoops recruiting class fading fast; Chol leaving UA
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsSean Miller has had little trouble finding and signing some of the nation’s top recruits during his four years as the head coach for the University of Arizona basketball program....