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Archive for December, 2011
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MAACO Bowl gives ASU football a chance for redemption
According to his contract, Dennis Erickson should receive a $25,000 bonus for getting his team to a bowl game. Looks like he will collect, since Arizona State has been invited to play in the MAACO Bowl in Las Vegas three days before Christmas. But Erickson, who was fired just eight days ago but is expected [...] -
Local prep stars making GCU softball a family affair
Ann Pierson isn’t settling for tapping into a pipeline of local high school talent to fill her softball roster at Grand Canyon University. Now she’s tapping into the families. Pierson, the head coach at GCU who started the softball program at the Division II college in west Phoenix eight years ago, just signed four more [...] -
ASU no longer offering football job to Kevin Sumlin?
What do Arizona and Arizona State have in common when it comes to hiring a new football coach? Apparently, very little. Both schools fired their head football coaches this season, with Arizona pulling the trigger mid-way through the season and ASU waiting until the regular season concluded. When Mike Stoops was let go at Arizona, [...] -
Rough road ahead for NAU basketball; UA Cats up next
The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team has embarked on its tour of Arizona. It got off to a bumpy start in Prescott on Wednesday when it got bounced by Brigham Young University at Tim’s Toyota Center. And tomorrow’s stop in Tucson won’t be any smoother. “We are playing everywhere in the state this year, with [...] -
Young UA volleyball squad gets NCAA Tourney invite
The Wildcat volleyball team met expectations this year. Right on the nose, in fact. Arizona’s squad was picked to finish seventh in the Pac-12 this season, and seventh is right where it has settled in. The Cats finished up with a 19-12 overall record and 11-11 in the conference. But it turns out that was [...]
