The Arizona Senate has voted to open an ethics investigation into an incendiary Republican member who tweeted inflammatory comments about last weekend’s racist attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press 17 May 2022, 01:14 • 4 minute read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this articleRead More →
Arizona State linebacker Rodney Groce first announced he would be coming to ASU in early December after spending just two seasons with Mississippi State. Now, having passed spring training, Groce is looking to find his third team before the start of the 2022 season after entering the transfer portal. GroceRead More →
History links Sun Devil Pac-12 Track & Field Individual Champions Traditions: Sun Devil, individual Pac-12 champions in all sports EUGENE, Oregon – Arizona State Athletics returns to Tempe with plenty of gear in tow! ASU won ten medalsRead More →
History links EUGENE, Oregon – Jorinde van Klinken is a Pac-12 champion for the second year in a row and Dylan James finished on the podium for the second time in his Sun Devil career following day two of the Pac-12 Track and Field Championships. VanRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO— The race for the 2022 Pac-12 Championship ended on the final day of the regular season as No. 10 Arizona State clinched this year’s title after earning the series-deciding victory over No. 8 Washington. (5-2) Sunday, May 14. As Pac-12 regular season champions, the Sun Devils will receiveRead More →
The case, delivered this morning, is Arizona Bd. of Regents v. Doe, decided by Judges Consuelo Callahan and Lawrence VanDyke and District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers (ND Cal.). (For more on the facts, see this post.) Kudos to my UCLA First Amendment Clinic student, Max Hyams, who argued the caseRead More →
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nose tackle for Louisville football is arguably the program’s biggest remaining need position heading into the 2022 season, but help there could potentially be on the way. Arizona State defensive tackle Jermayne Lole, who entered the transfer gate just before the May 1 deadline, announced on FridayRead More →
The college football transfer portal has not been kind to Herm Edwards and the Arizona State football team. Not nice at all. ASU has lost many key contributors from a year ago on the Portal, including quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is now at LSU. The player exodus from Tempe promptedRead More →
History links TEMPLEArizona – Arizona State is hosting the Pac-12 Lacrosse Tournament for the first time, as the event will be held in Tempe May 4-7 at Sun Devil Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium. Sun Devil Lacrosse (9-7, 7-3) will be the No. 3 seed, opening the playoffsRead More →
For Arizona State, the 2022 NFL Draft kind of went like its season. There were some stellar moments but overall it was disappointing considering the level of talent. The Sun Devils had three players drafted on day three, for a total of four players drafted. He was tied for secondRead More →
Fifth on the team with 57 total tackles, one shy of a tie for third on the team. Compiled 137 tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss, 5 sacks and one fumble recovery in his career Named Curley Culp’s Outstanding Defensive Linemen. One of two Sun Devils to start all 12 gamesRead More →
It’s been a long and winding road to football for Arizona State running back Rachaad White. It started in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, then moved on to Nebraska, then California before ending up in Tempe where he had two solid seasons for the Sun Devils. Well, the nextRead More →
Arizona State baseball has been middle of the pack in the Pac-12 this season, but attendance at Phoenix Municipal Stadium doesn’t reflect that. For the first time since before the pandemic ended the 2020 season, ASU is back to having full-capacity crowds at games. During the 2019 season, ASU averagedRead More →
Not content with peddling conspiracy theories about voter fraud in the United States, Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers is now exporting her own brand of Nutella to France, which ended her presidential run on Sunday. . That night, Rogers regurgitated a stolen election trope on Twitter. That’s nothing new forRead More →
Arizona State football coach Herm Edwards saw the NFL Draft from all sides. He was not drafted but went on to have a brilliant playing career in the NFL. He was an NFL head coach and worked in the media before taking over as head coach of the Sun DevilsRead More →
Guard Jay Heath only spent one year at Arizona State, but it looks like it will be his last as he decided to research transfer options. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound player averaged 10.6 points last season when he transferred from Boston College. He was the team’s second behind DJ Horne. HeathRead More →
PHOENIX — With the election just months away, you’d think lawmakers would have more incentive to strike a budget deal. Call it a session, then go home to campaign. But if you thought that, you would be wrong. When Governor Ducey and Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers crossed pathsRead More →
Willie Bloomquist still feels the same about playing in Arizona as he did as an Arizona State baseball player. Time has passed since Bloomquist played on the court for ASU from 1997 to 1999, but the emotions remain the same. In Bloomquist’s first season, ASU found a rhythm and foundRead More →
It was one thing for Arizona State freshman linebacker Eric Gentry to put his name on the transfer portal. It’s another thing for him to decide that his next school will be one of the Sun Devils’ biggest rivals. But Gentry does indeed remain in the Pac-12 and will playRead More →
Arizona has joined a growing list of Republican-led states to pass anti-abortion legislation, expanding restrictions on prenatal health care. Governor Doug Ducey signed Senate Bill 1164 on March 30, prohibiting doctors from performing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Doctors who perform the procedure after 15 weeks will be prosecutedRead More →
Arizona State’s football team is two weeks out from the end of spring football and the program has taken a serious beating as two of its best players head to the transfer gate. The duo consists of second-year linebacker Eric Gentry and junior wide receiver Ricky Pearsall. Sources close toRead More →
With the defection of forward Jalen Graham and the departure of graduate forward Kimani Lawrence, Arizona State has been looking for reinforcements in the paint. They landed one as Nevada transfer Warren Washington posted on social media that he was heading to Tempe. Washington, a 7-foot, 225-pounder, averaged 10.5 pointsRead More →
The east side of Arizona State University’s main campus in Tempe is dotted with tall date palms. Nestled in this iconic desert canopy is a new kind of tree that could be the first step in solving the climate crisis. Click to enlarge The MechanicalTree in Tempe is 33 feetRead More →
In November, someone plastered flyers all over the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe saying, “Who’s in control of the world? The Jews do. But this week, Jewish students at ASU are feeling out of control and helpless as the campus prepares to host a speaker who calls JewsRead More →
In these difficult and divisive days, we are fortunate to have journalists like Nick Martin, editor and writer of The Informant, a publication dedicated to tracking the many hateful extremists that plague the country. Unlike many of us in the news business, Martin is willing to dive deep into theRead More →
LOS ANGELES — Kiana Tovar was set to attend Sacramento State. Kara Smith had firm plans: to enroll in Santa Monica College, then apply to transfer to UCLA. Israel Cortave had been accepted to the University of California, Merced and the University of California, Riverside, both of which offer theRead More →
In the year since ASU workers founded a United Campus Workers Arizona chapter, the union has struggled to get the attention of university administrators to implement changes to the ASU. The group, made up of University employees, advocates for the needs of campus workers. Launched in September 2020, UCWA wasRead More →
Arizona State’s No. 16 softball continues its hot streak with a 17th straight win and third sweep of the series in the Pac-12. ASU is the last remaining undefeated team in Pac-12 play. The Sun Devils (28-5, 9-0 Pac-12) battled wet conditions all weekend at No. 14 Oregon, including Saturday’sRead More →
Salmon For Arizona Governor Announces Endorsement of Former Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen Phoenix – Former Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon today announced the endorsement of former Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. “I am honored to receive Sylvia’s endorsement in my run for governor. Her tireless advocacy forRead More →
A 24-year-old woman committed suicide in an Arizona state prison. According to the Department of Corrections, Mackenzie Catalano “died on April 7, 2022 of an apparent act of self-harm by hanging” at Perryville Jail in Goodyear, Arizona. “Custodial staff discovered her unconscious at her residence early Thursday afternoon and tookRead More →
ASU Football Spring Showcase Weather: Saturday, 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6 p.m.) Site: Sun Devil Stadium Entrance/parking: Free TV: Pac-12 network About the event: The event is the last of 15 ASU spring workouts. The team will participate in warm-up drills, skill position work, and perform a limited numberRead More →
Arizona State forward Jalen Graham has signed up for Arkansas. He has two seasons of eligibility left. The 6-foot-9 Mountain Pointe forward announced his decision on social media today. He will join a Southeast contender who just finished a 28-9 showing and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight before fallingRead More →
Years after his playing days at Arizona State, Willie Bloomquist once again found himself entangled in the rivalry with Arizona. But this time his role has shifted to leading the Sun Devils on the pitch. And though he wasn’t playing in Tuesday’s game against the No. 11 Wildcats, he feltRead More →
Nesta Jade Silvera had plenty of suitors for his services when he entered the transfer portal. He was an established starter at the University of Miami, so he already had a track record. Arizona State didn’t seem like a team with much influence. What won Silvera over was not howRead More →
A year ago, Trenton Bourguet would not have predicted the position he finds himself in now. Studying under perennial starter Jayden Daniels and working under the vision of offensive coordinator Zak Hill for Arizona State football, Bourguet’s last three years were built on each season. But then a ripple cameRead More →
Arizona State’s basketball program added a sibling combo with Desmond and Devan Cambridge headed to Tempe through the transfer portal. Desmond, a transfer from Nevada, still has a year of eligibility left. In 30 games, including 29 starts, he averaged 16.2 points and 5-1 rebounds, earning him third-team All-Mountain WestRead More →
Photo: AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin (PA) Doug Ducey is the Republican governor of Arizona, a state that currently has two Democratic senators and President Joe Biden narrowly won in 2020. Arizona is what political analysts would call a “purple” state. And on On Wednesday, Ducey signed into law two anti-transRead More →
Arizona State’s football team is scheduled to kick off the 2022 season on September 1 against Northern Arizona. One site predicts the Sun Devils will beat the Lumberjacks, but only win two more games all season. Yes, Herm Edwards’ side are only expected to win three games in 2022 accordingRead More →
Long before Chad Johnson Jr. set foot on campus at Arizona State, he was jokingly called the Sun Devils’ top scout. Johnson committed to ASU in October 2018 as a high school student — nearly two years before he enrolled. Few were more active on social media platforms, frequently pluggingRead More →
PHOENIX – The Arizona Coyotes want a new state law legalizing sports betting changed to allow them to continue running their mobile sports gaming operation when they move from Glendale to the hockey arena at Arizona State University next season. But the Arizona Indian Gaming Association and several Native AmericanRead More →
Tevin White was one of the chosen few. A handful of high school prospects who decided to sign with Arizona State’s football program despite the NCAA’s ongoing investigation into recruiting violations. The outcome of that investigation and subsequent penalties have yet to be revealed, but White had no reservations aboutRead More →
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) — The Arizona House paused election laws to pass education bills, those that directly target teachers. The first was SB1211, which requires teachers to post their curriculum, including books, textbooks, videos and the like, at least seven days before the start of the school year,Read More →
Arizona State’s women’s golf team earned a resounding victory Sunday at the 2022 Ping/ASU Invitational. ASU, ranked ninth in the Golfweek/Sagarin team standings, beat the field by 15 strokes to win its 21st title in the event, a three-day, 54-hole tournament at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix. The field wasRead More →
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State has hired Natasha Adair as its next women’s basketball coach. The school announced Sunday that the former Delaware coach will replace Charli Turner Thorne, who retired earlier this month after 25 years at the helm of the Sun Devils. “For nearly three decades, IRead More →
After leading Delaware to its first NCAA tournament appearance in nearly a decade this season, Natasha Adair was named the head coach of Arizona State women’s basketball on Sunday. Adair will be the first black woman to lead the Sun Devils women’s basketball program. Adair is also the program’s firstRead More →
Arizona state lawmakers approve 15-week abortion ban The bill now falls to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, an abortion opponent who has signed every anti-abortion bill that has come to his desk since he took office in 2015, FOX 10’s Stephanie Bennett reports. PHOENIX – the Arizona Legislative Assembly Thursday joinedRead More →
Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers is no stranger to ranting about securing the border, but a recent Phoenix New Times a review of his personal communications revealed that the word “border” has not once appeared in any of his emails, text messages or direct social media messages since taking office.Read More →
As midterm election season approaches, ASU’s Young Democrats and ASU’s College Republicans are not endorsing primary candidates in an effort to maintain cohesion in their ranks. Throughout the semester, both organizations invited candidates vying for different positions to speak to students. Yet the clubs choose to maintain their longstanding policyRead More →
Don’t be surprised to see ads on the way from Trader Joe’s to Tempe for a company trying to pay people to poop for the love of science. GoodNature, a subsidiary of biotech company Seres Therapeutics, hails from Massachusetts and opened a clinical research retail branch in Tempe. GoodNature hasRead More →
The coronavirus pandemic has had a far greater effect on the Tempe Police Department than the 2020 murder of George Floyd, according to an Arizona State University study released this week. Critics may suggest it’s a bold claim to make for a single research study and expose the injustice ofRead More →
The bats got hot for Arizona State’s No. 22 softball (19-5) at just the right time as the Sun Devils enter conference play this weekend. ASU will host No. 23 Oregon State Friday through Sunday at Farrington Stadium. ASU exits the non-conference schedule on an eight-game winning streak. ASU’s defenseRead More →
Arizona State head football coach Herm Edwards admits there may have been a sense of complacency last year on his veteran team. It had a lot of athletes who had played a lot of football, so at the end of the season there wasn’t quite the energy that comes withRead More →
Published on March 15, 2022 at 06:13 Michael McDaniel Courthouse News Service The Arizona Senate on Monday blocked a sweeping list of GOP-sponsored electoral reform bills that many Republicans in the state say would have addressed concerns about election integrity, following the state audit of the 2020 presidential election. TwelveRead More →
A freshman at Arizona State University plummeted 20 feet to his death during spring break in Mexico when he scaled a short wall that had a dramatic drop on the other side. Aiden Nevarez, 18, died in the early morning hours of March 7 at the Riu Santa Fe hotelRead More →
Two Republican state senators, who are skeptical of allegations of voter fraud in 2020, blocked the passage of seven bills this week in the first major test of controversial election-related measures at the Arizona Capitol. The failure of the bills suggests that few of the dozens of conspiracy-driven campaign proposalsRead More →
LAS VEGAS (AP) — James Keefe capped a double-double by cashing in a short jumper at the buzzer as ninth-seeded Stanford closed the game on a 16-1 run to shock eighth-seeded Arizona State 71-70 in the Pac-12 Conference tournament opener Thursday. Stanford will face second-seeded Arizona on Thursday in theRead More →
The question was a variation of the question “Where do you see yourself-in-five-years?” the one that almost every potential employer asked for at the time. “Where do you think you can go on a five-year term here?” Arizona state officials asked Jay and Jess Santos in 2016 when the pairRead More →
PHOENIX — Arizona State Senator Kelly Townsend, after dropping her candidacy for Congress, filed an expression of interest Monday seeking re-election in the same district as fellow Republican Senator Wendy Rogers. Townsend and Rogers became entangled over the past week after the Senate censured Rogers for his violent rhetoric, andRead More →
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels is moving to LSU, where he will compete in very open competition to be coach Brian Kelly’s first-season starter with the Tigers. “Jayden is an exceptional player who will make our quarterback room even stronger,” Kelly said in aRead More →
Jayden Daniels has started 29 of 30 games at Arizona State over the past three years, but that tenure is officially over as the former Sun Devil starter plans to end his college career at Louisiana State. Daniels should be in Baton Rouge in time to start spring football withRead More →
Jayden Daniels has started 29 of 30 games at Arizona State over the past three years, but that tenure is officially over as the former Sun Devils starter plans to end his college career at LSU. Daniels should be in Baton Rouge in time to start spring football with hisRead More →
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The Arizona State Sun Devils did a good job of taking on the best teams in the Pac-12 and were competitive even if they didn’t necessarily win them. The challenge for Sun Devils coach Bobby Hurley this week is to prepare his team for less competition. ASU was game ThursdayRead More →
Arizona State (12-16 overall, 8-10 Pac-12) hosts California (12-17, 5-13) Thursday night in a Pac-12 men’s basketball game in Tempe, Arizona. The game is scheduled for 6:00 PM MST and can be seen on Pac-12 Networks. Who will win the game? Check out these picks and predictions for the contest.Read More →
Arizona State’s men’s basketball team had every reason to fall into the Pac-12 abyss. The Sun Devils were coming off one of their best games of the season, but suffered a 79-76 road loss to Stanford to drop to 6-10 overall and 2-4 in conference. And the next step forRead More →
Arizona State’s basketball team is only 12-16 this season. But the Sun Devils become the team opponents don’t want to face in the 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament. Bobby Hurley’s side have won five of their last six games heading into the regular season finals against California and Stanford atRead More →
Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers was censured Tuesday by her colleagues in a bipartisan vote. Congressional Quarterly/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Congressional Quarterly/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers was censured Tuesday by her colleagues in a bipartisan vote. Congressional Quarterly/CQ-RollRead More →
Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers, who spoke at last week’s white nationalist America First political action conference, called out white nationalist and Holocaust denier Vincent James Foxx to “stand for election”. Rogers also recently forwarded an article from VDare, a white nationalist website dedicated to warning readers of the supposedRead More →
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jay Heath hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting, and Arizona State gave up a 14-point second-half lead before Marreon Jackson made a layup in the final seconds to help the Sun Devils beat Utah 63-61 on Saturday night. Jalen GrahamRead More →
Arizona State’s women’s basketball team seemed to have learned from past mistakes in the past four early pace losses to UCLA. Despite a strong first quarter, ASU struggled to maintain its lead and fell 59-52 to UCLA on Saturday at Desert Financial Arena. ASU (12-13, 4-9 Pac-12) lost its fifthRead More →
Arizona State (11-16, 7-10) at Utah (11-17, 4-14) When: 8 p.m., Saturday, February 26, Huntsmen Center, Salt Lake City. TV: ESPNU. Radio: 98.7 FM (KMVP-FM) The last time they played: The teams played Jan. 17 in Tempe with ASU winning 64-62, and Kimani Lawrence scoring a team-high 18 points. TheRead More →
article Arizona State Flag (file) PHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona Senate has voted to ban sex reassignment surgeries for minors. Republicans approved the measure in a 16-12 vote on Thursday. It’s a scaled-down version of an earlier proposal that failed a Senate committee, which would have banned a wider rangeRead More →
The Arizona State Sun Devils (10-16 overall, 6-10 Pac-12) and Colorado Buffaloes (18-9, 10-7) meet Thursday night in a basketball game male Pac-12 in Boulder, Colorado. The game is scheduled for 7:00 PM MST and can be seen on Pac-12 Networks. Who will win the game? Check out these picksRead More →
During an appearance on 98.7 Arizona Sports On Wednesday, Arizona State Chairman Michael Crow said coach Herm Edwards was not “part” of the program’s alleged recruiting violations the NCAA is investigating. For this reason, Edwards remains the coach of the Sun Devils. “In all these things where you have peopleRead More →
Arizona Republic columnist Greg Moore examines the likelihood of ASU losing its coach and quarterback before the 2022 season. Has Jayden Daniels abandoned Herm Edwards? Or was it Jayden’s mother, Regina Jackson, who made the decision to open the transfer recruiting process for Arizona State’s star quarterback? And should thisRead More →
Arizona Sports 98.7 FM presents an annual “Journalers’ Week” featuring interviews with personalities from the local sports scene. But after listening to interviews with Arizona State personalities this week, Excusemakers Week seems like a more appropriate title. Dan Bickley and Vince Marotta, who host the morning show, asked good questionsRead More →
When Herm Edwards was hired as football coach at Arizona State, ASU athletic director Ray Anderson made some lofty proclamations about the Sun Devil football program, including being in the Pac-12 Top 3 , the Top 15 in the country and go to the big bowl. games with regularity. ThatRead More →
Arizona State (10-16, 6-10) at Colorado (18-9, 10-7) When: 7 p.m., Thursday, February 24, Colorado University Events Center, Boulder. TV: Pac-12 network. Radio: 620AM/98.7FM The last time they played: The teams played Jan. 15 in Tempe with Colorado winning 75-57 with sophomore forward Jabari Walker scoring 18 points and grabbingRead More →
The highly controversial measure was passed in the Senate on Monday A budget crisis loomed over Arizona schools in 2022, but a vote held in the Arizona Senate on Monday brought a sigh of relief to K-12 institutions. Schools across the state will now avoid closures that would have begunRead More →
Arizona State’s Senior Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations, Mark Brand, is among six named to the College Sports Information Directors of America’s (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame Class of 2022. Festivities honoring the six new inductees will take place at the organization’s 65th Annual Convention June 26-29 at Mandalay BayRead More →
The Arizona State Sun Devils (10-15) and the UCLA Bruins (19-5) face off Monday night in a Pac-12 men’s basketball game in Los Angeles. The game is scheduled for 7:00 PM MST and can be seen on FS1. Who will win the game? Check out these picks and predictions forRead More →
Arizona State (10-15, 6-9) at 13th UCLA (19-5, 11-4) When: 7 p.m., Monday, Pauley Pavilion TV:FS1 Radio: 98.7 FM (KMVP-FM) The last time they played: The teams played in Tempe on Feb. 5 with the Sun Devils beating then-No. 3 UCLA 87-84 in triple overtime. Marreon Jackson had a team-highRead More →
It was four months between the first time the Arizona Sun Devils won a double-digit game and the second. But coach Bobby Hurley’s team now appears to be on a roll, beating an understaffed Oregon State 73-53 on Saturday in a Pac-12 game at Desert Financial Arena. It was theRead More →
The Oregon Ducks (17-8) and the Arizona State Sun Devils (8-15) face off Thursday night in a Pac-12 men’s basketball game at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe. The match is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. MST and can be seen on ESPN and ESPN2. Who will win the game? Check outRead More →
Last week was less than ideal for Arizona State women’s basketball. With three road games scheduled for the week after a narrow 62-58 loss to No. 8 Arizona on Sunday, ASU had a tight schedule for its game in California on Wednesday. But plans went awry on Tuesday night whenRead More →
A protester walks around the grounds of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona June 25, 2012. (Darryl Webb/Reuters) Yesterday, in a 16-13 vote, the Arizona Senate passed a pro-life measure protecting unborn children from abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, except in medical emergencies. The text of the billRead More →
The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 sent subpoenas on Tuesday to people — including state lawmakers from Arizona and Pennsylvania — who were allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election. of 2020 and who worked to nominate substitute voters for Donald Trump in statesRead More →
Arizona State (12-9, 4-4 Pac-12) at California (10-8, 1-6 Pac-12), Wed., Feb. 16, 2 p.m., Pac-12 Networks, KAZG (2:40 p.m.) — Arizona State is coming off a split series against then-sixth-place Arizona. The Sun Devils struggled to generate their starters’ offense in the road game against Arizona, but ASU tiedRead More →
article Maricopa County Advance Votes (File) PHOENIX (AP) – Republican state senators on Monday proposed legislation that would require every ballot in Arizona’s election to be counted by hand, GOP supporters who embraced former President Donald Trump’s false narrative on the massive electoral fraud calling it a necessary reform. Sen.Read More →
TEMPE, Ariz. — The first early signing period came at a bad time for Arizona State. The university had fired former coach Todd Graham on November 26, 2017, giving new coach Herm Edwards just 16 days to start. The program was in transition. As Graham prepared for his final gameRead More →
PULLMAN, Wash. — Marreon Jackson and Jalen Graham each scored 14 points as Arizona State held off Washington State for a 58-55 victory Saturday night. Arizona State took the lead for good with 15:48 left and trailed by as much as eight. Tyrell Roberts made 3-pointers in a row toRead More →
Arizona State women’s basketball once again scored a big victory in the final seconds on a massive defensive save and staying effective at the free throw line. As close as the closing seconds were on Friday at Desert Financial Arena, the cheers of jubilation and fans rushing onto the courtRead More →
NBC broadcaster Al Michaels, right, had an accomplished broadcasting career that began in the state of Arizona. Here he talks to Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill, left. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) PHOENIX — News that Sunday’s Super Bowl could be Al Michaels’ last with NBC has sparked some thought aboutRead More →
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes are heading to Tempe! The NHL team announced Thursday that the club has reached a multi-year deal with Arizona State University for the Coyotes to play at the Sun Devils’ new multi-purpose arena beginning next season. The team will play home games through 2025,Read More →
SEATTLE — Terrell Brown, Jr., scored 19 points with eight assists and Washington led wire to wire in an 87-64 win over Arizona State on Thursday night. The Huskies led by no less than 20 points in the first half before the Sun Devils came back in the seven andRead More →
Arizona State’s football program continued to bolster its roster with the transfer portal, landing a commitment to cornerback Tarik Luckett, who started his college career in Colorado but played last season at Cisco Community College ( Texas). He will have two more seasons of eligibility left. The 6-foot-3, 205-pounder recordedRead More →
Arizona State softball may look like a different team after losing 11 players last season, including fifth-year stalwarts Maddi and Kindra Hackbarth, but the young team isn’t considered a weakness by coach- sixth grade chef Trisha Ford. The team will return nine starters to its roster of 19 and willRead More →
Arizona State (7-14, 3-8) at Washington (12-9, 7-4) When: 9 p.m., Thursday TV:FS1 Radio: 620AM/98.7FM The last time they played: The teams played twice in the same week at Tempe last season with the Sun Devils winning both 97-64 and 80-72. About Sun Devils: ASU has lost eight of itsRead More →
PHOENIX — A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers, including the Republican House Speaker, announced Monday that they are introducing legislation that, for the first time in state history, would protect gay and transgender people discrimination against companies, owners and employers. The proposal is backed by many business and religious leaders,Read More →
New campaign finance filings for Arizona state legislative races show Republicans leading Democrats in fundraising. Between July 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021, Republican candidates outpaced Democratic candidates by 193%. As the primary elections approached, five Republican candidates raised $2.00 million compared to $37,686 for three Democrats. Within the DemocraticRead More →
Peter Zhong is building a tradition for Arizona State hockey while returning to his roots at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Zhong, a redshirt junior forward at ASU who is studying finance, made history in late January when he became the first Sun Devils player to make the Olympic hockey roster.Read More →
During the Arizona State football team’s 2021 season, former ASU football player Jordan Simone, a school broadcaster, made critical comments about Herm Edwards and the state from the Sun Devil football program on a podcast. He was fired following those comments, he said at the time. As the NCAA investigationRead More →
Since he was the flag bearer of the WM Phoenix Open at 10, Preston Summerhays dreamed of playing there one day. Ever since his amateur golf career took off at age 14, Summerhays has worked toward the goal of returning to the Phoenix Open. Nearly a decade after her firstRead More →
Beating a top five team was a lot to ask. Beat a second in three nights. It turned out to be too heavy an order. It was the rival Arizona Wildcats who used their superior inside game and earned a 91-79 victory over Arizona State on Monday night in aRead More →
It’s one thing to break a losing streak. It’s quite another to do it against one of the flagship Pac-12 brands. And then to do it in front of a raucous crowd in overtime. Well, it doesn’t get much better than that. The Sun Devils earned their most notable winRead More →
In order to stage a surprise, the work begins before the game with the right frame of mind. Arizona State women’s basketball head coach Charli Turner Thorne made sure her team was mentally on the right track before taking on No. 19 Oregon. “Charli made a comment before the game,Read More →
The Arizona State Sun Devils may have had a historically poor recruiting class when it comes to high school prospects, but they’ve been making noise when it comes to transfer gate acquisitions. University of Hawaii safety Khoury Bethley, a three-year starter and 2021 All-Mountain West first-team selection, is the latestRead More →
There is no rest for the weary. Arizona State’s men’s basketball team faces five consecutive nationally ranked opponents, with the last three coming in just 94 hours. They have every right to be a bit exhausted after surviving and upsetting No. 3 UCLA 87-84 in triple overtime late Saturday nightRead More →
No. 19 Oregon (14-6, 6-2 Pac-12) at Arizona State (10-8, 2-3 Pac-12), Sunday, 2 p.m., Desert Financial Arena, Pac-12 Networks, KDUS (1060 AM ) — Arizona State is looking to boost its confidence after Friday’s 67-57 victory over Oregon State as the team faces Oregon for the second time thisRead More →
Arizona State’s men’s basketball team played its fourth straight game against a nationally ranked opponent and, like it has in others, fell short, this time falling to No. 19 USC 58 -53 Thursday night at Desert Financial Arena. It was the seventh loss in eight games for the Sun DevilsRead More →
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Attorney General Mark Brnovich has reached an agreement with the Arizona State Bar to resolve complaints alleging he violated ethics rules while representing Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and the council Arizona regents. Brnovich and several attorneys working for him haveRead More →
When wrestling No. 4 Arizona State hosts No. 17 Stanford from Desert Financial Arena on Friday noon, it will be an encounter that didn’t seem likely a year ago. Stanford’s struggle overcame a dark chapter that nearly saw the university’s program cut until May 2021, when Stanford made the decisionRead More →
Arizona State’s men’s basketball team is focused on the end goal, but also adheres to the old adage “one game at a time.” The Sun Devils (6-12, 2-6) have lost six of their last seven games and there is no respite. It’s quite the opposite with the next three gamesRead More →
Much of the talk surrounding Herm Edwards’ job security as Arizona State’s football coach was snuffed out when ASU athletic director Ray Anderson indicated Edwards would be back. after the Sun Devils’ victory over Arizona in November. Recent activity in ASU’s football program has reignited talk of Edwards’ potential firing.Read More →
Key points to remember An Arizona state senator has proposed two more pro-crypto bills. The first bill aims to allow state agencies to accept cryptocurrencies as payment for various financial obligations. The second bill seeks to exclude all virtual currencies from tax liability in Arizona. Share this article Arizona StateRead More →
It didn’t take long for Arizona State to name a new offensive coordinator. Glenn Thomas, a veteran of the sport at the professional and collegiate levels, has been named the successor to Zak Hill, who ASU parted ways with last week. Thomas, 44, recently held the same titles for theRead More →
Bennedict Mathurin and Oumar Ballo each scored 14 points, and No. 3 Arizona increased the defensive pressure in the second half to beat rival Arizona State 67-56 on Saturday. The Wildcats (17-2, 7-1 Pac-12) had a second straight game of shaky shooting, missing open shots all over the floor. ArizonaRead More →
Versatility is going to be the word of the year for Arizona State baseball, and it will be the defining factor for the pitching staff. After firing only one player from last season’s trio of injured starters in addition to losing four pitchers to the draft, the staff remains exhaustedRead More →
Offensive coordinator Zak Hill during spring training, Feb. 24, 2020, at the Kajikawa Practice Facility, 511 S. Rural Road, Tempe. The dominoes begin to fall as the investigation into alleged recruiting violations by Arizona State’s football program continues. Offensive coordinator Zak Hill has resigned after serving in the role forRead More →
Arizona State Hockey (15-12) heads to number one Minnesota State (23-5-0 overall, 17-3-0 CCHA) for a weekend series. ASU is coming off three straight road wins on an East Coast trip that included victories over the Northeast No. 11 and RIT. Both programs will be represented at the upcoming 2022Read More →