Rick Neuheisel, who grew up just miles from Sun Devil Stadium, was named coach of the Phoenix franchise in the upstart Alliance of American Football league Friday. The league was…
The Ultimate Fighting Championship first came into the public consciousness late in 1993. Few rules existed. Fighters were matched up against each other regardless of weight. A 400-pound man could,…
Life for soccer fans in the Valley hasn’t been easy. The fifth-largest city in the United States has MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL franchises, but it wasn’t until 2013 that…
The odds of a college athlete making it to the NFL are slimmer than ever. In 2016, just 1.5 percent of college football players were drafted by the league, a…
At the end of a bar sits a man with a distinct 5 o’clock shadow. He is glued to a TV showing a meaningless NBA game featuring the Phoenix Suns…
On January 16, Tyler Hilinski, a quarterback at Washington State, committed suicide. A day later, family and friends remembered the four-year anniversary of the day Madison Holleran, a member of…
As the popularity of eSports continues to grow worldwide, recognizable names in sports and entertainment in Arizona have begun to take notice. “You can’t help but hear of more and more things…
With Major League Baseball back in action, the crack of a wooden bat returns as one of the soundtracks of summer. Some of that sound is courtesy of Valley-based Zinger…
As a young sports fan, a 14-year-old played basketball and baseball. Growing up in Arizona, spring training games were some of his favorite pastimes, and he’d cheer on the Diamondbacks…
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick will be taken over by the annual Larry Fitzgerald Double Play Celebrity Softball Game, on Saturday, April 21 featuring some of the best current…
The West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame has announced that Bryan Sperber has been announced as an inductee in the 2018 class of the West Coast Stock Car Hall…
It’s lunchtime on a sunny March day at Seton Catholic High School. Coach Karen Self walks through campus waving and smiling as you can hear people from across the courtyard…
