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Campers scrimmage during the 2016 NBA Basketball Without Borders camp, in Luanda, Angola. (Photo by...
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A game without borders: Suns’ Bledsoe helps grow basketball overseas

A a group of NBA stars that included Eric Bledsoe of the Phoenix Suns took part in the league’s 14th Basketball Without Borders camp in Angola.
8 years ago
Geordie Hackett expects the facility’s expansion to play a major role in landing potential recrui...
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GCU investing in sports medicine as part of move to Division I

Grand Canyon University is adding 2,500 feet of space to the school’s sports medicine facility. It will cost between $500,000 and $1 million.
8 years ago
Coyotes forwards Dylan Strome, Ryan MacInnis and Nick Merkley are three of 29 rookies who atteneded...
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Coyotes rookies hope to leave lasting impression

The day of an Arizona Coyotes rookie begins at 8 a.m. and doesn’t end until 9 p.m.
8 years ago
Diamondbacks infielder/outfielder Kyle Jensen walks along the warning track during batting practice...
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September an opportunity for minor leaguers to fulfill lifelong dream

Every September, MLB roster limits expand from 25 to 40 players, giving players like Matt Koch the chance to realize a lifelong dream.
8 years ago
The Lady Coyotes face off agaist the Jr Sun Devils. (Photo by Alexis Ramanjulu/Cronkite News)...
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Women’s hockey is growing in the desert

As women's hockey participation grows nationwide and explodes in Arizona, ASU and GCU are adding women's club hockey teams.
8 years ago
Mercury veteran Penny Taylor’s eyes welled up with tears during postgame tribute honoring her 13-...
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Curtain falling on career of ‘one of the best players in the world’

Penny Taylor wraps up a WNBA career in which she won three championships. Taylor, Diana Taurasi and others reflect on the Australian's impact.
8 years ago
Chad Moeller throws batting practice during a Team Dinger workout. (Photo by Trisha Garcia/Cronkite...
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Former D-backs catcher Chad Moeller finds passion in teaching

Chad Moeller, who helped train Tim Tebow for his recent baseball tryout, hosts hitting, catching and pitching clinics along with baseball camps.
8 years ago
Phoenix Mercury center Kelsey Bone kneeled during the national anthem Thursday night, her third str...
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Mercury’s Kelsey Bone to take anthem protests into WNBA playoffs

The Mercury's Kelsey Bone is taking her social justice protest to the WNBA playoffs.
8 years ago
A baseball card featuring former Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford was created for her induction into the C...
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Mofford saved Cactus League from extinction

Near the end of spring training in 1990, MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent came to Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford with an ultimatum, according to former Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jim Bruner.
8 years ago
Todd Graham said that while there are areas that need improvement, the bottom line is that Arizona ...
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ASU coach Todd Graham on Texas Tech game: ‘It should’ve been a blowout’

Arizona State coach Todd Graham said nearly half of Texas Tech's points came on "misalignments and things like that, all things we can correct."
8 years ago
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said his team didn’t play well in any phase of the game. (Photo by N...
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‘Disappointed’ Arians on Cardinals loss to Pats: ‘Give us another week’

After coming up a kick short against the Patriots, questions of is-the- sky-falling descended on the shoulders of the Super Bowl favored Arizona Cardinals.
8 years ago
Northern Arizona's Kendyl Taylor (13) runs for a first down as he is forced out of bounds by Arizon...
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Arizona State pass defense faces big test vs. Texas Tech

Arizona State’s pass defense hopes to improve on a hit-or-miss 2015 season through coaching changes, new talent and greater attention to detail.
8 years ago
Arizona State's Zane Gonzalez (5) kicks a field goal from the hold of Matt Haack (26) as Northern A...
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ASU’s Zane Gonzalez on record-breaking course

Arizona State kicker Zane Gonzalez is used to breaking records. The four-year starter marks them off like notches in a belt.
8 years ago
Richard Bohus smiles at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Jaclyn Chung/Cronk...
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ASU swimmers bring Olympic experience back to Tempe

Two weeks ago, Sun Devil swimmer Katarina Simonovic glided through the water under a warm Tempe sun at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Complex.
8 years ago
Michael Phelps is ready to bring the experience of a 23 gold-medal winning Olympian to the pool at ...
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Michael Phelps achieves ‘closure’ in Rio, ready to coach at ASU

In winning his 23rd gold medal, Michael Phelps put an exclamation point on his historic Olympic swim career. Now he will return home to Arizona.
8 years ago
United States' Diana Taurasi keeps the ball from Canada's Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe during the first hal...
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Arizona athletes increase USA medal count

Sixteen Arizona athletes are competing at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and working to ensure Team USA comes home with as many medals as possible.
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Not winning gold best thing to happen to Olympian Judi Adams

Phoenix native Judi Adams rose to the precipice of competing on a world stage, but Cold War politics threw up a road block that delayed her Olympic dream.
8 years ago
United States' April Ross, left, and Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrate a point over China during a wom...
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Former Pac-12 players Walsh Jennings, Ross dig new partnership

April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings dig their new volleyball partnership and hope to win gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
8 years ago
Chuck Brandt, 76, of Tucson went to his first Olympics in 1964 in Tokyo and hopes to come full circ...
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Rio marks 18th Olympics for Arizona man

Olympians spend their entire lives preparing for the games; Chuck Brandt has spent a lifetime attending them.
8 years ago
Chase Kalisz, left, speaks at a press conference at the 2016 Rio Olympics. (Cronkite News)...
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Chase Kalisz credits ASU’s Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps for his first medal win

Georgia product and mentee of Bob Bowman thanked the Arizona State swimming coach and Michael Phelps after winning a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
8 years ago
Diana Taurasi will be looking for her fourth Olympic gold medal when the U.S. women’s team compet...
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Taurasi looking to join elite list with four Olympic gold medals in basketball

LOS ANGELES — Earning four Olympic gold medals is a feat that only two basketball players, male or female, have ever accomplished. Diana Taurasi, along with teammates Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings, will lengthen that list with a gold medal in next month’s Summer Olympics. “Being selected to the Olympics again means a lot to […]
8 years ago
Arizona State coach Todd Graham, right, talks with DJ Calhoun (3) prior to the team's Cactus Bowl N...
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The ASU football team is ready for Camp Tontozona

Todd Graham is taking ASU football on its annual Camp Tontozona trip to bring the team together at the start of fall practice.
8 years ago
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Phoenix Mercury well represented at Olympics

The Phoenix Mercury are sending a league-leading six team members to the upcoming Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, showing the depth of talent from the three-time WNBA champions.
8 years ago
Diamondbacks’ pitcher Patrick Corbin shows the scar his 2014 Tommy John surgery left on his left ...
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Pitchers share Tommy John stories to guide each other through rehab

Major league players going through Tommy John surgery found that talking to other players who have also had the surgery has been a key part of their rehab.
8 years ago
Brophy Prep’s baseball coach Tom Succow said Arizona high school baseball is on the rise. (Photo ...
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MLB Draft light on Arizona players despite sport’s popularity

Most high school baseball players in the state of Arizona will never get the call that Chad McClanahan got during the 2016 MLB Draft.
8 years ago
Just eight days after being drafted by the Anaheim Angels on June 17, former Basha player Johnny Mo...
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Former Basha pitcher Johnny Morell: ‘I know my mom is watching over me’

Basha pitcher Johnny Morell was sitting in his childhood home in California, lounging on the sofa with family, when his phone started to jolt.
8 years ago
Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett (90) motivates the fans during the first half of an...
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Darnell Dockett retires as an Arizona Cardinal

More than two and a half years since playing his last regular season snap in the NFL, defensive end Darnell Dockett decided to end his professional career.
8 years ago
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ASU looks to become Olympic training destination

The Olympic rings are a popular fixture in the ASU athletic department. Five coaches in Tempe have combined to either compete or coach in 15 Olympics.
8 years ago
Arizona United head coach Frank Yallop looks on as his team practices for their game Saturday. (Pho...
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Return of Cortez sparks Arizona United’s offense into form

Arizona United had scored just 7 goals in its first 10 matches and was left without one of its best forwards after Chris Cortez suffered a hamstring injury.
8 years ago
Washington Wizards forward Jared Dudley reacts after hitting a 3-point shot during the fourth quart...
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Jared Dudley returns to Suns as role model for young team

The Suns had been looking to add veteran leadership to their young roster this offseason. Former Sun Jared Dudley felt he was the right fit for that role.
8 years ago