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2024 Arizona football season countdown: 41 days to kickoff
A LOOK BACK — NO. 41 MARK JACOBS. With it being the 41st day until kickoff between the Lobos and Wildcats, the best player to wear No. 41 for Arizona is linebacker Mark Jacobs, a Flowing Wells graduate who played with the Wildcats from 1974-76. Jacobs unofficially holds the Arizona record with 200 tackles in 1974. The Arizona record book does not officially list the category for most tackles in a season. It does list the annual tackling leaders since 1975 and notes that until 1987 the tackles listed were from observation of “coaches film.” The NCAA did not officially begin to collect defensive statistics until 2000, believe it or not. So a way to look at it: Jacobs unofficially holds the Arizona record with 200 tackles, achieved as a sophomore, while Scooby Wright III has the most in the eyes of the NCAA with 163 in 2014, Wright’s junior season. Jacobs supposedly had more tackles than what the NCAA lists as the record-holder today: Texas Tech’s Lawrence Flugence with 193 in 2002. Jacobs went on to coach at Flowing Wells and was a pillar in the community, with the Sports Park naming itself the Mark Jacobs Sports Park. He earned his secondary education degree at NAU in the early 1980s and coached and taught in Flagstaff before returning to Tucson in 1987 to coach at Flowing Wells. Jacobs, now 69, returned to Flagstaff in 2002 to be with his family and to pursue a career in public-school administration. He is retired in Flagstaff.
'Plenty of time' to replace Biden on Arizona's November ballot, secretary of state says
Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race has opened widespread speculation as to who will be the Democratic ticket at the top of Arizona's Nov. 5 ballot. But that ballot, technically, has not yet been created. There is "plenty of time" to have it reflect whoever emerges as the Democratic presidential and vice...
Documentary – Paige Heyn: Road to the Paris Olympics
For the last five years, Sports360AZ’s Claudia Collins has been following a Tempe skateboarder’s road to the Paris Olympics. Paige was sitting on a beach in Huntington Beach California in 2018 when she told Claudia “I can’t wait to be in the Olympics.”. She spent the...
WATCH: Kevin Durant, Devin Booker impress in Team USA 1-on-1s
Phoenix Suns stars Kevin Durant and Devin Booker showed off their elite shotmaking ability at Team USA practice in London Sunday. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!. Ahead of Team USA’s final exhibition game tomorrow against Germany, the duo could not be stopped no matter who...
Little known shooting guard has earned Suns' final two-way spot
The Phoenix Suns had stronger involvement than usual in the NBA's Summer League slate that just finished up, thanks to the participation of two rookies in Ryan Dunn and Oso Ighodaro. There was lots to like from both players, and they have a chance to crack the rotation proper once the regular season gets underway.
Former Mayor Jim Lane, Misguided Opponents to Popular Scottsdale Initiative Get Smacked Down in Court
Regular readers and most Scottsdalians are aware of Proposition 490, the Protect and Preserve Initiative that will expand maintenance and upgrades for our city’s many parks while simultaneously reducing our collective tax burden, a situation that’s as much of a win-win as you will ever find in government. But of course, you will never make 100% of people happy, even with something that’s as obvious of a Yes vote as this.
Phoenix Mercury leave footprint on WNBA All-Star weekend in the Valley
Tia Reid covers the Phoenix Mercury for The Next. Her other work has also appeared on NCAA.com, College Gym News, Cronkite News/Arizona PBS and the Walter Cronkite Sports Network. Tia is a senior at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
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