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Hurricane Hone passes near Hawaii as flash floods prompt rescues in Grand Canyon
Hurricane Hone churned near Hawaii and brought strong winds and heavy rain to the islands. Thousands of people lost power, while flash floods prompted rescues of more than a hundred people from trails inside Arizona’s Grand Canyon. NBC News’ Dana Griffin has more.
Arizona Lottery Powerball, The Pick results for August 24, 2024
The Arizona Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Arizona offers Powerball, Mega Millions, The Pick, Triple Twist, Fantasy 5 and Pick 3 as well as Scratchers, Quick Draw and Fast Play. ...
Lottery ticket worth $243,000 sold at Mesa convenience store
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Check your tickets! One lucky Arizona Lottery player is hundreds of thousands of dollars richer after buying a winning ticket at a Mesa convenience store. Lottery officials say a Fantasy 5 jackpot ticket worth $243,000 was purchased last Friday, Aug. 23, at a QuikTrip near McKellips...
Arizona should be able to break long runs versus New Mexico
Arizona should be able to continue the trend of New Mexico allowing big running plays in the season opener on Saturday. Montana State shredded New Mexico for nine runs over 10 yards, three over 20 yards, two over 30 yards and a late 93-yard touchdown run that helped Montana State earn a late comeback win.
2024 Arizona football season countdown: 6 days to kickoff
A LOOK BACK — NO. 6 CHUCK CECIL. With it being the 6th day until kickoff between the Lobos and Wildcats, the best player for Arizona to wear No. 6 was heat-seeking missle safety Chuck Cecil, who walked on and the played with the Wildcats from 1984 to 1987. A two-time First Team Academic All-America selection (1986-87), Cecil played first under Larry Smith his first three seasons and Dick Tomey for his final year. He began as a recruited walk-on from Helix High School in San Diego, Calif., and finished his Arizona career as one of the Pac-10’s noted and fearless safeties before later being inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. A consensus All-American in 1987, Cecil was the Aloha Bowl MVP and a two-time first-team all-conference selection, plus earned second-team honors as a sophomore. He was named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year in 1987. Off the field Cecil was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection and culminated his education as a recipient of the NCAA VI Award, one of the nation’s top scholar-athlete citations. He was named Arizona’s male winner of the Pac-10 Conference Medal. Cecil. who will turn 60 in November, finished his Arizona career with the then No. 1 mark in passes defended, 38. He led the Wildcats with 80 solo tackles his senior year and also posted the school record that season with four interceptions at Stanford. Today, Cecil still ranks No. 7 on Arizona’s all-time tackles chart with a total of 392. Additionally, he holds the Arizona career record with 21 interceptions and among those returned one 100 yards for a touchdown against Arizona State in 1986, the best play in Arizona history. After his storied collegiate career, Cecil was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1988 NFL Draft. He played in Green Bay through the 1992 season when he was voted to the 1993 NFL Pro Bowl, before moving on to the Phoenix Cardinals in 1993 and later the Houston Oilers for the 1995 season. The safety finished a seven-year professional career with 461 tackles, 16 interceptions and one touchdown. He coached in the NFL from 2001 to 2016 before joining the Arizona staff in 2018. He was named senior defensive assistant, offense this season by Brennan after serving as defensive backs coach from 2020-23 following four seasons as a senior defensive analyst and interim defensive coordinator.
Week 1 Roundup: Sabino dominant in start of defense of 3A title; girl scores TD in St. David’s win
This is supposed to be a season of adjustment for Sabino and coach Ryan McBrayer coming off a championship season in which more than 20 seniors graduated, including the most prolific passer in Southern Arizona history — Cam Hackworth. If Friday night’s 40-0 drubbing of visiting Coolidge in the...
Arizona ballot measure leader says abortion ‘is not a dirty word’
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of conversations about voter-initiated efforts to restore abortion access across the country. Three months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to an abortion, Arizona’s former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks. When the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization […]
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