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Tempe's 'Tha Truth Track Tribe' headed to Junior Olympics
PHOENIX — A Tempe club track and field team, Tha Truth Track Tribe, is headed to Texas to participate in the National Junior Olympics next week. The team includes 28 children and teens, and 26 of these kids qualified for the national tournament. “It's a pretty big deal,” said...
Scottsdale to offer free swimming lessons throughout August
PHOENIX — As a nod to Arizona Drowning Impact Awareness Month, Scottsdale plans to waive enrollment fees for swim lessons throughout August. Drowning Impact Awareness Month, which began in 2004 in collaboration with Phoenix Children’s Hospital, is the largest collaborative water safety effort in the state. Starting Tuesday,...
WNBA All-Star game expected to be a win for downtown restaurants and businesses
PHOENIX — The WNBA All-Star Game and festivities were a thrill for the thousands of people in attendance. Fans came to see their favorite players and cheer on their favorite team, the WNBA All-Stars and/or Team USA, but for some, the real winners were the businesses and restaurants downtown.
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The only place to see the world’s most popular trucks and best drivers. roars into State Farm Stadium in Glendale on October 5th. **Highlighted by First Ever U.S. Debut of Four All-New Marvel Monster Jam Trucks. Plus Phoenix Premiere Appearance of Sparkle Smash**. Experience big-time family fun at Monster...
2024 Arizona football season countdown: 43 days to kickoff
A LOOK BACK — NO. 43 WILLIE PEETE. With it being the 43rd day until kickoff between the Lobos and Wildcats, the best player to wear No. 43 for Arizona is slot receiver/defensive back Willie Peete, who played with the Wildcats from 1956-59. After his stellar career, Peete became Arizona’s first African-American assistant coach. He came to Arizona from Mesa High School, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and baseball. He started playing at Arizona as a true freshman (a rarity in those days) in 1956 as a tight end. He was one of only four black athletes on the team that season. He wore No. 43 until his senior season, when he wore No. 82. It was in 1971 when Peete became the school’s first black assistant football coach, staying for 12 seasons before having a 15-year NFL coaching career. His son Skip played for the Wildcats before transferring to Kansas after Willie Sr. got a job with the Kansas City Chiefs. Skip Peete is in his 27th season as an NFL assistant coach, presently the running backs coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His other son, Rodney, starred at quarterback at Sahuaro before playing his senior season in Overland Park, Kansas. He went on to excel at USC and play 16 years in the NFL. Willie, who is retired and living in Tempe, recently celebrated his 87th birthday.
Yogi Roth on Y-Option, New Big 12 Landscape
Yogi Roth provides a perspective unlike anyone else in the college football landscape. While his time with the Pac-12 Network has ended, he still will be a crucial voice in the sport while broadcasting Big Ten games and in his newest venture Y-Option. It’s a podcast, a Substack and would have videos as well to talk college football from a West Coast lens.
Derek Zellner returns home to help lead Dobson
Some of Derek Zellner’s fondest memories on a football field involve his own playing career at Dobson from 1984-88. He was part of the Dobson dynasty, the team that challenged rival Mountain View on a yearly basis as top dog in the state on the gridiron. It took time for them to triumph, however. But when they did, the moment was as sweet as he thought it would be.
Arizona artist creates mural at domestic violence shelter ahead of WNBA All-Star Game
The WNBA All-Star Weekend has arrived here in the Valley. Ahead of the events, the Phoenix Mercury and nonprofit organization Chicanos Por La Causa teamed up with a local artist to create a mural outside a domestic violence shelter. Lucinda Hinojos, also known as “La Morena,” designed the purple and...
Not Too Early Big XII Hoops Predictions: No. 14, Arizona State
Bobby Hurley, who hasn't won an NCAA tournament game in nine seasons at Arizona State, and who has had three losing seasons in the last four, desperately needs his current club to come through in a major way. If that is to happen, the Sun Devils will have to overachieve in their first season in the nasty Big XII. It's a mighty tall order, to say the least.
Gym Devils Add Transfer to 2025 Roster
TEMPE – Sun Devil Gymnastics is bringing in transfer Jenna Blair for her senior year in 2025 after spending three years at Northern Illinois. Blair, from Buffalo, New York, competed for NIU primarily on floor, also making lineups on bars and vault. In addition to her hard work in the gym, she is a strong student, earning 2023 Academic All-MAC honors. Before college, she trained at Stumpf's Gymnastics in Williamsville, New York. Her parents are Debbie and Rod Blair. On the 2025 roster, Blair will be one of two true seniors, joining Alex Theodorou, with three fifth years on the...
Rising win first home game since parting ways with former head coach.
On Friday night Phoenix Rising defeated El Paso Locomotive 2-0. Prior to tonight’s matchup, Phoenix Rising has struggled. They were embarrassed in a 5-1 loss to Memphis 901, and then lost 2-1 to San Antonio. They also fired head coach Danny Stone following the loss to Memphis 901, and Interim head coach Diego Gomez has stepped into the role.
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