NAU men’s basketball team brings confidence into Big Sky tournament
PHOENIX – NAU basketball heads to Boise to take on Eastern Washington University in the Big Sky Conference tournament in Boise. The Lumberjacks have used the transfer portal and have recruited locally to build their team this year.
Twins Nyah, Olivia Moran help guide NAU women’s basketball team into Big Sky semifinals
FLAGSTAFF — Not many colleges wanted to recruit both Nyah and Olivia Moran at the same time. Northern Arizona was one of the few schools that did, and the twins are rewarding coach Loree Payne for that decison by emerging as solid options off the bench.
‘Life masks’ created to keep stories of the Holocaust alive
SCOTTSDALE – Artist Robert Sutz casts the faces of Holocaust survivors, liberators and righteous gentiles into “life masks” to preserve their stories.
Minor League Baseball celebrates game’s Black pioneers, builds diversity through ‘The Nine’
PHOENIX – Minor League Baseball new program “The Nine” aims to amplify Black voices. Teams across the country will celebrate the game’s pioneers while growing baseball’s diversity.
Children of incarcerated parents find joy at Prison Fellowship sports camp
MESA – The Prison Fellowship offers sports camps for children of incarcerated parents and recently stopped at Central Christian Church in Mesa. In Arizona, 11% of children have had an incarcerated parent.
After scrambling to resettle nearly 1,900 Afghans, groups await more
WASHINGTON - Refugee resettlement groups in Arizona found homes for almost 1,900 Afghan refugees from the fall of Kabul in August through February, the most the agencies said they have placed in the least amount of time. And they say they are ready to place more.
Life expectancy fell a ‘shocking’ 1.8 years in 2020; COVID not sole culprit
WASHINGTON - U.S. life expectancy fell by an “unprecedented and shocking” 1.8 years between 2019 and 2020, a dramatic drop that experts say can only partly be blamed on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mikey’s League fills sports void for those with intellectual, physical disabilities
TEMPE – Mikey's League began in 2019 in memory of Mikey Bender, 21, who died after losing a battle with cerebral palsy and a heart defect. The league has teamed with KinectAbility to open doors for ability sports.
College Football Playoff expansion? Nimble Fiesta Bowl organizers say they’ll be ready
PHOENIX – The Fiesta Bowl is ready to host its third College Football Playoff game in December. As expansion looms, the Fiesta Bowl is awaiting what’s next for Arizona’s prestigious bowl game.
Reversing the desert: How an Arizona engineer is trying to heal the land and protect water
RED ROCK – A civil engineer in southern Arizona is looking at nature’s systems to reverse deserts, heal watersheds and revitalize arid land with holistic land management practices.
Arizona already getting ready to host the 2023 Super Bowl
LOS ANGELES – Preparations already are underway for the NFL’s big game next year. The Arizona host committee was in Los Angeles for the 2022 Super Bowl and provided some insight into plans for next year.
Mercury ‘closely monitoring’ after report Russians arrested Brittney Griner on cannabis oil possession charge
PHOENIX – After a Russian news agency reported that a WNBA player had been arrested in Russia for possession of cannabis oil, the Phoenix Mercury issued a statement that they are "aware of and are closely monitoring the situation with Brittney Griner ."
