Bigger than sports: Cardinals donate field, host camp at Mesquite High
GILBERT - Mesquite High School gives back to the community with the support of the Arizona Cardinals, who donated a new football field.
Rising to the cause: Team honors O’odham community with unique jerseys
PHOENIX - With the celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Phoenix Rising wore warm-up jerseys paying tribute to the community, its members and its water. All proceeds from the selling of the jersey go to Three Precious Miracles non-profit organization.
LA wheelchair basketball program helps kids with physical disabilities stay active
LA84 and Las Floristas fund the Rancho Los Amigos wheelchair basketball program. This provides kids and adults a chance to stay active and compete in sports.
‘Just Like Home’: 50 years later, ASU players from 1971 Fiesta Bowl reunite, reminisce
PHOENIX – Five decades later, the 1971 Arizona State football team that won the first Fiesta Bowl reunited and will be honored at the Arizona State-Stanford game.
Team culture, international flavor fuel fast start for ASU women’s soccer
PHOENIX – With help from players all over the planet, such as Lucy Johnson and Nicole Douglas, the ASU women’s soccer program is developing an other-worldly culture.
ESPN to televise volleyball tournament featuring defending state champion Hamilton
CHANDLER – The Hamilton High School volleyball team features a trio of Division I-bound players on a quest to win another state title. ESPN is in town to cover its participation in a four-team tournament.
Money troubles, lingering injuries: Former Bears great Brian Urlacher helping NFL veterans
SCOTTSDALE – Many former NFL players struggle with lingering injuries and financial hardships. NFL Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears legend Brian Urlacher hosted a Gridiron Gala to help raise awareness.
3 ex-Suns among former NBA players charged in scheme to defraud league health care plan
PHOENIX - Nineteen people, including three former Suns, were charged with health care fraud after filing claims worth almost $4 million to the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan for medical and dental services they didn’t receive.
Punt, pass and teach social, emotional learning skills: Best coaches adjust priorities
PHOENIX - Coaches tend to make or break a child’s relationship with a sport. Equipping coaches with the proper social and emotional learning skills necessary to mentoring children on how to be better athletes and more importantly, how to be better individuals, is vital to the future of athletics.
Vroominate on this: Eased COVID restrictions bring big crowd to Monster Jam in Glendale
GLENDALE – During the pandemic, Monster Jam limited fans attending events. In 2021, 100% capacity is back and the fans took advantage when the event came to Arizona last weekend.
Remembering ‘3’: Arizona universities to honor Tyler Hilinski, address athlete mental health
PHOENIX – Hilinski’s Hope, partnering with more than 70 schools across the country, is leading College Football Mental Health Week. ASU players will wear the No. 3 on their helmets to honor Tyler Hilinski, who died by suicide.
Although youth sports receive cut of gambling revenue in New York, rules are different in Arizona
PHOENIX – Arizona became the 26th state in the country to legalize sports gambling. Could youth sports benefit from the revenue the way they do in New York?
