Senior season in a pandemic: How COVID-19 altered futures of ASU athletes
PHOENIX – Many senior athletes at ASU had their final season of collegiate play canceled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That number has only grown as many fall and winter sports have been canceled or postponed due to the risks of the pandemic.
‘No surprise to me’: Dominant Ayton an expectation for Suns
PHOENIX - Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton broke out for his best two games of the 2020-21 season this week. But nothing he did was anything his coaches and teammates felt was out of reach.
Battling adversity all season, ASU men’s basketball enters rivalry week with nothing to lose
TEMPE - Battling adversity, ASU men’s basketball enters pivotal rivalry week
‘I’m not surprised’: Report of harassment by fired Mets GM prompts anger, shock
PHOENIX - News that former Diamondbacks executive Jared Porter sent sexually explicit texts to a female reporter drew widespread criticism.
‘They really do exist’: Coyotes fans welcome in-person experience
GLENDALE - The Arizona Coyotes opened the 2020-2021 season at Gila River Arena as a limited number of socially distanced, masked-up fans cheered.
He’s ready to rumbbbbbble: Former ASU wrestler Levi ‘Tucker’ Cooper embracing WWE
PHOENIX – Former ASU wrestler and All-American Levi Cooper is now a WWE superstar with Monday Night Raw.
Sprint to the start: Coyotes ready for unique season following shortened training camp
PHOENIX – The Arizona Coyotes begin an unprecedented shortened 2020-2021 season following a 10-day training camp. The players treated the scrimmages as “real games” with no preseason exhibition schedule.
As soccer season nears, ASU’s Barbieri remains stranded in Brazil
PHOENIX – COVID-19 has shut down travel from Brazil, leaving ASU women’s soccer Lara Barbieri stranded in Brazil.
Four decades after memorable run with ASU, Lionel Hollins still thriving
PHOENIX — Former ASU basketball standout Lionel Hollins is still finding success, this time with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Making their pitch: Women on Angel City soccer club forging bonds with community
LOS ANGELES – Angel City FC, the newest women’s professional soccer franchise, arrives in 2022 but already is trying to impact women’s sports and the Los Angeles sports culture.
73 years after Robinson broke color barrier, baseball struggles to lure Black players
PHOENIX – According to SABR, there has been a decline of African American players in MLB nearly every year since 1981, and by 2016 that number plummeted to 6.7%, the lowest percentage since 1957.
Phoenix Rising believes new stadium will bring improved fan, player experience
PHOENIX – The year 2021 means a new stadium for Phoenix Rising FC, which believes an improved fan experience will occur, too.
