The inside track: UA offers only program focused solely on horse racing industry

Zach Taylor grew up around horses. His mother owned trail horses when Taylor was a boy in Fayetteville, Arkansas.


‘A lot like Garnett’: Suns pick Deandre Ayton compared to former NBA MVP

Following his pre-draft workout with the Phoenix Suns, the one and only team he worked out for this offseason, the NBA draft’s presumptive No. 1 overall pick, Deandre Ayton, was asked which player’s game his most resembles.


Short and sweet: The month Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley spent together at Hillcrest

Within minutes of each other Thursday, Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley walked across the NBA Draft stage in Brooklyn and into the lives they have long imagined, the ones they have prepared for, the ones that have been expected by those around them.


Suns, Phoenix clash with Goldwater Institute over arena-renovation records

Deliberations related to the Phoenix Suns’ desire for a $450 million renovation of its arena began Tuesday morning at Maricopa County Superior Court over a dispute about documents not made public.


Solar flare: Dynamic Ayton could be answer to Suns’ struggling franchise

Deandre Ayton’s presence in Talking Stick Resort Arena illustrated more than just the opportunity to draft a basketball player. It revealed an opportunity to change the fortunes of a franchise.


Punching through Parkinson’s: Boxing gym trains patients with degenerative disease

Phoenix-area boxing trainer Marty Barrett opened 12th Round Fit Boxing gym to help train individuals with Parkinson's disease to curb their symptoms.


In midst of drought, Moon Valley, Lookout Mountain golf courses to stop irrigating with drinking water

PHOENIX – Arizona is in its 21st year of long-term drought but some golf courses are still using drinking water to irrigate. Two Phoenix golf courses developed a plan to change that.


Control tower demolition latest step in renovation of ISM Raceway

The 130-foot-high Race Control Tower at ISM Raceway will be demolished, paving the way for a brand-new tower structure as part of the $178 million ISM Raceway Project.


Arizona ultrarunners turn nocturnal during summer months

As temperatures rise during Arizona’s hot summer months, the growing community of ultrarunners need an outlet to train while staying safe. The Insomniac Night Series provides an outlet for all types of distance runners to race safety and build relationships in the process.


‘My heart’s broken’: End of season means end of ASU’s Guard U

Arizona State's loss to Syracuse in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament also meant the end of Guard U in Tempe.


Twenty years after ASU career ended, Tillman legacy endures

TEMPE - Twenty years ago today, Pat Tillman walked off a football field for the last time as an Arizona State football player. No one knew then that he would later become a symbol of perseverance, selflessness, bravery and, ultimately, sacrifice.


Doan, Majerle among 5 inducted into Arizona Sports Hall of Fame

PARADISE VALLEY — Anthony Robles was born with just one leg. But he never let that hold him back.