Playing beyond limits: Coyotes Sled Hockey empowering disabled athletes through inclusive ice hockey
SCOTTSDALE – With the Arizona Coyotes’ relocation to Utah, the future of Coyotes Sled Hockey is unclear. However, the organization’s ability to change lives can not be ignored.
ASU’s chances for NCAA baseball tournament bid suffers blow after Stanford loss
SCOTTSDALE – A late rally by Arizona State was not enough Tuesday in the Pac-12 Baseball Tournament. The Sun Devils fell 8-7 and are poised to miss their third straight NCAA Tournament.
A new beginning: Trailblazing high school football camp opens doors for Arizona talent at HBCUs
GILBERT – Arizona’s inaugural HBCU football camp featured 35 high school athletes from the 2025 class, with scouts present from Howard University, Lincoln University, North Carolina A&T, Alabama A&M, and Morgan State University.
More than the money: NIL deals provide career prep for ASU athletes beyond the field
TEMPE – With the introduction of NIL in June 2021, athletes have taken full advantage of the opportunity to make money off of their name, image and likeness. Some Arizona State students are even using their NIL deals to get a headstart on life post-grad.
Sporting a greener future: U.S. arenas, stadiums tackle carbon footprint to score environmental wins
PHOENIX – Sports venues are going green by pioneering sustainable design and retrofitting older stadiums with eco-friendly technologies to reduce their environmental impact.
From niche to norm: Sports betting’s relentless expansion grips Arizona and the nation
PHOENIX – States across the nation have seen massive growth in handle and revenue, including Arizona. With the factors that have led to the growth along with big market holdouts with untapped potential, there may be no end in sight for the industry’s boom.
Rapid rise in syphilis hits Native Americans in the Southwest hardest
Syphilis infections nationwide reached a 70-year high in 2022, and no group has been hit harder than Native Americans, CDC data shows. Rates of congenital syphilis were three times higher for Indigenous than for Black babies, and 12 times higher than for whites.
Read On Arizona and partners provide youth reading education to support fight pandemic literacy loss
PHOENIX – Nonprofit organizations Read On Arizona and Read On Tempe work with partners to improve child literacy, as third grade test scores show pandemic literacy loss.
A plumbing issue at Lake Powell dam could mean big trouble for Western water
Damage to the Glen Canyon Dam’s “river outlet works,” a critical set of small tubes near the bottom of the dam that hold back Lake Powell, are raising new concerns that it may become harder to keep the falling Colorado River flowing downstream.
Border sheriffs see more ‘load car’ drivers, teens paid to smuggle migrants
WASHINGTON - It's a "scary" trend that border county officials say is getting scarier: Mexican cartels paying teenagers from throughout the country to smuggle illegal migrants across the state as "load car" drivers.
Border shelters stave off ‘homelessness on steroids,’ but funding worries remain
TUCSON - Shelters like Casas Alitas in Tucson prevent what one official said could be "homelessness on steroids," by caring for hundreds of asylum seekers who arrive daily with little more than the clothes on their backs. But funding for such programs almost ran out this year.
‘Time has a beginning, middle and end:’ Expert says telling time provides life skills
PHOENIX – As the world continues to move further into a digital era, some might ask: Is reading an analog clock even a necessary skill anymore? Education and time-management experts say it is. Here’s why.
