A weighty issue: NFL linemen must contend with post-football pounds
Maintaining optimal NFL weight of 300+ pounds – especially for players in the trenches – often requires unhealthy practices. When there’s no need to be that heavy, what do former players do?
Cactus League economic impact makes double-figure jump
SCOTTSDALE -- Equipped with an IPad or IPhone, Saager Buch made his way to groups sitting on the lawns of Cactus League ballparks. Disinterested in the games at hand, the junior research economist at the L. William Seidman Research Institute at Arizona State’s W. P. Carey School of Business approached the masses with a survey.
‘Everyone can see themselves in Barbie’: Iconic doll better reflects global diversity
PHOENIX – Mattel, like many companies adapting to a multicultural world, has been working to diversify the shape, races, ethnicities and occupation of Barbies.
A short wait: NCAA awards Phoenix its second Final Four
Just over a year after hosting its first Final Four, the NCAA awarded Phoenix the 2024 Final Four Monday, showing it values experience and community involvement.
Court reduces death sentence in killing where defense ‘utterly failed’
A federal appeals court reversed the death sentence handed down to a Prescott man for the 1987 murder of his lover's husband, saying attorneys "utterly failed" to investigate claims that would have argued against capital punishment.
Mowers in sheep’s clothing: Flock clears vegetation around solar panels in southeastern Arizona
These sheep work for food, eating mesquite and tall grass at a solar farm that powers 20,000 homes in southern Arizona. Livestock landscapers can be used to trim the land around freeways or cut down on the brush that feeds wildfires.
As heat bears down, nonprofits help to hydrate those in need
Valley nonprofits are using their resources to help those in need bear the scorching conditions.
NCAA returns to Valley as organizing committee makes pitch for Final Four return
NCAA officials came to the Valley Wednesday to listen to a pitch from local organizers about a future Final Four. They hope to land the game in 2024, 2025 or 2026.
Development in New River draws attention to subdivision laws
Residents of New River, still reeling from a water crisis, try to tackle a potentially illegal subdivision going up in their neighborhood.
After years of trying, Congress gives ‘right to try’ drug bill final OK
WASHINGTON - It took two years of trying, but Congress gave final approval this week to so-called "right-to-try" legislation that, if signed by the president, would give patients with terminal diagnoses access to experimental drugs that could save their lives.
‘Chain migration’: The definitions, history and faces behind family-based immigration
Family-based immigration, which is the standard term used by immigration lawyers and professionals, is the most common way for people to immigrate to the United States and reunite with their families. Critics refer to it as “chain migration,” and the Trump administration has publicly expressed its adamant opposition.
Despite snub, Phoenix Rising confident of future with Major League Soccer
Early snub not enough to keep Phoenix Rising down. New investor, stadium plan has club confident about a future in Major League Soccer.
