Sticks and zones: The right hockey equipment can elevate a player’s game

PHOENIX – From peewee to pro, every hockey player’s stick comes down to personal preference in construction and superstition.


Even in COVID-19 climate, job security an issue for coaches, including Arizona’s Sumlin

PHOENIX – Kevin Sumlin’s time in Arizona could be running out. The third-year coach’s seat is growing hotter by the minute, riding a 10-game skid into a showdown with Colorado.


ASU’s Herm Edwards, multiple players test positive for COVID-19 as game vs. Cal canceled

PHOENIX - Multiple ASU football players and coaches, including coach Herm Edwards, tested positive for COVID-19, causing ASU’s game versus Cal this Saturday to be canceled.


Room and cardboard: ASU will fill up Sun Devil Stadium with fan, celebrity cutouts

PHOENIX - If fans look a little, well, stiff at Saturday’s Arizona State game, don’t be alarmed. They are cardboard cutouts..


Former ASU softball star Macha knows thing or two about curveballs, and COVID-19 threw one

CHANDLER - Breanna Macha, who pitched at Red Mountain High and ASU, left her job as New Mexico’s pitching coach due to COVID-19, and reinvited herself.


Arizona State completes upgrades to women’s soccer, lacrosse ‘dream’ fields

PHOENIX- Athletes and coaches from Arizona State’s women’s soccer and lacrosse teams praise the university’s recently renovated and upgraded fields.


Pages through screens: ASU women’s basketball team reads books to children virtually

PHOENIX – The ASU women’s basketball team partnered with the Washington Elementary School District on Sept. 6 for National Read a Book Day, delivering what is usually an in-person experience virtually.


Enlisting excellence: ASU men’s hockey, tennis programs draw top 10 recruits

PHOENIX – ASU men’s tennis and hockey each have landed top 10 recruiting classes, an achievement for relatively young programs.


It’s Bizzaro World: Pac-12 football schedule has ASU-Arizona opening season

PHOENIX – The college football season is closer to becoming a reality. The Pacific-12 Conference released its schedule Friday and it revealed a new twist for Arizona State and Arizona. They open the season in Tucson.


How rap and ‘How I Met Your Mother’ helped ASU’s Jon Rahm ascend to top of World Golf Ranking

PHOENIX – Jon Rahm recently became the No. 1 golfer in the world rankings, but it was his process and career at ASU that made him into the man he is today, those close to him say.


Making do: After canceled season, ASU’s Torkelson awaits MLB Draft

PHOENIX – Spencer Torkelson is controlling what he can, not dwelling on the cancellation of his junior season at Arizona State and awaiting the Major League Baseball Draft.


Josh Christopher’s high school teammates weigh in on leadership he brings to ASU

PHOENIX – ASU’s newest recruit, five-star Josh Christopher, was a tremendous talent in high school. His teammates also say he was quite the leader.