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The Big South Conference announced the official nominees for the Conference’s Woman of the Year award for 2012-13, with 13 student-athletes including Ahwatukee resident and Seton Catholic graduate Molly Barlow from 10 member institutions comprising this year’s candidates.
Beer fans can get a lift to this weekend’s big brew party.
Lisa Spini has always had an eye for talent and 12 years ago, Stefani Catour caught her eye.
After 20 years, life-long runner and local coach David Allison returned to his alma mater recently to compete in the Penn Relays.
The 43rd Arizona Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Youth Sports Awards are on Thursday, May 9, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, in the new Virginia G. Piper Theater.
Izzy Marshall’s football career at Arizona State is over before it ever really got started.
While rowing has been a sport dominated by colleges and teams on the East Coast, crew teams have started to flourish in unsuspecting places—like the desert.
USA's Henry Cejudo, left, wrestles Japan's Tomohiro Matsunaga during their 55 kilogram freestyle gold medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Cejudo won the gold. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)
Plot-twisting puzzlers are a bubble market in the movies these days, with an arms race of "Inception"-like reality reversals that flip like a coin until dizzy audiences lose all interest in how it lands.
Individual and team national titles are on the line for top collegiate triathletes from across the U.S. at this weekend’s 2013 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships in Tempe this weekend.
Maybe it’s inaccurate to say Riley Unroe was born to be a switch-hitter, but the evidence was pretty clear by age 2.
The decision to postpone college for a year has worked out just fine for Robbie Mathers.
Desert Vista graduate Robbie Mathers, right, has continued to develop in his time at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
It has become clear in Sulem Urbina’s 22 years that she is persistent and thrives when she is tested.
Sulem Urbina, an Ahwatukee resident, is deciding on whether to try and compete in the 2016 Olympics or turn professional.
Paul Lucas is no longer just creating a buzz. He is on his way to establishing a legacy.
An athlete well known to Arizona sports fans is coming back to the state, this time as a mixed martial arts fighter.
During his first track and field meet, Ahwatukee eighth-grader Joshua Bowden drew cheers and support from the crowd earlier this month.
Sue Humphrey, the legendary track coach, is back in Arizona and hanging out in Ahwatukee.
Charles William Roloff, 97, of Phoenix passed away on March 6. He was born May 10, 1915, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Renee B. Roloff, on Nov. 17, 2004.
When Travonn White is standing at the start of the runway, preparing for his takeoff, he bends over at the hip while his left leg stays stiff. It kind of looks painful or like he might have a cramp.
Brian Brady has all the confidence in his son, Dalton, and the latter credited his father for developing him into one of the best wrestlers the state of Arizona has ever seen.
Stephanie Ann Kuells went to be with our angels on Wednesday, Feb. 20. She was born on Aug. 3, 1988, to Jennifer and Keith Kuells at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. This happened to be her father’s 30th birthday. What a beautiful gift! Stephanie had many challenges in her short life, but she tackled each one with determination, beauty and grace.
While the story doesn’t originate in Ahwautkee it should resonate with everyone.
Gabby Walton, a sixth-grader at Kyrene Altadeña Middle School, won the all-around gymnast award at the Phoenix Classic Rock gymnastics meet recently at the Phoenix Convention Center.
PARC Treasurer Jim Jochim sits down with Allison Hurtado to discuss the Phoenix Loop 202 project ...
Andean Bear Cub Takes First Steps!
It's a boy!! Our Andean bear cub recently had its first check-up with Phoenix Zoo vets. After pat...
Country Thunder - Day 1
Country Thunder Day 1 off to a great start!
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