There were hurdles, blocks and bars all over the track Saturday at Mesa Community College.

The scenes were about 20 miles and three hours apart on Thursday, but nonetheless felt much the same.

MESA – There were hurdles, blocks and bars all over the track Saturday at Mesa Community College.

Ninety feet is the perfect distance between bases, but on Thursday afternoon it must have felt more like 90 miles for Mountain Pointe.

Darkness can be paralyzing.

At the time it was hard to imagine anyone at Opus Field on Saturday being more stunned then Austin “Crash” Hicks.

Jackie Robinson was the ideal class act to break the barrier and become the first black player in Major League Baseball.

The Mountain Pointe boys basketball program had a stability problem that needed to be addressed.

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 Mountain Pointe boys basketball program had a stability problem that needed to be addressed.

Selling season is upon us — does your home have its best foot forward? Or, do you still need to be convinced that now is finally the time to place your home on the market?

You’ve got to love living in the place everyone else wants to be.

If you had told me a month ago that my Oscar predictions would look anything like this, I probably would have advised you to go do a little more research. “Argo” poised for the Best Picture win sans a Best Director nod? Unthinkable. Emmanuelle Riva and Naomi Watts as viable Best Actress contenders against youthful powerhouses like Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain? You’re pulling my leg.

Athletes will do just about anything to play at the professional level.

The Desert Vista soccer family was setup to have one amazing day.

If the Desert Vista High School student body knows one thing, it’s an undying support for each other.

The Desert Vista boys soccer team received a boost this season when five club-level players returned to the program for their senior season.

I recently read an article online about what you need to “teach your children” to survive as adults. Normally, these kinds of articles don’t interest me. I’m not the kind of mom who follows what the experts have to say about raising my boys, and since each child is an individual I don’t know how any one way is the perfect way to raise a child.

Created by Arizona native Timothy Reckart, “Head Over Heels” puts an imaginative, whimsical twist on the tale of a married couple grown apart – he lives on the floor while she lives on the ceiling.

Before David Gonzalez left the gym at Flowing Wells in Tucson a couple of weeks ago and headed back up Interstate 10, the Desert Vista wrestling coach had one message for this physically and mentally drained team:

Super Bowl Sunday surely is one of the meatiest eating days of the year. But it’s still somewhat surprising the lengths some people will go to push their game day feed over the top. Last year, for example, some enthusiastic carnivores went as far as to build football arena replicas out of deli meats, cheese and bread.

The Oscar season is customarily kicked off by the Academy president and a random star solemnly announcing the nominees in a drab ceremony. The Academy decided to shake up tradition this year, however, in one of the most cheerful Oscar mornings we’ve ever had. Seth MacFarlane, director of “Ted” and this year’s Oscar host, announced the nominees Thursday morning alongside the invaluable Emma Stone, who had the funniest bit at last year’s Oscar ceremony. MacFarlane and Stone made for an outstanding duo, engaging in playful banter about each of the categories. Even when one of their jokes didn’t quite hit the mark, MacFarlane and Stone still looked like they were having a genuine ball on stage. That’s more than can be said about Anne Hathaway and James Franco when they hosted the Oscars two years ago.

Much as I love mashed white potatoes, my favorite “potato” is the sweet variety.

The thing about covering the sports scene in Ahwatukee Foothills is there is always going to be a contender.

You can keep your decorated, stained glass, death-by-chocolate, triple-dunked biscotti bombs, or whatever this holiday season’s must-bake cookie will be.