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June 4, 2012Women's college softball is terrific these days--they can really play ball, and they all look so damned coachable.So, natch, it's very hard to win a national championship, no matter the level, no matter the sport--and Division I fast-pitch definitely is no exception.The Arizona State Sun Devils were ... More >>
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June 1, 2012Back in the day, we had several occasions to bat against Mike White, a native New Zealander who happened to be one of the greatest fastpitch softball pitchers of all-time. Whitey wasn't a big guy, but had great command of all of his pitches, and was an absolutely fierce competitor.So last night we t ... More >>
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May 25, 2012The defending national champion ASU Sun Devils softball team will have to beat tough Louisiana-Lafayette twice tonight to advance to the College World Series in Oklahoma City.That, after the Ragin' Cajuns routed the Devils 6-0 last night in Tempe in the first of the best-of-three Super Regionals ser ... More >>
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February 9, 2012Lots of sports action in Tempe this weekend, which for our purposes starts tonight at the Wells Fargo Arena, where the ASU Sun Devils should be in a close, if not so artistic, battle against the equally lowly Utah Utes.
the game, which will not be televised (it's on KTAR620), marks the return o ... More >>
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December 20, 2011The ASU Sun Devils men's basketball team has but one pre-conference remaining to right the ship, and things are looking mighty bleak. We looked on last night as the Devils lost their second straight game on a three-point buzzer-beater, this one 64-61 to a pretty good Southern Mississippi team.Sun ... More >>
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June 8, 2011Arizona State's women's softball team proved once and for all that it is the nation's very best last night, pounding the Florida Gators 7-2 to win the NCAA championship in Oklahoma City.Dallas Escobedo, best pitcher on best teamThe Sun Devils swept the best-of-three series against the formidable ... More >>
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June 7, 2011Strange game, fast-pitch softball.Dallas Escobedo on cusp on taking Sun Devils to national crownJust last Friday night, the Florida Gators were poised to post a come-from-behind victory over the top-ranked ASU Sun Devils.Alas, the Devils pulled their own comeback and stole a 6-5 victory on their ... More >>
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June 6, 2011Arizona State and Florida, the two best-hitting teams in the Women's College World Series, won berths in the championship finals in Oklahoma City yesterday.ASU softball team hopes to be soon wearing a 2011 version of this capThe best-of-three series promises to be a great one, with veteran, well- ... More >>
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March 7, 2011We hadn't used that headline even once during this men's college basketball season.But the improbable happened, and both the Arizona Wildcats and the ASU Sun Devils won their weekend games against the Oregon schools fairly easily to close out the regular season in fine fashion.Herb Sendek and his AS ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
First, we note that the lowly Cleveland Cavs somehow beat the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers last night in what has to rank as the sports upset of this new year. A real stunner.
ASU coach Herb Sendek needs help from the basketball gods
For the ASU Sun Devils to beat a ... More >>
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January 31, 2011The Arizona Wildcats and ASU Sun Devils men's basketball teams have at least a few things in common this season--they both are well-coached (by Sean Miller and Herb Sendek, respectively) and play hard from the opening tip until the final horn.
Arizona's "Pop" McKale, who has a famous b ... More >>
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January 25, 2011Last weekend's Pac-10 Washington trip for the ASU Sun Devils and Arizona Wildcats proved oddly upbeat for the local schools, considering that they returned to the desert with but one win in the four games played.
Yes, a loss is a loss is a loss, but ASU acquitted itself pret ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Erica O'Neil
A couple happy hour beverages on the patio at Devil's Advocate.The Spot: Devil's Advocate, 955 E. University Dr., Tempe, 480-921-2585 http://www.devilstempe.com/
The Hours: Cheap drinks and food specials are available Monday through Friday between 4 and 7 pm.
The Details: Ha ... More >>
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October 28, 2010Hang with ASU alums during Homecoming
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September 16, 2010ASU leaves Cupcake City for the first time
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September 16, 2010ASU leaves Cupcake City for the first time
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January 21, 2010ASU looks to continue epic winning streak
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May 21, 2009Devils try to make history against UCLA
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March 20, 2009We were in Oklahoma City the last time the ASU men's basketball team took the floor in the wonderful event known to all as March Madness.
Led by Ike Diogu, the Sun Devils got stomped by a championship-level Kansas team in the second round after upsetting Memphis a few days earlier.
That wo ... More >>
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March 20, 2009Who would have thought that the Arizona State Sun Devils could win an NCAA game with star James Harden held to just nine points?
Well, they just did, beating the Temple Owls in Miami by a score of 66-57 (we predicted a 62-57 ASU win in a blog post just before game time).
Point guard Derek Glass ... More >>
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February 26, 2009After all is said and done in the regular college basketball season (that would be next weekend) and the Pac-10 conference tournament, the ASU Sun Devils and the Washington Huskies will find themselves playing somewhere in the Big Dance.
But all that seems so far away at the mom ... More >>
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February 26, 2009ASU/OSU? You should give a poop.
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January 30, 2009It was an unlikely coming-out party for Washington State freshman Klay Thompson at Wells Fargo Arena last night, as the rail-thin guard led the Cougars to a 65-55 upset over the Arizona State Sun Devils.
The son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson hit shots from all over the ... More >>
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January 29, 2009The ASU men's basketball team hasn't played in eight long days. It was back on January 21 that they squeaked by the Arizona Wsildcats in Tucson in a game that, safe to say, won't be placed into a time capsule for future generations to marvel at. Even the best of all the Sun Devils, the fabulous ... More >>
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December 11, 2008Are we really mentioning ASU and UofA in the same breath? At last?
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November 27, 2008Devils try to salvage the season against the pretty boys in baby blue
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November 14, 2008By Steve Jansen
It's been like this all season for Washington State
In 1981, the so-shitty Northwestern Wildcats' football team set a new NCAA record for consecutive losses with a 61-14 home shellacking at the hands of Michigan State. But instead of booing and dotting players in the back of the he ... More >>
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October 23, 2008ASU’s the bumbling rodent, if you hadn’t guessed
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September 18, 2008The moment (gulp) Sun Devils fans have wished for is here
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August 28, 2008As Sun Devil history tells us, it’s not necessarily so
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March 27, 2008Devils get the NIT. Wildcats get the Dance. Insanity reigns.
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September 1, 2005Dachshunds relish dash for charity cash
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January 20, 2005Copperstate Football likes its grass stains the old-fashioned way
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November 27, 2003Coyotes' new arena goes public
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March 27, 2003Letters from the week of March 27, 2003
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March 20, 2003Devils go dancing for the first time in years
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September 17, 1998No matter what happens on the field, ASU athletics hits pay dirt every game--with a nonstop stream of advertisements
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March 12, 1998Don Newman lifted ASU's basketball program out of the trash heap by making his players believe in themselves. Despite 18 wins and an NIT berth, ASU boosters remain unconvinced.
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