Subject: College Basketball

• STUDENTS OF CRIME

  September 2, 1992

• ARIZONA'S SHOOTING STAR

  RYNELDI BECENTI IS A HERO TO THE NAVAJO NATION-----AND THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER AT ASU

  December 23, 1992

• IN DEFENSE OF TABLE-HOPPING

  "SIGMUND FREUD WOULD JUMP OUT OF HIS GRAVE TO EXAMINE BARKLEY."

  January 27, 1993

• THE DAY THEIR DREAMS DIED

  THE MEN'S GYMNASTS WERE TRUE SCHOLAR-ATHLETES. THEY WON CHANPIONSHIPS, EARNED DEGREES AND STAYED OUT OF JAIL. NO WONDER ASU KILLED THE PROGRAM.

  March 10, 1993

• ARIZONA, HOME OF THE OK QUARREL

  HEY, WE'RE THE GRAND CANYON STATE. WE LIKE BIG SCHISMS.

  November 3, 1993

• Pic Hits for the week

  October 12, 1995

• Pic Hits for the week

  November 23, 1995

• Pic Hits for the week

  December 21, 1995

• Pic Hits for the week

  January 18, 1996

• Pic Hits for the week

  February 8, 1996

• Pic Hits for the week

  April 11, 1996

• Pic Hits for the week

  February 27, 1997

• Calendar for the week

  August 28, 1997

• ASU plays footsie with Nike

  March 12, 1998

• The Stopgap Coach

  Don 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.

  March 12, 1998

• Brown Sugar

  A high school hoops phenom comes home a pro

  April 15, 1999

• Buck Shot: Suns Attempt to Sweep the Cheeseheads from Milwaukee Tonight

  Andrew Bogut and the Milwaukee Bucks come to town We're always trying to find trends with our hometown sports teams. For example, our genius minds figured out that the ASU Sun Devils football team sucked all season long. Same with the Phoenix Mercury and the Coyotes, thus far. So imagine our glee when we thought we figured out the winning formula for a team that's typically good 'round these parts, the Phoenix Suns. During an early season East Coast road trip, the Suns won whenever Shaquille O

  December 9, 2008

• Suns Coach and Ex-Trail Blazer Terry Porter Returns to Portland Tonight

  Brandon Roy's scoring 22 points a game for the Blazers Tonight's Phoenix Suns versus Portland Trail Blazers game is not only an important matchup for the team's push toward Western Conference respectability, but it also marks the return of Suns Coach Terry Porter to the city where he starred.

  December 18, 2008

• All the Young Dudes: Phoenix Suns vs. Indiana Pacers Tonight

  Though they've been hauling the boat anchor in the Eastern Conference's Central Division all year, the Indiana Pacers -- including third-year superstar-in-the-making Danny Granger (pictured above) -- aren't your prototypical NBA doormat. Another year (two, max) and Indiana Coach Jim O'Brien should have these young guns challenging the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons for Central Division supremacy (especially if the Cavs' LeBron James jumps ship to the Knicks in 2010, as he's u

  January 7, 2009

• Loss Angeles: Phoenix Suns vs. Star-Crossed Clippers on Sunday Afternoon

  It's the best of times and the worst of times for the Angeleno sports fan. There's still no NFL, and none on the near horizon, which seems to bother the NFL more than it does L.A. Jack Nicholson's once again grinning like a pre-lobotomy Randle Patrick McMurphy since his pet franchise, the Lakers, has returned to respectability -- and the NBA Finals. The Dodgers won the NL West last season, but it was all thanks to a player, Manny Ramirez, who went wack with the bat over a three-month haul in

  January 9, 2009

• Shaq Dominates Again: Suns Beat Fading Atlanta Hawks 103-98

    It was Shaquille O'Neal's night again -- and thank God for it! Without him, the Suns would've lost to the Atlanta Hawks, who led the game at US Airways Center late in the fourth quarter before a Suns spurt. O'Neal had 26 points and 10 rebounds in 40 minutes against the 22-15 Hawks, who these days feature former Shadow Mountain High School and Arizona Wildcats phenom Mike Bibby at point guard. The former Sacramento Kings star had 17 points -- and along with forwar

  January 14, 2009

• Suns Redeem Themselves vs. Atlanta After Stinking Against Charlotte

  The Phoenix Suns longest road trip of the year was a disaster -- until the Big Three (no, not those Big Three) found a way to win against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. We're talking about Steve Nash, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Shaquille O'Neal. Nash played so brilliantly against the Hawks that we'll forgive him his six turnovers (the team had 19). After all, he'd been suffering from his chronically bad back for the past three games. Nash made great passes all game long and wound

  January 26, 2009

• Hey Cardinals, Don't Pull a '92-'93 Suns or a '96 Sun Devils. Just Win It Now!

  The Phoenix Suns nearly pulled it off in 1993. The 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football squad totally had it until the final seconds. And now the Arizona Cardinals are a game away from sports immortality. (And, arguably, the biggest comeback in modern-day athletics.) So some words of advice to the Cardinals as they head into the biggest game in franchise history: Just win the fricking thing now because this could be your only chance for a long, long while.

  January 30, 2009

• ASU's James Harden Named Pac-10 Player of the Year

  Although the ASU men's basketball team didn't win the Pac-10 Conference championship this year, Sun Devils guard James Harden was named Pac-10 Player of the Year today by conference coaches.The 6-foot-5 sophomore led the Pac-10 in scoring with 20.8 points per game. He also averaged 1.7 steals, 4.1 assists, and 5.4 rebounds per game. This past Thanksgiving, he scored a career high 40 points in the 76 Classic game against Texas-El Paso. All in all, he's accumulated nearly 1,300 points over two sea

  March 9, 2009

• Arizona May Need Win Over ASU Tomorrow to Get to Big Dance

  Time was that the Arizona Wildcats hated the Pac-10 postseason basketball tournament with a passion. That was when the `Cats routinely dominated league play, finishing first or second seemingly every year after now-retired Lute Olson revved up the program in the mid-1980s. Olson and his minions considered the tourney an unnecessary trifle, something the league's lesser lights must endure to fight their way into the 64-team NCAA Championship -- the Big Dance. But that, as they s

  March 11, 2009

• ASU Sun Devils Seek to Break Washington Huskies Jinx in L.A. Tonight

  The ASU men's basketball team has one last chance at 6 p.m. tonight to beat one of the Washington schools this season, when they meet the Washington Huskies in semi-final action at the Pac-10 basketball tournament here in L.A. The Sun Devils are fresh from completing a trifecta of victories over once-dominant Arizona, and beating UW after a pair of regular season losses, first in Tempe and then an overtime loss in Seattle a few weeks ago. Washington won the conference championship, and this tou

  March 13, 2009

• On the Eve of the NBA All-Star Game, Phoenix Suns Players Show Off Their Tattoo Canvases

  February 12, 2009

• ASU Men's Basketball vs. Idaho State @ Wells Fargo Arena

  December 18, 2008

• Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 8, 2008

  May 8, 2008

• Steve Kerr's been beating the odds his whole life

  April 24, 2008

• Bittersweet 16

  Devils get the NIT. Wildcats get the Dance. Insanity reigns.

  March 27, 2008

• Pups Runneth Over

  November 15, 2007

• Ladies First

  November 8, 2007

• Mercury Rising

  The best baller in Phoenix doesn't play for the Suns. Can Diana Taurasi take the Mercury all the way?

  August 30, 2007

• The Curse

  Here's why the Cardinals have sucked forever, and why they might never suck again

  January 11, 2007

• Fire HIM!

  A mediocre record and coddling thugs on his team didn't keep ASU football coach Dirk Koetter from getting a big raise

  Commentary

  May 4, 2006

• Full Court Pressure

  College Hoops 2K6 will bring out your inner Bobby Knight

  January 5, 2006

• Destiny's Child

  Ike Diogu's the Pac-10's player of the year. Will he stay at ASU or go to the NBA for millions?

  March 10, 2005

• Tenacious Dee

  May 20, 2004

• Colangelo's Not the Real Local Hero

  April 29, 2004

• Farm Team

  Paris and Nicole take on charity balls

  March 4, 2004

• Vote For Me Or I'll Shoot This Dog

  Just Kidding. But Phoenix City Council candidate Jessica Florez is trying to soften her tough-girl image.

  August 28, 2003

• Winning Season

  Devils go dancing for the first time in years

  March 20, 2003

• Devils' Advocate

  ASU coach Rob Evans rocks his world

  March 20, 2003

• Night & Day

  June 18 - 24, 1998

  June 18, 1998

• Pic Hits for the week

  November 2, 1995

• Hot Links: Shaq Packs, Doc Prescribes, and Cows Burp

  ASU basketball player James Harden worked out for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Harden, the PAC-10 Player of the Year, is expected to be among the top five picks in tonight's NBA draft...the Phoenix Suns traded Shaquille O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers the day before the draft. In exchange for Shaq, the Suns will get Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic, the 46th pick in the draft, and $500,000...Fire crews in Prescott battled a blaze allegedly caused by a truck driver accidentally p

  June 25, 2009

• Steve Nash Agrees to Rich Contract Extension, but Why Do the Phoenix Suns Want to Keep the Aging Superstar at All Costs?

  Beats us why Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver would bend over frontwards to keep a point guard who's too old and slow to keep up defensively with practically any other starter at his position in the nba.com No way the two-time league MVP should be the Suns' top priority. National Basketball Association.   Come on, the Suns are in a rebuilding mode. From the looks of things so far, we predict they'll be only slightly more competitive next season than the Arizona Diamondbacks ha

  July 20, 2009

• Such A Deal in Rotten Economic Times: ASU Men's Basketball Coach Gets Pay "Bump"

  We like Herb Sendek (pictured) and how he's taken a beaten-down ASU men's basketball program up a notch in the past few years, thanks in large part to his now-departed superstar James Harden. ​Sendek's guys always play hard and, at times last year, well enough to compete with all but the very best college teams in the land. ASU won 25 games last season, and earned its first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 1993, when Rob Evans still was coaching. The Sun Devils rem

  August 3, 2009

• Rodent Control

  October 1, 2009