College Football

Ka'Deem Carey Knocked Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend to the Floor, Says Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend

The man with the most rushing yards in all of major college football this year shoved his pregnant ex-girlfriend to the ground and was "threatening [her] pregnancy" last month, according to that ex-girlfriend.Reports out of Tucson state that University of Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey is going ... More >>

Last Chip in the Bowl

Arizona Public-Opinion Poll Results That Probably Shouldn't Be Presented As Facts

globalwarming.org​If you've ever wanted to start an argument based off nothing but the opinions of 743 random Arizona voters, we've got some material for you.Public Policy Polling often releases "Odds and Ends" surveys along with its political polls, asking voters about some off-the-wall things li ... More >>

Kevin Sumlin as New ASU Football Coach: Yay or Nay?

​Arizona State University reportedly has offered University of Houston football coach Kevin Sumlin the head coach position that opened up when soon-to-be former coach Dennis Erickson was given the boot earlier this week.KTAR broke the story about the offer, and reports that the university is ready ... More >>

Dennis Erickson Canned by ASU After Mediocre Half-Decade at Helm

Arizona State University made it official an hour or so ago, releasing a statement that everyone expected: Dennis Erickson is out as the Sun Devils' head football coach, apparently effective after the team plays in a minor bowl game somewhere next month.Erickson's record in Tempe is 31-30, and that ... More >>

Dennis Erickson Punked by Vontaze Burfict at End of Last Night's Loss to Cal

Back about a hundred years ago (actually it was September 24) just after Arizona State's high point of this lost football season, a 43-22 win over USC, team defensive coordinator Craig Bray spoke to an Arizona Republic reporter about "superstar" linebacker Vontaze Burfict.​Burfict had gotten about ... More >>

Rich Rodriguez Hiring As Arizona's Next Football Coach: We'll See How This One Turns Out

Lots of talk in Sportsland about the hiring today in Tucson of Rich Rodriguez as the Arizona Wildcats' next head football coach. Price tag: 5-year deal for $9.55 million. Nice work if you can get it, huh?  Rich Rodriguez is not universally loved from what we gather.​Mixed bag of opini ... More >>

Dennis Erickson and ASU Football Debacle: Mediocrity Looking Good Right Now

Dennis Erickson, the veteran head football coach at Arizona State University, collects $1,275,000 in salary each year, plus whatever else he pulls in from endorsements and what have you.   What the Devil got into St. Dennis?​For this remarkable sum, Sun Devils' fans have gotten a consi ... More >>

Arizona State University and Nike Unveil New-Look Sun Devils; Sparky Gets Demoted

asu.edu ASU's new logo and typeface ​Fear the fork -- Arizona State University's longtime devlish mascot, Sparky, is taking the backseat to a pitchfork as A-State's logo, just one change in a series of new athletic looks unveiled by the school today.   The redesign of ASU's athletic ... More >>

Arizona State University and Nike Hush-Hush on Sun Devils New Look. Will Sparky Get Rid of that Goofy Grin?

​Arizona State University's athletic department is keeping a secret, and it's creating a whole lot of buzz among Sun Devil faithful. People inside ASU athletics wouldn't budge on divulging the secret to New Times, but we're told the secret is a "total overhaul" of ASU's athletic branding -- ... More >>

Home Depot

Hang with ASU alums during Homecoming

The Five Best Players For Arizona State Football (In Our Humble Opinion, Anyway)

public.asu.eduASU football began camp today​ The Arizona State football team started camp yesterday full of questions. Who is the quarterback? Do they have an offensive line? Is the defense as good (or better) than as advertised? Ultimately, however, the biggest question is whether or not the Su ... More >>

Chuck Cecil, University of Arizona Football Great, Enters College Hall of Fame

We remember The Play like it was yesterday, to steal a cliche, though it was almost a quarter-century ago, November 1986.   ​  It was a bright, sunny afternoon in Tucson, and we were right down on the field, parallel to the action inside Arizona's ten-yard-line on the south side o ... More >>

Pat Tillman Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame

www.esquire.com Arizona football legend Pat Tillman​Former Arizona State University linebacker Pat Tillman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame yesterday in New York, more than six years after he was tragically killed while fighting in the war in Afghanistan. ... More >>

Spring Fling

Two hotshot ASU QBs vie for the starting job

Speak of the Devils

ASU looks to continue epic winning streak

Hiss of Death

Young Devils face raspberry-blowing fans in Tempe

Arizona Cardinals Receiver Donates Brain to Medical Study; Yes, Football Players Have Brains

Cardinals wide receiver Sean Morey​A pro football player donating his brain to science? Well, we never...  Arizona Cardinals receiver Sean Morey announced yesterday that he has agreed to donate his brain, plus some spinal-cord tissue, to a medical study being conducted at Boston ... More >>

Now This on Kurt Warner: It's Unlikely He'll Be Re-Signed by the Arizona Cardinals Before the Free-Agency Deadline Tomorrow

azcardinals.com Like we've been saying all along, Cardinals starting quarterback Kurt Warner may be playing elsewhere next season. A blogger on azcardinals.com., the team's official Web site, reports that Warner and the team are still about $4 million a year apart on a cont ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Arizona Wildcats Kick Butt in Entertaining Vegas Bowl Game

No question, University of Arizona football has been lousy at best for about a decade now. Alums like ourselves who pay attention to such weighty things quietly were suffering through yet another mediocre season until -- Hallelujah! -- the Wildcats throttled ASU down in Tucson a few weeks ago and th ... More >>

Pillow Fight Fight Fight!: The Struggling Sun Devils Host Quite-Possibly the Worst College Football Team in History. It’s Party Time.

By 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 >>

Arizona Rattlers Host the Utah Blaze

The Off-Season of Our Discontent

We want football. Give us football now.

New Year's Eve Guide 2007

You may kiss us at midnight

Devils’ Advocate

Sure, ASU got the boot, but the Fiesta parties on

Live and Let '007 Die

New Year's Eve of destruction

Ace Software

Games that really, really obsessive people play

Koetter Carve-Up

No, this ain't some artist's rendering of Dirk Koetter post-whacking; it's the scary new statue of Pat Tillman at You Pee Stadium

Tough Coach

Another winning season ends for Pat Murphy and his baseball team. Now, it's ASU management's turn at bat

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 18, 2006

Metal and Might

Copperstate Football likes its grass stains the old-fashioned way

Gridiron Grudge

Caliente seeks redemption against Aftershock

The Mouth That Should've Roared

Because Hugh Hallman went suddenly silent, Tempe wound up losing the Cardinals and the Fiesta Bowl

Underdog-Eat-Dog

Insight Bowl rolls into BOB

Shell Game

Rowing in the desert? Tempe junior crew is leading a boom in this traditional Ivy League sport.

Mission: Impossible

The Arizona Legislature may prove to be too much for ASU's unsinkable Michael Crow

Best Stadium

Sun Devil Stadium

Ode to Coach Busken

Bernie Busken may have gone too far in toughening his players. More likely, the world around him no longer goes far enough.

Power Ploys

The Arizona State hockey team iced tough competition this season. So why did players pass on a shot at a national championship?

Flashes

Night & Day

December 31, 1998 - January 6, 1999

Pic Hits for the week

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LOUSY FOOTBALL, PART TWO: ASU

JIM BROCK LIVED FOR BASEBALLIN HIS FINAL DAYS, HE GOT ASU TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

A FRIGHTENING DIAGNOSIS

THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR SAID ASU ADMINISTRATORS WERE ENDANGERING THE HEALTH OF STUDENT ATHLETES. THE DIRECTOR GOT FIRED. THE DANGER'S STILL THERE.

QUARTERBACK SNEAKEX-ASU STAR IMPRISONED FOR STEALING INVESTORS' LIFE SAVINGS