Pacific-10 Conference

ASU Softball Catches Huge Early Break, Beats Oregon In College World Series Opener

Back 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 >>

Phoenix College Softball Dynasty Continues (Quietly) As ASU Moves To Super-Regional

Big day for local women's college sports yesterday, specifically fastpitch softball, a sport near and dear to our heart.First, the big-time (i.e. Division I) news: Arizona State moved on to the Super-Regionals as the solar eclipse faded into the night, beating scrappy Syracuse 4-0 in the elimin ... More >>

Arizona Stays Alive In The Disaster That Is the Pac-12 Basketball Conference

We often attend the Pac-12 men's basketball tournament in Los Angeles. It's a few days in downtown LA, where we always visit the old city library (beautiful), walk everywhere (safer than you think), stay on the cheap (always good as long as the bedbugs don't bite), and watch a whole lot of hoop.​G ... More >>

ASU and Arizona Dream Big As Pac-12 Basketball Tourney Starts Today In LA

For Arizona State, it's a chance at redemption after a lost season with just ten wins (but one of those was last Sunday's stunner over Arizona). For the Wildcats, it's desperation time, as they have to win at least two games and probably three at the Pac-12 basketball tournament ... More >>

ASU Basketball In Telltale Series of Games Vs. Oregon Schools

The ASU Sun Devils play their first home game of the young Pac-12 season tonight in Tempe against the Oregon Ducks, a contest that will tell us a lot about what to expect for the rest of the season.​The beleaguered Devils, who are 5-10 overall and 1-2 in the re-formed conference (Utah and Colorado ... More >>

ASU Softball Team Dominant in Winning National Championship Last Night

Arizona 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 team​The Sun Devils swept the best-of-three series against the formidable ... More >>

ASU Softball Team One Win From National Championship After Routing Florida

Strange game, fast-pitch softball.Dallas Escobedo on cusp on taking Sun Devils to national crown​Just 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 >>

ASU Softball Team Reaches National Championship Finals; Plays Florida Tonight in First of Best-of-Three

Arizona 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 cap​The best-of-three series promises to be a great one, with veteran, well- ... More >>

ASU Softball Team Ranked Nation's Best Going Into NCAA Playoffs

Time was, Arizona State's fast-pitch softball team was a decided lesser-light, an afterthought of a program whose "rivalry" with the Arizona Wildcats was anything but. ASU ace pitcher Dallas Escobedo is one of nation's best.​ But the arrival of a new head coach, Clint Myers, a few years ag ... More >>

Morning Poll: Do Arizona Wildcats Stand a Chance Against Duke?

​If you're like us, your NCAA bracket is already worthless leading into the Sweet 16. But the University of Arizona's still giving some Arizonans a reason to pay attention to college basketball -- if only for one month out of the year.The Wildcats won a stunner over the Texas Longhorns yesterday, ... More >>

Arizona Wildcats Slip Into Pac-10 Semis: Tough One Vs. USC Later Today

This edition of the Arizona Wildcats is unlikely to get too deep into the upcoming NCAA tournament--inexperience at the point guard position and other shortcomings surely will spell their doom, hopefully in the second weekend, not the first. We like Derrick Williams, the Pac-10's best player. ... More >>

ASU Finally Wins A Game and Arizona Continues Unlikely Run In Weekend Thrillers

When the Washington State Cougars rushed down the court down by two points with seconds to go on Saturday afternoon, just about everyone in the Wells Fargo Arena probably shared a similar thought: Oh, shit!A win! A win! ASU coach Herb Sendek gets off the snide.​The Arizona State Sun Devils ha ... More >>

ASU Redux: Another Pac-10 Game, Another Flippin' Loss

In the world of standing headlines, the above one is getting quite very tiresome for Arizona State men's basketball fans.​Arizona coach Sean Miller is on a roll​The Sun Devils lost last night 79-62 to the formidable Washington Huskies at Wells Fargo Arena in a game they never were in once it rea ... More >>

Home Depot

Hang with ASU alums during Homecoming

The Top 10 Most Annoying College Football Fight Songs

music.colorado.eduThe University of Colorado Golden Buffalo Marching Band in action​I'm just gonna come right out and say it - college football is the best sport in the world. Unlike professional sports, where lockouts and strikes by multimillionaires are commonplace and players allegedly collude ... More >>

Let the Games Begin

ASU leaves Cupcake City for the first time

Let the Games Begin

ASU leaves Cupcake City for the first time

Arizona State Baseball Looking For Title Number Six In Omaha This Weekend

thesundevils.cstv.com​The Arizona State baseball team is on a mission for title number six as they play in their opening College World Series game on Sunday. The program's last NCAA title was in 1981 and has won five overall (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981). In Tempe, however, it feels a lot ... More >>

Sun Devils Move Into First-Place Tie With Cal After Nipping Hated Wildcats In Tucson Yesterday

Picked by the pre-season pundits to finish in seventh place, the Arizona State Sun Devils improbably moved into a virtual first-place tie with Cal on Sunday afternoon as the Pac-10 men's basketball into the homestretch.​ASU beat the fading Arizona Wildcats 73-69 in an especially intense game yeste ... More >>

Big Trip To The Northwest For Arizona, ASU Men's B-Ball Squads

The upside of men's Pacific-10 basketball being in kind of a down cycle this year is that every team--and we mean every team--is in every game.   ​Even Oregon State, in last place with a 3-6 league record, beat league-leading Arizona last month, and the Beavers are only three games out o ... More >>

ASU Sun Devils Try to Finish Regular Season on a High Note

Coming off two spirit-crushing overtime losses last weekend in Washington, the Arizona State Sun Devils try to regroup tonight against Stanford in a 6:30 game in Tempe. ASU's Pac-10 championship hopes went out the window with the back-to-back defeats, and now the team is playing for a decent ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball vs. Stanford

ASU Women's Basketball vs. UCLA

ASU Women's Basketball vs. USC

It's Prime Time, Baby

ASU Men's Basketball vs. Oregon

Skillz Test

Lady Devils open Pac-10 play against foreboding opponent

ASU Women's Basketball vs. Cal @ Wells Fargo Arena

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 >>

Mickey Mouse vs. Donald Duck

ASU’s the bumbling rodent, if you hadn’t guessed

Dawg Day Afternoon

The moment (gulp) Sun Devils fans have wished for is here

Icing on the Cupcake?

As Sun Devil history tells us, it’s not necessarily so

Is It August 30th Yet?: 2008 ASU Football Preview

ASU pitcher beats New Times jinx, wins title

Pat Murphy's Law

Everything that can go right will go right for high-riding Devils

Bittersweet 16

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

Damn

Aztec Burial

Vaya Con Dios

A rugged hike across the Grand Canyon leads to a life decision to leave New Times and see what the future holds

Hot Dogs

Dachshunds relish dash for charity cash

Metal and Might

Copperstate Football likes its grass stains the old-fashioned way

The Puck Drops Here

Coyotes' new arena goes public

Devils and Mormonism

Letters from the week of March 27, 2003

Winning Season

Devils go dancing for the first time in years

Bowling for Dollars

Insight rivals Panthers and Beavers cash in

Bowl Fight

Forget the TV. In the Valley of the Sun, the games are live.

Out of God's Hands

Why aren't more churches reaching out to kids in gang-ravaged neighborhoods?

The Selling of ASU Football

No matter what happens on the field, ASU athletics hits pay dirt every game--with a nonstop stream of advertisements

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.

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