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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 >>

'Linsanity' Was Predicted by Harvard Pal of Ours: We Told Him He Was Nuts

This whole Jeremy "Linsanity" Lin thing is out of control, and the NBA is far better for it, a one-off feel-good, out-of-the-box, unexpected story that transcends the game itself.   ​  If Lin had arisen from nowhere in, say, Sacramento, Salt Lake City or right down the street ... More >>

Arizona Pulls Off Another Wild Win At Cal, As Sun Devils Lose Badly To Stanford

The Arizona Wildcats' triple-overtime road win last year over California-Berkeley was one of the best college games we've seen in awhile, and not just because our alma mater came out on top by a score of 107-105 ​We were looking forward to last night's rematch (the only time the two teams wil ... More >>

Pinterest: An Illustrated Field Guide (Plus a Few Survival Tips)

​Friends, creatives, crafty types, and internet obsessed -- meet Pinterest, the prettiest time suck you'll ever see. No need to worry about small talk, Pinterest will cut to the chase. It already knows all your friends from all your networks and is wide open to anything you'd like to pin on i ... More >>

Saffron Kitchen Says Goodbye to Phoenix

​A bit of bad news popped up on our Facebook feed this past weekend. It was a post from Saffron Kitchen (who brought their savoy pies to Valley farmer's markets each week) which read... "Here's the news we have been holding off on sharing for as long as possible. We are relocating to the Bay ... More >>

Arizona Slips Into First Place In Pac-10 Basketball As ASU Loses Yet Again

Momentous happenings in men's Pac-10 basketball as the conference's second half got underway last night with the Arizona teams on the road in the Bay Area.Arizona's Derrick Williams​For starters, the Arizona Wildcats took over sole possession of first place by virtue of a tough win over the Stanfo ... More >>

The Social Network: David Fincher Comments on Mark Zuckerberg's Status

ASU Men's B-Ball in Freefall as Season Winds Down

The less said about the ASU men's basketball team's effort against an average Stanford team in last night's loss at Wells Fargo Arena, the better. Hard to believe it's been just a month since the Sun Devils humilated the Cardinal by 30 points up in Palo Alto, California. This tim ... More >>

Poker Faces

Misery loves company -- and free Texas Hold'em

The Thing That Won't Leave

The feds have busted a gut trying to deport Emmanuel Agyeman. Even seven tumultuous years in an Arizona prison couldn't budge him

Leggo My Alter Ego

Off-the-wall rapper Z-Man busts out with another persona and a whole new vocabulary

Legally Brown

You've seen Legally Blonde, but did you know Elle Woods really grew up in Paradise Valley?

Ant Farm

The death of tiny Autumn White should make lawmakers think more carefully about state budget cuts

Too Hot for Love

The Donnas put a new spin on the old sex-and-excess glam formula — and out-Crüe the Crüe in the process

Richard Davies

Barbarians (Kindercore)

Chemistry Decree

Local distributor of "party drug" ingredient held on $5 million bail in biggest GHB bust in U.S. history

Oh, Donnas

Shaping themselves after rock 'n' roll's bad girls (and boys), the Donnas get punk bitchy

Rave On

Los Guys turn loose-knit side project into something meaningful

Phone Alone

In the middle of nowhere, Godfrey Daniels gets calls from everywhere

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

BROCK SOLID

ASU'S BASEBALL WIZARD LOVES TO PLAY HARDBALL. THIS YEAR, HE'S HAD TO.