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Spring training is finally back to “normal” in Phoenix and it has fans buzzing.

Phoenix Rising FC – the Valley’s professional soccer team – held open tryouts at its youth training facility near Tempe.

Arizona will feel the warm embrace of Super Bowl stimulation for years to come, from the $600 million economic impact to the 300 million gallons of beer fans will drink.

The noise was deafening at State Farm Stadium on Saturday night, a blend of ecstasy and incredulity.

The Arizona Rattlers are the winningest arena football team ever. Maybe that’s why their open tryout drew record numbers of pro football hopefuls.

Executives from the PGA Tour and DraftKings plunged shiny shovels into the desert soil to officially break ground on a retail sportsbook location slated to open in October. It’s the first retail sportsbook to be built at a golf course in the U.S.

Indian tribes realized they can’t compete with commercial sportsbook behemoths in Arizona. Instead, they’ll try to use them to draw traffic into their casinos.

The Phoenix Suns are among the worst cursed teams in the NBA. Here’s why.

Big Red of the Arizona Cardinals ranked as one of the best mascots in the league in a recent survey of NFL fans.

“Skating is my whole entire life,” Chad Hornish said. “I see everything in the world as something I could skate on.”

A former Phoenix Suns employee came clean in court after a two-year ticket scheme raked in half a million dollars.

There are 15 Major League Baseball clubs that migrate to Arizona for spring training every year, often attracting fans from the Midwest, the West Coast, and the Southwest to workouts and Cactus League games.

The controversial sports site will also broadcast this year’s game.

This year’s surprising Suns squad got an obscure assist from a franchise icon. Will it translate to success in the team’s first playoff appearance since 2010?

Guess who.

Did Epstein’s 10-pound mutt wreck a $1 million home?

“We just need to read the law and word things differently and work it from a different angle. Selling cocaine is illegal but happens daily.”

A survey of Reddit posts show that Arizona football fans are the least profane in the league.

There’s no doubting the man’s heart and compassion.

Phoenix New Times Editor Stuart Warner was determined spring training at its best. But could he reach every ballpark and every team in three days?

The Phoenix City Council will vote Wednesday on whether to spend taxpayer dollars on the Suns.