Sports

The original Phoenix Suns player, Dick Van Arsdale put the Valley on the pro sports map. He died last week at 81.

Van Arsdale spend nine seasons with the Suns, helping them make the 1976 NBA Finals.

The Arizona Women’s Soccer Club will play in the Women’s Professional Soccer League next year. The team wants name ideas.

Larry Henderson and Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld have 135 years and nearly 40,000 skydiving jumps between them.

Twenty years after Tillman’s death, you’d think nothing new could be said about it. ESPN’s latest effort proves that wrong.

Three closed-door city council sessions, with a firm monitoring anti-arena social media posts, violated open meetings law.

Arizona State wants to compete in the NCAA’s new big-money era. “It’s time to put up rather than shut up,” said one donor.

The Diamondbacks missed the playoffs by one game despite having a 96.5% chance in late August of making the playoffs.

If you ever wanted to see Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego swing a cricket bat, you’re in luck.

University of Arizona stars are lining up deals while the Sun Devils are lagging behind.

The longest-tenured announcer in NBA history, McCoy died last week at 91. His legacy in the Valley lives on.

While things have looked better for Murray this season, he hasn’t lived up to the billing of a No. 1 overall pick.

McCoy called 51 seasons of Suns basketball, making him the longest-tenured announcer in NBA history.

Diana Taurasi hasn’t said she’s retiring after 21 years in the WNBA. But this year’s playoff push feels like a swan song.

Since moving to Arizona in 1988, the Cardinals are 13-22-1 in their first game of the season. There have been some clunkers.

DraftKings put out its All-Name team, and a Sun Devils defensive lineman makes the cut.

Phoenix is a seasoned host of big-time sporting events, but the idea that it could manage an Olympics left Reddit laughing.

Team USA athletes with connections to the Grand Canyon State won 10 Olympic medals in 2024.

The Cardinals haven’t been very good. But it costs less to see a game at State Farm Stadium than at any other NFL field.

Togethxr, the media company founded by women’s hoops legend Sue Bird, organized a pool-set bash for the All-Star Game.

ESPN ranked no WNBA player higher, and several Valley legends – Steve Nash, James Harden, Chris Paul – ranked much lower.

Phoenix is hosting its third WNBA All-Star Game, and it promises to be the biggest yet. Here’s what’s going on around town.