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Business as usual for the Blue and Gold this weekend, where a trip to the Final Four (let alone the West Regional championship) is but a layover.

US Airways Center in Phoenix hosted the NCAA Western Regional as West Virginia played Xavier in Game One and UCLA took on Western Kentucky in Game Two.

Not many crimes, but plenty of punishment was doled out at Wells Fargo Arena on Thursday night, and for Arizona State basketball fans bleary-eyed from staying up late to watch a 65-51 victory against Southern Illinois in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament, the nearly 5,000 in attendance could hit their pillows with ease.

John McCain stands as the latest challenger to test the time-honored rule of thumb that an Arizonan simply cannot be elected president. Consider the results of presidential candidates Barry Goldwater in 1964, Morris Udall in 1976, Bruce Babbitt in 1988 and McCain himself in 2000.

View pictures of wildflowers in full bloom across the Grand Canyon state.

When the Suns made the move to bring in Shaquille O’Neal, they did so with the San Antonio Spurs in mind. And if they can just figure out a way to beat the rest of the league over the next six weeks, they may just have something here.

Open shots were few and far between in Friday night’s Chandler High-Gilbert Highland 5A Division I girls state championship basketball game.

Speed couldn’t outrun size all night. Tempe Marcos de Niza took a 17-2 lead late in the first quarter of Friday’s 5A-II boys state basketball championship game at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, but Tucson Ironwood Ridge patiently pecked away and left with a 61-51 win.

Phoenix Desert Vista wouldn’t be denied again. Not this time, not by this team.

Top weekly images from Tribune photographers.

Hollywood spent the evening recognizing the best efforts of the filmmaking community at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

View photos from Victoria's Secret Valentine's Day kick off, Gridiron Glamour fashion show and 6th Annual Snoop Bowl.

Pro athletes, musicians, models and actors are out in force during Super Bowl week in the Valley.

Players from the New England Patriots and New York Giants field questions from the media.

The New York Giants arrive in the Valley for Super Bowl XLII.

Fittingly, Jeff Pendergraph and Antwi Atuahene were on the court for the final horn, when the Arizona State men’s basketball team did to its in-state rival what had been done once since 2002.

Photos from Sunday's deadly charter bus crash in Utah involving Arizona skiers.

A look back at the most memorable photos taken by Tribune photographers in 2007.

The motto was “Play 13,” not “Give up 49.” An Indiana football team which was happy to play one more game (and for good reason) received plenty of attention this fall for its off-the-field heartache, but Oklahoma State put a kibosh on the Hoosiers’ feel-good story Monday night with a 49-33 thrashing at the 19th Insight Bowl before an announced crowd of 48,892 at Sun Devil Stadium.

Arizona State on Saturday won its third straight Territorial Cup contest, earned a share of the Pac-10 title and took care of business in its bid for a Bowl Championship Series berth.