Let’s say a huge Arizona Diamondbacks fan spent three months completely out of touch – a stint on a space station, sealed in the Biosphere, working for the IRS in Cleveland, take your pick – and had no idea how his favorite baseball team had fared over the first two-plus months of the season.

Can’t beat the heat?  Go to China.

The annual Division I and Division II Senior All-Star softball games are Wednesday.

After 19 seasons in NBA, including five with Suns, seven-time All-Star Grant Hill retires.

There have been highs and lows from the 2012-2013 athletic year.

Boz Scaggs knows he has a reputation for being something of a perfectionist. The casually stylish singer-songwriter recalls the endless tinkering and expansive budgets that went into making his multiplatinum 1970s albums “Silk Degrees” and “Down Two Then Left.”

The football coaches evidently can’t wait until August for their first showdown of the year.

Among the not-so-favorite memories from high school, standing in front of the class to deliver a presentation ranks right up there. Remember, the clammy palms, racing heart, dry throat and jumbled nerves?

What do you get when you cross a networking opportunity with some of the most prominent businessmen, officials and celebrities in the country with a quest to crack open cases of missing children? What if you put it all into a life-size board game that includes some of the finer qualities of Trivial Pursuit, the legendary “Cannonball Run” rally, and movies of the same name?

What do you get when you cross a networking opportunity with some of the most prominent businessmen, officials and celebrities in the country with a quest to crack open cases of missing children? What if you put it all into a life-size board game that includes some of the finer qualities of Trivial Pursuit, the legendary “Cannonball Run” rally, and movies of the same name?

Arcadia Invitational

For all the flak that our state’s education system has taken over the years (I’ve dealt some of it), we proudly lead the nation in an important segment: career and technical education.

There’s no surprise that the rejection of the transfer-rule proposal last week took the brunt of print and website headlines, scrutiny and a majority of wrath from outsiders for its downfall.

The Bible took centuries to put together. Producer Mark Burnett's take weighs in at 10 hours.

Marcos de Niza cornerback Priest Willis, the top-rated recruit in the East Valley, verbally committed to UCLA in a press conference at the school Wednesday night.

James Contes is a good student with plenty of academic college options, but nothing yet for football.

The hulabaloo surrounding whether coaches and players should be allowed to participate in “All-Star” evevnts during the school year is confusing because it’s cut-and-dry:

It's a simple matter of math: there are 24 Days of Christmas and there are hundreds of Christmas movies.

Here are The Associated Press’ reviews of selected holiday albums:

A filmmaker making his narrative directorial debut at the helm of one of Hollywood’s most talked about biopics in years? Sounds like a bit of a gamble. With Sacha Gervasi, though, it might have just been the right risk to take.

Get out your hankies. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" -- canceled earlier this year -- is back for a four-week holiday-themed run.

December will soon be descending upon us. For a lot of people this month will entail building snowmen, sledding down hills of snow, making snow angles and getting tongues stuck to icy poles. Of course those stuck in Ahwatukee won’t be able to appreciate any of these traditional winter activities. But who needs snow when you can spend your Christmas break in a cozy movie theater. Here are several films to look out for this holiday season.