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MONTREAL - This seems a good time — on the heels of Tuesday’s 4-0 loss by the Diamondbacks against the Montreal Expos at Olympic Stadium — to explain just how well Randy Johnson has pitched this season.

It has never happened before — Mesa Red Mountain entering a season as the clear favorite to win the 5A Division I basketball crown.

The investigation into a 15-year-old Mesa boy’s police shooting death should be wrapped up within two weeks, Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley said Tuesday.

This is a question with many answers, so let's pull up the bar stools and start the argument:

TUCSON - For all the hype surrounding Arizona third-year coach Mike Stoops, the cold hard truth is this: In two years, he’s won six games and lost 16. And of those six wins, two came against Northern Arizona and two against woeful Washington.

TUCSON - For all the hype surrounding Arizona third-year coach Mike Stoops, the cold hard truth is this: In two years, he’s won six games and lost 16. And of those six wins, two came against Northern Arizona and two against woeful Washington.

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The names that have been bandied about as possible replacements for Cardinals coach Dennis Green make for interesting Internet fodder and thread-builders on message boards.

TUCSON - It should come as no surprise that Arizona coach Mike Stoops managed to right a sinking defensive ship during his first season atop the Wildcats’ program.

The mother of a 15-year-old boy shot and killed by Mesa police officers Aug. 25 met with detectives investigating the case Thursday afternoon.

You would think when one of your many accomplishments during the cross country season is placing second at the state meet, maintaining the status quo would be in order during the offseason.

August 28, 2004

Some of the biggest wins in Arizona football history have come on Mike Stoops’ watch. However, because his team has so often failed to build on those historic successes, some of the program’s most painful losses have also come during his tenure.

Parents of a teen slain by Mesa police called Tuesday for an outside investigation into the shooting, which a private investigator retained by the family likened to an "old Western" shootout.

The parents of Mario Madrigal Jr. are suing the Mesa Police Department and Mesa for wrongful death, saying the three officers were grossly negligent when they shot their son in front of their home a year ago Wednesday.

August 26, 2004

Cardinals linebacker Karlos Dansby, currently undergoing physical therapy in Scottsdale, will travel to Alabama today to have his sore big toe looked at by a specialist.

Cardinals linebacker Karlos Dansby, currently undergoing physical therapy in Scottsdale, will travel to Alabama today to have his sore big toe looked at by a specialist.

Larry Fitzgerald had seen this day in his dreams, the ultimate moment of happiness.

They had already been sitting in front of the $1 ticket window at Bank One Ballpark for more than five hours, but perseverance was about to pay off for Jerry Quirz of Phoenix and his two sons — 13-year-old Diamondbacks fan Jerry, Jr., and 10-year-old Yankees booster Brandon.

The once-shoddy Arizona Cardinals defense looked like a different unit in the playoffs.

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An Ethiopian man and Kenyan woman may have won Monday's Boston Marathon, but it was the best day in Beantown for American runners since 1985. Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher - who did some of her Boston training in Flagstaff - each turned in third-place finishes.