The Gilbert Unified School District governing board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the district office, 140 S. Gilbert Road.The board will hear an analysis of AIMS test results, and possibly approve an agreement with the East Valley Institute of Technology, for technical education.

In today’s high school football scene, “P” is for pressure — mostly to win — but it’s also for “Patience.” Our insta-everything world appears to still have a spot or two saved for schools who stuck by their coaches’ philosophies through troubled times, and it’s helped the 2012 season become a success.

Akimel collecting athletic shoes

Kyrene to have 2 school board openings

While Division VI (eight-man) high school football in Arizona is in the middle of its 2012 playoff tournament, Friday is the last night of regular season play for Divisions I through V. The AIA will announce final playoff brackets Saturday at 10 a..m. and will be posted here at varsity.evtrib.com as soon as the brackets are finalized.

This school in Tempe doesn’t have a football team, cheerleaders or a marching band. But it does provide an unusual service in a world of high-tech education: teaching its students to provide mobile entertainment.

The following is a list of 22 student-athletes who signed national letters of intent to play football at Arizona State University:

Jokes about Fargo, N.D. in July are easy, but Pat Farrell wouldn’t go there.

Following Hamilton's win over Chandler on Friday night, there was a short altercation between Huskies coach Steve Belles and Wolves assistant coach Eric Richardson in the postgame handshake line.

Since this is high school football, it figures it was about the math.

October 10, 2004

NEW YORK - The Super Bowl can be a scary but rewarding place, and not just for the football players. This year several first-time advertisers, including Planters nuts, showed they've got what it takes to compete with marketing powerhouses like Anheuser-Busch Inc.

Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests and fellow citizens:

Eric Chebi likes to run. He also likes to swim, and he likes to ride his bike.

The time has arrived for Herb Sendek to get on the floor with the Arizona State men's basketball team, but that almost seems like a letdown after the first few months he has had as coach.

The time has arrived for Herb Sendek to get on the floor with the Arizona State men's basketball team, but that almost seems like a letdown after the first few months he has had as coach.

In the course of history and politics in the early 20th century, Theodore Roosevelt brought us the legend of the Rough Riders and the bully pulpit, an awareness for the rights of immigrants and was the namesake of the teddy bear.

Keith Wright’s life is a cliché. He grew up in a depressed inner-city neighborhood. His father abandoned him. His mother was addicted to crack. He became a drug dealer, robbed convenience stores and wound up in a juvenile reform facility.

The East Valley is observing Veterans Day and honoring its armed forces veterans through a variety of activities and events taking place this week.

No matter what happens during the spring signing period, Arizona will have the top basketball recruiting class in the Pac-10. But there could be a shake-up after that, said noted recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports publications.

Lost in the euphoria of Mesa High School’s 600th football win late last October was that the Jackrabbits were an improving team.

SEATTLE — It's the showdown for the ages. The dark ages. Forget about the exciting pennant races in every division except the AL West. The real drama in September is going to be the battle for the No. 1 overall draft pick next year.

DETROIT - One measure of how tough times are in the Motor City: Some of the offenders in jail don’t want to be released; some who do get out promptly re-offend to head back where there’s heat, health care and three meals a day.

Casual football fans started getting to know South Florida — or, as the program insists on being called, USF — in 2005, when it became a member of the revamped Big East Conference.