In response to Mike Sakal’s piece on the sons of confederate vets: Mike you should have thought a little more than a cup of coffee before you wrote this piece on the confederate vets.

The argument grows stronger each year at the PGA Championship for some type of legislation that would reduce the 25 spots awarded annually to club pros. Yeah, it's ”their tournament,” the naysayers agree, but why not get rid of the club pros and have just the 150 best players in the world?

Thousands of motorcycles are vroom-vrooming around town this week for a good reason. Around 30,000 bikers are expected to take part in the 10th Arizona Bike Week, which ends Sunday.

Thousands of motorcycles are vroom-vrooming around town this week for a good reason. Around 30,000 bikers are expected to take part in the 10th Arizona Bike Week, which ends Sunday.

Thousands of motorcycles are vroom-vrooming around town this week for a good reason. Around 30,000 bikers are expected to take part in the 10th Arizona Bike Week, which ends Sunday.

It’s hard to fault local football coaches for being wary of the new power points algorithm.

Girls volleyball coaches and athletic directors received an unwanted email from the Arizona Interscholastic Association and MaxPreps on Thursday morning.

Looking for more defensive depth at the minor league level, the Coyotes signed veteran free agent Mike Wilson to a one-year, two-way contract on Tuesday.

September 27, 2004

Pulling the redshirt off freshman Price Wilks and making a position switch are two alternatives Arizona State football coach Dirk Koetter is considering while starting tailback Loren Wade is suspended.

A scalper was working the street outside America West Arena Wednesday when he overheard a reporter say Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobli weren’t going to play against the Suns.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further.

Now that the golf season officially is over, ’tis the season to rate the top-10 stories in golf in 2007 (in reverse order) as they relate to Arizona:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Wooden, college basketball's gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever, has died. He was 99.

Greg Avant of Chandler shot a 7-under 65 to grab the first-round lead at the 65th Arizona Open, presented by the Southwest Section PGA at Desert Mountain's Apache Course in Scottsdale on Thursday.

PORTLAND, Ore. - The suspect in a shooting rampage outside an under-21 nightclub in downtown Portland left a note giving his car and PlayStation 3 to a roommate and said he was sorry but gave no motive, police said Monday.

After opening its season at Kansas on a Saturday, Northern Arizona flew directly to Phoenix for a Monday game against Arizona State. The Lumberjacks did not practice upon arrival in the Valley.

The Arizona Corporation Commission unanimously approved a settlement of the Mathon Management investment fraud case Thursday, saying it was in the best interests of 147 investors who are owed $76.4 million.

Fans waiting for any jockeying in the nine-horse race for Arizona State’s starting tailback spot will have to be more patient.

Fans waiting for any jockeying in the nine-horse race for Arizona State’s starting tailback spot will have to be more patient.

Casey Fossum is spending the weekend at Bank One Ballpark, throwing a bullpen session under the watch of Diamondbacks coaches and having his surgically repaired shoulder checked out by team doctors.

BOSTON - After the Coyotes open their longest road trip of the season against the Bruins here tonight, they will stay in town and practice at Boston College's hockey rink — where center Krys Kolanos starred as a Golden Eagle and scored the game-winning, overtime goal in the 2001 NCAA Championship game.

The optimist would say the Suns have eight interchangeable parts, all of whom will play major roles in the postseason, so it doesn’t really matter which five are introduced as starters.

CACTUS (4-0) at QUEEN CREEK (3-1)