PRESCOTT - Earlier in the day Wednesday, Cardinals coach Dennis Green all but locked rookie Darnell Dockett — drafted specifically because he could play the “under” tackle in Green’s scheme — into being the starting left defensive end this season.

After a summer in which they didn't seriously interview a single candidate for the vacant position, why are the Coyotes still the only NHL team without a permanent head coach in place?

ASU men’s and women’s swimming coach Michael Chasson said Monday he resigning to pursue other opportunities.

Sean Miller of Xavier has accepted the head coaching job at Arizona, ending the Wildcats' sometimes frustrating search for a high-profile replacement for Hall of Famer Lute Olson.

Arcadia football coach Jim Ellison has resigned for personal reasons, athletic director Kevin Mooney said.

Lute Olson stepped down as the University of Arizona men's basketball coach on Thursday, leaving a lasting legacy and some huge questions surrounding his departure.

Coyotes associate coach Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty Friday to running a sports gambling ring — a move that may spare him jail time. Whether it costs him future employment in the NHL remains to be seen.

TUCSON - Russ Pennell, who admits he is not a household name, was introduced as the University of Arizona’s interim head men’s basketball coach Friday.

Longtime football assistant Tim Rutt is expected to become Gilbert's new football coach, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation.

The Phoenix Suns have a chance to begin their ascension from the ashes this summer. With one lottery pick safely earned among the top five and another still possible — unless Kobe Bryant is intent on dragging the Los Angeles Lakers’ lifeless carcass to the postseason for a public funeral at the hands of San Antonio or Oklahoma City — the first seeds for resurgence are at hand.

“Normalcy” is a cliché, but it’s all Northern Illinois wanted this month. For two hours Tuesday night, the Mid-American Conference school in rural DeKalb, Ill., finally got its chance.

Alton Lister’s departure Wednesday as men’s basketball coach at Mesa Community College caught the school a bit off guard, athletic director John Mulhern said.

Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers said he didn’t have any big plans for the ball he booted to score his NFL-record 40th field goal in Indianapolis earlier this week. So the NFL Hall of Fame decided for him.

Former Chicago Cubs pitchers Fergie Jenkins and Lee Smith will sign autographs March 28 at the state’s first permanent Cactus League exhibition, “Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience,” at the Mesa Historical Museum.

The short but tumultuous tenure of Mesa Community College athletic director Jeff Fore has ended.

Outlook: In search of offense, Chaparral coach Ron Estabrook made the decision to move safety Derek Oesterblad to running back last week, and it couldn’t have worked out any better.

TUCSON - Questions have swirled about Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson’s future since he went on a leave of absence for undisclosed personal reasons in November.

The rosters of NCAA tournament-bound basketball programs on the West Coast are dotted, albeit lightly, by East Valley prep stars.

Scott Bordow: The first reaction is horror. You watch video of the Dallas Cowboys’ practice bubble collapsing, and you read about the injuries: A scout permanently paralyzed, a coach with a fractured vertebra, a trainer with two broken bones in his leg.

When the Cardinals and Chicago Bears last played a game that mattered, it was 2001 and the teams were linked through their coaches.

Arizona State continues its low-key approach to preparation for Friday's football game against Arizona.

The hurt is still there for Dick Tomey because he cared so much.

Here come the hires.