Construction workers were raking flat mounds of gravel Tuesday afternoon where 75th Street used to run just east of Scottsdale Stadium. It may not be pretty right now, said Ted Stately, construction manager for renovations at the stadium. But in the coming days, the gravel lot will be green and the San Francisco Giants’ new practice field will be born.

Construction workers were raking flat mounds of gravel Tuesday afternoon where 75th Street used to run just east of Scottsdale Stadium. It may not be pretty right now, said Ted Stately, construction manager for renovations at the stadium. But in the coming days, the gravel lot will be green and the San Francisco Giants’ new practice field will be born.

Air traffic around University of Phoenix Stadium will be restricted on Super Bowl Sunday, but that won’t keep corporate jets from using the Glendale Municipal Airport.

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My colleague Gary Nelson wrote in this space Tuesday that perhaps now the Valley should finally divest itself of the notion that public funds should help pay to build pro sports stadiums.

Mesa City Council could finalize a plan to bring the Oakland A's to Hohokam Stadium for spring training during its meeting Monday.

Former Arizona State football star Terrell Suggs has returned to Los Angeles without being interviewed by Phoenix police who are investigating a brawl Suggs was involved in last Saturday.

Arizona State will play its home baseball games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium beginning in 2015.

A baseball foundation that donates about $50,000 a year to Valley-based charities — money raised through former Major Leaguers selling autographs and memorabilia during spring training — has been moved from its familiar position, but remains a presence at Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium.

When Bill Keller landed a store manager’s job with Dillard’s department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn’t excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.