Every time an opposing coach schemes to stop Casey Benson from driving left, wry smiles from a knowing few pop up across the gym, because arguably the most well-known boys basketball player in the East Valley has a secret.

With his high school career complete and neatly filed alongside other East Valley baseball legends, Tim Alderson doesn’t need long to remember his worst game.

All the accolades wouldn’t have mattered much without the ring. Scottsdale Saguaro quarterback Tim Ruben hit the elusive 2,000-yard rushing, 2,000-yard passing milestone in the third quarter of the 4A-I championship game against Tucson Canyon del Oro on Dec. 8, but it was the furthest thing from his mind one quarter later.

March 18, 2005

The State Bar of Arizona is weighing whether to require new lawyers to swear they won't let their views on someone's sexual orientation affect their duty, a move foes said could force attorneys to represent clients whose view they find personally offensive.

A federal judge says Maricopa County sheriff's deputies violated the rights of two men who were detained during an identity-theft investigation at a landscaping company.

While “American Idol” scrambles to fill judges table seats vacated by Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres, the top 10 contestants of the show’s latest season — Didi Benami, Crystal Bowersox, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Michael Lynche, Siobhan Magnus, Katie Stevens, Tim Urban and winner Lee DeWyze — are touring the country. They stop this week in Phoenix.

Republican J.D. Hayworth has announced that he plans to file a federal elections law complaint against the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic challenger Harry Mitchell.

A state judge has ruled that an initiative designed to conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of state trust land is indeed legal.

AUGUSTA, Ga - Kirk Triplett’s wild ride through the second round of the Masters ended with a fenderbender at the 18th hole of Augusta National on Friday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are telling a federal judge that a group of Latinos failed to prove he and his deputies engaged in unconstitutional racial profiling.

The Diamondbacks added Brandon Medders’ fresh right arm to their bullpen Wednesday and the reinforcement couldn’t have been timed better.

A group of Tempe activists, mostly Hispanic, were told they violated election laws by circulating a letter accusing mayoral candidate Dennis Cahill of turning a blind eye to the discrimination of workers in the city’s public works department.

Former gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon believes a $10,000 election fine should be set aside because he’s the victim of a biased state official who acted after an inappropriate meeting with the agent of a political foe in late August.