Community Leaders to Share Impactful Stories of “Overcoming Extraordinary Odds” The Idea Salon returns next month with a timely and thought-provoking theme: “Overcoming Extraordinary Odds.” The third installment of the event series will welcome three bold voices who’ve done exactly that for an evening of raw, real conversation about resilience and their relentless drive to make a difference. Set for 5 … Read More
Skattebo Prepares for NFL Draft (and Prepares to Pay Up)
Arizona State football had an absolutely magical season this past year, defying everyone’s expectations and energizing the entire region by winning the Pac 12 division and taking #3 Texas to double overtime in the playoffs in perhaps the best game of the year in college football. Phenom running back Cam Skattebo was a big reason for this, and as he … Read More
The Slipper Fits: Arizona State’s Cinderella Season Becomes Even More Magical
The Valley of the Sun has been a success desert for football recently, best typified by the performance of the Arizona State Sun Devils. Two straight seasons of 3-9 records and sanctions left extremely little reason for hope, and the preseason expectations demonstrated that. Preseason polling had Coach Kenny Dillingham’s Sun Devils at the very bottom of the Big 12 … Read More
The Slipper Fits: Arizona State’s Cinderella Season Becomes Even More Magical
The Valley of the Sun has been a success desert for football recently, best typified by the performance of the Arizona State Sun Devils. Two straight seasons of 3-9 records and sanctions left extremely little reason for hope, and the preseason expectations demonstrated that. Preseason polling had Coach Kenny Dillingham’s Sun Devils at the very bottom of the Big 12 … Read More
Has the Tide Completely Turned for Football in the Valley?
For Arizona football fans, this life has not been an existence that has been flush with success. It has been a full decade since both the Arizona State Sun Devils and Arizona Cardinals have exited the regular season with a winning record, an outcome that statistically speaking is quite unlikely. It seems as though the tide might finally be turning … Read More
Arizona State Football is Back, and the Entire Valley is Better Off
It’s been a rough few years for Arizona State football; the promise of a big-name coach in Herm Edwards injected optimism into fans of the Sun Devils for a few years, until 2022 brought in a nine-loss season followed by scandal in the way of recruiting violations. The subsequent probation, ineligibility for a 2023 bowl game, and forfeited scholarships led … Read More
Arizona State Needs to Innovate its Way Out of a Serious Revenue Issue
Arizona State University has been very good at marketing itself. Surely you have seen the moniker “America’s most innovative university”, and in some ways they have moved past their MO of being a pure party school as a result. But a new report uncovers one very serious deficiency that will soon demand that spirit of innovation. Arizona State’s sports departments … Read More