Hansen's Sunday Notebook: ‘Rocky start’ projections? Cats have been here before
Star sports columnist Greg Hansen offers his opinion on recent sports news.
I was caught by surprise last week when Sean Miller dropped a basketball bomb on those who suspected his sixth Arizona basketball team would p…
On a busy sports week in Tucson, UA athletic director Greg Byrne got little attention when he announced that mega-booster Michael Kasser has c…
Alan Zinter, a first-round draft pick in 1989 after leading Arizona to the Pac-10 baseball championship, was inducted into the Hall of Fame on…
The UA tweaked its Hall of Fame entrance standards over the last two years, which makes sense. The old qualifications were sometimes unusually…
Notables at the Hall of Fame ceremony included the UA’s top swimmer ever Ryk Neethling. He flew in from South Africa, where he has become a pr…
Among all the high school sports, one of the most difficult state championships to win is the individual golf title. That’s what made CDO seni…
Three Tucson golfers who have won state titles are active in college golf: CDO’s Gentry Hicks at Utah; Sabino’s Billy Comeaux at Grand Canyon;…
Not good news: Tucson High diver Delaney Schnell, one of America’s leading hopefuls for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, was not able to compete fo…
Sunnyside’s football playoff upset over No. 2 seed Ironwood Ridge on Friday was as monumental in Tucson prep football as any in the last decad…
St. Louis Rams secondary coach and UA football Hall of Famer Chuck Cecil turned 50 on Saturday. He celebrated with friends in Phoenix, awaitin…
Leading up to Wednesday’s national letter-of-intent day, UA baseball coach Andy Lopez is expected to sign Chicago-based pitcher Trent Johnson,…
UA volunteer swimming coach Matt Grevers, a multiple Olympic swimming gold medalist, earned $5,000 last week when he won the “Fastest Swimmer …
I’m numb to the many (and some awful) uniform designs and changes in college football, but the uni’s Arizona State wore in Saturday’s game aga…
Sahuaro safety-running back Derik Hall, who has a scholarship offer from Wyoming, added to interest from college coaches last week when assist…
By winning his third American League Gold Glove award last week, ex-Sabino shortstop J.J. Hardy of the Baltimore Orioles matches former Rincon…
Brandon Ashley’s appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated guarantees him significant wall space in the UA’s Hall of Champions display, sh…
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