Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Byrne, staff worked hard to get 50K for UA opener
Star sports columnist Greg Hansen offers his opinion on recent sports news of interest to Southern Arizonans.
Greg Byrne worked the early shift last week, hitting the “Good Morning” TV shows, not succumbing to the notion that an Arizona-UNLV game encum…
In June, when almost no one was watching, Sunnyside High School’s boys basketball team almost lived on Interstate 10.
Desert Christian baseball standout Zach Malis led the Eagles to the state championship in May, a 29-2 season in which Malis hit .636 with an 1…
Annie Chandler Grevers is one of the great swimmers in UA history, helping the Wildcats win the 2008 NCAA championship and winning the 2010 na…
Michael Thompson’s fourth year on the PGA Tour is complete. He will not qualify to play in any more events, but by finishing 102nd on the mone…
Nathan Lashley, a UA golf standout who completed his eligibility in 2004, had a good finish to his summer pro season. He finished third in the…
The New York Jets last week released ex-Sunnyside tailback Michael Smith, a Utah State grad who spent the last two years with Tampa Bay.
The University of Arizona is spending in excess of $600,000 this year to provide additional meals, including a free morning brunch to all of i…
I’m as mystified as anyone that Juron Criner’s NFL career is apparently at an end, stopped after two seasons and just 19 catches for the Oakla…
UA football coach Rich Rodriguez and offensive line coach Jim Michalczik were unable to watch the 2014 debut of their sons, quarterback Rhett …
UA baseball coach Andy Lopez attended the New York Yankees’ scout team scrimmage last week at Pima College. He had to like what he saw. The Ya…
Good news for former 21-year UA softball assistant coach Larry Ray: He is back in coaching full time. Ray left Mike Candrea’s staff after a pu…
In his second season as a manager of the Grand Junction Rockies, the Colorado Rockies’ rookie league affiliate, ex-Santa Rita baseball/footbal…
Abyee Maracigan, one of the top women’s basketball players in Tucson prep history at Flowing Wells, and later an All-American at Pima College,…
From the Where Are They Now file: Chad Carvin, the Pac-10’s 1997 men’s Swimmer of the Year, and a 12-time Arizona All-American and 2000 Sidney…
I wrote last week that Dave Liggins was the No. 7 all-time transfer in UA football history. After transferring from Cincinnati, Liggins left s…
When Baseball America names its All-Arizona Rookie League team this week, Sahuaro High grad Alex Verdugo will be on it. He completed his first…
Arizona snapped 94 plays Friday night in setting a school record for yards (787) — and not once did a team operated by a freshman quarterback …
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