Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Tucson's Big Four has new identity
Star sports columnist Greg Hansen offers his opinion on recent sports news.
Not long ago, choosing the Southern Arizona high school football Coach of the Year was an uncomplicated process.
Phil Mickelson won the Tucson Open in 1991, 1995 and 1996 but as the years went by, he became more known for bypassing the WGC-Accenture Match…
Tucson Country Club golf pro Michael Haywood is one of three people on the final ballot to become Secretary of the Professional Golfers Associ…
Jim Ferguson, who coached Santa Rita High School to state basketball championships in 1999 and 2009, was inducted into the Sahuaro High School…
After the AIA suspended Mountain View High School football coach Bam McRae for the year’s final game, MVHS released a one paragraph statement …
It was good to see former Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood back at McKale Center last week. Among other things, he was given a tour of …
The shelf life and value of the AP’s first basketball poll of the season is limited. A year ago, Kentucky opened No. 1 with eventual national …
In Arizona’s four Final Four seasons, it opened No. 17 in 1987-88; No. 18 in 1993-94; No. 19 in 1996-97; and No. 1 in 2000-01.
The puzzling NBA career of former Arizona All-American Derrick Williams continues. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 draft did not get off th…
Regina Mueller-Martin, one of the top gymnastics coaches in Arizona, will have two of her pupils sign letters-of-intent on Nov. 12. Catalina F…
CDO grad Ian Kinsler of the Detroit Tigers and Sabino grad J.J. Hardy of the Baltimore Orioles will learn Tuesday night if they are 2014 Gold …
Pima College women’s basketball coach Todd Holthaus has the Aztecs, always a tough out, ranked No. 8 in the NJCAA Division II preseason poll. …
UA baseball coach Andy Lopez has 10 more days until letters of intent are signed. He has six known commitments, among them local pitchers Jio …
After playing in five preseason games for the San Antonio Spurs, Palo Verde grad Bryce Cotton was assigned to the D-League’s Austin Spurs. Cot…
Pac-12 Arizona will televise a one-hour special on the 1986 Arizona-ASU football game — the Chuck Cecil, 106-yard interception game, won 34-17…
For the first time, I had the opportunity to watch UA freshman Gabi Stoian, in Friday’s 2-1 soccer victory over Utah. She might be the top fre…
The difference between a Top 10 NJCAA softball program and one of Arizona’s level in NCAA Division I was on display Tuesday night at Hillenbra…
New Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale is in great demand in Tucson. Last week, he was a guest speaker at one of the UA’s final fall softball prac…
Pima College men’s basketball coach Brian Peabody, entering his second year in his second stint at the school, opens the season at home Monday…
When you’ve won eight NCAA softball championships and an Olympic softball gold medal, you can sometimes become too self-important to laugh at …
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