TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Doctors told Jeff Okrepkie and Stephanie Ottolini not to expect children. Though her cervical cancer had been in remission since 2012, the odds of conception were minimal. So when Stephanie became pregnant, the couple wanted a…
The spectacular, magnificent world of Bill Walton spins a tie-dyed swirl of knowledge, calculated hyperbole, educational tangents, eccentricity, props and name drops, loyalty, intellectual curiosity, the Grateful Dead, bingo and, of course, basketball. “I am the luckiest guy in the…
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — John Force zigs and zags his scooter through a long line of cars and people, slaloming at a cadence of full accelerator to power braking and back again. He completes the circuit and throws his left…
SCOTTDALE, Ariz. (AP) — John Huh studied the shot from every angle before crouching behind his ball for a last look. “It doesn’t break!” a fan yelled from the bleachers. Huh then stepped to the ball and stroked a putt…
PHOENIX (AP) — Randy Blythe faced up to 10 years in a foreign prison for a crime he didn’t believe he had committed. The easy road would be to never return to the Czech Republic. Family and friends urged him…
ELOY, Ariz. (AP) — Blank stares and belching were the only possibilities when it was over. Any movement, even raising my head to speak, was dangerous. The climbing and diving at 220 mph, slaloming the tips of cactus and mesquite…
