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…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Their reputation is notorious, these NFL versions of hooligans, the action on the field often a sidelight to more vicious violence in the stands. Some of them are downright scary looking, dressed in black, covered with…
Tony Sanchez, UNLV Football Coach LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tony Sanchez carved out a corner of celebrity in a town full of high rollers and high-wire acts as a high school football coach. Think about that for a second. A…
Awkward and not agile: Sports writer fails miserably in tryout for Arizona United Soccer Club TEMPE, Ariz. – The first hint that I didn’t belong came when they were handing out jerseys. Arizona United had 110 players at its open soccer…
Mark Few arrived at Gonzaga as an unpaid graduate assistant for a nondescript basketball program at a small Catholic university barely known outside the Pacific Northwest. In the 26 years since, Few has transformed Gonzaga into a national power, brought…
PHOENIX (AP) — One moment Bill Vinovich was lifting weights to stay in shape for the NFL season, the next he was on a hospital bed overhearing doctors say the next 48 hours would determine if he would live. Eleven days…
