by John Marshall | Travel
DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Calif. (AP) — The Amargosa Hotel was once a hub of activity, the Spanish Colonial-style buildings filled with workers from the Pacific Coast Borax company. Once the mine shut down, the people left, leaving the U-shaped hotel and the opera house...
by John Marshall | Sports Feature
TEMPE, ARIZ. — The massive men ran from one station to the next, barely taking a second to catch their breath between rounds of sit-ups, push-ups and throwing weighted balls against a wall. They moved on to the weights next, easily whipping bars with multiple plates...
by John Marshall | Travel
Grand Canyon Railway GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — The drive to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim is easy enough. Get to Flagstaff and it’s only about 90 miles across Arizona’s high country. But why drive when you can ride a train, especially one like the Grand Canyon Railway?...
by John Marshall | Sports Feature
Cory Hahn ASU Baseball TEMPE, Ariz. — Cory Hahn was too groggy the first day to have any idea what had happened. His head immobilized, tubes and wires jutting out from his body from all angles, he could only lie in his hospital bed. Over the next few days, the things...
by John Marshall | Sports Feature
Pat’s Run 2014 TEMPE, Ariz. — Jenn Goins entered the stadium as the workers started tearing down the barriers, two hours after the elite runners had finished, behind the kids’ race, seemingly No. 30,998 out of 31,000. She approached the edge of the grass, set...