by John Marshall | Entertainment
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 to stay away. The U.S. government didn’t seem... 
by John Marshall | "I Tried It" Column
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 piercings, neck and face... 
by John Marshall | Sports Feature
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 man coaching a high school football team squeezed his... 
by John Marshall | Sports Feature
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 tryout. I was given... 
by John Marshall | Sports Feature
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 unprecedented...
