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$60M Replacement Planned for Phoenix YMCA; Complications Arise
The Phoenix Suns and Mercury and the Valley of the Sun YMCA have announced plans to replace the closed downtown YMCA facility on 1st Avenue and replace it with a new 55KSF facility with basketball courts, program facilities and a café. On top of the new three-story YMCA, VanTrust...
FanBuzz
NASCAR Planning for Phoenix Change Ahead of 2027 Season
photo credit: Getty Images NASCAR is examining changes to a section of Phoenix Raceway ahead of the return to Arizona in March 2027. The goal is to reduce the hard impacts that drivers take as they go over the dogleg section of the 1-mile track. Cup Series Managing Director Brad Moran provided comments about the possible changes on Wednesday […] The post NASCAR Planning for Phoenix Change Ahead of 2027 Season appeared first on FanBuzz .
Wide Open Country
NASCAR Fans Sprayed With Sewage After Pipe Bursts at Racetrack
They really stank up the track at Phoenix Raceway over the weekend, with NASCAR fans sprayed with sewage after a pipe burst at the racetrack. Indeed, a sewage pipe burst at the racetrack on Oct. 17, with a trifecta of moving parts, repairs needed ASAP, a medical response for sewage-covered NASCAR fans, and a rush to get the sanitation under control.
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Cutter Boley benched at Arizona State after leaving Kentucky
When Will Stein first became the new Kentucky Football head coach, one of his first big decisions was what to do with quarterback Cutter Boley. On the one hand, Boley showed flashes of becoming a solid SEC starter in his first two collegiate seasons. But on the other hand, the Hodgenville (KY) native committed too many turnovers for the Wildcats to feel comfortable moving forward with him as the starter, at least without being challenged.
thesundevils.com
14 siblings, one big family, and a new home at ASU
Soccer has always been a part of the DeMark family. Like in most families, her siblings played, and Gator was no different. What was different, though, was the number of children in the DeMark household: 15. Growing up in the Phoenix Valley, DeMark started playing at seven, beginning in a...
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NASCAR’s Corey Heim Gets Honest About Bubba Wallace After Costly Phoenix Penalty
Corey Heim said Wednesday that NASCAR teammate Bubba Wallace has moved past the Phoenix speeding penalty that cost him a shot at his first win of 2026, and 23XI Racing is heading to Talladega with fresh optimism. Wallace led 52 laps Sunday, his most in any race this season, yet...
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Victoria Jackson enters ASU Hall of Fame 20 years after national title
This summer, ASU Athletics leadership got Victoria Jackson on a Zoom call to talk about sports history. At least, that's what Jackson thought. "We sort of tricked her into thinking we were going to talk about sports history," said Lisa Young, Sun Devil Athletics' deputy athletics director and chief operating officer. "And we did a little pump fake and told her that she was being inducted."
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ASU’s Jalen Thompson is quietly putting together a top pass-rushing season nationally
TEMPE — Jalen Thompson has been a major bright spot for an Arizona State defense that hasn’t had many over the past three games. Only 10 defensive ends in the country have more total pressures than Thompson’s 25, and only two of those 10 players have played six games like Thompson, instead of seven.
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Randy Bennett brings home his blueprint as men's basketball opens new era
When Randy Bennett made his way from the Bay Area back home to Arizona, he brought more than just familiar faces with him. Senior forward Paulius Murauskas, sophomore guard/forward Dillan Shaw and several staff who played or coached under Bennett at St. Mary's followed him to the desert. But most...
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ASU vs Kansas State preview | Sparky's Den
Head Coach Kenny Dillingham and host Luke Lapinski recap the Sun Devils’ loss at Texas Tech and preview this weekend’s matchup against Kansas State. Guests include Assistant Wide Receivers Coach Trenton Bourguet, Defensive Analyst Leif Fautanu, and Specialists Coach Michael Scifres.
MLB
Angels 6-foot-11 prospect Olejnik looking to reach new heights in Arizona Fall League
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Peyton Olejnik knows what you’re thinking. How in the world did a 6-foot-11 kid -- 7 feet in cleats! -- from basketball-mad Indiana become a full-time baseball player, forgoing the hardwood for the pitching rubber?. The rest of the Olejnik clan is vertically inclined, but Peyton’s...
MLB
Small-town West Virginia boy Kyle West has sights set on big-city Yankees
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Everyone knows one another in Hedgesville, West Virginia, which boasted a population of just 300 during the most recent census at the turn of the decade. There’s a Subway, a Burger King and three stop lights. There’s even a King’s New York Pizza, which in hindsight, could have been a harbinger of things to come for Kyle West, now a prospect making his way through the Yankees’ system.
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High school basketball: Darius Wabbington, Ahmad Hudson and Yann Kamagate headline top 10 centers in 2026-27
Our position-by-position breakdown ahead of the 2026-27 high school basketball season concludes with the top centers. Next week, we will highlight the Preseason National Top 10 as tipoff nears around the country. BEST AT EVERY POSITION: Point guards | Shooting guards | Small forwards | Power forwards. Darius Wabbington of...