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Can a team who has been ranked in the top three all year long be “the little engine that could”?

Paola Boivin of the Arizona Republic thinks so. Excerpt: If you watched Arizona State baseball at all this season, you knew this little engine that could, this team void of superstars but not heart, would pull it [...]

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Mercury run wild in win over Tulsa

The Phoenix Mercury set a franchise-record for points as they destroyed the Tulsa Shock 116-84 at US Airways Center in Phoenix on Saturday night. The amazing part about it was that no player on the roster scored more than 18 [...]

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Marrero the hero as ASU takes 1-0 lead over Razorbacks in Super Regional

It took a little longer than preferred, but the Arizona State Sun Devils got an rbi single from freshman Deven Marrero in the bottom of the 12th inning to give them a 7-6 victory over Arkansas in the opening game [...]

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Defense stiffens in Rattlers’ fourth straight win

The Arizona Rattlers sure do play close, exciting games. That was the case again on Friday night as an Oklahoma City 2-point conversion attempt with no time remaining was batted away by defensive back Riley Swanson in a 56-55 win [...]

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Taurasi goes off for 31 in Mercury’s win over Lynx

No, they didn’t play sausage. Lynx, not links. Anyway, Diana Taurasi pumped in 31 points and Penny Taylor added 24 as the Phoenix Mercury beat the Minnesota Lynx 99-88 at US Airways Center on Thursday night. The defending champ Mercury [...]

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So what does Pac-10 expansion mean for ASU?

That’s the question people seem to be asking. As the first chip in Pac-10 expansion fell yesterday with Colorado accepting an invite to join the party, it’s expected that five other Big 12 teams will do the same. Scheduling, attendance, [...]

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SAN DIEGO - DECEMBER 27:  Runningback Dimitri Nance #31 of the Arizona State Sun Devils runs against the Texas Longhorns during the 1st half of the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl on December 27, 2007 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California.  (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)2 Comments

Parra’s inside-the-parker wins it for D-backs

Wow. The Arizona Diamondbacks actually got some good luck for once. Gerardo Parra’s seemingly harmless fly ball to right center field fell in between Atlanta’s Nate McLouth and Jason Heyward, and rolled to the wall as they collided. Parra rounded [...]

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Sounds like the Big 12 had the makings of a good reality show

You know, the kind with good family in-fighting…kinda like Keeping Up With the Kardashians, but with smaller asses and a brain. Kevin Sherrington of the Dallas Morning News breaks down the dysfunctional nature of the Big 12 Conference, and why [...]

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Geez, Pac-10, you look a little bigger…are you expanding?

Word out of Colorado this morning is that the University of Colorado is accepting an invitation to join the Pac-10 Conference, no matter what happens to the rest of the Big 12. Nebraska was thought to be, along with Missouri, [...]

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Parker hits late shot as Sparks top Mercury in L.A.

If it seems like the Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks play a lot, there’s a reason for that. They do. The two teams have already played three times in eight WNBA games, and this time it was L.A. [...]

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