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Abbott the hero as ASU gets first win of the season

Ty Abbott knocked down a three-pointer with 2.2 seconds left and Arizona State escaped with a 69-66 win over UAB in their 2010-11 home opener at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday. Things didn’t look so good for Herb Sendek’s for [...]

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Love announces that Erickson is coming back

On her weekly show with John Gambadoro and Mark Asher on Sports 620 KTAR, ASU Athletic Director Lisa Love announced Thursday that Sun Devil head football coach Dennis Erickson would be back in 2011. The announcement quells speculation among ASU [...]

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Crystal Ball: Washington, Oregon State, UCLA, Cal fighting for postseason lives

It’s officially the stretch drive in the Pac-10 Conference. We’ve reached week 12, and there’s a few teams, namely Washington, Oregon State, UCLA and Cal, clinging to postseason hopes with two or three games left to play. And unfortunately, there’s [...]

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And now for something completely different

If you’ve frequented Fanster.com over the last two years, you’ve probably noticed the website’s tag line. “All Sports. All Phoenix.” It’s emblazoned right on the header logo for all the world to see. But maybe, just maybe, Fanster.com hasn’t lived [...]

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SCC's Dermaine Crockrell led a furious 2nd half comeback, but missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer in South Mountain CC's 73-70 win over the Artichokes on Wednesday. (Photo: SCC)368 Comments

Threet, DeLeone, seven other Sun Devils land Pac-10 All-Academic honors

Arizona State quarterback Steven Threet and defensive lineman Dean Deleone both landed on the Pac-10 All-Academic First Team announced on on Tuesday. Threet, a 6-5 junior from Adrian, Michigan, was named the first team All-Academic quarterback. Threet carries a 3.82 [...]

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TEMPE, AZ - NOVEMBER 13: Quarterback Steven Threet  of the Arizona State Sun Devils throws a pass against the Stanford Cardinal at Sun Devil Stadium on November 13, 2010 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)4 Comments

Recapping Week 11 in Pac-10: The Week that stopped making sense

It wasn’t exactly a banner week for the old Crystal Ball. Week 11 was simply a topsy-turvy week that just didn’t make much sense at all. Can you tell I’m saying these things because both my straight up picks and [...]

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BERKELEY, CA - NOVEMBER 13: Jeff Maehl  of the Oregon Ducks celebrates after he scored a touchdown against the California Golden Bears at California Memorial Stadium on November 13, 2010 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)737 Comments

[Video] Sun Devils react to another tough loss

The script hasn’t changed much for the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2010. Dennis Erickson’s team plays hard every week, puts a scare in a team they should beat, but ultimately finds ways to kill their chances of pulling an [...]

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Six Points: Home for the holidays…again

Another week, another tough-to-swallow loss for the Arizona State Sun Devils, who fell to 6th-ranked Stanford 17-13 on Saturday night in Tempe. The loss put ASU’s record at 4-6 and eliminated them from bowl contention for the third straight season [...]

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ASU Women start with rout over NAU

Point guard Dymond Simon is back from a second knee injury, and she made her presence felt at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday night. The senior had 18 points and 6 steals as the Sun Devils opened their 2010-11 season [...]

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Crystal Ball: Can ASU ruin Stanford’s BCS hopes?

We’ve reached week eleven in the Pac-10, and there’s still little doubt as to which are the two best teams in the conference. Of course Oregon, who started slowly and then routed Washington a week ago, is still the top [...]

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