By Jeff Metcalfe The Phoenix Mercury last played a complete season without Diana Taurasi and/or Brittney Griner in 2003. The time may have come, though, for a major re-set around…
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By Jeff Metcalfe Arizona’s lengthy wait to complete its major sports events host catalogue will be rewarded when the NCAA Women’s Final Four arrives in 2026 with the sport surging…
By Jeff Metcalfe If Arizona State Volleyball head coach JJ Van Niel placed a want ad after the 2023 season, it would have read like this: NCAA Sweet Sixteen volleyball…
By Jeff Metcalfe Arizona State volleyball begins NCAA Tournament play at home for the first time since 1995. Big 12 champion ASU as projected was among the top 16 national…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe With a victory over No. 8-ranked Kansas on Wednesday night, No. 11 Arizona State volleyball is in position to win the school’s first Big 12 championship…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe Geli Cyr laughed when asked about her career-high 23 kills in an Oct. 9 volleyball rivalry win over Arizona. “I honestly thought I was kind of…
Jeff Metcalfe The day after the Phoenix Mercury’s 28th season ended was not about whether Diana Taurasi will return for a 21st WNBA season. Taurasi was not among three veteran…
By Jeff Metcalfe Diana Taurasi’s work is done. Short of a fourth WNBA title, Taurasi has everything there is to win in women’s basketball, culminating with an Olympic record sixth…
By Jeff Metcalfe Coaching wasn’t on Fred Tibbetts’ radar coming out of Dakota State in 1972. Working, though, was a necessity and to land his first business education teaching job…
By Jeff Metcalfe Like before the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team lost Saturday night to Team WNBA in a more competitive than usual WNBA…