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It’s no surprise that No. 2-seeded Arizona State volleyball dominated Coppin State in an NCAA Tournament first-round match Thursday. But the Sun Devils’ second-round opponent Friday is surprising. Mountain West…
Welcome the Hotline’s weekly picks against the point spread, published Thursdays throughout the regular season with a focus on the top games nationally and the most intriguing matchups across the West. Last week,…
Arizona State volleyball coach JJ Van Niel admits having a different setter every season is not ideal. Yet that’s been the case for all three seasons under Van Niel, among…
Column by Daniel Rios “Daniel the Draftnick” With us entering the final week of the college football season and Week 14 of the NFL season, it’s a good point in…
The penultimate edition of the College Football Playoff rankings set the stage for a routine selection day — or for mass chaos if a handful of upsets materialize. There’s intrigue…
Ten Big 12 volleyball teams, most of any conference, made it into the NCAA Tournament on Sunday with that group headed by repeat champion Arizona State. ASU (26-3) is a…
ASU added a defensive line commit from the JUCO ranks this weekend in Kirtland Vakalahi. Vakalahi just completed just his second season of football. He grew up in Australia and…
The Territorial Cup ended without controversy or pointed fingers, without a play for the ages or a cross to bear. Arizona’s 23-7 victory Friday night over ASU was a meat…
Video by Eliav Gabay Another Territorial Cup has come and gone, and the cup is headed to Tucson. Arizona outpaced ASU 23-7. We knew it’d be a slugfest between two…