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Texas Rangers reliever Danny Coulombe got to return home this week as his team made a swing through Chase Field for a three-game series against the Diamondbacks. The former Chaparral…
Nine minutes after TCU obliterated North Carolina on Monday night, the Big 12’s official account on the social media platform X weighed in with one line that said everything: “A 34-point…
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…
Getting ten wins shouldn’t be that hard for the Super Cardinals. Win number one WILL come on Sunday at New Orleans, a team that has a first-year head coach and…
The Big 12 power rankings are published weekly by the Hotline throughout the regular season. They are the result of a deep dive into the analytics, an assessment of subjective factors and, when necessary,…
Arizona State football played well in their 38-19 win over NAU on Saturday. The game outcome was never really in question, but for a team with College Football Playoff aspirations,…
The Arizona State Sun Devils opened their season with a 38-19 win over the visiting Northern Arizona Lumberjacks on August 30. Photos captured by Shannon Liebrock Photography.
Welcome to a new feature on the Hotline — an assessment of the eight teams in the rebuilt Pac-12 as if they were competing in the conference this season. We’ll even recognize…
Instant reaction to weekend developments on the field … 1. Late starts, lopsided games A stacked lineup of night games along the West Coast on the first fully-loaded Saturday was…


