The sample size remains small but is no longer tiny. Not with two seasons, four teams, and 160 games as evidence. Not with all the miles traveled, the time zones…
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The Hotline is delighted to provide West Coast fans with a regular dive into the recruiting process through the eyes and ears of Brandon Huffman, the Phoenix-based national recruiting analyst…
There was no doubt about it. Arizona State needed a win against Iowa State to be considered for a NCAA tournament bid. ESPN had the Devils as one of the…
Has the fate of Bobby Hurley already been decided? I wrote earlier in this space that extending the contract of the Sun Devil basketball coach was the prudent move, given…
If Year 1 of the Molly Miller-Becky Burke saga in the Territorial Cup is an indication of things to come, this rivalry is going to get cranked up a few…
Kellen Mills dreamed of performing in front of the largest sold out venues in all of sports, in some of the loudest and most intense moments you could dream of….
The 2026 NFL Scouting Combine is complete, and the NFL Draft is less than two months away. With the first round beginning to take shape, it’s the perfect time to…
If Tuesday night was the last time a Bobby Hurley-led team plays at Desert Financial Arena, THAT is a hell of a way to do it. The Sun Devils doubled…
The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that includes the Mountain West and…



