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It’s a new week of Arizona high school football and teams are solidifying their starts to the 2026 season. This week’s Best in the West sweeps across Peoria and Deer…

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Jon Wilner joins Brad Cesmat to talk about some college coaches who enter the season on the hot seat.

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As the ASU men’s golf team gets set for another season, they will have a new trick in their golf bags. On Tuesday, it was announced the team had partnered…

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Reigning Big 12 player of the year Landon Hairston threw out the first pitch at Chase Field on Tuesday night. The Sun Devils new single-season home run king caught up…

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BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier (47) (AP Photo/Matthew Putney)

Holy Score: The Big 12 needs BYU or Utah (not both, just one) to wear the cape in 2026

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Jon Wilner joins Brad Cesmat to talk about some college coaches who enter the season on the hot seat.

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Landon Hairston throws out the 1st pitch at Chase Field on ASU Night

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VIDEO – College coaches entering the season on the hot seat

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti has a plan to save September, but will CFP expansion produce the needed result?

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One area where each Suns starter must improve to make it work: Devin Booker’s pull-up 3s

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Landon Hairston throws out the 1st pitch at Chase Field on ASU Night

Holy Score: The Big 12 needs BYU or Utah (not both, just one) to wear the cape in 2026

VIDEO – College coaches entering the season on the hot seat

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti has a plan to save September, but will CFP expansion produce the needed result?

Dan Lanning is Oregon’s forever coach … for now

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