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No limits to a mother’s love, a wrestler’s determination
Judy Robles was 16 when she found out she was pregnant with her first child, who would later be born with only one leg. As Anthony Robles grew, his mom realized that he defied limitations — "he was going to figure things out." Anthony went on to become an NCAA champion wrestler at ASU, and his life story is now the focus of a new Amazon Prime movie, “Unstoppable."
This month marks the 10th anniversary of ASU announcing that its club hockey team would be moving to the NCAA Division I level.
When Natasha Adair drove to the basket for a layup one October night in 1990, her future was right in front of her. She was a high school senior being recruited by more than 200 college coaches. But as she landed on the court and heard the pop in her knee, everything changed. Adair couldn’t have known then, but that injury headed her down a path that would eventually lead her to become the women’s basketball coach at ASU. “People often ask me if I would change what happened,” she said. “No. It made me who I am.”
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Student follows in family's footsteps to become next Sun Devil athlete
The name Bourguet is not unfamiliar at ASU for Sun Devil Football fans. Trenton Bourguet is a redshirt senior quarterback for ASU, and younger brother, Coben, is a redshirt sophomore wide receiver. Now you can add a third Bourguet to the mix: accomplished athlete and 4.0 student Rylen Bourguet, who will major in business and play for ASU's beach volleyball team.
ASU, Mountain America Credit Union reach one of most significant naming-rights deals in college sports
Arizona State University and Sun Devil Athletics today announced a multi-year naming-rights partnership with Mountain America Credit Union to form one of the most dynamic naming-rights deals in college athletics. The 15-year partnership — the most significant in the athletics department’s history — includes ASU’s football stadium, which now will be called “Mountain America Stadium, Home of the ASU Sun Devils.”
What the seismic shifts in sports coverage mean for future of journalism
Last week, three major newspapers — The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune — announced they are reshaping, redesigning and scaling back their sports coverage, doing away with such staples as box scores, standings and game stories. Paola Boivin, an award-winning sports columnist and Cronkite School faculty, talks about what these seismic shifts mean for sports journalism.
ASU's Léon Marchand swimming toward Olympic gold
ASU student Léon Marchand may not look like one of the best swimmers in the world, but that’s what he is, and he’ll be gunning for multiple gold medals — and possible world records — at the World Aquatics Championships this month.
New popular music professor: Students need to hone business and creative sides
Gregory Daniel — drummer, producer, entrepreneur and lawyer with extensive knowledge of the music industry and entertainment law — is bringing his broad range of skills and expertise to Arizona State University as an assistant professor of music business in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre’s popular music program.
How love for wrestling helped make professor a 'game changer' for struggling student
Krista Cox was a single mom having a hard time in college when a shared passion for wrestling and a kind gesture from ASU Professor James Blasingame kept Cox on her educational path. Now, Cox is a director in the Gilbert Public Schools District, and Blasingame will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame this month.
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