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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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ASU professor examines multilingualism in baseball
ASU Associate Professor Brendan O’Connor's background as a linguistic anthropologist and avid baseball fan sparked the idea to dive deeper into multilingualism in baseball, leading to the first book-length study to look at language diversity in professional sports.
ASU students create scoreboard graphics for spring training games
Visitors to Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona, home of the Oakland A’s during spring training, will see a series of animated graphics created by students who work in the Meteor Studio at ASU.
It's the end of an era for ASU's 'voice of graduation'
If you are one of the nearly 600,000 Arizona State University alumni, you’ve likely heard the voice of Mike Wong, who has lent his voice to hundreds of ASU commencement ceremonies and athletics events during his nearly four-decade career with the university.
Spring training brings excitement, economic boost to Valley, says ASU business professor
After a worldwide pandemic and a player lockout, the Cactus League is returning to metro Phoenix for the first full season since 2020. Daniel Marburger, professor of economics at ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business, talks about the financial aspects of the Cactus League and why it’s an integral part of the Valley’s tourism economy.
First-of-its-kind youth town hall event with NFL helps students learn to become changemakers
Embracing the excitement of Super Bowl week, ASU's Black Changemaker Speaker Series: Youth Town Hall brought nearly 100 middle school students and their families to ASU’s West campus on Feb. 8 for an evening of motivation, empowerment and sports activities presented by Access ASU and Sun Devil Athletics, in partnership with the National Football League.
ASU student workers experience Super Bowl excitement on-site
ASU special events management students got to be in the middle of the Super Bowl excitement on Sunday, working at several locations around State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where the game was held.
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