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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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Media Enterprise on the rise
A growing collection of media properties committed to driving conversations that matter, ASU Media Enterprise is convening to scale ASU’s covenant to advance research and discovery of public value and assume fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.
2022 Pat's Run returns to Tempe
The 18th Annual Pat’s Run — a 4.2 mile run/walk celebrating the legacy of former NFL player, Sun Devil and Army Ranger Pat Tillman — returned to Sun Devil Stadium on April 23 after two years of virtual running due to the pandemic.
Watts Center gives student-athletes support for academic, life skills
To be a student-athlete is to be busy. Much of their days must be spent training and competing on the field, and student-athletes have to balance that with time needed for classes and homework. Luckily, they have help. The Watts Center for Academic Excellence and Championship Life is home to the Office of Student-Athlete Development (OSAD), a vital component of the Sun Devil Athletics experience that provides academic and professional development support to student-athletes.
Cronkite School to host special event discussing diversity and media in the NFL
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University will host “On The Clock & In the Media: Race, Hiring and the NFL,” a panel discussion focusing on the complex challenges in the NFL.
The business of baseball
The crack of the ball, the roar of the crowd and the smell of roasting peanuts make for a lovely afternoon of baseball. But behind the scenes, the business is anything but a day at the park. Tom Harris, ASU alum and executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks, recently spoke to the Economic Club of Phoenix about the business of baseball.
A lab where sports and science meet
Work smarter, not harder: The ASU triathlon team is using science to do just that, and Arizona State University’s newest biomedical facility in downtown Phoenix is playing a part. ASU’s Translational Research Center at 850 PBC — part of the Phoenix Biomedical Campus — was the site of recent intensity training and lactate-threshold testing for the athletes, conducted by College of Health Solutions staff and students.
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