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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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5 things to look for when watching the Summer Olympics
NBC is planning to air and stream 7,000 hours of live Olympic events, including highlights for its primetime broadcast each evening. Maybe there’s even room for a history lesson or two.
Olympic media coverage is about the stories, not the medal count
Global Sport Institute CEO Ken Shropshire says the end of Cold War scuttled the longtime U.S. vs. Soviet Union narrative, and now coverage of the Games depends on storytelling about the athletes to create dramatic interest in viewers.
Forks up for Tokyo Olympic Games
Three current students are among 20 Sun Devil athletes who will be competing for gold in a variety of sports at the Tokyo Games.
Phoenix Suns defy the odds by posting the right numbers
At the beginning of the season, no one could have predicted the Suns’ amazing run — not even Daniel McIntosh, a senior lecturer with the W. P. Carey School of Business who worked seven years with the NBA, tracking data protocols and developing a cutting-edge methodology for 15 different teams. ASU News spoke with McIntosh about the Suns' spectacular season and why they’re playing so well from a statistical point of view.
Arizona Diamondbacks to recognize ASU's Lois Brown on Juneteenth
Lois Brown, the director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, will be among several community leaders to be honored at an Arizona Diamondbacks pregame ceremony on Juneteenth.
Through recruitment, training of volunteers, ASU students help USDGA golf tournament go on
An ASU clinical assistant professor and her event management students helped solicit, sign up and train volunteers for an annual national golf tournament for people with disabilities. Without their involvement, the event would not have been possible, said Jason Faircloth, founder of the U.S. Disabled Golf Association.
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