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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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From running cross-country to running code: ASU graduate is going the distance
Joining the Sun Devil cross-country team is what first attracted Oregon-state native Adam Klein to ASU. A few short years later, he’s the Turken Family Outstanding Graduating Senior and graduating with dual bachelor’s degrees in computer information systems and business data analytics.
International ASU Law grad looks forward to landing a dream job in sports analytics
Guilherme “Gui” Leite was always fascinated by mathematics and statistics, so finding a way to combine that with his biggest passion — sports — was a deciding moment in his pursuit of a career in sports business management.
Black football coaches have harder path to top jobs, ASU analysis finds
Head coaches who are white were hired with proportionally lower levels of playing and coaching experience than their Black and Latino peers, according to a new analysis of data done by the Global Sport Institute at ASU.
Women's soccer: Building a future for the next generation — on and off the pitch
In ASU’s most recent Convergence Lab event, sports historian Victoria Jackson caught up with three professional soccer players who embody hustle, responsibility and innovation, both on and off the pitch: Caprice Dydasco of Sky Blue FC, Karen Bardsley of Manchester City and Daniela Solis of Rayadas de Monterrey.
Global Sport Institute, pro sport executives assemble for parity in play and pay
The Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University is convening with sports business executives to launch Pro Sports Assembly — a 501(c)(3) organization and first-of-its-kind, industrywide community that aims to achieve parity in opportunity, pay and leadership in the professional sports workforce by 2030.
Preventing, identifying and treating heat illness in student athletes
In an effort to mitigate heat-related illnesses this sports season, ASU Assistant Professor Jennifer Vanos teamed up with researchers at the University of Connecticut’s Korey Stringer Institute to share tips on identifying heat stroke and treating heat illnesses in athletes and how to stay healthy while playing outdoor sports.
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