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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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Coaching through calamity
Coaches around the country were already comforting student-athletes who saw their seasons cut short due to COVID-19 when recent killings of black people and the subsequent protests over systemic racism in America added to their anguish. Five black coaches described how they have been guiding their teams through several difficult weeks at a June 5 panel titled, “Coaching in the New Normal,” sponsored by the Global Sport Institute at ASU.
How Americans are coping without sports during the COVID-19 pandemic
As current sporting events have been cancelled or delayed due to the COVID-19, America is experiencing a culture without sports for the first time since major sports began. Historian Victoria Jackson, Terry Shoemaker, who researches sport as religion, and philosophy lecturer Shawn Klein talk about the role of sports in society and what the pandemic ripple effects may be.
ASU Prep Digital grad balanced high school and competitive hockey
Alejandro Apud travels the country playing competitive hockey, and he is graduating this semester from ASU Prep Digital.
Spectator sports will return, but it’s a matter of how and when, say industry insiders
Professional and amateur sports' return in the United States will take place, but it's a matter of how and when, with a number of possibilities to maintain participants' and spectators' safety, say industry insiders presenting to an ASU summer session sports tourism class.
ASU Sun Devil Marching Band’s video cheers on Sun Devil Nation
The ASU Sun Devil Marching Band, School of Music and Sun Devil Athletics banded together to create a virtual performance of the fight song to show support and build encouragement for Sun Devil Nation.
Native American communities are missing sports during pandemic pause
The suspension of sports has taken away a happy part of Native American culture as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to several experts on an ASU panel on Friday. But the public health crisis also has shown the resilience of Native American people, the panelists said during the “COVID-19 and Native American Sport” Zoom discussion sponsored by the Global Sport Institute at ASU.
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