ASU News
Sports
From the court to the lab and beyond, it's game on
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.”
Featured video
More sports stories
Homecoming week ends on a high note
Welcome home, Devils! Arizona State University's annual Homecoming week ended with a bang Saturday night as ASU Football upset No. 6 Oregon 31-28. But before ASU went Duck hunting at Sun Devil Stadium, thousands of fans, students, staff, alumni and members of the community enjoyed the Homecoming parade and block party on the Tempe campus.
Generation Sun Devil: Father, daughter alums reflect on dual ASU journeys
What’s it like being in a family of alumni? We asked Tim and Isabel Vasquez to catch each other up on their Sun Devil stories.
A look back at Sparky the Sun Devil mascot
Legends Luncheon honors defenders of the gridiron
Arizona State University’s defensive gridiron greats will be honored at the Legends Luncheon the day before this week's Homecoming game, where the Sun Devils will take on the Oregon Ducks. The luncheon will celebrate ASU’s former student-athletes who played three years in the NFL, have been inducted into the Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame or were named First Team All American during their time in college.
Gamified obstacle course race announces 2020 stop at Sun Devil Stadium
After a successful pilot year, the ASU 365 Community Union is excited to announce that the obstacle course race Stadium Blitz is coming to Sun Devil Stadium this February. Presented by Rob Gronkowski and Gronk Nation, Stadium Blitz ushered in a new style of gamified obstacle course race to major stadiums earlier this year. The course will make its stop at Sun Devil Stadium on Feb. 29, 2020.
ASU wrestler inspires beyond the mat
In his 34 years, ASU student veteran Roman Rozell has survived his parents' divorce, addiction, six combat concussions and being struck by lightning. Amidst these slings and arrows, Rozell has managed to write a book, obtain an associate degree (he’s working on his undergraduate) and kickstart a motivational speaking career all while getting married and fathering six children. Oh, and he also finds time in his busy schedule to wrestle for the university — as the oldest walk-on in school history.
MORE FROM SUN DEVIL ATHLETICS: For game stories, athlete spotlights and schedules, visit thesundevils.com.