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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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ASU alum, student worker save man's life during racquetball tournament
Two minutes is all it took for a couple of Sun Devils to help save a life during a recent four-day racquetball tournament on the Tempe campus. A participant in the Arizona Open Pro-Am suffered from cardiac arrest and collapsed mid-game. Daniel Sardina, an ASU alumnus and off-duty paramedic who had been taking part in the tournament, started CPR immediately. Not far behind was Michael Alex, a student worker at the fitness complex. Although this was his first time responding to a cardiac arrest since being certified, Alex quickly applied the automated external defibrillator. The man survived.
The College’s fourth annual flag football tournament to be a ‘Salute to Service’
Student veterans and active-duty military will square off in a flag football tournament.
ASU psychology in the World Series
This October, the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals face off in the World Series. No matter who wins the Commissioner’s Trophy, an Arizona State University Department of Psychology alum is guaranteed a ring.
ASU Night at the D-backs showcases the many paths to careers in sports
A recent alumni and Career and Professional Development Services event showcased the diverse ways that Sun Devils can make a career in the sports and entertainment industry.
Teens learn to ‘call the game’ at Cronkite School camp
Middle and high school students are invited to spend fall break learning the basics of sports broadcasting and play-by-play reporting at a two-day camp Oct. 10–11. The camp is hosted by ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in partnership with FOX Sports Arizona and the Arizona Coyotes.
Sun Devil football head coach inspires student journalists with pep talk
ASU football Head Coach Herm Edwards is as comfortable in front of a microphone as he is on the gridiron. There are correlations between the two, he said during a talk titled “Inside the Huddle with Herm Edwards” that kicked off the fall 2019 Must See Mondays speaker series at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus. The December 2017 hire also serves as a Cronkite professor of practice and has experience as an ESPN analyst.
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