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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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Sun Devils mentor next generation through Homework and Handball program
The journey to college is different for everyone, but for some Valley high school students, it begins with a cement sport court and a small rubber ball. This unique starting point is made possible through an outreach program created by the ASU Handball Club called Homework and Handball. Working with Access ASU, the club created this program in 2016 as a way to give back by mentoring students in the community through athletics and academics.
ASU looking to fund startup projects that will change the world through sports
Sports and social issues are inextricably linked, and now Arizona State University is looking for innovative ways that people can harness sports to actually drive social change. The Global Sport Institute at ASU has launched a new $10,000 competition for ideas that improve communities through sports. The Global Sport Social Impact Challenge will reward people who come up with inventive concepts, such as bringing a sport to an area that doesn’t have it or repurposing a facility to offer sports.
Raised fists, rising hope: 50 years later, activist athletes reflect on Mexico City Olympic Games
When Wyomia Tyus and John Carlos stood in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City for the first time in 1968, they helped launch a movement of athletes raising their voices — and in the case of John Carlos, raising his fist. Their goal was to bring light to racial inequality in the United States. On Monday, Carlos and Tyus returned to Mexico City as guests of ASU’s Global Sport Institute and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México at an event where they reflected on modern sports activism.
WNBPA selects ASU as exclusive educational partner
The Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA), an organization designed to advance the employment, social and post-playing lives of its members, has selected Arizona State University as the association’s exclusive educational partner.
Got a Minute? Sometimes big ideas comes in small packages
Capturing a big, complex idea in 60 seconds is not easy. It may be especially challenging for scholars accustomed to the time and space a classroom or conference stage affords to let an idea unfold. But it’s exactly this challenge that has excited a new collection of university experts to share their insights for ASU Now’s “Got a Minute?” video series.
ASU Law student living out football fantasy helping new professional league kick off
While millions of fans are playing fantasy football this fall and pretending to be football executives, Paul Ofili, a first-year student in ASU Law’s Master of Sports Law and Business program, will be living out a real-life football fantasy, helping manage personnel for a promising new football league. A unique partnership between the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the startup Alliance of American Football created the opportunity.
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