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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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GlobalSport Matters website to examine sports, society across the globe
ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Global Sport Institute are launching GlobalSport Matters, a new website that looks at the intersection of sport and society across the globe.
New ASU Law course teaches the art of sports negotiations
"Negotiations and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Sports Industry" is the newest course at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Added this spring for master’s students in the Sports Law and Business Program, the class gives unprecedented insights into sports negotiations of the highest level.
New ASU Law degree program to provide path from military to sports career
As part of its ongoing effort to expand opportunities for military personnel, the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is launching a new online degree program specifically for veterans and active-duty service members. ASU Law’s Sports Law and Business program has enlisted the support of Sun Devil Athletics to create an online Master of Legal Studies degree for former or active members of the U.S. military who aspire to work in the sports industry.
ASU sustainability students work to keep the green in spring-training baseball
For most people, a spring-training baseball game means hot dogs and sunshine, but for a group of ASU students, the games mean thousands of empty water and beer bottles, slimy yogurt lids and handfuls of noodles. A class from the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University is working to not only divert some of that garbage to be recycled, but also to engage with fans about sustainability in a way that’s positive and helpful. The project is a partnership with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
'Unlocking' ASU sports history
Through ASU Library’s crowdfunding campaign “Unlock the Spark,” university historian Rob Spindler is looking to digitize and make accessible hundreds of hours of athletics film footage, capturing some of Sun Devils' greatest moments in ASU sports history.
ASU to play first lacrosse home game March 3
For the first time ever, NCAA lacrosse is going to be played at Arizona State University this season. The first home game will take place on March 3.
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