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January of my freshman year of college, I barely knew how to use my meal plan correctly. Jake Fromm and Tua Tagovailoa are playing in the
#NationalChampionship
Quarterback Chubba Purdy on his visit at Nebraska today.
It’s been a busy week for the Purdy family. They visited Oklahoma earlier this week before heading to Lincoln.
Arizona redshirt senior tight end Tanner McLachlan - in full uniform an hour after the game ended - gets one last look at Arizona Stadium after getting a win in the final home game of his Wildcat career.
The
#ItsPersonal
mantra on full display.
Torey Lovullo’s family was waiting for him in the interview room after the
#Dbacks
lost the
#WorldSeries
.
Torey broke down and hugged them before starting his availability.
#EmbraceTheChaos
If you made a Mount Rushmore of Arizona high school football coaches, at least in the modern era, Jason Mohns, Shaun Agauno and Charlie Ragle would all be on it.
They are all on one staff now at ASU.
@CoachMohns
@aguanos
@RagleCharlie
@KennyDillingham
Hearing that Jason Mohns just informed his team he is stepping down as Saguaro's head football coach and plans to join ASU's coaching staff as the Sun Devils' tight end coach.
The Sabercats won seven state titles in 11 seasons under Mohns.
MORE:
From 12/31/22-4/8/24, Phoenix will have hosted:
CFP Semi-Final (Fiesta Bowl)
WM Phoenix Open
Super Bowl
United Rentals Work United 500
1 NLDS game
3 NLCS games
At least 2 World Series games
NASCAR Cup Series Championship
Fiesta Bowl
Another WM Phoenix Open
'24 Men's Final Four
Jordan Clark (
@Jclark21_
) with some high praise for Jaden Rashada (
@jadenrashada
), who was able to overcame "insane circumstances" to get a win in his first career start.
Chris Paul on experiencing this playoff run with a young team:
"We have a young team but with some old souls, especially Book. He's like an old man. He's the oldest 24 year old I've met in my life."
"It is exactly what I’m looking for, and the Nebraska fan base is second to none. It checked all the boxes. GBR"
Former Perry HS star and Florida State QB Chubba Purdy is headed to Nebraska.
via
@Sports360AZ
#GBR
VIDEO: "I'm really all-in for what Coach Day is going to do these next couple years."
Salpointe Catholic safety Lathan Ransom goes in-depth on his commitment to Ohio State.
via
@Sports360AZ
#GoBucks
My cousin Sarah died in a car accident at age 23.
She was unapologetically herself in every single way. I know her loved ones now have an ass-kicker of a guardian angel watching over them.
Some good vibes for her family would be appreciated and love on your people when you can.
In late January,
@KrystenMuir
was in a rollover accident. She was partially paralyzed and it was uncertain if she would walk again.
Under three months later at
#KicksForKrysten
:
Kobe Bryant eliminated 33 teams in his postseason career
His best line came on 5/13/01 against SAC:
48 PTS, 15/29 FG, 1/1 3PT, 17/19 FT, 16 REB, 3 AST
Devin Booker's line tonight in his first time eliminating a playoff team:
47 PTS, 15/22 FG, 8/10 3 PT, 9/9 FT, 11 REB, 3 AST
Took this photo seven years ago today as a certain RB named Chase Lucas helped Chandler win its first state title since 1949.
Now he's a NFL prospect at defensive back, holds the ASU record for most career starts and is 5-0 in Territorial Cup games he's played in.
Time. Flies.
In the summer of 1997,
@leannrimes
did a Disney concert special and a young Jordan Hamm would never be the same.
Before we got married,
@SarahKezele
asked for my first crush’s blessing and the results are incredible:
Arizona wide receivers coach Kevin Cummings (
@Coach_KC84
) rocking a Cate Reese jersey ahead of the Arizona WBB team’s tournament game tonight. Said he went to the team shop this morning to grab it and rep the team.
VIDEO:
Chase Lucas (
@Chase_Lucas2
) on getting one more win while wearing an ASU helmet, what he will take away from his
@ShrineBowl
experience and his reaction to Antonio Pierce's resignation.
@Sports360AZ
This series will be defined by the number nine.
Suns scored 99 points in their Game 1 win.
They made nine 3-pointers.
Suns starters currently have nine fully functioning shoulders.
Lakers starters have nine eyebrows.
#Analysis
#RallyInTheValley
Fitz grew up in Minnesota. The T-Wolves have a disgruntled Karl Anthony-Towns, who is friends with Devin Booker. Fitz has joined the Suns to get KAT to Phoenix.
Reporting with
@wojespn
: Arizona Cardinals’ WR Larry Fitzgerald has purchased a minority stake in the Phoenix Suns, becoming the second active NFL player with an NBA ownership share, league sources tell ESPN. Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers has a stake in the Milwaukee Bucks.
Was going through our footage of this game the other day and came across this clip of Jaelen Strong and a young coach coming off the field.
Hey
@KennyDillingham
, does this guy look familiar?
(Also shoutout to Kyle Middlebrooks' dance moves)
@Sports360AZ
@ASUFootball
October 4, 2014: Mike Bercovici (
@MikeBerco
) hits Jaelen Strong on a 46-yard hail mary as time expires in the game to give
@ASUFootball
a 38-34 win at USC.
Cool moment - former ASU guard Jaelen House was waiting for the Sun Devils coming off the floor after their win over Creighton. House and New Mexico tip off in a half-hour.
Feeling for all the the folks who work for and cover the Pac-12 as a whole. Tremendous people who caught flack over the years for decisions that they had nothing to do with.
Sending good vibes to the kind, decent folks who busted their butts to rep the conference well.
VIDEO: “I think the Pac-12 hasn’t seen a big running back like me. As long as I keep working on what I need to, I think I should be a good fit in the offense.”
DeaMonte Trayanum excited to join Sun Devil backfield, build off performance at
#TheOpening
-
Arizona has had its fingerprints all over this UW win:
Bralen Trice (
@oc_football
): 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 TFL, 1 FF
Grady Gross (
@hzfbfamily
): 3/3 FG, 4/4 XP
Parker Brailsford (
@saguarofootball
) led the charge with the o-line
Dom Hampton (
@Cehsfootball
): 6 tackles, 1 PBU
VIDEO: Notre Dame Prep athlete and new Texas commit Jake Smith (
@jakesmith27
) sat down with
@Sports360AZ
to break down his commitment to the Longhorns.
#HookEm
Walking into ASU practice, it sounded like the person running the music had gotten dumped last night - A lot of slow, acoustic angst-rock.
Turns out that was a calculated move from the coaching staff:
Brock Purdy went from an unprecedented recruitment to a four-year starter at Iowa State. Now he's Mr. Irrelevant heading to San Francisco.
Take a look back at Purdy's path from Perry HS to Ames, Iowa and now the NFL.
@brockpurdy13
@perrypumas
.
@aguanos
,
@coachmohns
&
@RagleCharlie
have combined for 14 Arizona HS state titles. They now all coach together at ASU.
I asked them a simple question: Take your best high school team and go against the other two coaches. Who wins?
Full video here:
"When I decided between best school, best place to make the NFL, best NIL situation, the whole package, I decided to commit to Texas Christian University."
Former Notre Dame Prep standout Cade Bennett breaks down his decision to transfer to TCU:
#GoFrogs
AZ 5-stars in the history of 247 Composite Rankings:
Elijah Rushing
Duce Robinson
Kelee Ringo
Bijan Robinson
Spencer Rattler
Christian Kirk
Kyle Allen
Andrus Peat
Christian Westerman
Devon Kennard
Everson Griffen
Zach Miller
Rushing & Miller are the only ones to commit in-state
On this
#PatsRun
race day, I wanted to share one of my favorite gifts I’ve ever received. My brother and I each got this framed picture from our dad a few years ago.
I appreciate Oregon commits
@ty_thompson7
&
@jonahmiller17
for joining me to talk about the Ducks and sharing their perspectives on race and social reform in this country.
They said they admire the words & actions of their future coach Mario Cristobal.
VIDEO: Three years ago today,
@Chase_Lucas2
committed to ASU, a week after
@NkealHarry15
made his pledge to the Sun Devils. They revisit their commitment week and how they've continued to support each other, whether in Chandler blue or maroon and gold.
Kent Somers is awarded the Distinguished Arizonan award at the National Football Foundation Valley of the Sun Chapter Scholar Luncheon.
No one has shown more integrity, asked tough questions when needed or been kinder to those looking for guidance.
Congrats Kent!
VIDEO: Saguaro DB Jacobe Covington discusses his Washington commitment.
He explains how UW set itself apart, creating an AZ defensive back pipeline with Byron Murphy & Dom Hampton and potential Pac-12 matchups with current Saguaro teammates.
#PurpleReign