Ezra Amacher

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ezra Amacher

The Indiana Pacers came up short of winning an NBA title on Sunday, but it wasn’t for lack of effort from Arizona alums Bennedict Mathurin and T.J. McConnell. The two former Wildcats put up a combined 40 points in Indiana’s 103-91 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday evening in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Mathurin led Indiana with 24 points and 13, while McConnell had 16 points to go with six rebounds and three assists.

6 days ago | azdesertswarm.com | Ezra Amacher

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Colton Smith is heading to Wimbledon. The Arizona men’s tennis alum has secured a spot in tennis’ grass Grand Slam as a qualifier. The official qualifying singles draw will be released Sunday, June 22, with action getting underway the following day. We've got a Wildcat in Wimbledon. pic.twitter.com/wV9tKSCTDo— Arizona Men's Tennis (@ArizonaMTennis) June 21, 2025This is the second Grand Slam Smith has qualified for after graduating from Arizona in May.

1 week ago | azdesertswarm.com | Ezra Amacher

Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Arizona men’s basketball freshman forward Koa Peat will have some extra time to bond with Tommy Lloyd this summer. Peat was named to the USA Basketball Men’s U19 National Team on Friday following a week of training camp at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Lloyd is the head coach of the U19 team, which will compete at the 2025 FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup June 28-July 6 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

1 week ago | carriermanagement.com | Ezra Amacher

The first three months of 2025 brought devastating wildfires to California, significant wind and hail events to Texas, and substantial increases in tornado activity to “Tornado Alley,” but claim volume decreased to a five-year low, according to a quarterly property report from Verisk. The findings in Verisk’s “Quarterly Property Report January–March 2025” show that claims severity rose due to the California wildfires while property claims counts continued a downward trend that began in 2023.

1 week ago | claimsjournal.com | Ezra Amacher

The first three months of 2025 brought devastating wildfires to California, significant wind and hail events to Texas, and substantial increases in activity to “Tornado Alley,” but claim volume fell to a five-year low, a quarterly property report from Verisk shows. The findings in Verisk’s “Quarterly Property Report January–March 2025” show that claims severity rose due to the California wildfires while property claims continued a downward trend that began in 2023.