Greg Hansen
Sports Columnist at Arizona Daily Star
Contributing columnist to Arizona Daily Star, but woulda rather been the next Mickey No. 7
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1 week ago |
tucson.com | Greg Hansen
The testimonials to former Arizona athletic director Cedric Dempsey (1983-93) have been impressive since his April 5 death at the age of 92. Bob Bockrath, Dempsey’s lead assistant at Arizona for eight years before becoming the AD at Cal and Alabama, said, “It was my pleasure to work for the man. He never cursed. He never lost his poise.
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tucson.com | Greg Hansen
During Adia Barnes’ "welcome to SMU" media conference on Thursday, she said, "SMU is a gold mine; I think this is a sleeping giant."It is not, but what else was she going to say? During her nine years at Arizona, Barnes referred to her club’s improvement as "the climb." And for five years, it was about as impressive as you can imagine, all the way from 6-24 to the national championship game. And then it stalled. She will probably find "the climb" at SMU to be more challenging.
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2 weeks ago |
tucson.com | Greg Hansen
You wouldn’t be wrong if you suggested that Pete Tountas is the top bowling figure in Tucson history. In the glory days of bowling, 1960-90, Tountas won three PBA championships, was elected to the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame and the Tucson Bowling Association Hall of Fame. Sadly, Tountas died in Tucson last week. He was 86. Over four decades, his legacy was that he was the general manager of the highly popular Golden Pin Lanes, which was the host to about 25 PGA bowling championships.
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2 weeks ago |
tucson.com | Greg Hansen
Mel Karrle moved to Tucson after a tennis career with the Kansas Jayhawks in the early 1960s, becoming a graduate assistant for UA coach Dave Snyder, who then operated a Top 10 tennis program at the UA. Fifteen years later, hired to be Cholla High’s boys basketball coach in 1977, Karrle could’ve had no idea the best basketball player in Tucson history, Sean Elliott, would soon change his life, and that of Elliott.
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2 weeks ago |
tucson.com | Greg Hansen
Those on the CBS Final Four studio show last week paid tribute to St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, saying that he had the largest coaching tree in college basketball history. Hard to believe, but 41 men who coached or played for Pitino have gone on to become head coaches at NCAA Division I schools or in the NBA.
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RT @albioncollege: Today we honor the extraordinary legacy of Cedric W. Dempsey '54, beloved Albion College alum, supporter, and former NCA…
Cedric Dempsey, who died Saturday in San Diego, survived cancer 3 times, prevailed over 2 heart surgeries to live 94 years. He was probably the top athletic director in the last 50 years of the Pac-12. More than that, he was a wonderful man and leader.
RT @JavierJMorales: Brought Arizona Lute Olson, Mike Candrea and Joan Bovincini, to list a few. One of the greatest ADs not only at Arizona…