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Apr 18, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Stephen Buxton
Herbie Behm, newly appointed head coach of Arizona State men’s swimming, embraces the challenge of leading the program following Bob Bowman’s departure. (Photo courtesy of ASU Athletics) TEMPE – Eleven years ago, Herbie Behm was an athlete swimming at Arizona State. Now at his alma mater, Behm takes the reins of one of the country’s premier programs – a program completely shaped in the image of one man, Bob Bowman.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
mercurynews.com | Stephen Buxton
MESA – Ten years ago, Ross Stripling was sitting at home unable to pitch, wondering if Tommy John elbow surgery had derailed his career. Stripling, then 24, was a promising prospect fighting to earn a spot as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ No. 5 starter after coming off a season with a 2.82 earned run average in 127.2 innings between High-A and Double-A.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Stephen Buxton |Joe Eigo
With a focus on bringing optimism to the Chicago White Sox, Nicky Lopez embraces his role as a leader and aims to contribute to the team’s resurgence. (Photo by Joe Eigo/Cronkite News) GLENDALE – On the doorstep of the most important day of his life, Chicago White Sox second baseman Nicky Lopez received a call most players dread. Lopez was with his family and friends in Rancho Mirage, California, at his Nov.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
wmicentral.com | Stephen Buxton
TEMPE – A three-game skid to end the regular season and a key player’s “business decision” to depart the team left Arizona State scrambling ahead of its trip to Las Vegas for the final Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Sun Devils lost their second-leading scorer this season when graduate senior guard José Perez left the team. It wasn’t due to injury or disciplinary action by ASU or the NCAA.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Stephen Buxton |Emma Jeanson
Stephen Buxton/Cronkite News ASU guard Jamiya Neal, right, and center Shawn Phillips Jr. expect to raise their level of play in the absence of Jose Perez, who is no longer with the program. (Photo by Emma Jeanson/Cronkite News) TEMPE – A three-game skid to end the regular season and a key player’s “business decision” to depart the team left Arizona State scrambling ahead of its trip to Las Vegas for the final Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
yourvalley.net | Stephen Buxton
By Stephen Buxton, Cronkite News PHOENIX — A new reality began for Phoenix Rising FC Saturday. For the first time in franchise history, the club is the defending title-holder of the USL Championship. After making the league’s playoff as a sixth-place team, the Rising are ready to run it back, with targets on their backs. “It’s something I’ve referenced a few times.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
pinalcentral.com | Stephen Buxton
PHOENIX — A new reality begins for Phoenix Rising FC Saturday. For the first time in franchise history, the club is the defending title-holder of the USL Championship. After making the league’s playoff as a sixth place team, the Rising are ready to run it back, with targets on their backs.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
phoenixnewtimes.com | Stephen Buxton
A new reality begins for Phoenix Rising FC on Saturday. For the first time in franchise history, the club is the defending title-holder of the USL Championship. After making the league’s playoff as a sixth place team, the Rising are ready to run it back, with targets on their backs. “It’s something I’ve referenced a few times. Again, we’re aware of that target as reigning champions,” first-year coach Danny Stone said. “We’re aware of it.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Stephen Buxton
Stephen Buxton/Cronkite News Phoenix Rising FC’s title in 2023 means they are a “target as reigning champions,” first-year coach Danny Stone said. (File photo by William Scott/Cronkite News) PHOENIX – A new reality begins for Phoenix Rising FC Saturday. For the first time in franchise history, the club is the defending title-holder of the USL Championship. After making the league’s playoff as a sixth place team, the Rising are ready to run it back, with targets on their backs.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Stephen Buxton
Jesse Mueller, who has 24 career wins under his belt, proves he can thrive through the chaos of the WM Phoenix Open crowd. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images) SCOTTSDALE – Arizona State’s golf program has long been intertwined with the WM Phoenix Open, with some of the school’s most successful golfers becoming the tournament’s biggest draws. This year, however, probably only true historians of collegiate golf recognized the two ASU players who survived the cut.
