Greg Hansen Sunday Notebook: The Star's longtime columnist on how UA's new AD is tackling the changing NCAA landscape head-on, how many of UA's non-revenue sports are the culprits for a rough finish in the Director's Cup, why being picked in the second round of the NBA Draft has been tough o…
Greg Hansen Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ again leading the Pac-12 in all-sport attendance, UA connections at the U.S. swim trials, this year's impressive ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ sports Hall of Fame class, absurd facility costs in SEC country and more.
Greg Hansen Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on Texas poaching ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ golf coach Laura Ianello, huge 2023-24 success for ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥-area high school and college (UA and Pima) sports programs,Ìýhow college stadium naming rights will help pay college athletes, and more.
Greg Hansen Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on a local schools-focused '24 Pima County Sports Hall of Fame class, the strangeness of the WCWS without ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, a potential double standard when looking at ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, ASU's athletic financial situations and more.
Greg Hansen Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on how ASU, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ AD's stack up in Big 12, Wildcat Colton Smith's historic NCAA tennis run, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ as a Pac-12 baseball factory, another Olympic trial for Matt Grevers, 39 and whether UCLA is even worthy of the UA basketball's energy.
Greg Hansen: The first Pac-10 championship ever won by ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, any sport, May 11, 1980, featured Wes Clements, who went 4-for-6 with a home run, as the Wildcats routed ASU 22-4. The last? Saturday night's Pac-12 baseball crown, with Clements in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, on the call for Pac-12 Networks.
Greg Hansen Sunday Notebook: The Star's longtime columnist on UA track and field assistant Bob Myers paralleling the Wildcats' Pac-12 run, the Herculean task of being TUSD's district athletic director, TJ McConnell outlasting his Pac-12 class as an NBAer, the value of a Caleb Love UA hoops r…
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on UA baseball coach Chip Hale's run to Pac-12 player-coach history, big-time coaching changes at Catalina Foothills and Salpointe Catholic high schools, how T.J. McConnell's NBA ride just keeps rolling on and more.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s history of Pac-12 coaches of the year, how Augie Busch's replacement at UA swim coach should have an easier go of it in Big 12, Pima hoops' recruitment of a Majerle, Dave Heeke's next college sports move, and more.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook: The Star's longtime columnist on The Star's longtime columnist on how Jordan Morgan rose from afterthought to an NFL first-round pick, why Trey Townsend is exactly what the UA men's basketball program needs, Brent Brennan's financial education course, additional rings could be in the future for Heather Moore-Martin, a good decision by Pima College, and more.
Greg Hansen column: Now in their eighth year in Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Roadrunners of the American Hockey League are caught in an owner-created squeeze, despite being one of the handful of pro sports ventures that have actually worked in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on donors delivering the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Wildcats a new $14.8 million golf facility, Pima softball's 26-game win streak, the transfer portal big, big spending, Pima's new AD search, ASU's 10th NCAA violation and more.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist also on the upcoming debut of UA's game-changing golf complex, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s Herbie Behm taking over ASU's dominant swim program, and the blessing and curse of outgoing UA President Bobby Robbins' sports fandom.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on the reception of another early exit for ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ from the NCAA Tournament, Brent Brennan and UA football facing college football's newest era, Pima College's women's basketball's NJCAA march, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ans and Wildcats on MLB rosters and more.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on the reception of another early exit for ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ from the NCAA Tournament, Brent Brennan and UA football facing college football's newest era, Pima College's women's basketball's NJCAA march, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ans and Wildcats on MLB rosters…
Greg Hansen: Whether sacred or sour, Sweet 16 often makes time stand still for Cats fans. Here's a look at 18 times U of A has played in the round since the Lute Olson era.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ men's and women's basketball NCAA Tournament double early Saturday, UA football's connection with past (and local high schools) growing under Brent Brennan, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ans' efforts to make Major League Baseball rosters and more.
Greg Hansen's NCAA Tournament Guide (Part I): The Star's longtime columnist with a plea for McKale Center, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ to once again host the NCAA men's tourney;Ìýhow Pac-12 men's basketball teams have fared in the NCAAs; ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s Salt Lake success; and more.
Greg Hansen's Guide the NCAA Tournaments (Part II):ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on the best of the best from the Pac-12 since 1978; ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ top NCAA figures; men's and women's Final Four predictions; a first-time in the First Four for Adia Barnes' Wildcats, and more.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on the point of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s early Pac-12 hoops exit, Pima basketball back on familiar NJCAA turf, UA tennis a Top 5 program under Clancy Shields, ASU's uphill hoops battle and more.
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Among its last basketball acts, the Pac-12 has sadly discontinued its annual Hall of Honor induction ceremony at the Pac-12 Tournament. ... The last Pac-12 Tournament will be, in many ways, a tear-jerker.
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook:ÌýThe Star's longtime columnist on how Desiree Reed-Francois can turn the Wildcats back into a top-20 overall athletics program, Sunnyside grad Romano Bravo's Young path to the Olympics, Brent Brennan's busy schedule and if the WNIT or WBIT would actually be bett…
Greg Hansen's Sunday Notebook: The Star's longtime columnist on Jack Nicklaus' premonitionÌýof pro golf at La Paloma, to-do items for new ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ AD Desireé Reed-Francois, Pima hoops' playoff double, Kenny Lofton's champagne-like career and the ongoing battle over Randolph Golf Course's footprint.
Twenty years ago, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ High School multi-sport star Joe Kay had his life altered forever when he was trampled when fans rushed the court. Now 38, Kay still wonders: "Does someone else have to get hurt the way I did before there’s a change?’’
Jim Henry has chosen to stay on Sahuaro's hallowed basketball turf, where Dick McConnell made history and built a legacy. Now Henry and the Cougars have a shot at their own chapter Thursday night, when they play for the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Class 4A State boys basketball championship in Phoenix.
The Star's longtime columnist on what new ADÌýDesireéÌýReed-Francois sees at ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Washington State assistant (and ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ High/Pima CC alum) Jeremy Harden's McKale moment, Jada Williams big-time bank shots, Steve Kerr's new NBA deal and more.