Keno Hawker has spent his political career preaching smaller government. The outgoing Mesa mayor pitches his personal philosophy as being a small "L" libertarian, rooted in the belief that government should not use its power to trounce the rights of private citizens or take on tasks that are best handled by the private sector or charities.
The Arizona State baseball team pounced on a shaky freshman starting pitcher and had Mike Leake to protect the lead. On Saturday night, that combination put the Sun Devils in firm control of the Tempe Regional, as a 15-3 victory against Oklahoma at Packard Stadium put ASU within a victory of advancing to the super regional round.
Behind another set of impressive performances from Charonda Williams in the women’s sprints and strong contributions from several men, the Arizona State track and field squads swept the team titles and gained 21 entries into the national championships as the 2008 NCAA West Region championships came to a close Saturday at Northridge, Calif.
Mark Reynolds had plenty of time to get to the Kenny Chesney concert at University of Phoenix Stadium on Saturday night. Brandon Webb made sure of it.
Detroit Pistons assistant coach Terry Porter will have a second interview with the Suns on Monday, and San Antonio assistant Mike Budenholzer should get his first chance to speak with Phoenix general manager Steve Kerr and vice president David Griffin on Tuesday.
The men’s tennis and men’s swimming teams at Arizona State are happy for the wrestling program. They really are. But wrestling’s stay of execution might make facing their unsettled reality that much harder.
The letters to Don Robinson came from France, Switzerland, Australia and Britain — all places the former Arizona State men’s gymnastics coach had taken his team for competition. They were sympathy cards — laments for the Sun Devils’ 1993 demise.