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Isaiah Thomas fanning the flames of an already exciting game.
This Thursday, the newly ranked Arizona Wildcats (#25) will face off against the Pac-10 leading #20 Washington Huskies. This game has plenty of hype around it already, without anyone fanning the flames. A match-up of the only ranked teams in the Pac-10? A battle, where the winner will leave in...
And the stats reveal... Arizona is better.
Ok, so we all knew that the Arizona Wildcats were superior in basketball to the lowly Arizona St. Sun Devils. But check out the amazing graphics and stats after the jump. Via: MedicalInsurance.org
Moment of silence and emotional win lift spirits in Tucson.
When the Arizona Wildcats defeated the Stanford Cardinal on Sunday, they did more than just win a game. They, for a moment at least, lifted the spirits of a city mourning a tragedy. Tucson, Arizona is one of those cities that you would call a "big little city". Despite its size, Tucson has...
The End Of A Spring Training Era: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks at Tucson, Thursday 3/25, 3:05 CT
This is the 64th consecutive year that one or more major league baseball teams has trained in Tucson, Arizona. The Cleveland Indians moved there in 1947, and when they left for Florida after the 1992 season, the Colorado Rockies took over their training base at Hi Corbett Field. The Rockies were...
Long Distance Dedication: Introducing A Redskins Fan in the Desert of Arizona
Hello, Hogs Havenites. By popular request, (or at least ebag and sugar request) starting today, Hogs Haven will have a new weekly column called "Long Distance Dedication", focusing on Redskins issues from the perspective of a transplanted 'Skins fan. (That would be me) While the prospect of having...
How Much Does It Cost To Escape Tucson?
The answer is $5M, apparently. Mark Gonzales is reporting that a deal could be announced by as soon as Tuesday night, which just so happens to match the reports from our embedded SSSer Hoytsstach. Was having a beer at a bar here in Phoenix. A guy came up to me, saw my Sox hat, said he’s been...
White Sox Business of Baseball Links
Scott Merkin writes a piece on the spring training move to Glendale which is surprisingly more well rounded than the editorial that I posted last week in the comments. Mayor Daley wants to raise the amusement tax on the Sox (and Cubs, and Bears, oh my!). Some guy, a "Chicago Sports Marketing...
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