College football players from around the country practiced in Tucson on Thursday, preparing for the inaugural Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game. Kickoff is 6 p.m. Monday at Kino Stadium. (with rosters)... Read more»
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The Casino del Sol College All-Star Game, ready to kick off its inaugural in Tucson, is now owned by the Tucson Padres, the baseball team announced Tuesday.... Read more»1
Victims of the Jan. 8 shooting that claimed six lives were honored at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday.... Read more»
Taking the mound to throw out the first pitch for Tuesday’s All-Star Game will be Daniel Hernandez, Jr., the intern who helped save the life of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot Jan. 8.... Read more»
An honor guard of policemen from Oro Valley and firefighters from Golder Ranch Fire District will present the colors at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday. The ceremony will honor the victims of the Jan. 8 shooting.... Read more»
Tucson Padres outfielder Aaron Cunningham received some of the best news of the season while standing in a grocery store. “I bumped into one of the team trainers at Safeway, and he told me that I had been selected to the All-Star Game,” he said. “I was really blown away.”... Read more»
The final score of the NBA All-Star Game, played in Los Angeles on Sunday, was 148-143. That’s entertainment.... Read more»
State Sen. Russell Pearce and other SB 1070 supporters are sending off 70,000 petition signatures urging Major League Baseball to ignore “critics and activists” they say are endangering plans to hold the 2011 All-Star Game in Phoenix.... Read more»1
Guest Opinion: At the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Commissioner Selig was pressured to move next year’s game from Phoenix because of SB 1070. To his credit, he refused to accede, pointing out that moving the game wouldn’t affect Arizona lawmakers.... Read more»1
Representatives of the 10 teams in the GBL faced one of the country’s premier independent baseball leagues, the Northern League, in the International All-Star Game.... Read more»
Former Suns star Charles Barkley and Gov. Jan Brewer might not make for a great matchup on the boards, but what about in the war of words? Barkley is calling for professional sports to boycott Arizona because of SB 1070. Brewer penned an op-ed for ESPN saying a boycott is “the wrong play.”... Read more»
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