(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After firing Todd Graham on Sunday, Athletic Director Ray Anderson said he wants to run the ASU football program like a business. Wednesday evening showed Sun Devil fans exactly what that looks like. According to reports by SunDevilSource.com and DevilsDigest.com, former NFL coach Herm Edwards, Anderson’s former client, will
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ASU Football Coaching Search: Evaluating how well Kevin Sumlin, other candidates, match Ray Anderson’s coaching wish list
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) With Thanksgiving passed and college football’s regular season officially over, two of the holiday's great traditions are underway. The making of wish lists and the churning of the college football coaching carousel. Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson is getting to blend those two activities this winter as he searches
ASU Football: Decision to fire Graham negatively impacts the program
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Todd Graham was relieved of his duties as ASU football coach Sunday morning after six seasons in which he amassed a 46-31 record. A few hours after the news broke, Athletic Director Ray Anderson held a press conference to justify the firing. In the span of 30 minutes, Anderson
ASU Football: Graham fired, unable to raise program to Anderson’s standards
(Photo: Brett Deckert/WCSN) Todd Graham made no bones about it when speaking to the media on Sunday. He hadn't expected he was going to get fired. Not after six seasons that produced 46 wins (the third-most in program history), a division title, and four wins over in-state rivals Arizona. Graham’s dismissal comes as little surprise
ASU Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils end Cancun Challenge 1-2
(Photo: Tyler Rittenhouse/WCSN) After starting the season 4-0, the Arizona State Sun Devils dropped their first two games of the season as they went 1-2 in the Cancun Challenge over Thanksgiving weekend. Arizona State started the tournament against their most difficult opponent in seventh-ranked Mississippi State. The Sun Devils began the game slowly,
ASU Football: Sun Devils reclaim Territorial Cup but Graham’s job remains in question
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) As Manny Wilkins took a final Territorial Cup-claiming knee, sealing Arizona State's 42-30 over Arizona on Saturday, ASU Vice President of University Athletics Ray Anderson gazed on from behind the north end zone of Sun Devil Stadium. The Sun Devils' athletic director had a lot to digest. His football team
ASU Football: Sun Devils ride second-half surge to down Arizona 42-30
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Coming into Saturday’s Territorial Cup bout, little attention seemed to be on the game itself. Instead, rumblings that the outcome wouldn’t matter for head coach Todd Graham's job security stole the spotlight from Arizona State's eventual 42-30 win over rival Arizona. With everything going on behind the scenes, it was
ASU Football: Previewing a pivotal Territorial Cup
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Phil Bennett had to think a minute. When was the first time he heard Khalil Tate's name? Tate, Arizona's starting quarterback, is now a household name around the state and in many parts of the country. But his rise has been a recent phenomenon. Not even the defensive coordinator of
ASU Men’s Basketball: Sun Devils feast on Thanksgiving weekend
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Thanks in large part to Tra Holder's career-high 40 points, ASU men's basketball took home the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational on Friday, running away from No. 15 Xavier 102-86. The Sun Devils (6-0) will almost certainly break into the Top 25 after squeaking past Kansas State 92-90 on
ASU Football: Matured Richard cherishing senior-year bond with Graham
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) During Tuesday afternoon’s practice, Arizona State senior running back Demario Richard was taking his time walking to the sidelines after a drill. That’s when he heard a recognizable Texas-accented voice ring out from behind him. It was his head coach, Todd Graham, yelling: “Get yourself off the field!” A yell towards