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ASU Football: Ball gets reps at SPUR linebacker

by Jacob Garcia -

(Photo: Courtney Pedroza/WCSN) With two successive off-days looming on Friday and Saturday, the Sun Devil football team returned outdoors to practice on Thursday. The Mike Bercovici-Taylor Kelly questions have seemingly died down, so Graham diverted his post-practice focus to more expansive topics. “I told them today, ‘Think about every one of those kids

ASU Football: Carlos Mendoza sheds green jersey

by Adam Stites -

(Photo: Courtney Pedroza/WCSN) With dark clouds on the horizon, the Sun Devils proactively moved their practice inside the Verde Dickey Dome on Wednesday to avoid the possibility of rain. The practice, which started later than usual and ended earlier than usual for the media, didn’t give reporters much of a look at

Sun Devils say they aren’t sunk with Mike Bercovici

by Jacob Garcia -

(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) Nine minutes and 40 seconds. That was the duration of ASU quarterback Mike Bercovici’s post-practice interview session on Tuesday. The nearly 10 minutes of nonstop Bercovici are indeed a stark contrast to the routine unavailability of Taylor Kelly for post-practice comments. The expansion of press access from one starting quarterback to the

ASU Basketball schedule at a glance

by Zac Pacleb -

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) With the full men’s basketball schedule being released, the Arizona State Sun Devils and their fans can have more structure in speculating how the 2014-15 season will play out for head coach Herb Sendek and his squad. ASU will attempt to find their way back to the NCAA tournament despite losing

New Face, Same Results

by Troy Lynch -

(Photo: Christian Coates/WCSN) Starting off the season ranked No. 25 and without libero Stephanie Preach, someone needed to fill in the spot that she left. Preach finished her career at ASU second on the all-time dig list with 2,010. There aren’t many people who can play with the same caliber as

ASU football still lacks pressure from the front four

by Matt Harden -

(Photo: ASU athletics) It has become cliche to talk about Arizona State’s defense replacing nine starters and starting three true freshmen. But that is the reality. Head coach Todd Graham is not accepting youth as an excuse for the defense’s mistakes. The Sun Devils want to win championships now. Which means,

ASU Football good, bad, and ugly against Colorado

by Jacob Garcia -

(Photo: ASU Athletics) The Sun Devils’ 38-24 conference-opening win against Colorado can be summarized by the succinct phrase: The good, the bad and the ugly. Unfortunately for ASU, the ugly leads because of its potential ramifications for its most important stretch of games. Senior quarterback Taylor Kelly left Saturday’s game in the fourth