(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Vice President for University Athletics and Athletic Director Ray Anderson announced that ASU head coach Tracy Smith has been fired. Smith met with Anderson on Monday when the team returned from Austin, Texas after its 1-2 record in the NCAA Regional Tournament. A contract extension was given to Smith
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ASU Baseball: Benson, Vander Kooi out for year with Tommy John Surgery
Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN Arizona State Baseball Head Coach Tracy Smith announced Thursday that redshirt freshman left-handed pitcher Cooper Benson and redshirt junior right-handed pitcher Boyd Vander Kooi will both undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. "We feel bad for the kids, they're tremendous workers and have put a lot of time in," Smith
ASU Softball GALLERY: 8-3 Loss to Cal
ASU Football: Herm Edwards proves to be the “New Leadership Model” AD Ray Anderson envisioned
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) After a euphoric win over the Arizona Wildcats that will be etched in ASU football lore, it’s time to face it: nearly everyone was wrong about the hiring of Herm Edwards. Edwards was hired in December 2017 to run athletic director Ray Anderson’s and ASU President Michael Crow’s joint
ASU Football: Play of freshmen shows recruiting potential of coach Edwards and staff as one of bright spots to 2018 campaign
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Nearly one year ago ASU announced it had hired Herm Edwards to lead its football program, replacing sixth-year head coach Todd Graham. The move was criticized for innumerable reasons, but at least one consensus seemed to be Herm’s potential as a recruiter- or at least to be better than
ASU Triathlon: Sun Devils win third straight national championship; Henry goes back-to-back
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The Arizona State women’s triathlon team continued its domination of the collegiate ranks Sunday afternoon in Tempe as the Sun Devils won their third consecutive national championship. After Sun Devils swept the podium positions in 2017, the team managed to one-up itself in 2018 as Cliff English’s squad
The Way It Is: Hurley extension a pivotal moment for Ray Anderson, ASU
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) It pays to build a winning culture in college basketball. Just ask Bobby Hurley. Reports from SunDevilSource and azcentral sports indicate that Hurley, in his third year at the helm of ASU men’s basketball, is set to receive a major pay raise and contract extension. Pending approval from the
ASU Football: ‘New Leadership Model’ off to a rocky start
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Ray Anderson’s plan isn’t working. Firing Todd Graham was supposed to alleviate the perceived uncertainty that Anderson saw in this program’s future. Instead, the last two weeks have done nothing but put that future in further jeopardy at every turn. “It’s not a situation where we’re going to have to
ASU Football: Takeaways from Herm Edwards’ introductory presser
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Former NFL coach and ESPN analyst Herm Edwards was introduced as ASU football’s next head coach on Monday. Here are five takeaways from a wild, wide-ranging press conference at Sun Devil Stadium. Herm Edwards is a football guy. Edwards is a passionate, motivational speaker that tries to relate football
Column: Press conference does little to validate radical vision for ASU football
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) For a split-second, you can almost see the logic of Ray Anderson’s vision. For 40 years, Arizona State has been trying to win the same way as everybody else in the Pac-12. But in its four decades since joining the conference, sustained tangible success has been scarce. You can’t fault