(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After a week of speculation and hyper-public-reactions fueled by Arizona State’s coaching search and reported hire of Herm Edwards, there was a level of normalcy this weekend in Tempe. For the first time since last week’s Territorial cup – and coach Todd Graham’s firing – the Sun Devils returned
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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: 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 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: 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 Women’s Hockey: Midland series not a complete loss
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) This weekend, the Arizona State women’s hockey team did not get the results they hoped to get, but learned along the way. The Sun Devils lost both of their games against the Midland Warriors, falling 5-1 in the first game. However, the score did not reflect what actually happened
ASU Football: Sun Devils drub Oregon State, capture bowl eligibility
(Photo: Jack Harris/WCSN) CORVALLIS, Ore. — Coming into Saturday’s road game at Oregon State, ASU football’s bowl hopes appeared murky. The Sun Devils, sitting at 5-5, were fresh off a collapse at UCLA and reverting to their old ways defensively. On a foggy afternoon at Reser Stadium, ASU cleared the path to
ASU Women’s Hockey: Devils fall 5-1 to Midland after strong first period
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) In the first of a two-game series against the Midland Warriors, the Arizona State women’s club hockey team falls 5-1 after a strong first period. The first period started off offensively strong for the Sun Devils. ASU pressed Midland’s defense in hope to get a stick on the puck.
ASU Men’s Tennis: Hill building new team through international talent
(Photo: Rob Werner/WCSN) Being the country’s largest university by enrollment, Arizona State’s student population is made of a diverse cross-section of nationalities. Its newly-reinstated men’s tennis team is perhaps the best example of this, a melting pot representative of not only the school, but the country more broadly. ASU’s team was disbanded