07/13/11 Wanda Frances Alford, 91, of Borger, passed away, Friday, July 8, 2011. Wanda Frances (Cooper) Alford was born Sunday, February 29, 1920 in Enid, OK to Paul and Ada (Crouch) Cooper.
07/12/11 (Phoenix, AZ) -- Major League Baseball has literally taken over downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
07/11/11 PHOENIX -- It was an interesting first half. Two managers quit. None were fired. Two managers were hired. The average age of them was 74. The heavily-favored Phillies did what they were supposed to do, and the Red Sox pretty much did, too. But surprises abounded, led by none other than the usually pathetic Pirates, who are capturing a city and threatening to post a winning record for the first ...
07/11/11 As the NFL players and owners continue to battle over billions of dollars in profits, all eyes are on the upcoming college football season. Hot from the desks at Prepstar Magazine and Prepstar.com, please enjoy our Top 20 College Football Recruiting Classes for 2011. The 2011 recruiting class, highlighted by Jadeveon Clowney, will be sure to give football fans another year of being "wowed" by a ...
07/09/11 The top Bay Area basketball prospect is trimming his list down to the top five or six, and two Pac-12 schools are very well in the mix. Dublin power forward/Findlay Prep transfer Brandon Ashley is looking up at Eugene and down at Tucson as potential landing spots. Adam Zagoria has more on the Zags blog (with video included) after talking with Ashley at the LeBron James Skills Academy. Current ...
07/07/11 The reaction from Arizona Diamondbacks fans to Brandon Webb shoulder news surprises me. There's kind of smug "he deserves it" attitude towards Webb's misfortune. This is a guy who won the Cy Young in 2006 and led the team to postseason glory in 2007. Now we find out his latest comeback attempt has been derailed with "changes to his rotator cuff" that may require yet another surgery. The knock ...
07/07/11 George Diaz of the Orlando Sentinel: "Friday will mark the one-year anniversary of 'The Decision' -- the first misstep that LeBron took during the last 12 months, culminating with the ultimate fall -- losing in the NBA Finals to the Dallas Mavericks. It was a team effort, of course. He was only one of a collective 12 Miami Heat players. But he will remain the fall guy unless he eventually leads ...
07/07/11 Dear Debt Adviser, After I ran up big gambling debts, my father took out about $35,000 in unsecured debt to pay them off for me. My mother knew nothing about it. I was making all of the required payments to keep the accounts current. My father recently died unexpectedly.
07/07/11 Leftover dirt also prevented pilots approaching Sky Harbor from seeing the runways the day after.
06/29/11 On Friday, the Pac-10 becomes the Pac-12, and life as we all have known it ends. Kaboom! Before we start looking forward -- oh, well, guess that's all we've been doing this offseason -- let's take a look back at the 10-team conference that started in 1978 when Arizona and Arizona State joined the Pac-8 (and Pac-8 purist grumbled about life ending as they knew it). Today, we compile an all-time ...
06/29/11 Alaska votes would re-elect President Barack Obama in a hypothetical match-up with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
06/29/11 GOLF/EUROPEAN TOUR FRENCH OPEN:MARTIN KAYMER thinks he would cope better with the demands of being world number one if he can get back there. The 26-year-old knocked Lee Westwood off top spot in February and stayed there for eight weeks, but now finds himself down to fourth.
06/29/11 Martin Kaymer thinks he would cope better with the demands of being world No 1 if he can get back to the top of the rankings.
06/29/11 PHOENIX -- The Department of Public Safety has confirmed that more information has been leaked in what appears to be a second hack attack, and this time it's personal. The information reportedly includes personal details about several officers, including DPS spokesman Capt. Stephen Harrison. Among other things, the data dump allegedly contains names, addresses, Social Security numbers, online ...
06/29/11 Rep. Judy Burges, Rep. Jack Harper and Sen. John Nelson all back the incumbent.
06/29/11 Some news and notes on this Wednesday afternoon: • Team USA's two exhibition losses to Lithuania have caused some concern stateside, but the Lithuanians are considered the favorites heading into the U-19 World Championship tournament in Latvia this week. The Americans lost 101-72 to the U-20 Lithuanian team and then 108-75 to the U-19 team, which got 23 points out of the Toronto ...
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06/20/11 The Casey Anthony murder case trial was suspended for a day by the judge Monday, NBC News reported.
06/17/11 A dramatic climax saw FC Twente lift the Dutch Cup before being denied back-to-back titles by AFC Ajax as Frank de Boer's charges ended a seven-year wait for their 30th championship.
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