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Erickson has made advances at Arizona State

Tempe, Ariz. - Dennis Erickson still wears that chichi 1989 national championship ring he won in his first season at the University of Miami. ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, Atlanta Journal Constitution,  21 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Dennis Erickson,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  University of Notre Dame,  Pac-10

Whitesell finding stroke with D-backs

PHOENIX -- First baseman Josh Whitesell appears to be regaining the rhythm that made him a productive offensive threat and the D-backs' Minor League player of the year in 2008. Whitesell has a four-game hitting streak and seven hits in his last 18 ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, MLB.com,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Josh Whitesell,  Barry Zito,  Jake Peavy,  Hiroki Kuroda,  Tony Clark

Clark heads out for rehab stint

PHOENIX -- First baseman Tony Clark is to begin a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Reno on Wednesday as the D-backs begin to see some progress from some of their injured players. Clark, on the disabled list since May 6 with a right hand ligament ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, MLB.com,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Tony Clark,  American League,  Brandon Webb,  Conor Jackson

Scherzer tasked with throwing strikes

PHOENIX -- Max Scherzer was at his best and most exasperating in his last outing Saturday in San Diego. Scherzer gave up only three hits, a double and two singles, while striking out six. But by walking five and hitting a batter, Scherzer was able to ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, MLB.com,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Max Scherzer,  National League,  Chipper Jones,  Garret Anderson,  Jonathan Sanchez

Errors costly to Davis, D-backs

PHOENIX -- These days, the D-backs' "D" is not for defense. The D-backs committed three errors for the second game in a row in a 6-4 loss Wednesday to San Francisco, and none was more damaging than a three-base error charged to center fielder Chris ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, MLB.com,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Chris Young,  Doug Davis,  Andres Torres,  Stephen Drew,  Felipe Lopez

ASU softball leaves WCWS with a legacy

OKLAHOMA CITY - It was not supposed to end this way, with Pac-10 Player of the Year Katie Cochran sniffling back tears at a final interview session and ASU coach Clint Myers thanking his hosts because he knew he would not have another opportunity. The ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, AZ Central.com,  31 May 2009
Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association

ASU softball falls short in quest

OKLAHOMA CITY - For five pitches, it looked like madness. On the sixth, Alabama coach Patrick Murphy looked like a genius. Pinch-hitter Jazlyn Lunceford hit a grand slam in the fourth inning, and Alabama defeated Arizona State 6-2 in the Women's ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, AZ Central.com,  31 May 2009
Related Topics: Patrick Murphy,  ASA Limited

ASU clipped by Wash. at WCWS

OKLAHOMA CITY - Arizona State might have been the one team that legitimately could have looked forward to meeting softball superwoman Danielle Lawrie, Washington's pitcher and cleanup hitter and the national Player of the Year. But Lawrie pitched a two- ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, AZ Central.com,  29 May 2009
Related Topics: ASA Limited

UA softball unfazed by task ahead

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Arizona had a particularly harrowing softball road trip in the 2008 NCAA tournament - a turbo-prop plane, two stops for fuel, a time-zone snafu, a circa-1957 school bus for ground transportation. Hey, that was nothing. The ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, AZ Central.com,  29 May 2009
Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association

UA softball drops WCWS opener to Florida

OKLAHOMA CITY - Arizona's record-setting offense could not find a way through the best pitcher in Florida history Thursday, and the evidence was supplied early. Wildcats Brittany Lastrapes and K'Lee Arredondo opened the game with singles, but those ...

From JACK MAGRUDER, AZ Central.com,  29 May 2009
Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association

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