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Arizona Baseball Cruises Into Super Regionals

from:University of Arizona

The Arizona Wildcats baseball team captured the Tucson Regional championship over the weekend and now is set to play in the Super Regionals this weekend for the third time in...

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Alice Cooper’s Rock at 32nd Teen Center opens: Let the show begin

from:Tucson Concerts Examiner

“Imagine being pregnant for 16 years.” With those few pain inducing words, Sheryl Cooper perfectly described the labor of love that recently came to a glorious end...

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REVIEW - AMERICANO

You don't have to be Jewish or Catholic to feel sizable guilt upon the death of your parents. Memories of childhood crowd out events occurring in your daily routines as you...

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Bernie - Affectionately Endearing

'You don't want to turn grief tragically into comedy,' notes funeral director Bernie Tiede (Jack Black) in Richard Linklater's weirdly wacky adaptation of a...

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Review - Battleship

Chock full of excitement and explosives, this is a popcorn picture extravaganza - delivering noisy, escapist entertainment to those who enjoy the classic Hasbro board game.

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Congress Refuses To Ban Gender Selected Abortion

The vote to ban sex selection abortions - whose victims are usually girls - was defeated by a vote of 246-168. The vote required two-thirds of the House to pass the ban.

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Arizona Fishing Report - Rory's Tips

Hey, want an opportunity to catch some big trout this weekend? Well, both Woods Canyon Lake and Willow Springs Lake along the Mogollon Rim have been stocked with some bonus-sized...

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Free Fishing Days and a Million Dollar Fish

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Trout are biting in the high country and the bass bite is terrific in most desert lakes, making this a great time for Arizona's free fishing days on June 2...

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Wildcats baseball set to begin postseason play

from:Arizona Wildcats Examiner

Sometime after taking two of three from ASU to clinch a share of first place in the Pac-12 for the first time since 1993…but before dominating the end of the year award...

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SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, Grade: B

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm penned their fairy tales, they did so because of their interest in keeping Germanic mythology alive with all of its violence. When they discovered...

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Greg Lake takes Phoenix: Still he turns us on

from:Tucson Concerts Examiner

They’re at once terrifying – and transformingly euphoric. Those rare moments in time that prompt our life to pass before our eyes.But once in a lifetime, if...

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Tucsonan Wins Handball's Player's Championship

TUCSON, Ariz. - The World Players of Handball and Simple Green presented Tucson native Luis Moreno with the coveted 'Yellow Jersey' and trophy for winning the...

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Arizona Baseball Earns Pac-12 Honors

from:University of Arizona

Baseball coach Andy Lopez has been named Pac-12 Coach of the Year, and shortstop Alex Mejia has been named Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. Five other Wildcats...

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Track and Field Men Move to No. 3 in Latest Poll

from:University of Arizona

The UA men's and women's track and field teams will head into the NCAA Track and Field Championships sitting in the top 10 in the latest national poll. This week, the...

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Crooked Arrows

It's a bit misleading to say this is the best movie about lacrosse - because it may be the first mainstream movie ever made about the fastest-growing participant sport in...

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For UA, What a Difference a Stadium Has Made

from:University of Arizona

UA baseball coach Andy Lopez knew the first day his Arizona Wildcats stepped into Hi Corbett Field that it would work. It's certainly been a perfect fit this year, as the UA...

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GT Bicycles BMX Pro Corben Sharrah of Tucson aims for Olympics

from:Tucson Endurance Sports Examiner

Corben Sharrah, who started racing his BMX bike at Tucson’s Manzanita Park, will race in the Olympic Trials on June 16 in southern California. Confident on his GT Pro...

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UA Baseball Walks Off With Win, Conference Crown

from:University of Arizona

Arizona baseball had a big weekend – it topped ASU to capture a share of the Pac-12 Championship, and it was selected as one of 16 hosts for this weekend's NCAA...

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Chernobyl Diaries - Dismally Contrived

Protest demonstrations are the best thing that could happen to evoke interest in this dreadful thriller, making one wonder if the producers actually hired the...

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Sunflower Fire Exceeds 17,618 Acres

Minimal fire activity is also being attributed to changing weather conditions. Smoke is expected to linger in the steep, treacherous terrain of the Mazatzal Wilderness until...

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