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Herm Edwards ASU
Arizona State fired football coach Herm Edwards in his fifth season following an ugly home loss to Eastern Michigan and a lingering NCAA investigation into illegal recruiting practices.
Sep. 18, 2022
What do vampires, poetry and Agatha Christie have in common? Find out in this episode of Word, a podcast hosted by KJZZ's Tom Maxedon about literature in Arizona and the region.
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Sep. 18, 2022
Shadow of a microphone on a comedy club brick wall
Michael Longfellow is a stand-up comedian who has been featured on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “Netflix is a Joke: The Festival.” Now, the Phoenix native will be one of four new featured players in the 48th season cast of “Saturday Night Live.”
Sep. 17, 2022
Sonoran Mountain Bike Corridor
Compared to Arizona, mountain biking and other off-road cycling disciplines are relatively new sports in Sonora. Many of the existing trails are recently built, and new riders are hitting the available dirt all the time. But in a thirty-mile corridor at the southern end of the state, growth has been particularly dynamic.
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Sep. 16, 2022
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Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco died Aug. 26. He made Phoenix his home and became a driving force in promoting music and education in the region.
Sep. 16, 2022
zines about abortion
This weekend, Mesa’s Nile Theater will be filled with artists and writers, all in honor of a type of publication called a zine. Phoenix Zine Fest is back Sept. 17 and 18 at Mesa's Nile Theater.
Sep. 16, 2022
luis coronado guel
Sept. 16 is Mexican Independence Day, also known as El Grito in recognition of the Grito de Dolores, or Cry of Dolores, that will be reenacted all over Mexico and Arizona.
Sep. 16, 2022
Phoenix City Hall
Top elected officials in Phoenix have asked city staff to investigate if they have power to penalize Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver.
Sep. 15, 2022
A.M. Homes "The Unfolding" novel
Novelist A.M. Homes’ new book, "The Unfolding," begins at the Arizona Biltmore after Sen. John McCain’s loss to then-Sen. Barack Obama.
Sep. 15, 2022
Former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon is co-founder of a cannabis company
As marijuana becomes legal in more and more states, celebrities are putting their names on different brands of cannabis products.
Sep. 15, 2022
The Phoenix Suns warm up before the start of Game 1
The NBA’s investigation of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver documents an institutional failure when team executives did nothing after an employee reported that a sponsor’s representative groped her. The review also notes that many witnesses criticized the team’s human resources office as ineffective.
Sep. 14, 2022
Spooky’s Swirls horror cupcakes
Spooky’s Swirls is a gluten-free bakery that combines the couples’ love of horror films with their love of baking. The unlikely combination has become a hit and even landed one of its owners on the Food Network’s “Halloween Baking Championship.”
Sep. 14, 2022
Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez picture
A new podcast from the Arizona Republic investigates the life and death of a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed through the southern border wall in 2012.
Sep. 13, 2022
Robert Sarver
The NBA has suspended Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year, plus fined him $10 million, after an investigation found that he had engaged in what the league called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies."
Sep. 13, 2022
Gil Thorp comic strip
The comic strip "Gil Thorp" has been published since 1958. And the fourth and newest writer of the strip is Tucson-born graphic novelist Henry Barajas.
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Sep. 13, 2022
Jimmy Jenkins
Jimmy Jenkins grew up in a small town in Indiana. His house was directly across the street from farmland and a forest. But across the highway was a maximum security federal prison. The prison scared him and he often had nightmares about it as a child.
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Sep. 13, 2022
montezuma well
Most Arizonans have heard of Montezuma Castle, but there's a little-known oasis just down the road from it: Montezuma Well.
Sep. 12, 2022
Chris Bianco
Chris Bianco is an award-winning pizza chef based in Phoenix. He is well-known for starting Pizzeria Bianco in 1988, which has received national recognition. Now, both he and his restaurant are featured in “Chef’s Table: Pizza” which premiered Sept. 7.
Sep. 11, 2022
Hand tossing baseball
Major League Baseball is introducing some of its most radical rules next season, adopting a pitch clock and limiting defensive shifts after concluding modern analytics created a slower, less entertaining sport.
Sep. 10, 2022
patrons at tianguis night market
Summer nights are getting hotter in the Valley, but high temperatures haven't stopped the trend of night markets from popping up.
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Sep. 9, 2022

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