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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Until last summer, Ashley Montano had never flown. Now she was preparing to land a small…

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court soon could find itself with easy ways out of two…

PHOENIX (AP) — Reports: Brooklyn Nets to trade NBA star Kevin Durant to Phoenix…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant is leaving Brooklyn, as Kyrie Irving just did and James Harden before that.…

PHOENIX (AP) — Rayshon Harrison had 18 points in Grand Canyon’s 78-67 win over New Mexico State on Wednesday. Harrison had five assists for…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The defensive philosophy that has carried the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl is…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers voted Wednesday to let public school districts spend all the money they were promised by the state, eliminating…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Sheryl Lee Ralph is living a career dream: The “Abbott Elementary” star won her…

PHOENIX (AP) — Ron Rivera’s dad served in the United States Army for 32 years. So for the coach of the Washington Commanders, winning the NFL’s…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue will replace Phoenix’s Monty Williams on the USA Basketball men’s…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Jones claims to have very little memory of a relatively benign game in 2017, when the Kansas…

PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Irvin has been pulled from the remainder of NFL Network’s Super Bowl week coverage after a complaint about…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Damar Hamlin made a brief appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week to receive the…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes says he’s “definitely in a better spot” when it comes to his…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Justin Ishbia came home from college one day to find his younger brother Mat shooting hoops over an…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer James Harden averaged 36 points a few seasons ago. Devin Booker once scored 70 in one game. There are many more…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — If all goes according to plan Sunday, the only time football fans will see Kansas City’s Chad…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer Tennessee quarterbacks coach Pat O’Hara called six-year journeyman Joshua Dobbs hours after a loss…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner texted her good friend Diana Taurasi on Tuesday asking how the USA Basketball training camp was…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer This year’s Super Bowl features a rare matchup of the NFL’s top two teams from the regular season. The…

By MORGAN LEE and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime and weapons…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. judge has ordered the government to revisit part of its environmental review of a lithium…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — These aren’t the Phoenix Suns that fell apart after Devin Booker was hurt. The team he…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs lost one of the NFL’s most dynamic receivers when Tyreek Hill…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The “Howie! Howie! Howie” chants at the team’s send-off party in Philadelphia followed…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Mat Ishbia said his first major project as owner of the Phoenix Suns will be to listen to employees and figure…

PHOENIX (AP) — A man who is a professional climber scaled Phoenix’s tallest building Tuesday before being booked into jail on charges of…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Diana Taurasi said immediately after winning her fifth Olympic gold medal in Tokyo that she might try for a…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — What was shaping up as one the biggest controversies in golf this year also turned out…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Brock Purdy’s bid to join the select group of quarterbacks to go from a backup for most of the season to a…

By JOSH DUBOW and HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writers It matters that Patrick Mahomes is spectacularly talented, of course. Might matter just as much…

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have identified a body found floating in a man-made lake at a Mesa golf course Tuesday morning. Mesa police said…

By The Associated Press PGA TOUR WM PHOENIX OPEN Site: Scottsdale, Arizona. Course: TPC Scottsdale. Yardage: 7,261. Par: 71. Prize money: $20…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As legal sports gambling proliferates, the number of Americans betting on the Super Bowl…

The Associated Press Rock star Bono, the family of Tyre Nichols and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month’s Monterey Park,…

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jakob Chychrun had two goals, Jack McBain scored the tie-breaking goal on a breakaway with…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is thrilled young aspiring football players all over the…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Brayden Parker scored 17 points to help Idaho State fend off Northern Arizona 75-70 on Monday night. Parker added five…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Nick Sirianni answered questions about Rocky, Santa Claus and even which of his players on the…

By DAVID BRANDT and TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writers PHOENIX (AP) — Mortgage executive and former Michigan State guard Mat Ishbia is the new majority…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Sean Payton is bringing an old-school style sown by his mentor Bill Parcells and…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns president and CEO Jason Rowley has decided to leave the team as the franchise moves…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Seven-time Pro Bowl receiver A.J. Green retired on Monday after 12 seasons in the NFL. The…

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A rancher who lives near Arizona’s border with Mexico is being held on a charge of first-degree murder in last week’s…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Mike Pereira knows the pressure Carl Cheffers and his officiating crew will be under during Super Bowl 57 between the…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs activated running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire from injured reserve…

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Former NFL player Jim Bob Morris is heading to the Super Bowl in Phoenix from Bloomington, Illinois,…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kyrsten Sinema won Democrats a U.S. Senate seat from Arizona for the first time in a…