‘Every number is good’: Analytics helping speed up baseball
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer Robot umpires. A strike zone that looks more like a stop sign than a rectangle. Allowing the batter to take off for…
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer Robot umpires. A strike zone that looks more like a stop sign than a rectangle. Allowing the batter to take off for…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vowed Friday that her administration won’t carry out an…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says her administration doesn’t plan to carry out execution scheduled by a court for April…
Continue ReadingTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Tempe city officials will move forward with plans to rename streets and parks with namesakes that had century-old ties to the…
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California’s Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Azoulas Tubelis scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 8 Arizona ended USC’s 14-game home win streak with an…
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. helped keep UCLA afloat in the first half of Thursday night’s game against…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court issued a warrant to execute a prisoner even though the state’s new…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jon Rahm started his round strong and ended it even better Thursday, closing…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer The most expensive free agent in Tampa Bay history made a good first impression with the Rays. Zach Eflin…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Emily Bessoir had 18 points and 13 rebounds for her first career double-double, Charisma Osborne also scored 18 points and No. 19…
Continue ReadingST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — A married couple accused in a bizarre doomsday-focused triple murder case will be tried separately, an Idaho judge ruled…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Democrats in the Arizona Senate have settled on new leadership after the minority leader departed to run for Congress. The Arizona…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The medical director of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in metro Phoenix has asked the Arizona…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Walmart plans to add more than two dozen health care centers to some of its stores next year, as the retailer moves deeper into…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Juan Soto was very good, but not great, after he came to the San Diego Padres in a midseason…
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — National Weather Service officials don’t have to be told that 2022-23 is becoming a record year for snowfall totals in…
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Portland, Oregon received nearly a foot of snow in a single day in what proved to be its second-snowiest…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — No verdict yet in the second murder trial of a man accused of killing two Tucson girls a couple years apart. A jury that got…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Two of the four children pulled out of a burning condominium in west Phoenix have died along with a man who was the father of at…
Continue ReadingCEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Rayshon Harrison scored 29 points and Grand Canyon beat Southern Utah 83-78 on Wednesday night. Harrison added nine…
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Defenseman Miro Heiskanen ended a 19-game goal drought by scoring the winning goal early in the third period and Tyler Seguin had two…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Durant feels a sense of comfort. Durant scored 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting in his…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, the Republican who lost the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, has…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers Jakob Chychrun’s long wait is over. After sitting out eight games while awaiting a trade, the…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Emily Bessoir scored 17 points, including two critical 3-pointers in overtime, as fifth-seeded UCLA, which had a 19-point lead…
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer The stage hardly looked too big for pitcher Andrew Painter. The hard-throwing Philadelphia Phillies prospect’s…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is standing firm in her decision to nominate a former…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Oumar Ballo always had the power to bull through smaller opponents, his 7-foot,…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A man already convicted of killing a Tucson teenager declined to take the stand and testify in his own defense Wednesday as…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — New team, same Kevin Durant. The Durant era in Phoenix got off to solid start Wednesday night…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Coach Brian Flores can press discrimination claims against the league and three teams…
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It took 2 hours, 19 minutes for the Miami Marlins to beat the Houston Astros 4-3 in…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer After a furious rush to beat the clock in 2022, NHL general managers are acting early and often to jockey for the…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks knew star forward Patrick Kane was going to be traded, yet the reality…
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer The New York Rangers acquired Patrick Kane in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, reuniting the star winger…
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY The effort to satisfy a vast demand for lithium for electric vehicle batteries moved one step forward with a $375 million…
Continue ReadingBy JACK THOMPSON Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had no issues with his pitches or the new clock in his first spring training…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer Gavin Lux hasn’t seen the video of the injury that ended his chance of being the Los Angeles…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer who flew over 100 missions in the Pacific and…
Continue ReadingBISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — A rural Arizona county board that was embroiled last year in voting machine conspiracies voted Tuesday to give responsibility…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Endangered Mexican gray wolves are making more strides, as more breeding pairs and…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant is expected to make his Phoenix Suns debut on Wednesday against the Charlotte Hornets. The Suns made the announcement…
Continue ReadingPEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. was set to play his first game for San Diego after missing the 2022 season because of an injury and drug…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Not having a cut is one of the sticking points for LIV Golf’s request to be part of the…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer MESA, Ariz. (AP) — An oblique injury will keep Japanese outfielder Seiya Suzuki out of the World Baseball Classic.…
Continue ReadingPEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Having signed All-Star slugger Manny Machado for more than another decade, San Diego Padres chairman Peter Seidler was clear…
Continue ReadingBy GARY SCHATZ Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — San Diego All-Star pitcher Joe Musgrove will be sidelined for at least two weeks after…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press PGA TOUR ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL Site: Orlando, Florida. Course: Bay Hill Club & Lodge. Yardage: 7,466. Par: 72. Prize…
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer When Kevin Durant was asked about the notion of him and some other Olympic gold medalists potentially getting…
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