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Elston Turner doesn't have any experience coaching the Phoenix Suns. But he has plenty when it comes to guiding teams that play a lot like the Suns.

The best hitter in college baseball should have thrown his cap into the garbage a long time ago.

Sometimes you get what you want. Twice in two seasons, encounters with Northwestern haven’t been kind to the Arizona State softball team. But when the teams face each other for a third, fourth (and possibly fifth) time during this weekend’s NCAA super regional at Farrington Stadium, the Sun Devils are convinced this time will be different.

With the Mercury having to wait until the end of training camp for most of their top players to report, there were concerns over a possible lack of cohesiveness in the first few weeks of the season.

Arizona State’s Azahara Munoz survived adverse conditions and a two-hour wind delay to shoot an even-par 72 in Wednesday’s second round of the NCAA women’s golf tournament in Albuquerque, N.M.

As rising stars in the game of golf go, not much was known about 14-year-old Trey Kaahanui of Tempe before he burst on the scene three months ago.

The first employment piece of the puzzle has been selected for Papago Golf Course, and the new superintendent is Tom Wolff, who comes via Del Rio Country Club in Modesto, Calif.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kevin Harvick has received a crash course on privacy laws, learned how long different drugs stay in the system, and tested the drivers and crew chiefs on the teams he owns.

Scottsdale Community College continued its quest to defend its NJCAA Division I golf title by taking a four-stroke lead in the second round of the men’s national championships in Huntsville, Ala.

Brandon Webb picked up the change-up in the latter part of 2006, perhaps not coincidentally the same season he won the NL Cy Young Award. It has become a highly successful complement to his best-in-class sinking fastball, in part because of the way Webb delivers it.

Jeff Hornacek’s retired jersey hangs in Salt Lake City, but his heart and his family are in Phoenix, where he was one of the most popular players in franchise history until he was sacrificed to bring Charles Barkley to Arizona.

Arizona lost its bid for the 2012 Super Bowl in overtime. In an unexpectedly close vote, Indianapolis nosed out Glendale for Super Bowl XLVI in voting by owners Tuesday in Atlanta. The decision wasn’t made until the fourth ballot.

MIAMI - Micah Owings set a career high with 10 strikeouts, but the Diamondbacks could not take advantage of several good scoring opportunities in a 3-2 loss to Florida to open a seven-game road trip.

Nathan Hodel walked off the Cardinals' practice field Tuesday and immediately was surrounded by reporters. So there was Hodel, trying to explain why a group of filthy rich owners don't like a deal that has helped make them filthy rich.

Receiver Anquan Boldin and defensive tackle Darnell Dockett, two star players who want new contracts, were missing from the start of the Cardinals’ voluntary organized team activities on Tuesday.

LAS VEGAS - Former NBA star Charles Barkley has retired his debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino that sued him after he failed to pay $400,000 in gambling loans. But the civil lawsuit remains open, and it’s going to cost Sir Charles $40,000 more to get out of the legal doghouse.

SAN ANTONIO - Sophia Young scored 25 points and Becky Hammon added 14 as the San Antonio Silver Stars beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 81-76 on Tuesday night.

Arizona State’s Azahara Munoz shot a 3-under 69 Tuesday to help the Sun Devils to fourth place after the first day of the NCAA women’s golf tournament at Albuquerque, N.M.

Mesa Mountain View High athletic director David Hines has about five weeks of work left before his 30-year tenure as a teacher, coach and administrator for the district comes to a close.

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada prosecutor and a Las Vegas Strip casino say Charles Barkley hasn't settled his $400,000 gambling debt, despite what he said on television.