James Contes is a good student with plenty of academic college options, but nothing yet for football.

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The LPGA said Thursday the 2009 Phoenix LPGA International tournament will be held at the Papago Golf Course in Phoenix after spending five years at the Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club near Gold Canyon.

NEW YORK - "Spamalot" didn't get a lot. "Monty Python's Spamalot," an irreverent romp inspired by the British film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," led all plays and musicals at the Tony Awards with 14 nominations, but took away only three prizes Sunday. It won the one that mattered, though - best musical.

Area football players were snubbed on the All-Arizona team voted on by the football coaches association.

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LOS ANGELES — Nora Ephron's characters were highly verbal and hyper-analytical. They had a head for the absurd and a heart for romance. But above all, they were funny.

Here are the local athletes expected to sign Letters of Intent with colleges beginning Wednesday. For additions, email varsity@evtrib.com and include the athlete's name, high school, sport and college of choice.

After watching Sarah Fakler run for three seasons, it's become a foregone conclusion that if she's racing Arizona runners, she's going to win.

Ryan Howard is making an MVP run while playing through a threat that he might never walk again. A month ago, Howard told the Philadelphia media this week, he was made aware of a letter post-marked in Scranton, Pa., in which a fan threatened to shoot him and cripple him.

Ryan Howard is making an MVP run while playing through a threat that he might never walk again. A month ago, Howard told the Philadelphia media this week, he was made aware of a letter post-marked in Scranton, Pa., in which a fan threatened to shoot him and cripple him.

If you want to become the next comedy sensation or mega rock star, you've gotta start somewhere, right? Up-and-coming comedians, singers and poets take the stage each week at various open-mike nights throughout the East Valley in an effort to get their voices heard.

Escapism has fallen on hard times in Hollywood. Want proof? Just take a peek at last year's Oscar field: "Crash." "Munich." "Brokeback Mountain." Sobering, staunch, modern-day tragedies, all of them. Like escaping into a tax seminar.

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Fresh faces in previously unfamiliar places was a common sight at Jobing.com Arena on Saturday, as six high school wrestling classes concluded the season.

Complete list of nominees in 107 categories announced Tuesday for the 47th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 13 in Los Angeles:

See the results of the 10K race.