Preston Jones is moving a few miles southwest for his new job; Dennis Parker is heading out of state to take his new gig, leaving the East Valley with two new openings as the offseason football coaching carousel spins round and round.

From wheelchair curling to ice sledge hockey, Susan Byrne will see extraordinary athletes as she heads today to the IX Paralympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy.

The Arizona Rattlers have called a press conference for 11:30 a.m. Thursday at America West Arena to announce the signing of Todd Shell as the team's new head coach.

Mesa High didn’t go out of state this time to find its next head football coach, but did go across the Valley to get its man.

Shane Burcar is headed for his fourth job in four years. This time he’s not going far to begin his new assignment and it’s familiar territory.

May 24, 2005

The players in Friday night's 5A-I state semifinal football game between Mesa High and Phoenix Mountain Pointe were either just born or toddlers the last time their respective high schools were in a semifinal playoff game.

Mesa High School teacher and softball coach Gay Lyn Turley was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of having a four-year sexual relationship with a teenage girl that began when the teen was her student.

Mesa High football coach Dennis Parker is not leaving the Jackrabbits for Brownsville, Texas. He is, however, departing for Seguin, Texas., to be a college coach again.

I am always on the lookout for that little, undiscovered gem of a restaurant. You know the kind: family owned, comfortable, great food and NOT crowded! I am happy to report my finding. Cafe Roma is just the place.

Severt “Sev Coach” Legred encourages hundreds of Mesa seniors to get their hearts pumping. A retired high school and college coach, the 69-year-old teaches his fellow residents at Carriage Manor RV community the benefits of exercise.

Only two seasons removed from winning a 5A state championship, Mesa High boys basketball coach Shawn Lynch has resigned.

When it comes to boys soccer in the 5A East Valley Region, Mesa High coach T.J. Hagen is the old man on the block, even if he doesn’t look much older than his players.

When it comes to boys soccer in the 5A East Valley Region, Mesa High coach T.J. Hagen is the old man on the block, even if he doesn’t look much older than his players.

When Todd Shell became the head coach of the New York Dragons in February of 2003, he left himself an out. A clause in his contract stipulated that if the Rattlers' head coaching position ever opened up, Shell was free to accept it and return home to his roots.

Mesa High hired a football coach Tuesday night with the district governing board’s approval, officially making Dennis Parker the Jackrabbits’ 13th head coach.