FLINT, Mich. - Shooting for a new Will Ferrell sports comedy begins in Michigan later this month.

America’s favorite summertime sports have long been played on trails, waters, fields, courses and courts. And, now we know, they’re played on shooting ranges, too.

Tempe’s Clubhouse Music Venue and Horse and Hound Sports Grill, where 16 people were injured in a gang-related shooting earlier this month, has closed.

Scottsdale police Tuesday morning shot and killed a man believed to have stabbed and kidnapped his ex-girlfriend in a south Scottsdale neighborhood.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Before Friday’s night game against Golden State, Suns coach Mike D’Antoni was asked to compare his team’s success with the import of point guard Steve Nash and the Warriors after they traded for point guard Baron Davis.

Briann January can’t wait for the season to start. “I’m super excited,” January said. “We have some new people in the lineup, which is exciting, and they have been doing awesome. So I’m ready to make a statement and show people what we have.”

The Ben Avery Clay Busters will host its second annual sporting clays tournament and fun shoot Oct. 6 as a benefit on behalf of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Phoenix police discovered the body of a 20-year-old man who had been shot early Saturday after authorities were called to check on a vehicle blocking traffic on Interstate 17.

It’s all over in 10 seconds. A rider toting two .45-caliber single-action revolvers takes out 10 targets. The spectacle of cowboy mounted shooting is a mixture of razor-sharp timing and skill.

A man who police said flashed a gun in a restaurant, tried to flee in his car and then rammed a patrol vehicle, was shot multiple times Thursday night.

Police have added a Scottsdale homicide to the list of serial shootings that have Valley residents on edge. Scottsdale and Phoenix police hope to receive more information that could lead to a suspect in the May 2 killing of Claudia Gutierrez-Cruz, 20, of Phoenix.

Police have added a Scottsdale homicide to the list of serial shootings that have Valley residents on edge. Scottsdale and Phoenix police hope to receive more information that could lead to a suspect in the May 2 killing of Claudia Gutierrez-Cruz, 20, of Phoenix.

In the East Valley’s second freeway shooting this month, a bullet grazed a passenger’s skull Friday when a gunman on Interstate 10 opened fire on a car during morning rush hour.

In the East Valley’s second freeway shooting this month, a bullet grazed a passenger’s skull Friday when a gunman on Interstate 10 opened fire on a car during morning rush hour.

Two students accused of a plot to “shoot up” Higley High School today are being questioned by Gilbert police.

It has often been said that walking into Wrigley Field, especially for the first time, is knowing what heaven must look like.

TUCSON — The parents of a man charged with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are devastated and guilt-ridden, a neighbor said, mourning their own tragedy as Tucson residents prepared Tuesday for a community memorial service and a visit from the president.

I realize that picking a president by his or her ability to play sports, or least talk about them, would saddle the country with leaders with such names as Jeter, Pippin or Manning. But my take on the bad run of presidents since Teddy Roosevelt cluttered up the White House with big game is that many modern presidents have had a complicated relationship with the national pastimes. Maybe it was the German strategist Clausewitz who said that sports is the extension of politics by other means?

Mesa resident Paul Epstein said he won’t likely make the 30-mile trek to Glendale’s Cabela’s after his city gets its own sporting goods megastore in 2007. “I’m not particular to Cabela’s,” said the self-described fisherman. “It’s all the same stuff.”

NEW YORK - New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury defended Michael Vick, calling dogfighting a sport and comparing it to hunting. Marbury spoke Monday about the federal dogfighting conspiracy charges against Vick while promoting his basketball shoe in Albany, N.Y.

Winter Range: Cowboy Action Shooting National Championship: Cowboy reenactors and marksmen from across the country and around the world gather for this seven-day event, which includes cowboy action shooting competitions and mounted shooting events.