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College of Science announces 2026 Galileo Circle Awards
The awards honor some of the college’s most exceptional faculty and staff, recognizing excellence in teaching, research, mentoring, outreach and service.
Suns-Warriors play-in matchup set
The NBA Play-In Tournament matchup between the Suns and Warriors for the eighth seed is set for Friday at Mortgage Matchup Center.
New investigative newsroom launches at ASU's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
A new investigative newsroom focusing on accountability reporting, innovation and experimentation with AI-driven tools launches today at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication as part of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism.The Beam is a multimedia newsroom that produces in-depth, high-impact reporting on issues that matter to Arizona communities, while building modern tools for the public to engage directly with the decision-makers shaping their lives.
Inside Gaming: Strip room rates gradually increasing, analyst says
Plus, a temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of Arizona gaming laws against prediction markets has been ordered in U.S. District Court in Arizona.
University of Arizona launches BS in Science Law, available on campus and online
The BS in Science Law builds a strong foundation in both disciplines through coursework and labs in biology, chemistry and physics, alongside undergraduate law courses.
NFL mock draft: Dallas Cowboys make trade with Arizona Cardinals
In the latest NFL.com mock draft, the Cardinals trade the third pick for picks Nos. 12 and 20.
Scientists finally know where the Colorado River’s missing water is going
For years, water managers have been puzzled as the Colorado River kept delivering less water than expected—even when snowpack levels looked promising. New research reveals the missing piece: spring rain, or rather, the lack of it. Warmer, drier springs mean plants are soaking up more snowmelt before it can reach rivers, fueled by sunny skies that boost growth and evaporation. In fact, this shift explains nearly 70% of the shortfall, tying the mystery directly to the long-running Millennium drought.
Derek Dixon commits to Arizona
UNC will be looking for a new point guard for next season. Derek Dixon, who entered his name into the transfer portal last week, has committed to the University of Arizona and Tommy Lloyd. The freshman averaged 6.5 points per game and led the Tar Heels in assists after he wrestled the starting point guard […]
Diana Taurasi, J.J. Hardy among seven Arizona Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Diana Taurasi, J.J. Hardy and Frank Busch were among seven inductees to the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in recognition of their impact on Arizona’s sports legacy.
Suns-Trail Blazers NBA Play-in matchup set
The NBA Play-In Tournament matchup between the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers is set for Tuesday at Mortgage Matchup Center.
Politics Unplugged Podcast: Laura Gersony on the SRP election and Turning Point's impact
Arizona Republic reporter Laura Gersony joins us to talk about the SRP election, and why it was a loss for Turning Point USA. Then Dennis and Colin talk about the President’s threat to end a civilization and Melania Trump's Epstein-focused press conference.
Arizona State tennis programs head to Big 12 tournaments
Here are the events happening around Arizona State athletics from April 12-18, 2026.
2026 NFL draft preview: Linebacker prospects and the Arizona Cardinals
Jess Root and Seth Cox talk about linebacker prospects to know for the Arizona Cardinals in the 2026 NFL draft.
“AI polls” are fake polls
A few weeks after Donald Trump’s second presidential win, I took the train up from London (where I was living at the time) to Oxford to attend a conference on polls and forecasts of the 2024 election. Most of the attendees were pollsters or academics, but I also watched presentations from Aaru and Electric Twin, two companies that do what is interchangeably called synthetic sampling, silicon sampling, or synthetic audiences. Stripped of startup jargon, that means they use large language models (LLMs) to simulate responses to public opinion polls by having AI agents take on the role of survey respondents. I had already heard of Aaru thanks to some articles with eye-catching headlines like “No people, no problem: AI chatbots predict elections better than humans” in the months leading up to Election Day. The founders were making some big, some might even say far-fetched claims, such as: “within two years, we will simulate the entire globe — from the way crops are grown in Ukraine to how that impacts production of oil in Iraq, trade through the strait of Malacca, and elections for the mayor of Baltimore.” When Semafor asked Aaru’s cofounders — Cameron Fink and Ned Koh — about my boss, they said “we respect all those who came before us.” Nate (as he so often does) shared his thoughts on Twitter: Fink and Koh were relatively good-natured about this back-and-forth when we spoke at Oxford. They even offered to mail me one of the t-shirts featuring Nate’s quote they apparently had made. I never took them up on the offer, which I now somewhat regret. These synthetic sampling companies fell off my radar for a while, but they do still exist. In fact, Aaru recently received a $1 billion valuation. Is what they’re doing anywhere close to the most important frontier in AI development? Not by a longshot, especially when Anthropic just developed a model so adept at exploiting software vulnerabilities that it’s only being released to 40 companies. Still, silicon sampling is increasingly finding its way into public polling. Axios reported in March that “a majority of people trust their own doctors and nurses” based on findings from Aaru — without mentioning that the “people” in that sentence were actually LLMs. Around the same time, the Public Sentiment Institute “boosted” their online sample of 373 real survey respondents with 114 AI agents.1 (Spoiler alert: even the co-founder of Electric Twin doesn’t think that’s a particularly defensible approach.) Polling companies like Qualtrics and Ipsos are also developing synthetic data panels. So, what should we make of these … “polls”? Let’s get one thing out of the way: whatever they are, they’re not polls in the way that term is usually defined. Subscribe You can’t replace polls with AI On one hand, using LLMs to essentially make up fake survey respondents sort of sounds like the dumbest idea ever, one that will at best imperfectly replicate real polls while introducing all sorts of biases. On the other hand, with LLMs improving at a remarkable, perhaps even alarming rate, maybe that means I’m a dinosaur at the ripe old age of 24 because I still want to rely on polls that talk to actual people. I’m not going to argue that synthetic samples are completely useless. In fact, as I’ll return to later, there is evidence that some techniques can replicate topline survey results quickly and cheaply. But the marketing from certain companies can be slightly optimistic. “No traditional poll will exist by the time the next general election occurs,” said Fink in 2024. We’re just 206 days away from the midterms, and based on the fact that I still have to collect a bunch of polls every day, I’d say he should have run that prediction by a sample of AI agents before the interview.2 To see why synthetic samples can’t replace polls, here’s a quick primer on how they work. The simplest version of these models involves taking a LLM (like ChatGPT or Claude), giving it a demographic profile (e.g., a white, college-educated woman who lives in Utah and makes $70k a year), and then asking it to respond to a survey question. You repeat that process a few thousand times using different demographic profiles and end up with a sample of synthetic survey responses. The actual models used by private companies are more sophisticated than this, usually because they incorporate more hypothesized demographic characteristics for each agent and provide them with extra information. Aaru, for example, feeds agents a diet of news and information they’d be likely to consume, while Electric Twin incorporates their customers’ proprietary data about the audience they’re trying to replicate. The way Ben Warner, the co-founder of Electric Twin, explained it to me was “we have a large amount of data on […] for instance, 5,000 people. Can we make an accurate prediction of how they would respond to another question?” Still, it should be obvious why synthetic samples can’t replace polls. Polling is fundamentally a data collection process. We might use surveys to make predictions by feeding them into election forecasts, but the main purpose of a poll isn’t prediction, it’s gathering new data about what people think and how they feel. Silicon sampling, on the other hand, produces no new data. It’s simply a model: you input LLM training data, demographic prompts, and a bunch of other information, and it spits out a prediction for what a poll would say. We love models here, but models aren’t polls. That difference is an important philosophical sticking point for most pollsters I talk to. “I think politics should stay away from [synthetic sampling], because we’re trying to […] represent the voice of the people,” said Natalie Jackson, a vice president at GQR Insights. Democratic pollster John Hagner told me: “I think I’m just incredibly skeptical of this idea. I don’t think it’s research. At that point, you’re asking the machine to tell you what you already believe.” Hagner has seen some presentations of early synthetic sampling experiments, but so far, “if it’s being used in a campaign, people are keeping it incredibly quiet.”3 But Eli, I hear you saying, aren’t polls themselves increasingly governed by modeling decisions? Indeed they are: pollsters’ choices on which sampling method to use, how to define their likely voter models, and how to weight their samples can and do lead to dramatic differences in the results they publish. Aaru even referenced these limitations in the methodology statement included with that maternal mortality “poll” — although I’m using the term “methodology statement” loosely here, because it doesn’t really explain how the model works at all. We can ignore the (frankly preposterous) implication that synthetic sampling isn’t subject to a separate set of biases. The important point is that there’s still a meaningful difference between using weighting and other statistical techniques on actual polling data and using a model to predict what a poll would say. The latter is far closer to election forecasts or techniques like MRP — potentially useful models, but not a replacement for polls.4 To be fair, other synthetic sampling companies are perfectly happy with the distinction between polls and models. Warner compared polling and synthetic sampling to different tools in a toolbox. “The mistake I think we make is we think that these new tools should either work in exactly the same way or somehow replace these old tools,” he said. “Rather than thinking of it as, okay, so we’ve always had the hammer, we’ve always had the screwdriver, now we’ve got a saw. But don’t use a saw to try [to] do the job of a hammer.” A quick comment from Nate Eli didn’t ask me for a comment — rather rude of him, don’t you think? But since I’m editing this story, I figured I’d add a few quick thoughts rather than putting words in his mouth. Beyond the frequently misleading marketing, what bothers me about the AI “poll” hype is that as AI tools make statistical inference cheaper and/or better (note that these are not synonyms) that actually increases the comparative value of collecting original data. You might be able to train a model to make a reasonable estimate of what some hard-to-reach poll respondent would say — say, a young Black man who voted for Trump. (Such a person checks a number of boxes for a voter who is usually hard to reach in surveys.) Indeed, this is closely related to what models like the Silver Bulletin forecast already do. They essentially smooth out the kinks in noisy survey data by making inferences based on past voting patterns or national polls or surveys of other states. But you don’t actually know what these voters think unless you’re reaching them directly. If there’s a shift in opinion among this subgroup, you’re not going to detect it. So if I were running a campaign, I’d invest more in going the extra mile to find a representative sample of those voters. And then I’d hire some smart quants — or Claude? — to figure out the implications for campaign strategy based on proprietary data that my competitors didn’t have access to. -Nate Silver Are these models any good? If synthetic surveys are just a new type of model, the next obvious question is whether the models are at least accurate. The answer very much depends on who you ask. On one end of the spectrum, you have the maximalist argument that synthetic sampling is more accurate than actual polls. “It’s an incredibly challenging problem to go to someone and say ‘hey, we’re going to be more accurate at predicting human behavior than you, even when you talk to your customers directly’,” Koh recently told CNBC. In his view, synthetic sampling isn’t a saw to polling’s hammer, it’s “magic.” There’s certainly evidence that synthetic samples can replicate certain survey toplines. But if Aaru does have any examples of their approach outperforming the polls, they’re keeping those to themselves.5 Aaru’s 2024 election model, for example, had Kamala Harris leading in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on November 4th. And although they’ve since taken down their forecast page, they gave Harris a 50.5 percent chance of winning the race on November 2nd.6 After the election, Fink told Semafor he was happy enough with those results because they were “within margin of error,” a term that is completely meaningless when applied to a “sample” of AI agents. And of course, Aaru says their models have improved since 2024, so supposedly now they’d be more accurate than the polls? Still, their stronger argument is on cost: “We are significantly faster and cheaper than traditional polling, and still more accurate,” said Fink. The first two claims are undeniably true, but the third brings us to the opposite end of the spectrum. Both Jackson and Hagner are skeptical that these models are reliable for anything beyond replicating common survey toplines. “I just […] don’t think the machines are what we want when we’re looking for nuanced views. My example on this is people in Arizona and Nevada in 2024 who voted for Trump and voted for expanding abortion in their states on ballot initiatives,” said Jackson. Hagner identified another issue. Maybe the synthetic respondents, like sycophantic LLMs, are inhuman in one important way: they’re too nice. “The reports that have come through at the meetings that I’ve been at are that the early experiments on this, they cannot get respondents to be as racist or sexist or, frankly, as negative as human respondents,” he said. Academic research mostly agrees on this point. While there are some papers that show promising results when using LLMs to replicate polling data, most show that LLMs suffer from various quirks like producing too few “don’t know” responses and can seriously overpredict the favorability of politicians like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. They also seem to struggle with too little variation between demographic subgroups, so the difference in predicted opinion between Democrats and Republicans, for example, is too small. When I asked Warner about these studies, his response to these papers was that just because academics can’t get synthetic sampling to work doesn’t mean that the technique doesn’t work in general. “Actually, the argument is, okay, yours does not [work]. That does not mean […] for this complex set of machinery, which uses a lot of investment, a lot of time, a lot of money, you can’t get it to work.” Cards on the table, I’m somewhat sympathetic to this argument because academics aren’t exactly great at making election forecasts. Usually, the people with skin in the game are the most accurate. Warner’s argument is that the approach Electric Twin takes — which includes, for example, making multiple predictions for each synthetic respondent using different models and prompts and subsequently averaging those to get a final prediction in a sort of ensemble forecast — produces better results than the simpler academic models. Warner shared a comparison between his method and the method from a recent academic paper with me, and Electric Twin was indeed able to get more accurate replication. But even still, he acknowledged that synthetic sampling “is not a crystal ball.” “If you asked me, do I think using other data sources will be more accurate than asking somebody who they will vote for, I would probably say no. But if you asked me ‘would your system be useful for our turnout modeling today?’ I would say yes.” For better or worse, it looks like the method is already getting more popular in the market research world. Most of the clients Aaru touts these days are businesses like EY and McDonald’s. And AI will probably begin to pop up in other parts of the political polling process. Pollsters are already using it to code open-ended survey responses, and some firms, like YouGov, are testing using LLMs to ask survey respondents questions. More worryingly, one danger to actual polls is that AI agents can be used to infiltrate online surveys. Most online polls use various checks to prevent that from happening, but there’s conflicting evidence on how effective those filters are and how prevalent AI agents currently are in online panels. If those agents ever become impossible to detect, it might spell the end of online polling, but the solution isn’t to replace all of your respondents with ChatGPT. Silver Bulletin is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe 1 That particular poll obviously doesn’t meet Silver Bulletin standards for aggregation. But we exclude all Public Sentiment Institute polls from our averages because we classify them as an amateur polling firm. 2 You could argue that Fink meant the next presidential election, but (a) I’m also confident we’ll still have real polls in 2028 and (b) in that case he should have asked an LLM to define “general election.” 3 Quick caveat: that’s reporting from a Democratic pollster. It’s possible that Republicans are more willing to use AI in political campaigns. 4 Indeed, Silver Bulletin does not include “polls” produced by MRP in our forecasts or averages, and we think it’s extremely misleading when their practitioners describe them in a way that suggests original data had been collected among a large number of states or Congressional districts. 5 A recent report from Aaru and EY did show two examples of a synthetic estimate being closer than a survey to a real-world benchmark — but I’d take those findings with a grain of salt because the report reads more like an ad and didn’t involve any sort of prediction being made ahead of time. 6 For comparison, our odds for Harris on the same day were 48.2 percent.
Arizona House passes bill restricting drones near large entertainment events
The bill would make it illegal to fly a drone within a mile of a ticketed entertainment event at venues with at least 1,000 people capacity.
Science of seismic proportions
Arizona’s deserts might not be situated on a tectonic plate boundary where geographical activity can cause earthquakes, but that doesn’t make the state immune from the disturbance of tremors.It has been 139 years since Arizona’s strongest recorded earthquake on the Pitaycachi fault struck in 1887. The 7.5 magnitude event, known as the Sonoran Earthquake, took place near the southeastern Arizona-Mexico border.
Adaptive sports program visits Southern Arizona P.E. classes, wheelchairs in tow
When her class moved outside for P.E., special education teacher Tiffani Jaseph saw the excitement. After coaches and players from Adaptive Sports In Schools, or ASIS, unloaded dozens of wheelchairs at Copper View Elementary in the Sahuarita School District, they told students about racing the chairs and playing wheelchair basketball. Jaseph saw the difference in […]
'At the edge of the future': ASU breaks ground for better health outcomes for Arizona
Arizona State University is taking a huge step toward addressing one of the biggest crises in the U.S. — the disparity in health care, according to ASU President Michael Crow.Crow spoke Thursday in downtown Phoenix at the groundbreaking of the headquarters for ASU Health, the hub of the university’s efforts to improve health outcomes for Arizona residents.He told the crowd that despite great wealth, the U.S. health care system is failing.
'At the edge of the future': University breaks ground on ASU Health building
Arizona State University is taking a huge step toward addressing one of the biggest crises in the U.S. — the disparity in health care, according to ASU President Michael Crow.Crow spoke Thursday in downtown Phoenix at the groundbreaking of the headquarters for ASU Health, the hub of the university’s efforts to improve health outcomes for Arizona residents.He told the crowd that despite great wealth, the U.S. health care system is failing.
ASU breaks ground on health campus in downtown Phoenix
Crews broke ground Thursday morning on the new home of Arizona State University’s health campus in downtown Phoenix.
Rare, violent rift discovered in Ngogo chimpanzee group from 'Chimp Empire'
The largest group of wild chimpanzees known to scientists has permanently split in two — something that is extremely rare.Scientists with Arizona State University and The University of Texas at Austin are the first to clearly document the permanent divide and the intergroup violence that followed. The study draws on three decades of field observations of the Ngogo chimpanzees of Kibale National Park, Uganda, a population featured in the Netflix documentary series "Chimp Empire."
2026 NFL draft: Top 12 of Top 100 prospects
NFL.com's Eric Edholm updated his top 100 prospects. Here are the top 12.
Golden Entertainment takes next step toward going private
If the Gaming Commission approves later this month, the owner of the Strat, Arizona Charlies and the PT’s Pub chain will transition from being a publicly traded company.
Measles outbreak spreads in Utah, hitting people without the vaccine
What started as a small outbreak of measles along the Utah-Arizona border has spread to every corner of the Beehive State.
Secretary Kennedy Advances MAHA Agenda in Arizona with Focus on Prevention, Recovery, and Tribal Health
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. traveled to Arizona this week as part of his “Take Back Your Health” tour, meeting with leaders across health care.
Nevada regulators approve Golden Entertainment going private
The CEO of Golden Entertainment told Nevada regulators that a lagging stock price and investors not properly valuing the casino operator caused them to take the company private. The Nevada Gamin...
Photos of Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and NFL reporter at Arizona hotel are misleading, reporter says
In photos published by Page Six, The Athletic reporter Dianna Russini and the New England Patriots head coach are seen hanging out at the Ambiente luxury hotel in Sedona.
Fiesta Sports Foundation Names Nick Smith Board Chair, David Dorward Chair-Elect and Adds Two New Board Members
As Fiesta Sports Foundation continues to build on its legacy as one of Arizona's premier nonprofit organizations and a cornerstone of the college football community, it has named Nick Smith as Board Chair for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons. In addition, the Foundation welcomed two accomplished executives to its Board of Directors, with the addition of LUV Car Wash Chief Financial Officer Jim Kebert and Levine Investments attorney Lisa Bullington. Starting a two-year term as Chair-Elect is Merrill Lynch Managing Director David Dorward, while Judy Bernas will serve as Chair Emeritus after completing her two-year term as Board Chair.
ASU DE Clayton Smith's spring run at WR ends
Clayton Smith, who spent the majority of ASU's spring camp working as a WR, returned to the DE group on Tuesday, where he's played the last three seasons.
Dropping the Series Opener: Mets 4, Dbacks 3
The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped the series opener to the New York Mets on Tuesday, falling 4-3 in extra innings after squandering a late lead. Leading 3-2 into the eighth, the D-backs watched the game slip away as the bullpen allowed tying and winning runs against Jonathan Loaisiga and Paul Sewald. This felt like a painfully […]
NFL mock draft: Arizona Cardinals take Rueben Bain 3rd overall
Sam Monson dropped his mock draft on his podcast. See who the Arizona Cardinals' pick is at third overall.
‘No Labels’ Arizona Wants to Rebrand as the Independent Party
Both the Democratic and Republican parties in Arizona have been locked in a legal battle with a chapter of the group “No Labels” as it tries to rechristen itself.
2026 NFL draft: Arizona Cardinals, Garrett Nussmeier matched
SI.com's Justin Melo matched a developmental prospect with every NFL team. The Cardinals' match is a QB.
Arizona cardiology practice paying $3.85M to resolve lawsuit after data breach
The 2023 incident potentially gave an attacker access to the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of thousands of heart patients.
3 Horizon Honors students win at state science fair
Three Horizon Honors students won awards at the premier science fair competition in Arizona March 26-27 with one landing the possibility of heading to a national contest.
UCLA beats South Carolina for 1st NCAA women's basketball title
Gabriela Jaquez and UCLA handily defeated South Carolina for its first women's basketball national championship under the governance of NCAA.
Michigan is a monster with little use for UConn’s pursuit of history
Michigan dominated Arizona in what was expected to be a showdown between the two best teams in college basketball this season.
'We couldn't adjust to it': How Michigan exposed Arizona's biggest weakness in Final Four blowout
When it was time to mount a comeback, Arizona didn't have the shooting firepower to make it happen.
Michigan-Arizona was supposed to be game of the year. What happened?
Arizona vs. Michigan in the Final Four was meant to be a thriller, but it was a complete dud after the Wolverines blew out the Wildcats.
Final Four scores, results: Michigan throttles Arizona in one-sided beatdown, UConn tops Illinois to set up NCAA tournament title game
Students, fans pack Ann Arbor bars to watch Michigan in Final Four
Fans on University of Michigan's campus spent Saturday evening anticipating the Final Four men's basketball game against Arizona.
Final Four live updates, scores: Follow No. 2 UConn vs. No. 3 Illinois, No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 1 Michigan in NCAA tournament action
The men’s Final Four is here as UConn, Illinois, Arizona and Michigan play for a shot at a national title
Follow along with CNN Sports’ live coverage of the men’s Final Four from Indianapolis.
March Madness Final Four live updates: How to watch, time, channel for Illinois vs. UConn, Arizona vs. Michigan
Get live updates from the men’s NCAA Final Four as March Madness continues. Follow the latest as UConn faces Illinois and Arizona plays Michigan.
Nancy Guthrie Update: FBI’s ‘Best Lead,’ According to a Cybersecurity Expert
'Today' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mom, 84, remains missing more than two months after her Tucson, Arizona, kidnapping.
Nancy Guthrie Update: FBI’s ‘Best Lead,’ According to a Cybersecurity Expert
'Today' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mom, 84, remains missing more than two months after her Tucson, Arizona, kidnapping.
What is Cicada COVID? Is it in Arizona yet? All about variant BA.3.2
Vaccination and past infection may not protect against a new strain of the COVID-19 virus known as Cicada. Here's what you need to know.
Arizona Final Four appearances: Wildcats' deepest March Madness runs
How many Final Four appearances does Arizona men's basketball have? Here's a look at the Wildcats' March Madness history:
Nancy Guthrie Update: FBI’s ‘Best Lead,’ According to a Cybersecurity Expert
'Today' co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mom, 84, remains missing more than two months after her Tucson, Arizona, kidnapping.
Local business brings Wildcat milestones to life at McKale Center
After every University of Arizona win during the 2026 NCAA tournament, Ryan Volin has been quietly putting up more graphics on the walls at the McKale Center.
Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #8: 4/3 vs. Braves
Today’s Lineups BRAVES DIAMONDBACKS Ronald Acuna – RF Ketel Marte – 2B Drake Baldwin – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Ozzie Albies – 2B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Matt Olson – 1B Gabriel Moreno – DH Austin Riley – 3B Nolan Arenado – 3B Eli White – LF Alek Thomas – CF Mauricio Dubon – […]
What's next for North Carolina coaching search after Tommy Lloyd inks new deal with Arizona?
Here are the top names to know for the Tar Heels after Tommy Lloyd's decision.
Tommy Lloyd staying at Arizona: Wildcats coach turning down massive offer from North Carolina
Lloyd put an end to all speculation with a press conference announcement on Friday at the Final Four
Braves bats wallop Diamondbacks in 17-2 blowout victory
In what quickly became the most lopsided game of the season, the Braves struck early and often against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Thursday night en route to a 17-2 win. The Braves are now 5-2 on the young season, It took until game 17 last year to win five games. Matt Olson […]
What a Clunker! Braves 17, Dbacks 2
Unfortunately, the Diamondbacks fell victim to an early-season clunker in the series opener, thanks to an explosive eight-run fifth inning from the visiting Atlanta Braves. Getting bitten by the big inning is quickly becoming an unwelcome narrative for this young Arizona club. In a game that offered few positives, one standout moment provided a bright […]
2025-26 CBS Sports college basketball individual awards: Duke's Cameron Boozer is Player, Freshman of Year
Arizona's Tommy Lloyd is the Coach of the Year and Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg earned Transfer of the Year honors from CBS Sports experts
Artemis II: Arizona science, businesses helped launch new moon mission
Arizona businesses and institutions are playing a crucial role in powering the historic Artemis II launch, and they are also helping out with future lunar missions.
Pink slip to ESPN empire: Bill Rasmussen transformed sports viewership
Bill Rasmussen did more than launch a cable network. He helped create the modern sports culture Arizonans now live inside.
Final Four predictions: AI picks winners of Illinois-UConn, Arizona-Michigan games
Here's how AI predicted both Final Four games of the 2026 Men's NCAA Tournament:
Arizona baseball drops midweek home game to West Virginia
It’s hard to defend free bases. Arizona pitchers struck out 16 batters and only allowed five hits on Tuesday night, but they also issued 10 walks and hit two batters in a 7-4 loss to West Virginia at Hi Corbett Field. “We gave them pretty much all seven runs,” UA coach Chip Hale said. “They […]
Larry Fitzgerald investing in new professional flag football league
Former Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald is among the many past and present NFL players backing a new, yet-to-be-named professional flag football league.
NFL approves small changes to officiating in 2026
The league is preparing for the possibility of replacement officials in 2026.
Trump Signs Order Seeking Federal Control of Mail Voting as He Promotes False Claims
Election experts and Democratic officials called the order legally invalid, and Arizona and Oregon pledged to immediately challenge it in court.
Spokane students qualify to attend prestigious science and engineering competition
SPOKANE, Wash. – Eight high school students from Spokane will travel to Arizona in May for the prestigious Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
Charlie Kirk highway got vetoed in Arizona. Elected officials are citing politics
There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona after Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed the legislation.
Charlie Kirk highway got vetoed in Arizona. Elected officials are citing politics
There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona. The reason: politics. Exactly whose politics is to blame has become a point of debate.
Fiesta Sports Foundation Completes Sixth Annual Kindness Arizona Week, Recognized with Official Proclamation from Gov. Katie Hobbs
In honor of the sixth annual Fiesta Sports Foundation Kindness Arizona initiative, Governor Katie Hobbs officially proclaimed the week of March 23-27, 2026 "Kindness Arizona Week," recognizing the Foundation's sixth year of statewide community service. Over five days, Fiesta Sports Foundation Board of Directors, Yellow Jackets, Ambassadors, staff and volunteers completed eight service projects and events, delivering acts of kindness and community impact across the Valley, Tucson and Rio Verde.
University of Arizona warns fans about fake Final Four merchandise
Arizona is heading to its first Men's NCAA Tournament Final Four in 25 years, but fans are being warned to watch out for fake merch.
Arizona Cardinals NFL draft needs: Defensive line
A look at where the draft priority should be for the defensive line positions, based on roster needs.
Michael Soroka impresses in immaculate D-Backs debut against Tigers
PHOENIX — Michael Soroka delivered one of the best Arizona Diamondbacks’ pitching debuts against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. Mar 30, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Michael Soroka (34) throws against the Detroit Tigers in the first inning at Chase Field.
Michael Soroka throws immaculate 5th inning in Arizona Diamondbacks debut
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Michael Soroka threw an immaculate fifth inning on Monday night against the Detroit Tigers, becoming the fourth pitcher in franchise history to strike out three straight batters on nine pitches. The 28-year-old Soroka made quick work of Javier Baez, Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres, blowing a 95 mph fastball past Torres for his 10th strikeout of the game, which tied a career high.
Diamondbacks strike Justin Verlander early in Tigers return
Arizona hits future Hall-of-Fame pitcher hard during the early innings Monday.
Phoenix Suns 'ready' for Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams to return
Phoenix Suns continue four-game road trip March 31 against the Orlando Magic, with Dillon Brooks and Mark Williams closer to returning from injuries.
Charlie Kirk highway got vetoed in Arizona. Elected officials are citing politics
There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona
Arizona State coach Randy Bennett dealing with 'health situation'
New Arizona State coach Randy Bennett had to reschedule his introductory news conference Monday as he's dealing with an undisclosed medical issue.
ASU's Randy Bennett 'working through' health situation
ASU's Randy Bennett continues to work through a health situation, though says he's in good hands and the program's momentum hasn't waned.
Sports betting roundup: Michigan leads the way into college basketball's Final Four
There are four teams remaining in the men’s college basketball tournament and as of Monday morning Michigan has the best odds to win the title at +165. Illinois will take on UConn in the first game of the Final Four on Saturday in Indianapolis, followed by Arizona against Michigan. Behind the Wolverines, Arizona is the second favorite at +180, followed by Illinois at +475 and UConn at +550.
Lomo Meats: A local shop built on science and family roots
Samuel Garcia spent more than a decade building his expertise in meat science, working and teaching at the University of Arizona.
Vext Science Announces Strategic Optimization of Arizona Operations and Plans for Ohio Cultivation Expansion
Strategic closure and planned sale of Eloy cultivation facility expected to improve Arizona profitability and enhance free cash flow.Proceeds from the sale to facilitate debt reduction, with key equipment redeployed to the Ohio market, saving approximately $2 million in capital expenditures to support Vext's build-out in the State. Plans to seek approval to expand Jackson cultivation to support a growing retail footprint as Ohio adult-use sales surpass $1 billion in the first full year1.Vext to.
March Madness Final Four schedule, how to watch: Keep up with UConn-Illinois, Michigan-Arizona in Indianapolis
Arizona’s allied health care workforce could get needed boost from new bill
Arizona faces a health care professional shortage, ranking ninth worst in the U.S. A proposed bill aims to establish a workforce development program to address the shortage.
Final Four predictions: Who will advance to 2026 National Championship?
Arizona, Illinois, Michigan and UConn are all that's left from the 68 teams who began March Madness. Check out our Final Four predictions.
Final Four predictions: Who will advance to 2026 National Championship?
Arizona, Illinois, Michigan and UConn are all that's left from the 68 teams who began March Madness. Check out our Final Four predictions.
Men's NCAA Tournament: UConn, Arizona, Michigan and Illinois advance to Final Four
The Wildcats will play the Wolverines and the Fighting Illini will take on the Huskies this upcoming Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Politics Unplugged (Full Episode) March 29, 2026
This week on Politics Unplugged, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes discusses a judge’s ruling that the No Labels Party can’t change its name to the Arizona Independent Party. Then, consultants Stacy Pearson and Matt Benson discuss the impact of high gas prices in Arizona and the Phoenix City Council's vote restricting ICE's use of public facilities.
Khaman Maluach: No longer foreign to basketball
Not too long ago, Khaman Maluach picked up a basketball for the first time in Uganda, and now he set a career-high scoring mark in the NBA for the Suns.
Dueling proposals aim to resolve prison health care issues
Two plans for a takeover of the Arizona Department of Corrections health care system are before a federal judge, but the state's appeal muddies the timeline.
NFL mock draft: Another 7-round Arizona Cardinals simulation
In this seven-round simulation, the Cardinals make one trade and land players to fill many needs.
What's next for Purdue? Longtime anomaly of continuity faces roster turnover, rebuild after loss to Arizona
Purdue has been a model of consistency in an era of college basketball where teams annually turn over entire rosters. Can they sustain success after an exodus of experienced talent?
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Tommy Lloyd has Arizona in Final Four after refusing to budge even as basketball changed around him
By holding to his convictions and never bowing to conventions, Lloyd built a juggernaut that runs counter to modern trends
Arizona fans pack Arcadia sports bar to watch Wildcats advance
Arizona fans filled a popular UofA sports bar in Phoenix's Arcadia neighborhood to cheer on their Wildcats.
Where to watch Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Live stream, start time, TV channel, odds for Saturday, March 28
The defending champion Dodgers are looking to make it three in a row against the Diamondbacks.
Dodgers notes: Charley Steiner, Shohei Ohtani, Andy Pages
LOS ANGELES — Charley Steiner returned to the Dodgers broadcast booth on Thursday, calling the first three innings of the opening day game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on radio. Steiner has battled health issues in recent years, including multiple myeloma and a back injury that made it difficult to walk. His workload for this season […]
The Elite 8 begins, plus Tiger’s arrest
Good morning! Make every 0.4 seconds count today. Inside: 📚 Elite 8 storylines 🔢 Hannah Hidalgo did what? Woods arrested after crash Elite Company: Madness, condensed Today, the men’s Elite Eight begins. We considered assembling a matching number of storylines, but the Elite Eight is all about reaching the Final Four, so let’s go with four instead. That might not make total sense, but March is for Madness. Bracket status: The No. 1 seeds: Arizona is the slight favorite per BetMGM. Duke entered t
Arizona softball run-rules Baylor in 1st matchup since 2017
It didn’t make up for 2017, but it didn’t hurt, either.
Elite Eight: Purdue vs Arizona, Offensive Heavyweights Meet
Purdue and Arizona are set for a heavyweight offensive fight tomorrow night.
2026 NFL draft preview: Quarterback prospects and the Arizona Cardinals
Jess Root and Seth Cox talk quarterbacks in the NFL draft in their first position preview for the 2026 draft.
Ability to remain positive during conflict associated with better overall mental health in young children
Staying positive in stressful situations is a sign of resilience in young children — and it protects against mental health problems.An examination of how young children reacted to challenging and stressful situations by the Arizona State University Department of Psychology has found that those who were able to maintain positive emotions during an argument with their parents experienced fewer mental health problems, such as anxiety, depressive symptoms, behavioral outbursts and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder behaviors.
Arkansas falls apart late in Sweet 16 loss to Arizona with ejection, bad fouls and a John Calipari technical
The Razorbacks unraveled fast on Thursday night in San Jose.