Sports Articles
By Bryan Roy
NEW YORK - Jerryd Bayless always handled basketball at Arizona with an all-business approach, focused on ultimately reaching the professional level.
Formal wear became Bayless' signature pregame attire during his one-year tenure in Tucson, consistently dressing to maintain the professional affect - even off the court as a college athlete with a dream.
But although Bayless captured that goals on June 26 - he was selected as a lottery pick in the guard-heavy 2008 NBA Draft - the former one-and-done UA guard still has unfinished business.
Incoming UA recruit still undecided about his commitment
By Bryan Roy
The great wait continues in 'JenningsGate.'
The nation's highly-touted 6-foot-2 point guard will wait another week to receive his SAT results, which determines his NCAA eligibility for the 2008-09 season, according to ESPN.com.
After College Board flagged his SAT retake earlier this year, Jennings was forced to take the test a third time on June 7 in order to meet NCAA student-athlete requirements.
By Bryan Roy
NEW YORK - As the nation's top college basketball prospects anxiously awaited their respective futures at the 2008 NBA Draft last week, former Stanford Cardinal Brook Lopez felt comfort around familiar peers.
So comfortable and already acquainted, Lopez called his trip 3,000 miles eastward a "social gathering," while mingling with fans just outside Madison Square Garden.
Professional athletes often set up events to raise money for charity; Channing Frye is doing it to save his family members
By Lance Madden
PHOENIX - About two months ago, Tom and Karen Frye got a phone call from Tom's 50-year-old cousin. She said it was time for a lift.
Tom and Karen knew exactly what kind of lift was needed: one to help her get up the stairs.
This is what multiple sclerosis can do to a person.
Q&A
By Lance Madden
The Wildcat sat down with former UA men's basketball player and current Portland Trail Blazers center Channing Frye this weekend during his celebrity golf tournament for charity in Phoenix. Frye discussed his blogging habits, the fact that he's an Internet nerd and how he's trying learn to shred on the electric guitar.
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