House Of Sparky: FanShots

Examining Division I College Baseball's Run Scoring Environment

2009-06-10T19:45:20Z

Examining Division I College Baseball's Run Scoring Environment

I did a run analysis of all college games this season and decided to link to all the team in the CWS.

Mike Leake MLB Prospect Blog

2009-06-06T21:03:07Z

Mike Leake MLB Prospect Blog

Pac-10's pitcher of the year, and our favorite Sun Devil, Mike Leake talks about the draft process and the CWS.

Harden's post NBA Combine Interviews

2009-06-01T19:52:36Z

Harden's post NBA Combine Interviews

I'm pretty excited to see where Harden goes. If he goes to OKC like a lot of people are predicting, that would make for one hell of a young team.

Boston College All-American LB Mark Herzlich Has Ewing's Sarcoma

2009-05-18T23:04:36Z

Boston College All-American LB Mark Herzlich Has Ewing's Sarcoma

Our great Michigan blog here at SBN, Maize n Brew, has written a great little piece about BC LB Mark Herzlich. As written over there,

"Right now Mark Herzlich is not an All-American, a linebacker, or even a football player. He is a human being who just received some horrible news, and a human being who needs and deserves our support. Not just from Boston College supporters, but from all of us, regardless of allegiances."

Please read the article. God bless, Mark. I am pulling for you.

Very Sad News: Former ASU Coach Bruce Snyder Passed Away on Monday

2009-04-13T20:13:39Z

Very Sad News: Former ASU Coach Bruce Snyder Passed Away on Monday

Former Sun Devil Football Coach Bruce Snyder Passes Away
Snyder led Sun Devils to 1997 Rose Bowl and 18 individual All-America honors

TEMPE – Bruce Snyder, the head football coach at Arizona State University for nine seasons (1992-2000), passed away on Monday after being diagnosed with cancer last June. Snyder, who was 69 at the time of his passing, is survived by wife, three daughters, a son-in-law, two grandchildren, four sisters, two brothers and his beloved dog, Ella. Service arrangements will be private.

ESPN top 100 recruit list released.

2009-04-10T11:22:59Z

ESPN top 100 recruit list released.

A couple ASU notables on the list.

#39 - C Kyryl Natyahzko (94 grade), potential ASU recruit. We're #2 atm.
#74 - SG Demetrius Walker (92 grade) - our new hybrid

For next year? Watch out for:
#21 PG Phil Pressey (97grade) from Texas. ASU #2 right now.
#26 SF Terrence Jones (97 grade) from Oregon. ASU #1 atm.
#41 SF Terrance Ross (96 grade) from Oregon. ASU #2.

Nice to see us in on such highly touted players.

EDIT: ***FYI, for reference, in 2007 James Harden was #21 Grade 97 and Jamelle McMillan was #98 Grade 93.

Bruins Nation Interviews UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel

2009-04-08T16:55:13Z

Bruins Nation Interviews UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel

This is a big step forward for SB Nation and its college blogs. Hopefully we can pull off a Dennis Erickson interview soon.

Sun Devils earn series split with CS-Fullerton

2009-04-02T21:37:49Z

Sun Devils earn series split with CS-Fullerton

Zack MacPhee led the charge against the Titans, hitting a two run homer in the sixth inning. The ASU baseball team is now 20-5 on the season.

ASU baseball can't get past No. 2 CS-Fullerton

2009-04-01T20:51:11Z

ASU baseball can't get past No. 2 CS-Fullerton

ASU lost to #2 Cal State-Fullerton 7-5 last night in Packard Stadium.

Despite the loss, Jason Kipnis continues his solid play, hitting a two-run homer in the ninth to make the score more respectable.

One More Year, James!

2009-03-22T23:20:46Z

One More Year, James!

Join the Facebook group that says to James Harden: come back for one more year.

CougCenter All-Pac-10 Selections

2009-03-10T22:15:50Z

CougCenter All-Pac-10 Selections

Thought I'd pass it along in case you're interested. There are a couple of Sun Devils in there. Bet you can't guess who!

Arizona is beating Washington 62-58 with 9 or so minutes left in the contest. This is a big game...

2009-02-28T21:34:01Z

Arizona is beating Washington 62-58 with 9 or so minutes left in the contest. This is a big game for all of us Sun Devil fans; if UA can pull off the upset, we will have a much better shot of winning the Pac-10 championship. Click the link to join AZ Desert Swarm's live game thread. Game is on FSN.

AZ Desert Swarm Open Thread

Last night's Arizona/Arizona State basketball game produced the highest college basketball rating...

2009-02-23T19:57:11Z

Last night's Arizona/Arizona State basketball game produced the highest college basketball rating of the season for FOX Sports Arizona. In addition, it generated the best rating for a UA/ASU basketball game since 2002. According to Neilsen Media research, the game received a 2.4 rating/4 share, which means that an average of 43,262 Phoenix households watched the game. The last time an ASU/UA basketball game had a rating higher than this was back on Jan 23, 2002. The rating was a 2.5 as ASU beat No. 10 Arizona 88-72 in Tempe.

Doug Tammaro, ASU Media Relations

"Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, Thabeet...UCONN, Griffin...Oklahoma...even a casual college...

2009-02-18T18:34:21Z

"Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, Thabeet...UCONN, Griffin...Oklahoma...even a casual college basketball fan knows the names. They're all candidates for player of the year. But those of us on the east coast might want to stay up late one night to see one of the game's most exciting players. James Harden of Arizona State was good enough to head to the NBA after his freshman year last season and coaches in the Pac-10 wish he had. Harden had 15 points and 11 assists helping the Sun Devils sweep UCLA for the first time in six years. It comes with a little crash...he nearly had a triple-double with eight turnovers but he's high-risk high-reward. Harden is a 6'5" shooting guard with point guard skills averaging almost 22 points a game, four assists and five rebounds. Watch Harden one night and you'll have plenty of energy the next day."

Thanks to Doug Tammaro from the ASU Media Department for this great quote from John Saunders, from the end of last Sunday's Sports Reporters.

Pac-10 DT roundup via espn

2009-02-17T20:07:30Z

Pac-10 DT roundup via espn

3. Lawrence Guy, Arizona State: 10 tackles for a loss as a true freshman. Hello upside.

Arizona State: The biggest question is will 292-pound incoming freshman Corey Adams start beside Guy from day one. Saia Falahola and Jonathan English have both seen a lot of action, so it's not a sure thing.

Adams and Guy pose a formidable, young duo on the inside - I would not be surprised if Adams gets some starts.

New SB Nation University of Arizona Wildcats site

2009-02-16T21:55:58Z

New SB Nation University of Arizona Wildcats site

If you'll indulge me, for a bit, ASU fans --

I know the vast majority of posters here who follow NCAA sports are Sun Devils fans, (for obvious reasons) but still. AZ Desert Swarm was initially founded in January as a SBN site focusing on the college athletics of the UofA Wildcats. The site's pretty sterile right now, as there are only about two or three semi-regular posters (including myself) at the moment. But I know there are also UofA fans lurking who haven't posted at the site yet. If you're out there, do us a favor and add AZ Desert Swarm to your SBN blog circuit.

And..... here come the flames, I'm sure.

ASU’s Dennis Erickson Signs 22nd Student-Athlete To National Letter Of Intent Wide receiver Jarrid B...

2009-02-10T20:25:21Z

ASU’s Dennis Erickson Signs 22nd Student-Athlete To National Letter Of Intent
Wide receiver Jarrid Bryant added to Sun Devil’s 2009 class, did not play football senior year. We will have a write up on him soon.

Mark Brand, ASU Athtletic Department

Want 2 Free VIP Tickets To Amare's All-Star Bash?

2009-02-07T21:39:01Z

Want 2 Free VIP Tickets To Amare's All-Star Bash?

T.I. will be there. Sign up at Bright Side of the Sun, our friends that cover the Phoenix NBA squad here at SBNation.

Quote:

* To win you need to be 21 years of age and
* a Phoenix Resident.

To enter here's all you need to do.

Guess Amare's point, rebound, turnover and personal foul totals for the Suns game on Sunday in Detroit and the final score as a tie breaker*

Rivals.com Recruiting Rankings from Yesterday...ASU at #27

2009-02-04T22:24:13Z

Rivals.com Recruiting Rankings from Yesterday...ASU at #27

Pretty interesting. And not half bad. This little sidebar was found on Metcalf's blog.

"Rivals.com has moved Arizona State's football recruiting class from No. 43 nationally to No. 27 with the signing of linebacker Vontaze Burfict.

The most recent Rivals.com national team rankings for Pac-10 teams are:
2. USC
16. UCLA
19. Stanford
27. ASU
31. Oregon
42. California
45. Arizona
52. Oregon State
67. Washington
88. Washington State

Rivals is not including athlete Kipeli Koniseti, who signed around 12 p.m. Wednesday, as part of ASU's class. There also is a chance that the Sun Devils later will sign a second wide receiver to to with J.J. Holliday."

ASU 2009 Football Recruiting Done?

2009-02-04T22:17:08Z

ASU 2009 Football Recruiting Done?

ESPN is saying ASU has reported that all their committed players have faxed in their letters of intent?

So, is the class the 21 we know about? Will update you as we find out.