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Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona's one-and-done athlete Deandre Ayton looks to score past Cal's Kingsley Okoroh during the Arizona-Cal game on Saturday, March 3 in McKale Center. (Photo by: © Simon Asher / The Daily Wildcat)

For NCAA, one-and-done rule causes more issues than solutions

Alex DeMarzo April 18, 2018

Prior to the 2006 NBA draft, former commissioner David Stern instituted the one-and-done rule that many believe caused the corruption in college basketball today. Some people think that if athletes...

Karina Gabino stands on the University of Arizona campus after graduating in Criminal Justice last semester. (Photo by: Conor Redmond/Arizona Sonora News)

ACL tears hit women hardest

Conor Redmond March 1, 2018

One of the most common knee injury in sports -- the ACL tear -- is on the rise, especially among women, but is no longer the end of an athlete’s career. A study published in 2017 by a physician...

University of Arizona Quiddtich team members practice their best shots on the enemy hoops. (Photo by: Haley Ford/Arizona Sonora News Service)

Geeking out for Quidditch

Haley Ford April 30, 2017

From the pages of the Harry Potter novels to campus recreation fields, the University of Arizona Quidditch team is turning wizarding geeks into jocks. The mythical game has evolved into a full contact...

Erika Barnes, interim athletic director, poses for a photograph in her office at the University of Arizona on Jan. 27, 2017. (Photo by: Ashley Mikelonis/Arizona Sonora News)

Women continue to be neglected in NCAA Division I athletics

Ashley Mikelonis February 23, 2017

Erika Barnes, interim athletic director at the University of Arizona, attained a position of power that women rarely experience, overseeing an $85 million budget as well as a nationally-ranked men’s...

Crumbling athletic facilities set back UA

Brandon James February 21, 2017

When Greg Byrne became University of Arizona’s athletic director in May of 2010, he was determined to bandage UA’s aging sports facilities. Letting them slowly crumble and not meet the standards...

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