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Arizona Sonoran News

El Tour de Tucson features some of the world’s best cyclists who participate every year. Photos courtesy of El Tour de Tucson.

El Tour de Tucson returns for 42nd race

Patrick Moore, Reporter November 3, 2025

Patrick Moore, Arizona Sonoran News The sun will barely be up Nov. 22 when thousands of cyclists start the colossal 102-mile race of the 42nd annual El Tour de Tucson.  Cyclists from all over the...

Riva Mackie teamed up with her son at The Pad in Tucson on Thursday, Sept 11. Mackie and her husband opened the indoor padel facility in March. (Photos by Patrick Moore, Arizona Sonoran News)

Pickleball has company

Patrick Moore, Reporter September 22, 2025

 The little-known sport padel that is the talk of Florida, Mexico and parts of California is growing in popularity in Tucson with three padel venues offering nearly two dozen courts for Tucsonans to play.   In...

The Sahuaro girls' basketball team huddles before a game at Sahuaro High School in Tucson, Ariz. Photo courtesy of Steve Botkin.

Here come the Cougars

Jimmy Furcini, Reporter February 24, 2025

Thirty-five consecutive playoff appearances. Twenty-one regional championships. Two state titles. A 2019 Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year. For more than three decades, the Sahuaro High School girls...

Kelly Wetteland swims in the pool at the Red-Blue Intrasquad in Tucson on Sept. 14. (Photo by Chalen Lozano, courtesy ZonaZoo)

Arizona Women’s Triathlon unites diverse group of athletes

Lizzy Sorensen, Reporter September 25, 2024

The University of Arizona’s Women’s Triathlon team had 10 members on the roster for its inaugural season last year. It now has 14. Only five are from the United States.  The rest are from Canada,...

In conversation with Arts and Athletics at the University of Arizona

Samantha Larned, Reporter May 9, 2023

Between cheering crowds, exacting critics, physical exertion, student life, staff support and the roles they play on campus, arts and athletics are intertwined at the University of Arizona. “One...

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