Arizona basketball: Geary caps sensational start to career as Japanese coach with title in second season

TOKYO — In two seasons, head coach Reggie Geary and the Yokohama B-Corsairs have established a standard of excellence for new teams as the upstart Basketball Japan League has morphed into a major-size league.

Tucson shooting rampage photos show crime scene, evidence

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department released 580 photos this morning that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage.

Star journalists take multiple honors in Arizona Press Club contest

Arizona Daily Star journalists won 10 first-place awards and several other awards in this year's Arizona Press Club contest.

Arizona football: Easy cure for Scott's disappointment — he's in the NFL

Matt Scott’s NFL career started like a bad dream.

Gina Celaya, arrested for Tucson murder at 14, released at 34

A woman who was arrested for murder at age 14 was to be set free from prison today under terms of a new plea agreement approved this morning in a Tucson courtroom.

Golf: Woods, Garcia lighting up TPC Sawgrass

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship already provides plenty of theater because of its thrill-a-minute golf course. Making it even more compelling is the star attraction of Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods, playing in the final group on the weekend for the first time in nearly sev…

Arizona softball: Ambidextrous Lavine finds success from left side of plate

When Alex Lavine was a little girl, she had two gloves — one left-handed and one right-handed — that she chose from every day.

Disney drops bid to trademark “Dia de los Muertos” name

The 1996 file photos shows a mural by Theresa Smith displayed inside the Arizona Daily Star newsroom.

Tucson radio personality Nixon Low dies at 52

Was former DJ and longtime promotions frontman for KIIM FM and Cumulus stations.

Padres: Buck aims to get back to MLB

When Tucson Padres outfielder Travis Buck started in right field for the Oakland A’s on Opening Day in 2007, he was ecstatic. Baseball America rated him as the top prospect in the Oakland organization, but it still came as a surprise.

Tucson Padres: Catcher Rivera running out of time to complete MLB goal but just as motivated as ever

After relocating to the United States in 2001 from his native home of Puerto Rico, then 17-year-old Rene Rivera barely knew English. What he did know was his career goal — to play 10 seasons of major-league baseball.

Arizona baseball: Crawford not a flame thrower like Stanford's Appel — but he gets similar results

The Arizona Wildcats will open a three-game series tonight at Stanford, and the best pitcher in the nation will be there to greet them.

World Of Beer coming to downtown student housing complex

Bar that boasts 500-plus beers from around the globe set to open at The Cadence in November.

Country Thunder: Jana Kramer has a word or two for men

FLORENCE — Jana Kramer waited until her final song at Country Thunder Friday afternoon before she kicked off her impossibly high heels.

Tucson company helps machines 'talk' to each other

The Industrial Age has merged with the Information Age on factory floors around the world, as industrial machines increasingly “talk” about their health and work with their human masters.

Governor fires Terri Proud over women in combat remarks

The director of The Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services has resigned. And Terri Proud, who he just hired as administrative assistant, was fired in the wake of her statement in a news story that menstrual cycles might be too problematic for women to be in combat.

Woman accused of trying to smuggle chicharrones across border

Border agents used to intercepting massive loads of drugs and piles of money busted a woman with unusual contraband — chicharrones.

Tucson's Cooper Meza Band playing Marana festival

Inaugural festival Saturday also includes food and fun.

Pima College responds to critical report

Pima Community College may have serious problems in goverance and administration, but they don’t justify putting the troubled school on probation, the college’s in-house attorney said Friday in a letter to PCC’s accreditor