Stan Musial

Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder starting his first full year in the major leagues, practices April 23, 1942. (AP Photo)

Patrick Finley: Catching up with some 2012 subjects

Ex-UA diver Ben Grado traded the Cats' diving well for a Las Vegas stage, where he performs in "O."

Patrick Finley: Catching up with some 2012 subjects

Tucson resident Leanda Cave won the Ironman World Championship in October and then dominated in Miami.

Patrick Finley: Catching up with some 2012 sports subjects

The Russian Swing sounds like a torture device or a World War II tactical maneuver.

Former UA diver Grado making name for himself in Cirque du Soleil

The Russian Swing sounds like a torture device or a World War II tactical maneuver.

Greg Hansen: Teen Tucson diver Delaney Schnell hitting the heights

A voice on the phone wants to know why we haven't written a story on Delaney Schnell. What does she do, I ask? "She's a diver."

Greg Hansen: Teen Tucson diver hitting the heights

A voice on the phone wants to know why we haven’t written a story on Delaney Schnell.

Divers to search Mount Lemmon lake today for possible drowning victim

Divers were set to begin a search this morning for a teen who likely drowned at Rose Canyon Lake on Mount Lemmon Tuesday evening.

Olympics on TV

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Seen & heard at the London Olympics: Day 4

Women's soccer

Summer Olympic moments in history

America's Ann Elsener competing in the compulsory dives of the women's Olympic Games springboard competition at Empire Pool, Wembley, London, Aug. 2, 1948. (AP Photo)

The Tales from the Morgue swimsuit issue

Two-time Olympic Champion Sammy Lee of Santa Ana, Calif., stands behind three members of the U. S. Women's Olympic Swimming and Diving Team, left to right are: Paula Myers Pope, Glendora, Calif., Mrs. Juno Irwin; Mesa, Ariz., and Patsy Willard, Glendale, Calif., at Renaissance Country Club, …

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Changing Sox

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Spencer Bauer heard there were some hungry swimmers in Omaha, Neb., this week, but he wasn't expecting this. Spencer, 11, of Manasquan, N.J., made himself into a snack Saturday when he checked the inside of a big sculpture erected in Omaha to mark the Olympic trials.

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Baseball

UA's Pickens, Grado make diving finals

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Cassidy Krug moved closer to making her first Olympic diving team when she finished first in the 3-meter springboard semifinals at the U.S. trials Tuesday night.

Patrick Finley: Grado's job plans on hold

Pickens is relaxed going into her chance at the trials, pointing instead to 2016. Grado says for him, it's now or he'll be "hanging up my Speedo."

Patrick Finley: Grado's job plans on hold

Samantha Pickens catches some serious air in a jump from a board, part of her practice routine leading up to the Olympic trials.

Patrick Finley: Ben Grado's job plans on hold

The last time I spoke to Ben Grado, he was headed to the NCAA Diving Championships and hoping for a job offer from Cirque du Soleil.

Olympics: Diver earned 2 silvers, now UA's ops director

Michele Mitchell is a two-time silver medalist, finishing second in both the 1984 and 1988 platform diving competition. Mitchell was part of a 1984 U.S. diving team that led in total medal count with eight.