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Sports shorts: Penalty-kick goal boosts Wildcats over Houston
The Arizona Wildcats came out firing Sunday in Tempe, but needed Alex Smith's goal on a penalty kick in the 67th minute to defeat Houston 2-1 at the Sun Devil Desert Classic soccer tournament.
Classifying Paralympians sometimes gets a tad tricky
Runner Oscar Pistorius is classed as a double amputee below the knee and is eligible to compete only against others in the same category.
Classifying Paralympians sometimes gets a tad tricky
LONDON - Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius hasn't been able to skip one of the games' biggest bureaucratic hurdles: the Paralympics disability classification system.
Paralympics added to résumé
Bryan Barten, who coaches the UA's wheelchair tennis team, is a veteran of the U.S. national team but has never been to the Paralympics.
Paralympics added to résumé
Noah Yablong, who played wheelchair tennis at the UA and graduated this year, will join coach Bryan Barten in London next week. Both are first-time Paralympians.
Paralympics added to résumé
Bryan Barten had called "shotgun," entitling him to a spot in the front passenger seat of his friend's Dodge Stealth twin turbo. But it was dumping rain in Michigan that day in 1997, and another buddy sent him to the backseat rather than debate and get wet.
Two Tucsonans will compete in tennis at Paralympics
Bryan Barten had called “shotgun,” entitling him to a spot in the passenger seat of his friend’s Dodge Stealth twin turbo. But it was dumping rain in Michigan that day in 1997, and another buddy sent him to the backseat rather than debate and get wet.
Patrick Finley: His vision comes from dedication
You can get to London from Tucson by bus. Don't believe me? Ask Tanner Gers, who, for months last year, spent his Saturdays waking up an hour before the sun rose and riding shotgun in his wife's car toward the Greyhound station downtown.
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