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Yeah, no ASU sports playing at the moment..unfortunately.. But. Still should be some links out there talking about why that is and whats going on with some of the other sports eh?   Good news up first. ASU has snagged it's 6th recruit for the class of 2010 in football...

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We gotta win this one. Hopefully Leake doesn't pull a repeat performance. Go Sun Devils!

Texas just committed a passed ball error, allowing ASU to score another run from third. Then, McDonald drives in Torrez with a single to right field. Lets talk about the game! Sign into your account and give us your insights. GO SUN DEVILS!

ASU's Davis and Nixon Named Preseason First-Team All-Pac-10 by Lindy's In all, eight Sun Devils honored with preseason conference honors...

ASU started off awfully strong, with Mike Leake breaking into the top 10 and getting drafted by the Cincinatti Reds at number 8 overall. Most people had Leake pegged at 12-14, but the Reds pulled a mild surprise tapping the wiry righty. Scouting Report on Leake, via Jason A...

The Sun Devils take the field tonight at Packard Stadium to play the Clemson Tigers, a team with a 44-20 record. How did they get to Tempe? In a word, determination...

Mike Leake MLB Prospect Blog Pac-10's pitcher of the year, and our favorite Sun Devil, Mike Leake talks about the draft process and the CWS.

So with ASU taking on Clemson in the Super Regionals i think we should crusie around baseball news and take a look at some of the stuff going on in regards to the Devils on the Diamond: AZ Republic takes a look at all the impact freshman we had this year...

After going undefeated in the Tempe Regional this past weekend, ASU has earned the right to play Clemson on Saturday night in the Tempe Super Regional. It's a best of three series, with the winner earning the right to travel to Omaha to play in the 2009 College World Series...

In a not so shocking story, PF Kraidon Woods has decided to transfer away from ASU.  Kraidon got very limited playing time despite being one of the taller players on the vertically challenged basketball team.  This leaves the Devils with an even thinner group of big men.  It looks like...

Unfortunately for Mike Leake, his best season as a college player came in the same year NCAA Baseball witnessed perhaps the most impressive season by a pitcher in history - Steven Strausburg down in San Diego.Otherwise, people would be talking about the season Mike Leake put together this season,...

After beating Kent State 17-6 last night at Packard Stadium, the ASU baseball team takes the field tonight at 7 PM to play Oral Roberts. Oral Roberts was victorious last night as well, beating Cal Poly 13-3. ASU softball, on the other hand, is in a bit of a pickle...

As expected, the NCAA  announced today that Tempe will be one of 16 sites to host regionals for the annual NCAA baseball road to Omaha.  This will be the 19th time ASU has been a host to the regionals.  The full field is to be announced on Monday.  As of now, ASU is one of 5 teams (UC Irvine,...

Herb is putting together a good looking recruiting class for 2011.  He recently received a verbal commitment from Kyle Caudill.  Caudill is a 4-star center from Brea, CA.  ESPN.com has him graded as a 95, which makes him the second 95 for the recruiting class.  At 6'10 and 265lbs...

Check it out, everyone: Live Championship Scoreboard Thanks to Doug Tammaro at the ASU media department for the heads up. ASU Women's Golf, ranked #1 in the competition, has taken home the NCAA D1 National Championship! The team dominated, winning by 8 strokes over the 2nd place finisher, UCLA...

Boston College All-American LB Mark Herzlich Has Ewing's Sarcoma Our great Michigan blog here at SBN, Maize n Brew, has written a great little piece about BC LB Mark Herzlich. As written over there, "Right now Mark Herzlich is not an All-American, a linebacker, or even a football player...

In an impressive showcase, the Sun Devils put on their hard hats and went to work against the fledgling Duck squad that had flown south from Oregon for the weekend. In total, ASU scored 27 runs in 3 games, in stark comparison to Oregon's 2 runs, both of which were scored in Saturday's contest...

The Winthrop Eagles, straight out of South Carolina, came rolling into Tempe this week with 30 wins and a respectable season and left between their tailfeathers between their legs.Game one set the tone with a 14-3 win. Kipnis was 4-5 with 3 RBI, his 13th HR, a walk, and his 19th SB...

ASU's national title hopes took a severe blow when coach Pat Murphy revealed that left hander Josh Spence will likely not return to the mound this season and may have already thrown his last pitch for the Sun Devils.  He has a torn tendon in his pitching hand and while surgery isn't needed, he...

ASU geared up for a short midweet two game set against the Toreros in Tempe. Game 1 was Franzblou against USD's mishmash of not-so-good pitchers. We ended up winning 8-7 in 11 innings after Franzblou turned in a decent outing, and some errors cost us a chance of winning in standard frames...

In a move that no one expected from the former Sun Devil/Cornhusker QB, Keller has sued EA and the NCAA for alleged use of college athletes' names and attributes without permission or compensation. This is an interesting case, because he makes a valid point...

Coming off a disappointing weekend in Corvallis where the Devils went 1-2, ASU enters this week with some non-conference games against San Deigo and Winthrop. The team has been fantastic, no other way to say it...

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It was a tough weekend for ASU baseball, who went 1-2 in Corvallis to finish up a seven game road trip with a mediocre 4-3 record...

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Busy week for us here as graduation looms large. Sun Devils had some good news this past week, a nice respite from the bad news that had been streaming our way. With Fanaika getting drafted, ASU continues the tradition of having walk-on players drafted. Mike Leake continues to dominate...

Redshirt freshman Steven Threet is coming to Tempe.   via collegeotr.s3.amazonaws.com ...

Today has been an exciting day for news regarding former and future Sun Devils. First, we find out that Rudy Carpenter and Mike Jones were signed by Texas NFL teams, then Steven Threet is coming to town to play for the old Maroon & Gold...

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Herb's 2008 class - to put it bluntly - was pretty bad.However, 2009 looks to be a different story, and it could not have come at a better time...

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So, Stangel transferred - do we care? Well, sure, since it is always nice to have depth at every position - but realistically, he had no chance to play here. He decommitted from UTEP to join ASU, but at 6'1 he just has not had the arm or size or athleticism to ever play here...

One year removed from a frustrating offensive football season, the Devils appear to be in a similar situation.  3 QB's with only a little mop-up time to share between them, and some RB's with limited game experience (except Nance, but he plays like he has very little experience), the Devils...

It looks like the battle for QB1 at ASU has just got a bit narrower.  Chasen Stangel has decided to transfer from ASU, after basically being the #4 QB on the depth chart.  Having fallen behind Sullivan, Szakacaksky, and Osweiler.....

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