Good afternoon , Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004
Welcome to StarNet's sports newsletter. StarNet has many features to offer Tucson sports fans, including Arizona Daily Star coverage of University of Arizona athletics, professional baseball, high school sports and auto racing, to name a few. We also offer a variety of extras such as live audio webcasts, fantasy sports contests, videos, slide shows, interactive features, bonus content from the Associated Press, Sports Extra, azhighschoolsport.com and pac10fanatic.com. You're welcome to browse it all, but this newsletter is your guide to what's fresh and fun in StarNet Sports. UA SPORTS & PAC-10 BASKETBALL http://wildcats.azstarnet.com and http://www.pac10fanatic.com The Arizona men's basketball team hosts the Fiesta Bowl Classic, featuring Eastern Washington, Butler and Richmond. The Wildcats begin Tuesday against Eastern Washington. Follow the tournament in StarNet's UA sports section. Also, read about the rest of the Pac-10 in pac10fanatic.com. This week, there is football bowl game news to go with the basketball news. GREG HANSEN http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hansen Star columnist Greg Hansen unveils his annual list of the top 100 sports figures. Who will top the list? Who will be left off? Find out Sunday on StarNet, where you can find all of his columns from the past year. Also, read about Mike Candrea, who suffered the loss of his wife shortly before leading the U.S. softball team to a gold medal in the Athens Olympics. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/preps and http://www.azhighschoolsports.com Holiday tournaments in basketball and soccer are going on now and teams and organizers make many sacrifices in order to put them on. Read about these efforts and get all the results from the tournaments around Southern Arizona. Meanwhile, catch up on preps news from around the state in azhighschoolsports.com. With partners in Flagstaff, Yuma and the Phoenix area, you'll get the latest news of high school sports teams all over Arizona. PHOENIX SUNS http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/suns The Phoenix Suns are on a tear, giving Phoenix hoops fans something to cheer about for a change. Can they make it last? With games against Memphis tonight and Toronto on Sunday, odds are in Phoenix's favor for short-term success. But, the Suns travel to San Antonio on Tuesday. Will the Spurs be the fourth team to beat Phoenix? Come to StarNet's Suns/NBA page for reports on these games and news from the rest of the league. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/diamondbacks No games are being played in baseball, but the so-called Hot Stove League is blazing with trades, including the on-again off-again deal which would send Diamondbacks ace Randy Johnson to the team he helped beat in the 2001 World Series, the New York Yankees. Follow all the transactions in StarNet's Diamondbacks/MLB page. FANTASY SPORTS http://www.azstarnet.com/fantasy Check out StarNet's fantasy sports channel. You'll find loads of sports, game formats, game features, real-time player news, injury reports, and more. Check out our SEASON PASS - one low cost ($57.95) for all of our games. Free pick 'em games are also available. Sign up now. -- Compiled by John Ames, Sports Producer -- To subscribe under another e-mail address or to unsubscribe, go to http://www.azstarnet.com/newsletter
