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How the ‘Homeboys’ and 3-a-day practices led to a Rose Bowl win
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1986 ASU football team that went 10-1-1, won the Pac-10 title and beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl. ASU News is celebrating by sharing an oral history of the event, told by the people who lived it.
Behind every opening ceremony and photo finish in the Olympics is a global enterprise that brings together business, technology, media and international diplomacy on one of the world's biggest stages. Now, ASU is taking a closer look at that complex ecosystem through its new Center for Olympic Studies.
This fall, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication launches the largest collection of new degree paths since its founding in 1984, marking a new era of preparing students for mass communication careers.
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What is a fan really worth?
As football teams around the country begin their seasons, it’s a good time to ask a bigger question about college and professional sports: What is a fan really worth? In this ASU News Q&A, W. P. Carey sports business expert Daniel McIntosh explains how teams turn game-day energy into lasting loyalty and revenue.
Jewelry company ‘all in on ASU’
Jason and Gorjana Reidel, owners of gorjana jewelry and ASU alums, support more than 300 female ASU student-athletes with NIL and sponsorship deals, and recently introduced an ASU-themed line of jewelry.
Athletic success in ASU volleyball player Noemie Glover’s DNA
Noemie Glover is a senior outside hitter on ASU's women’s volleyball team. She's also arguably the best Sun Devil athlete returning for the 2026–27 season, potentially the best player coach JJ Van Niel says he has ever taught and an eventual candidate for the U.S. women’s national volleyball team.
Align Technology makes transformational gift toward construction of indoor football practice facility
Align Technology, a global medical device company known for designing the Invisalign System, has made a transformational gift toward the construction of ASU’s indoor football practice facility.
Learning from London: ASU business students get experience in a top sports market
Through football stadium tours, meetings with club executives and hands-on marketing challenges, a group of ASU sports business students got a firsthand look at how the industry works in London — one of the world's top sports markets.
From Cronkite to the world’s biggest sports stage: ASU alum Marco Peralta finds his voice at the World Cup
When Cronkite alum Marco Peralta took his place in front of the microphone at the FIFA World Cup 2026, he was living the moment he had spent years chasing. After growing up in the small border town of El Centro, California, Peralta had made it to the world’s premier sporting event.
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