Sports

The Super Bowl is back in Phoenix for the first time since 2015. Anthony Evans, a senior research fellow for the L. William Seidman Institute, the consultancy arm of the W. P. Carey School of Business, spoke to ASU News about the relationship between high-profile sporting events and the financial windfalls they can bring to state and local governments.

ASU sports historian Victoria Jackson answers our burning questions about the Super Bowl’s past, present and future.

If the 2023 Super Bowl, to be played Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium, had official colors they would be maroon and gold. That’s because 10 of the 20 full-time committee employees are ASU graduates. Find out how their experiences at ASU prepared them for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Scott Brooks, an associate professor of sociology in ASU's T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics and director of the Global Sport Institute, has authored dozens of research publications, including "Black Men Can’t Shoot," which tells the importance of exposure, networks and opportunities toward earning an athletic scholarship. In time for Black History Month, ASU News reached out to Brooks to share some of his findings.

Trey Matthews, a 23-year-old graduate student at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, just became the second African American man to serve as a play-by-play announcer in the more-than-40-year history of the Canadian Hockey League.

The 2023 Super Bowl will be played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12, but Arizona State University will get in on the fun as well. Here’s a list of events ASU is hosting in the lead-up to the game.