Magic of Phoenix Suns point guard Goran Dragic starting to be felt across NBA

Go under a screen set for Goran Dragic, he now consistently makes perimeter shots. Have a big man jump out at Dragic off a screen and he uses his speed to drive around him.



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Blazing a trail: PIR zooms into 50th season of racing

Before the Diamondbacks, before the Coyotes, before the Cardinals, even before the Suns became Arizona's first major-league professional sports franchise, there was big-league motorsports at Phoenix International Raceway. American racing icon A.J. Foyt won the debut race, for Indy cars, on the 1-mile oval on March 22, 1964. That was more than four years before Dick Van Arsdale scored the Suns' first points. Sunday, PIR's 50th anniversary celebration officially begins with NASCAR's The Profit on CNBC 500.



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Danica Patrick laments starting position, won't rule out race against Petty

Danica Patrick's Daytona 500 ended headfirst against the wall after she was caught in a multi-car crash. She had another headache, too: criticism from seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty. She starts Sunday's The Profit on CNBC 500 at Phoenix International Raceway with a sore left arm and from a disappointing 33rd position in the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet. "I hit my arm in the accident, and it's bruising up a little now," the Scottsdale resident said at PIR. "I iced (it) and worked out the next day. There was a little bit of pain, but more than anything, a lot of pain in my heart, feeling like we were in position for a good finish and having it taken away."



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Former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Dan Haren happy to be back on West Coast with Los Angeles Dodgers

While playing ping pong in the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse at Camelback Ranch one day last week, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw thought about pulling a prank. A freshly showered Dan Haren had just returned to his locker, and Kershaw toyed with the idea of smacking a ping pong ball into the bare back of his new locker neighbor. Ultimately, Kershaw thought against it.



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Corona del Sol edges Pinnacle for Division I boys basketball title

Casey Benson cut inside the lane and put in a basket with 29 seconds left and Tempe Corona del Sol held on for its third consecutive Division I boys basketball championships with a 71-70 overtime victory over Phoenix Pinnacle. Dorian Pickens had 41 points, but he wasn't able to get th



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ASU basketball cruises past Cal on senior night

A week ago, Arizona was coming off its worst two-game stretch of the season. Today, the Sun Devils are coming off arguably their best.



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Kyle Busch dominates rain-shortened NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Phoenix

Brad Keselowski is 2 for 2 in pole positions this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. But Kyle Busch ruined his chance to do the same in race wins. Keselowski led the first 5 laps in Saturday's Blue Jeans Go Green 200 but it was pretty much Busch the rest of the way in the rain-shortened NASCAR Nationwide Series race. His No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, owned by Joe Gibbs, finished ahead of Kevin Harvick. Keselowski, the fastest qualifier, was third.



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