Rangers one win away from World Series title

2023 World Series

Game 4

It's tough to spot a team with 10 runs and come back and win.

This current group of Diamondbacks are known as the "comeback kids" or referred to at times as an answer-back team, but tonight at Chase Field, it was a little too much to ask for, as Texas led 10-0 early and cruised to an 11-7 win in Game 4 for a 3-1 lead in the World Series.

The Rangers are one win away from their first World Series title.

Or, from an Arizona perspective, the Diamondbacks are three straight wins away from their second World Series championship. 

The oddsmakers in Las Vegas are picking Texas.

Come on, D-Backs! Prove them wrong!

NFL Week 9 Update

National Football League

Week 9

The pack leaders are retreating, except the Philadelphia Eagles, who managed to win again in Week 8. The Eagles squeezed by the Washington Commanders, 38-31, and own the best record in the NFL at 7-1.

Of course, some good 6-2 teams are left in the standings, with the Kansas City Chiefs now listed among them after a surprising loss to the Denver Broncos, 24-9, on Sunday. Also at 6-2 are the Miami Dolphins, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Detroit Lions.

The San Francisco 49ers (5-3) continue their downward spiral, falling to Cincinnati, 31-17. The 49ers will take a break in Week 9 and regroup before their matchup in Week 10 with Jacksonville.

There are some good matchups in Week 9, with the Cowboys at Philadelphia and Buffalo at Cincinnati.

Let's tee it up!

Texas takes a 2-1 lead in the World Series with 3-1 win at Chase

2023 World Series

Game 3

Arizona failed to score any runs for its young starter, Brandon Pfaadt, tonight at Chase Field.

The result: a 3-1 win for Texas over our Diamondbacks, and the Rangers enjoy a 2-1 advantage in the World Series, at least for now.

Geraldo Perdomo singled in the lone run for Arizona in the eighth inning.

The Diamondbacks hope to even the series tomorrow same time... same place.

Game time: 5:03 p.m.

Wildcats upset #11 Oregon State, 27-24

Arizona Wildcats Football

Arizona upsets No. 11 Oregon State 27-24 tonight at the Arizona Stadium.

The Wildcats came to play and made all the key plays when they needed to as they turned back the Beavers.

Quarterback Noah Fifita completed 25 of 32 passes for 275 yards, including two touchdown passes to Michael Wiley and another to Tetairoa McMillan, as the Wildcats improved their overall record to 5-3 and their Pac-12 record to 3-2.

I was there...

Great seats!

Kelly superb in 9-1 trashing of Rangers in Arlington

2023 World Series

Game 2

The Arizona Diamondbacks owned the night in Arlington, Texas.

Arizona wins Game 2 of the World Series with a 9-1 thrashing of the Rangers Saturday night as starting pitcher Merrill Kelly tosses seven innings, allows just three hits, strikes out nine, and doesn't walk a batter.

Gabby Moreno homers, Tommy Pham, goes 4 for 4, and the Diamondbacks collect 16 hits -- 12 of them singles to knock off the Rangers. And yes! Ketel Marte gets a hit to extend his postseason record to 18 straight games.

The World Series continues with Games 3-4-5 in Phoenix on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are three wins away from their second World Series title.

Photo: Merrill Kelly masterful in Game 2 of the World Series.

A walk-off win for Rangers in Game 1 of the World Series

 

The 2023 MLB World Series

Game 1

The Arizona Diamondbacks kept to their game plan in Arlington, Texas, and carried a 5-3 lead into the ninth inning. Starter Zac Gallen left the mound with the lead after five innings of work and turned the ball over to Arizona's lights-out bullpen.

This time, the bullpen falters when Paul Sewald blows his first postseason save as Corey Seager goes deep in the bottom of the ninth and ties the game at 5-5 with a two-run homer.

Fast forward to the bottom of the 11th, and Adolis Garcia ends Game 1 with an opposite-field home run into the right-field seats. The result: the Texas fans left Globe Life Field with a 6-5 walk-off win. 

Miguel Castro is saddled with the loss.  Garcia continues his assault on pitchers this postseason. Tonight, Garcia goes 3 for 4, scores a run, knocks in two runs, and steals a base.

Corbin Carroll tripled in two runs in the third inning. Tommy Pham homered for the Diamondbacks in the fourth.

D-Backs heading back to World Series...the Snakes are alive!

from the desk of Dan Price...a baseball fan

Arizona wins NLCS Game 7 in Philly, 4-2

Diamondbacks head for Arlington, Texas, and Game 1 of the World Series Friday night

Goodness gracious, the Diamondbacks are heading to the Fall Classic.

It is a team effort once again as Arizona takes it to the Phillies behind its young starter, Brandon Pfaadt, who pitched four innings while allowing two runs on four hits. He walked two and struck out seven.

Corbin Carroll, just 23 years old, led the way with three hits in four trips to the plate. He scored twice, knocked in two runs, and stole two bases.

Ketel Marte keeps on hitting. He only had one hit tonight, but he has recorded a hit in every postseason game he has ever played.

Gabby Moreno did his thing behind the plate and went 2 for 4 with a run-batted-in.

Christian Walker had a key walk and knocked in a run early on to get the Diamondbacks going.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 2 for 4, Emmanuel Rivera had a hit and scored a run, while Geraldo Perdomo batted last in the lineup but came up big, going 2 for 3, and he scored a run.

And I haven't mentioned the bullpen yet!

Five relievers took the mound tonight. The result: No runs! One hit! Five innings of work in front of 50,000 screaming fans...most of them from Philadelphia. Joe Mantiply, Ryan Thompson, Andrew Saalfrank, Kevin Ginkel, and the closer Paul Seward. The Arizona bullpen has been on fire for months, and tonight was no exception.

Ginkel, the former Arizona Wildcat, was superb. He faced two batters in the 7th and three more in the eighth. He sent all five back to the dugout. Easy fly ball outs by Trea Turner and Bryce Harper in the seventh. In the eighth, he strikes out the side: Alec Bohm, Bryson Stott and J.T Realmuto! No runs, no hits, no errors. Perfection!

Could it get any better than that?

Yes!

Sewald toes the rubber, needing three outs to send the Phillies packing and send the Diamondbacks to their first World Series since 2001. The Phillies Nick Castellanos flew to right to Carroll for the first out, Brandon Marsh followed with a fly ball out to Gurriel in left field, and pinch-hitter Jake Cave hit a lazy fly ball to Carroll for the final out of the game.

And the celebration began! Not by the Philly fans, but by the Diamondbacks, on the infield, at the Citizens Bank Park.

The dream has come true.

Diamondbacks: one win away from the Fall Classic

The Road to the World Series

Game 7 in Houston

ALCS

Rangers 11, Astros 4

NLCS

Game 7 in Philadelphia today

Diamondbacks are one win away from the 2023 World Series

Texas reaches the World Series for the first time in 12 years with an 11-4 win over Houston in Houston on Monday night.

The Rangers have never won a World Series. The Arizona Diamondbacks won it all in 2001 and find themselves one win away from another trip to the Fall Classic.

Could we have a Texas-Arizona matchup for 2023?

First things first! The Philadelphia Phillies are in the way. Today is the day the Diamondbacks will throw everything but the kitchen sink at a team that's a heavy favorite to win Game 7 and advance to the World Series again -- the last time was 365 days ago! They lost to Houston. The Phillies won in 1980, beating the Kansas City Royals, and again in 2008 over Tampa Bay.

First things first for our amazing D-Backs. We need to get to first base today, then second, third, and finally step on home...again and again and again. The sports world roars: What are they doing here? How did they get this far?

So, do the Diamondbacks really belong on center stage? We will find out in just a few hours.

Note: I used the above photo as the cover of one of my kid's books, The Return of Johnny Dugan, no longer in print. The book went nowhere, but I love the cover. I took the photo many years ago at the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series.

Diamondbacks force Game 7 in NLCS

NLCS

Game 6

Merrill Kelly pitched a gem and wanted to stay in the game.

Can you blame him? He pitched five innings, allowed one run, walked three, struck out eight, and had the Phillies right where he wanted them after 90 pitches.

But let's get back to the final score of Game 6: Diamondbacks 5, Phillies 1.

Arizona won and extended the NLCS to seven games thanks to back-to-back home runs from Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the second inning. Evan Longoria got into the act with an RBI single to left-center, and the Philadelphia fans were in shock as their Phillies came to bat in the bottom of the second inning down 3-0.

And to make matters worse, as far as the Philly fans were concerned, Kelly still had four innings left on the mound.

As it turned out, Torey Lovullo kept making the moves, and the bullpen came through once again -- first, it was Ryan Thompson, then Andrew Saalfrank, then Kevin Ginkel, and finally Paul Sewald in the ninth.

Arizona added insurance runs in the fifth and seventh. Not that they needed them, as the Phillies put nothing but gooseggs on the scoreboard for the final seven innings.

And now it's on to tomorrow and Game 7.

Texas Rangers force Game 7 in ALCS...can the Diamondbacks do the same in the NLCS?

 The Road to the 2023 World Series

The Diamondbacks are two wins away from punching a ticket to the 2023 MLB World Series.

The Texas Rangers forced a Game 7 in the ALCS with a 9-2 win over the Astros tonight in Houston.

 Can the Arizona Diamondbacks do the same in the NLCS?

We'll find out Monday as Arizona sends Merrill Kelly to the mound, hoping to lead the Diamondbacks to a Game 6 win in Philadelphia.

Kelly, who finished 12-8 during the regular season, graduated from Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. It has taken him a while to reach center stage. But he's there now and will take the ball Tuesday and toe the rubber in the biggest game of his life.

Kelly played college ball at Yavapai College in Prescott and Arizona State University in Tempe. He's a 6-2 right-hander, weighs 202 pounds, and has a lot of weight on his shoulders. He made his debut with the Diamondbacks on April Fool's Day, 2019. Merrill is now 35 years old.

Merrill, The Hill is yours. Your fans are behind you.

Phillies capture Game 5 of NLCS, 6-1

NLCS

Game 5

The Philadelphia Phillies will head home with a 3-2 lead in the NLDS after a 6-1 win tonight at Chase Field over our Arizona Diamondbacks. Three homers by the Phillies and only one by Arizona -- a solo blast in the seventh inning by Alek Thomas.

It was a great showing by the Diamondbacks at Chase...and their fans, with over 143,000 in attendance during the three games.

Unfortunately, the Phillies need just one of the two games at Citizens Bank Ballpark to move on to the 2023 MLB World Series. 

But it's never over til it's over. Come on, Diamondbacks!

3-run 8th inning lifts Diamondbacks to 6-5 win over Phillies

 NLCS

Game 4

Alek Thomas hit a two-run homer to tie the game in the eighth inning, and Gabby Moreno knocked in the go-ahead run with a single to the gap in left-center as the Arizona Diamondbacks came from behind for a 6-5 thrilling win over the Philadelphia Phillies tonight in Game 4 of the NLCS.

Thomas and Moreno, a couple of 23-year-olds, supplied the offensive punch, and the Diamondbacks used a relief corps of eight pitchers to keep the Phillies at bay. Once again, Phillies closer Craig Kimbrel was saddled with the loss. Kevin Ginkel gets the win, and Paul Sewald, who struck out Trea Turner to end the game, picks up the save.  

The D-backs even the series at 2-2, and suddenly, after being down two games to none with losses earlier in the week at Philly, will now send ace Zac Gallen to the mound Saturday at Chase Field with a shot at going up 3-2 in the NLCS.

What a night for the Diamondbacks!

ALCS

Game 5

Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning in Arlington, Texas, tonight as the Astros won Game 5 of the ALCS, 5-4, over the Rangers, and now head back to Houston up 3-2 in the series.

Marte's walk-off single lifts Diamondbacks to 2-1 win over Phillies

NLCS

Game 3 at Chase Field

Ketel Marte singled to centerfield with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Diamondbacks to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Chase Field today as Arizona captures Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.

The game was a real pressure cooker from beginning to end, and it took the entire Diamondbacks' lineup to get the job done, including their young starter Brandon Pfaadt, who went 5.2 innings, allowing no runs on two hits with a career-high nine strikeouts.

Marte went 3 for 5 and stepped to the plate for the final time in the game to face the Phillies' closer Craig  Kimbrel. The D-backs second-baseman delivered, and Arizona is one win away from pulling even in the series at 2-2.

Tomorrow can't come soon enough for the Diamondbacks and their fans!

The ALDS…

Houston makes it two wins in a row with a 10-3 win over the Rangers in Texas tonight to even the series at 2-2.

Phillies roll in Game 2; NLCS heads for Chase

The road to the World Series is getting a bit bumpy for the good guys...

NLCS

Game 2

More of the same in Game 2 of the National League Division Series.

Kyle Schwarber hits two solo shots, and Trea Turner adds another en route to a 10-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight in Philly.

Arizona, now 0 and 2 in the best-of-7 series, heads back to Phoenix and the friendly confines of Chase Field for Game 3 on Thursday.

Phillies edge Diamondbacks in Game 1 of NLCS

The NLCS

Zack Wheeler has a K in his first name.

Zac Gallen doesn't.

That could explain things.

Wheeler struck out eight en route to a 5-3 win over our Arizona Diamondbacks Monday night in Philadelphia, but it turned out to be homers by Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, and Nick Castellanos that led to a Philly 1-0 lead in the best-of-7 NLCS to decide which team heads for the World Series.

Gallen went five innings, allowed five runs, and struck out four. Geraldo Perdomo homered for the Diamondbacks.

Come on, D-backs, bounce back!

The ALCS

There's a problem in Houston.

Texas takes a 2-0 lead in the ALCS  with a 5-4 win in Game 2 over the Astros.

NFL Update

 NFL Update

Week 6

With stunning losses by Philadelphia and San Francisco in Week 6, the best records in the NFL stands at 5-1 with five teams tied at the top -- the Eagles, the 49ers, the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas City Chiefs...and the Detroit Lions, behind an impressive showing Sunday from QB Jared Goff (30-for-44, 353 yard and two touchdowns).

The Dallas Cowboys capped off the week by edging the Chargers 20-17 Monday night as kicker Brandon Aubrey kicked a 39-year field goal with 2:19 left in the game.

And now it's on to Week 7...

Arizona stuns Washington State, 44-6

 Arizona Wildcats Football

It turned out to be a nice afternoon in Pullman for our Arizona Wildcats as they stunned Washington State, 44-6, today behind quarterback Noah Fifita, who connected on 34 of 43 passes for 342 yards.

Fifita handed off to running back Jonah Coleman for three touchdowns -- one on a 1-yard plunge in the first quarter, one by Rayshon Luke with a 40-yard TD run in the second quarter, another plunge by Coleman in the third, a 15-yard scamper by DJ Williams to start the fourth quarter and Coleman put the finishing touches on the day with a 23-yard scamper with just 6:43 left on the game clock.

Add three field goals and a few extra points in the middle of it all, and there you have it -- a 38-point upset of 19th-ranked Washington State.

The Wildcats gained 516 yards of offense on the day while limiting the Cougars to 234 total yards...and just 35 rushing yards!

Arizona evens its Pac-12 slate at 2-2 and improves to 4-3 overall.

Way to go, Wildcats!

Diamondbacks win! Arizona moves on to NLCS

 Diamondbacks sweep Dodgers

My final notes...Game 3 of NLDS

4 solo home runs by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the same inning!

Perdomo...Marte...Walker...Moreno

Arizona 4 LA 0!

It's a record-breaking night, and it's only the third inning!

Remember, my friends, it's never over til it's over...

4-2 in the 7th with 48,000-plus at Chase!

Former Arizona Wildcat Kevin Ginkel strikes out the Dodgers Betts and Freeman to get out of the 8th with the Diamondbacks maintaining their 4-2 lead.

Closer Paul Seward gets it done in the 9th...

Diamondbacks win! Diamondbacks win!

The Arizona Diamondbacks head for the National League Championship Series...5-0 in the postseason!

NFL Update

 The National Football League

Week 5

The San Francisco 49ers, with that kid (Brock Purdy) from Phoenix running the show, improved to 5-0 this week with a thumping of the Dallas Cowboys, 42-10, and the Philadelphia Eagles remain unbeaten at 5-0 as they beat the Rams, 23-14, behind quarterback Jalen Hurts (25-38, 303 yards, 1 TD) with some help from his receivers of course -- A.J Brown (6 receptions, 127 yards) and Cooper Kupp (8 receptions, 118 yards)

Getting back to "Mr. Irreverent." Purdy goes 17 for 24 at home for 252 yards and four touchdowns!

As for my poor Arizona Cardinals, they slip to 1-4 as the Cincinnati Bengals claw their way to a 34-20 win.

On to Week 6...

Wildcats head for Pullman looking for the upset

Arizona football

The Arizona Wildcats (3-3, 1-2) head for Pullman, Washington, on Saturday to face the 19th-ranked Cougars (5-1, 2-1). Another Saturday, and another top-20 team. 

The final Pac-12 season is quickly rolling by. Is this the 7th week of the 2023 season already?

Go get 'em, Wildcats. An upset would be nice, and let's do it in regulation. Last Saturday, the triple OT loss at USC, 43-41, wore this Arizona fan out!

Our cat, Max (photo below), can't handle those overtime rules!

Diamondbacks get it done, beat Dodgers again!

The Arizona Diamondbacks head home to Chase Field, up two games to none over the Dodgers in the best-of-5 National League Division Series after a 4-2 win tonight in Los Angeles.

Zac Gallen goes 5.1 innings and allows two runs on five hits to earn the win before turning things over to the Diamondbacks' bullpen. Once again, Paul Seward earns the save in the ninth, this time with a 1-2-3 inning. Arizona's relievers -- Andrew Saalfrank, Ryan Thompson, and Kevin Ginkel -- added their two cents by getting the job done and blanking the Dodgers in the middle innings.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 2 for 4, knocked in two runs, and homered in the sixth inning.

Way to go, Diamondbacks!

Next game: Wednesday at Chase, 6 p.m.

Blog surpasses 4,500 post

Bookemdansports has been around since the summer of 2009, and today, we have reached over 4,500 posts and are closing in on half of a million views.

Now, in the grand scheme of things, the stats are not overwhelming, but for an unknown 78-year-old blogger who lives in the old southwest in the laid-back town of Tucson, Arizona, well, it seems meaningful.

My stories are not earth-shattering, nor are they for everyone. I write about the local, regional, and sometimes national senior athletes over the age of 50 with an emphasis on baseball. For example, I write about the characters on a local 60-and-over baseball team. The old-time ballplayers play three days a week at a city park. The backstop behind home plate has a sign attached with the words: 'Home of the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers.'

There are stands behind the backstop. The playing field is maintained by city employees with a lot of help from members of the Tucson Old Timers, who drag the field with a motorized tug. The members of the baseball club hose down the infield and line the field before every ball game ( and there are many of those, three days a week -- all 52 weeks -- year after year). The baseball club was founded over fifty years ago, in the summer of 1968.

For a retired sports writer with a lot of time on his hands, I find myself in the right place at the right time, and I have plenty to write about when I focus on a bunch of "crazy old dudes" who play for the love of the game.

There are so many stories out there about these characters. All you have to do, if you know their name, is to google them on the Internet, and you can read about their exploits. Many of them have nicknames, and yes, I plead guilty. I came up with many of the nicknames. Take, for instance, my handle on the team is Pigpen. Type those six letters, and you'll probably get a picture of a pig, but you'll also see a connection to the Tucson Old Timers or the blog https//:bookemdanosports.blogspot.com

There are family members or acquaintances from Los Angeles to North Carolina who tune in, if you will, to follow the exploits of the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers, better known as the TOTS. Now if you google TOTS, you'll get plenty of responses, some about the amateur baseball club, or maybe you'll get a connection to Toys "R" US. Or, you'll hit a site to find a Christmas toy for your grandchild. But, chances are good, you'll hit on a pop-up, which will take you to the blog or the https//:Tucson Old Timers site and put you in a world...a world where old baseball players live.

I recently gave way to a younger teammate, Bobby Robert Daliege Jr., to cover the TOTS’ weekly games. He does a beautiful job, giving the TOTS readers another birdseye view of the Tucson Boys of Summer. Together, we flood the Internet with stories on senior baseball.

The TOTS baseball writers...

Dan Price and Bob Daliege Jr.

Diamondbacks shock Dodgers in LA, 11-2

 

The Arizona Diamondbacks shocked Clayton Kershaw with a six-run first inning and went on to an 11-2 win over the Dodgers in the opener of the National League Division Series tonight in Los Angeles.

It was Kershaw's worst outing of his career, leaving the Diamondbacks in perfect position to win the best-of-5 series with their ace Zac Gallen on the mound in LA on Monday night.

Tommy Pham led the Diamondbacks with three singles and a home run, while teammates Gabriel Moreno, Corbin Carroll, and Alek Thomas also went yard. Merrill Kelly pitched 6.1 innings of shutout ball and allowed just three hits. He walked two and struck out five.

Way to go, Diamondbacks!

 

Dbacks eliminate Brewers; move on to face the Dodgers in the NLDS

Centerfielder Alek Thomas hit a solo shot in the fifth inning, and the Diamondbacks rallied with a four-run sixth for a come-from-behind 5-2 win over the Brewers tonight in Milwaukee to clinch the NL Wild Card round, two games to none.

Katel Marte highlighted the four-run sixth with a two-run single to chase Milwaukee starter Freddy Peralta, and the Brewers were forced to deal with Arizona's bullpen the rest of the way.

Arizona's ace, Zac Gallen, pitched six strong innings to earn the win before giving way to the bullpen. 

Despite hitting a batter and giving up a double to Christian Yelich in the bottom of the ninth,  Paul Sewald picked up the save.

Congrats, Diamondbacks!

Mathews edges all TOTS hitters in September with 18 hits

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

John Mathews carried a big stick to the plate during September. He led all TOTS hitters with 18 hits, finishing with a hefty .818 batting average while playing in nine of the 12 games as the amateur senior baseball club completed its final month at Palo Verde Park.

Mathews ended the month 18 for 22, edging Randy Livingston (17 for 27, a .630 average) and John Cooke (17 for 32, a .531 clip), while Ernesto Escala ended up fourth on the list going 16 for 29 and a .552 batting average.

Jon Beady led the club in RBI with 16, including three doubles, two triples, and one home run at the spacious Palo Verde Park. The TOTS are back at Udall Park as the renovations are finally complete, allowing the old-timers to return to more familiar grounds where fences are within striking distance at 300 feet.

The TOTS banged out 226 hits in September for a club batting average of .384.

On the mound, Bob Daliege finished with a perfect 3-0 record. Glen Vann (1 win,1 save) pitched the most innings with 21 and recorded the most strikeouts with 12, while Joe Opocensky, Mike Dawson, and Beady tied for second in wins with two apiece.

Pigpen Price and Daliege led the super seniors (75-and-over) group. Price went 8 for 21 (.381), while Daliege finished 8 for 20 and a .400 average.

The TOTS are glad to be back home at Udall. Now, if the cooler temps would return!

Another October and still kicking!

 From the desk of Dan Price...

Well, I took a break from my blog for four weeks. Plenty of stuff in the world of sports has gone down.

As we head into October/2023, I have plenty of time on my hands. For the first time since 2009, I will not head to Phoenix to play in the Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL)World Series, an event I've looked forward to and planned for. The planning was almost as good as the playing. Well, not quite.

Some of my teammates will be there to carry the torch.

I've played on 50-and-over teams, 60-and-over, 70-and-over, 73-and-over and even 75-and-over. My 78-year-old body will now take a break. I still have my club team here at home, the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers, but even that is questionable as I, this year alone, have recovered from foot problems, hand problems, trigger finger, skin cancer scares, shoulder problems, and now another hammy has popped up front and center and will keep me out of the lineup for a while.

Regarding the major leagues, I purposely didn't write much about the Arizona Diamondbacks during the regular 162-game schedule. I didn't want to jinx them, I guess. As it turns out, the Diamondbacks didn't exactly roll into the wild-card round after a three-game series at home with Houston last week in which they combined to score one run.

But they are in and face Milwaukee in a three-game series beginning today.

The NFL season has four weeks in the books, and Philadelphia and San Francisco are the only two unbeaten teams at 4-0.

As for college football, I'll leave Prime Time Coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes out of the equation and talk about my Arizona Wildcats. They are now 3-2 with wins over NAU, UTEP, and Stanford while dropping hard-fought games to Mississippi State and 7th-ranked Washington.

It's a sad season as the Pac-12 comes to an end after the 2023 season.

The college basketball season is just weeks away. I can't wait to see how the Arizona Wildcats do this year. Tucson is still a basketball town!