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Mail Call: Submit your questions heading into Week 2
After a dominant season-opening win on Saturday, the Sun Devils are getting ready to hit the road for a huge test against No. 8-ranked Texas A&M. We’re opening our mailbag up for the full week ahead of this matchup to get all of your questions not only about football, but anything on your mind about Sun Devil Athletics. Submit your questions here, and look to see if we pick your question to answer on Friday. As always, Forks Up and Give ‘Em Hell, Devils!
Tom Hardon
6 hours ago1 min read


Heat policies brought into question surrounding August 20th workout
Sun Devils hosting Miami University on January 9, 2026. Photo: Tom Hardon New reporting from Robert Anglen suggests that heat policies regarding player workouts may not have been adequately followed for the workout that led to Matthew Mayich's collapse and hospitalization on August 20th. In multiple interviews, family attorney Rob Carey has stated that Mayich was in the Phoenix area for "five days max" before the workout took place, leading to his collapse due to exertional h
Tom Hardon
3 days ago2 min read


Opinion: Arizona State must hold independent investigation into hockey program
All eyes have been on Arizona State this week, but not because of their upcoming football season opener. Instead, the attention has been on the hockey program, and for all the wrong reasons. In case you've missed it, Sun Devil hockey player Matthew Mayich collapsed during a team workout held the morning of August 20, 2026, the first day that the hockey team was allowed to hold team activities. Mayich has been in a coma ever since, and the attorney for his family has said ther
David Howman
5 days ago4 min read


Matthew Mayich collapsed from heat stroke, per family's lawyer
As details continue to come out regarding the collapse of Sun Devil hockey player Matthew Mayich, and the circumstances that led to it, the attorney for Mayich's family revealed on Wednesday the cause of the collapse. Per the attorney, Rob Carey, Mayich suffered "exertional heat stroke that caused a lack of oxygen to the brain." Carey clarified that "there were no other contributing conditions." Some had speculated that there may have been an underlying medical condition that
David Howman
5 days ago1 min read


Echo From the Buttes Mailbag open ahead of Week 1
Photo Credit: Chris Coduto Getty Images for ONIT Coming off an 8-5 record with a Sun Bowl loss in the 2025 season, the Sun Devils are ready to start fresh when Morgan State comes to Mountain America Stadium on Saturday, September 5th. With 25 new faces across the roster from the transfer portal, the new-look Sun Devils will be poised to make noise in what looks to be a very tight majority of the Big 12 Conference standings. Starting today and going forward every Monday throug
Tom Hardon
5 days ago1 min read


Matthew Mayich: Everything you need to know about Sun Devil hockey player who collapsed during workout
Matthew Mayich playing for Clarkson during the 2025-26 season. Courtesy: Getty Images Sun Devil hockey opens the season at Lindenwood University on Friday, October 2nd, but as the summer winds down, the program is in headlines across the hockey world for a very sobering reason. Reports started swirling on August 23rd about an incident taking place on the first day of practice three days prior in which a Sun Devil hockey player collapsed during the morning workout session and
Tom Hardon
6 days ago3 min read
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