Texas Tech seems intent on burning down college football. In case you've missed it, Brendan Sorsby has been embroiled in legal action over his pursuit of eligibility following groundbreaking news that the former Hoosier and Bearcat bet on his own games. Sorsby transferred to Texas Tech this past summer, reportedly signing a deal that will pay him around $5 million for his final year of eligibility in college football. But this gambling scandal has suddenly threatened to end h

5th year outfielder Dean Toigo stands in the batters' box in Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix, Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026. (Echo From The Buttes/Andrew Hayslett) PHOENIX – Close your eyes and imagine you are at a baseball game. What sounds do you hear? You probably thought of a crack of a bat (or, in college’s case, the plink of a metal one), a glove pop when a player catches a ball, some dugout chatter or an umpire making a strike three call. If you did not think of somethin

Dean Toigo drove in three of Arizona State's four runs in Sunday's season finale. Photo: Tom Hardon/Echo From The Buttes Coming out of the loser's bracket is always a challenge in the NCAA tournament, usually involving playing a doubleheader for the chance for a winner-take-all game to advance to the Super Regionals. After taking down regional host Nebraska by an 11-8 score early on Sunday, Arizona State was primed for a rematch against Ole M

Nu'u Contrades rounds the bases during a home run at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on April 26th, 2026 (Andrew Hayslett/Echo From the Buttes) Coming into Sunday, the Sun Devils did a lot of damage with the long ball, averaging nearly two per game, and in the four games since the start of the Big 12 tournament, they averaged 2.5 per game. On Sunday, the Sun Devils did a lot of damage with the long ball, with four home runs and eight runs scored off homers. Those propelled Arizona

Starting pitcher Kole Klecker tossed a dominant game to save the bullpen in an elimination game. Photo: Tom Hardon/Echo From The Buttes Less than 12 hours after a grueling 14 inning loss to Ole Miss, the Sun Devils took to the field in an elimination game against South Dakota State, looking to extend the season at least one more day. After the bats went ice cold from the 8th inning on last night, the offense needed a short memory to move on in the tournament. Dean Toigo

Arizona State outfielder Matt Polk swings at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Andrew Hayslett/Echo From The Buttes) The last time the Sun Devils played a game that went 14 or more innings was on April 9, 2021, when Arizona State defeated Washington 3-2 in 16 innings. A lot has changed since that game: there is a new head coach for the Sun Devils, the Sun Devils moved to the Big 12 and all the players in Friday’s game were in high school or middle school.

Redshirt sophomore catcher Brody Briggs stands in the batter's box at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Sunday, April 26, 2015. (Echo From The Buttes/Andrew Hayslett) SURPRISE, Ariz. – Last season, the Sun Devils mustered six hits and no runs in the first round of the Big 12 tournament, as they were upset by BYU. A year later, it was a similar, underwhelming exit, although a round later. After a solid Friday night performance from the Sun Devil starter Cole Carlon, Bloomquist turn

Landon Hairston stands in the batter's box at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026. (Andrew Hayslett/Echo From The Buttes) SURPRISE, Ariz. – Sophomore center fielder Landon Hairston broke out this season. The Big 12 Player of the Year has grown into a powerful bat that can hit home runs at any time, something he did only four times in 2025. Hairston spent the first two months of his freshman career searching for power, with only three doubles before hitting his

Sun Devil fans already know that Kenny Dillingham and his coaching staff are great recruiters, but Tuesday's development still landed as a high watermark for the program. That came in the form of a commitment from local offensive tackle Jake Hildebrand. The local product out of Basha High School is the highest-rated high school prospect in the state of Arizona for this year. Hildebrand committed to the Sun Devils over offers from Oregon, Utah, Texas A&M, and a handful of othe

The last time Arizona State saw their softball team advance to the Super Regionals, Trisha Ford was their head coach. After losing to Northwestern, Ford left the Sun Devils for a massive offer at Texas A&M. Now, the Sun Devils are back in the Super Regionals, and it came at the expense of Ford's new team. After Arizona State blanked McNeese 8-0 on Friday in their first game of the NCAA Regionals, they drew Ford's Aggies, who came in as the top seed in the regional. A seventh

Landon Hairston etched a new chapter in the Sun Devil Baseball record books. Photo: Andrew Hayslett With a lot at stake and little time left on the schedule, the Sun Devils made their way to Texas for a final regular season series before conference tournament play at Houston. A spot in the postseason tournament already secured, Arizona State was still on the edge of securing a bye to next Thursday’s quarterfinal round in Surprise. Thursday An unusual name got the call at star

Earlier this month, when Randy Bennett held his introductory press conference as the Sun Devils' new head coach, he alluded to having 12 players on the roster. Simple math determined Arizona State had only 11 announced players, hinting there was a silent commitment out there somewhere. On Thursday, that silence went public. The Sun Devils secured a commitment from Serbian center Filip Malesevic. Associate head coach David Patrick, whom Bennett called "one of the best recruite

Kole Klecker delivers the opening pitch of Sunday's finale against Oklahoma State. Photo: Tom Hardon While Arizona State pulled out a gritty 11-7 win in the home finale on Sunday, this past weekend saw the Sun Devils (34-17, 17-10 Big 12) lose their first conference series since March 27-29 at home against West Virginia. With that came a drop in the major polls with three games left on the schedule. Sliding from No. 16 last week, the Sun Devils stay in the rankings this week

Dominic Smaldino is greeted at home plate by Dean Toigo and Ky McGary after his third inning home run. Photo: Tom Hardon The name may be Smaldino, but the bat played enormous for the Sun Devils on Sunday afternoon. After losing the first two games of the weekend, Arizona State was looking for a win on Mother's Day to end the home side of the season on a high note. It wasn't without some trepidation, but the Sun Devils held on to the 11-7 win over Oklahoma State. The win was o

Arizona State second baseman Nu'u Contrades rounds the bases during an Austen Roellig home run in Phoenix, Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026. (Echo From The Buttes/Andrew Hayslett) PHOENIX – The Sun Devils have been on a quest to find a Saturday starter this season, and that quest has not yielded a name with sustained success this season. Reshirt junior right-hander Colin Linder started the year in the Saturday slot. He threw three games in the role with a 3.55 ERA, but allowing four ru

For the ninth time since joining the Big 12, the Sun Devils are conference champions. Arizona State completed a two-hit shutout win over Texas Tech on Saturday to claim the Big 12 softball championship. The win capped off an impressive and, frankly, surprising run through the Big 12 tournament. Arizona State came into the tourney ranked 25th in the nation, but they were still only seeded sixth in the conference due to a stacked Big 12. After an upset win over 3-seed rival Ari

What was billed as a battle of potent offenses turned into a wild back-and-forth game in the late innings, seeing Oklahoma State hang on to claim a 9-6 win in the opening game of the final home series of the season. Cole Carlon took the ball in his usual Friday night spot and looked like he could be in for a short outing. Allowing single runs in each of the first three innings, Carlon stood at 67 pitches with four walks in that span. The next four innings however, he was ligh

TEMPE- What’s delayed is not denied. Randy Bennett was officially introduced as the next head coach of the Arizona State men’s basketball program, nearly seven weeks after his original introductory press conference was postponed due to health issues. "Thank God for Mayo Clinic... for two weeks I wasn't in the office,” Bennett said Thursday. “It through me off a little bit. The last thing I needed to be doing at that time was stressing about the portal or the job, thanks to

Landon Hairston waits for his pitch against Baylor. Photo Credit: Andrew Hayslett Just two weeks remain in the regular season, and time is running short for significant movement in the national rankings. Thankfully on this May the 4th, the polls are strong with the Sun Devils. Another weekend series win over a tough unranked opponent in Central Florida has jumped Arizona State up three spots in the latest D1Baseball.com poll, sitting at No. 16 in Monday's rankings. Baseball A

Dean Toigo stands in the batter's box against Baylor in Phoenix Municipal Stadium, Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026. (Andrew Hayslett/Echo From The Buttes) The Sun Devils had not had back-to-back weekend series from Friday through Sunday since the end of March when they faced Kansas State and West Virginia in consecutive weekends. The Arizona and BYU series both were Thursday through Saturday to avoid Easter and BYU not playing sports on Sundays. This weekend’s series at UCF was slated