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The NHL’s Hart Memorial Trophy Has Become a Two-Horse Race. The Only Problem? It’s The Wrong Two Horses

“The Hart Memorial Trophy is an annual award given ‘to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.’” This is the official wording from NHL.com describing the general criteria for awarding the Hart Memorial Trophy…

Using Induction Rate to Find Sport’s Most Statistically Strange Hall of Fame Snubs

In every sport that has a Hall of Fame, fans love debating about it. Which active players will get in one day? Who is the most egregious snub? Well if this player got in, then my guy has to get in…

Women’s hockey in Beijing: History added to the greatest international rivalry of the last quarter-century

BEIJING – Ten teams will be competing for women’s hockey’s highest honor come February, including team Denmark making its Olympic debut…

As gas prices rise throughout Phoenix, school sports teams can breathe easy with continued and unchanged district stipends

Central High School is like many other schools in the Phoenix Union High School District. It has baseball fields, a football field, a gym for volleyball and basketball, outdoor spaces for students and a sizable parking lot for teachers, parents and guests…

The 2017-18 Hart Memorial Trophy Will be Forever Controversial. Here’s Why

The Most Valuable Player Award for the 2017-18 NHL season was controversial when it was initially awarded. Three seasons later, it has become the most controversial award decision in league history…

PHOENIX – The age of social media has changed the way people interact with one another, allowing the spread of information, opinions, or just simple hellos to anyone in the world faster than ever before…

Central defeats shorthanded Fairfax 1-0

PHOENIX – The discrepancy was visible from the start. At 6 p.m. on Jan. 31, the Central High School Bobcats girls soccer squad (1-4) lined up their eleven starting players. Across from them, the Fairfax Stampede (0-6) lined up their starting nine…

In a Post-COVID World, The Adjustments of High School Athletic Trainers Keep the Seasons Running

PHOENIX – Two football players approach the scorers table where Amanda Wilson is observing a game of volleyball. Masked, the three get up and walk over to a cooler on the gym’s sideline. Wilson quickly takes two ice packs and tapes them to the shoulders of the players, before heading back to her seat in case she is needed during the match…

Central High School’s Tandem of Athletic Directors Were Key to the Successful Fall Athletic Season

PHOENIX – Phoenix Union School District high schools have all faced organizational challenges that come with operating school athletics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those organizational responsibilities have been taken on by schools’ Athletic Directors…

Central Bobcats Outlast Carl Hayden in Five Sets, Gain Ground in 5A-Metro Conference

PHOENIX – The Central High School Bobcats emerged from their locker room wearing special bright pink uniforms for breast cancer awareness month. After a loss to Chandler in those jerseys the previous night, they redeemed themselves with their most exciting victory of the season…

Bobcats’ First Match Win, Falcons’ First Set Win Cap Off a Thrilling Night of High School Volleyball

PHOENIX – It was a night of firsts. A rejuvenated Central High School won its first match of the season at home Wednesday night. Carl Hayden Community had to settle for the consolation prize of its first set win of the season…