A U.S. professor claims he has identified the parts of the brain that help to make someone a good leader.
The world has a new alliance to save vanishing frogs, toads and salamanders.
According to some recent headlines, conditions are finally starting to improve for the unemployed.
Last week was about as big of a week as we get at Baseball America: Major League Baseball's first-year player draft and the College World Series. Talk about worlds colliding.
A year ago, they were complete unknowns, living a peaceful existence far away from the glare of the international media. Not any more.
A pea-sized seahorse, the world's longest insect, a "ghost slug" and the world's smallest snake were among the top 10 species discovered in 2008, a committee of scientists said Friday.
President Obama on Wednesday turned a flap over his commencement speech at Arizona State University into a joke -- then a lesson about never being satisfied with one's accomplishments.
Many Arizona State University seniors are relishing the chance to invite relatives to see President Obama give their commencement address.
Keep the honorary degree -- I'd take the scholarship program.
MIAMI - About the only thing that passed for drama Thursday at American Airlines Arena was the quote Temple guard Dionte Christmas gave a reporter from Tucson's Arizona Daily Star. Asked how the Owls might defend Arizona State and touted NBA draft prospect James Harden, Christmas called the Sun Devils' offense "80 percent" Harden.
A U.S. professor claims he has identified the parts of the brain that help to make someone a good leader.
The world has a new alliance to save vanishing frogs, toads and salamanders.
According to some recent headlines, conditions are finally starting to improve for the unemployed.
Last week was about as big of a week as we get at Baseball America: Major League Baseball's first-year player draft and the College World Series. Talk about worlds colliding.
A year ago, they were complete unknowns, living a peaceful existence far away from the glare of the international media. Not any more.
A pea-sized seahorse, the world's longest insect, a "ghost slug" and the world's smallest snake were among the top 10 species discovered in 2008, a committee of scientists said Friday.
President Obama on Wednesday turned a flap over his commencement speech at Arizona State University into a joke -- then a lesson about never being satisfied with one's accomplishments.
Many Arizona State University seniors are relishing the chance to invite relatives to see President Obama give their commencement address.
Keep the honorary degree -- I'd take the scholarship program.
MIAMI - About the only thing that passed for drama Thursday at American Airlines Arena was the quote Temple guard Dionte Christmas gave a reporter from Tucson's Arizona Daily Star. Asked how the Owls might defend Arizona State and touted NBA draft prospect James Harden, Christmas called the Sun Devils' offense "80 percent" Harden.
LOS ANGELES -- Sometimes when things aren't going your way all you can do as a coach is raise your hands in the air and ask your players to do things they've never done before.
President Obama on Wednesday will visit Phoenix, Arizona, one of the cities hardest hit with foreclosures, where he's expected to outline a $50 billion to $100 billion plan to help homeowners.
Since this seems to be a good week to throw out tortured political metaphors, allow me to toss another one out to explain how you should look at RPI rankings in mid-January. Think of the season as an election night where the polls have just closed. We can spot some trends based on the early returns (Pittsburgh and Duke are 1-2, for example), but until more districts report their tallies (e.g., until we get deeper into conference play), it's too early to declare definitively what has happened.
The fourth-floor view of Tempe Town Lake would be splendid, but the shades are drawn because the glare from the descending desert sun makes Ping-Pong impossible. This glassy tower on the road snaking behind Arizona State's landmark "A" Mountain is no dorm -- if the architecture doesn't give it away, the sign advertising luxury condos will -- and inside it looks as if these college kids are crashing an investment banker's bachelor pad. But the resident of the two-bedroom unit is actually junior communications major Derek Glasser, the Sun Devils' starting point guard and son of premium jeans magnate Michael Glasser. Derek's volleying with sophomore shooting guard Ty Abbott as friends look on, heckling them.
In an election where accusations and acrimony were flung back and forth for months, a wave of calm and civility washed over millions of Americans who lined up to vote Tuesday.
Given the recent wave of lay offs, people around the country are contemplating their next step. Hiring has slowed. Job seekers are taking an average 4.5 months today to land a new gig, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So more adults are thinking now is the time to return to the classroom.
How habitat loss and degradation are driving down the numbers of thousands of mammalian species
TEMPE, Ariz. -- A.J. Green, Georgia's breakout freshman receiver, isn't much of a talker, so we'll leave it to Mark Richt to describe Green's impact on the third-ranked Dawgs' 27-10 rout of Arizona State here Saturday.
The blood dripping down Rudy Carpenter's right shin is still fresh as he pulls his sock down to inspect the wound after getting clipped by a defensive lineman's cleats toward the end of practice. As he limps towards the sideline, slightly grimacing with every stride, coaches tell him to get treated. A trainer makes plans to see him back on campus. Soon his teammates walk past him off the practice fields to board maroon and gold trams that will transport the Arizona State football team back to Sun Devil Stadium less than a mile away, but Carpenter stops and makes a detour.
Europeans rarely feel more superior to us Americans than at this time of year, and you can't blame them. They're taking their umpteen-week vacations, perhaps enjoying state-funded massages in Baden-Baden, while we're trying desperately to squeeze every drop of fun out of our measly two or three weeks off before returning to the salt mines.
The Mets agreed to terms with their first pick of the first round, power hitting first baseman Ike Davis of Arizona State. It is believed Davis, the son of former Yankees reliever Ron Davis, received in the range of $1.5 million. The deal is pending a physical.
Steve King and I couldn't get connected in time to include his perspective in Tuesday's story about early basketball commitments, but we had a long chat Wednesday. King is uniquely qualified to speak on this subject. His son, Taylor, committed to UCLA shortly before starting ninth grade in 2003. Taylor's commitment didn't last; he ultimately signed with Duke and has since transferred to Villanova.
If we can assume the Pac-10 is the best conference in college basketball this season, then we can also assume the league will send at least five teams to the NCAA tournament next week.
Queues ... the endless airport queues are the bane of any frequent flier's life. If they were not bad enough at check-in, security and the boarding gate, when you get to the plane there's more to come as passengers cram bags in lockers, maneuver kids or struggle into window seats.
The AP poll's old No. 1 lost on Saturday. Its new No. 1 lost on Tuesday. There's chaos at the top of the college basketball world, but in chaos can be found opportunity.
Sheila Johnson just wanted tennis lessons. That's it. It was a simple request for the 60-year-old former high school teacher who retired after 30 years of instructing students on the finer points of algebra.
In the wake of last week's New Hampshire primary, this is not exactly the best time to call yourself a pollster. Fortunately, when I conduct a college hoops poll, I yield results with zero margin for error. That's because the only person I poll is myself. The answers, therefore, are always correct.
We know what has happened in the world of college basketball thus far. But with the conference season under way, what will the future hold?
SI.com's Stewart Mandel analyzes the matchups.
I caught Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon on his cell phone as he was riding with his players en route to the airport Wednesday afternoon. I had called, naturally, to get his thoughts on Thursday night's matchup with No. 6 Duke at Madison Square Garden. Apparently, I wasn't the only one. "Everybody's been calling me and talking about it," Dixon said. "For a game in December, it's been unbelievable."
The NCAA tournament is nearly four months away, but thanks to those early season tournaments, we won't have to wait long for some pretty intriguing matchups. In fact, we've already seen some. North Carolina knocked off Arizona State on Sunday. Maryland got the better of Courtney Paris and Oklahoma. LSU and Michigan State will meet this week in the WNIT.
Breaking down Saturday's key Pac-10 showdown.
The sun devil painted on the 50-yard line of Arizona State's field is presumably supposed to be menacing, a dark figure with a sharp pitchfork and the intent to use it. But upon closer examination he's more cartoonish, a mischievous-looking guy who's not as tough as he's trying to look. Until last Saturday the same seemed to be true of the real-life Sun Devils, whose perfect record appeared to be mostly a product of a schedule that was softer than a featherbed. But after Arizona State's 31-20 victory over No. 21 California, it's hard to dismiss the Sun Devils as just a desert mirage.
His career has spanned from Seattle to Coral Gables, Fla., and includes six other points in between. But the well-traveled Dennis Erickson believes he's finally found the final stop of his coaching career at Arizona State.
This story originally appeared in the Aug. 17, 1998 issue of Sports Illustrated.
The country needs "authentic leadership," the wife of NFL athlete-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman said Wednesday in her first public comments since her husband was cut down by friendly fire.
While many people sign up to MBA courses hoping to make their fortune in the future, some particularly eager entrepreneurs try and speed up the whole process -- launching a business while they are still studying.
A pair of newly released studies have challenged the theory that a salty sea once lapped the shores of Mars' Meridiani Planum.
Recent economic data may point to a cooling housing market and some investors are already dashing for the exits, according to a news report published Wednesday.
Dudley Hart withstood gusting winds to card a four-under-par 67 for a one-shot first round lead at the Phoenix Open before play was suspended due to darkness.
The following is the final part of a transcript of the final debate between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry held Wednesday night at Arizona State University.
Like ice cream and coffee before them, cornflakes and puffed oats are getting an upscale makeover. Cereality, a startup based in Boulder, Colo., is betting that consumer nostalgia for Cheerios and ...
A new twist on an emerging theory says the sun was born amid massive, short-lived stars that sculpted our solar system with intense radiation and violent explosions that may have affected the origin of life.
Scientists have learned the composition of the mysterious sphere-shaped objects scattered across the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, the landing site of the Opportunity Mars rover.
It's so obviously a good idea that you have to wonder why nobody thought of it long ago. More and more companies are approaching local universities and asking for customized degree programs aimed a...
Whenever management lingo becomes so pervasive that it creeps into two consecutive FORTUNE cover stories, an exposition is due. And so it goes with "true north."
As an architect, Joe Groff, 33, of Phoenix knows the importance of designing an extra margin of safety into his houses. So it should come as no surprise that he and his wife Susan, 39, both graduat...
As the 4,000 attendees of a recent Austin job fair (see the photo) clearly know, the surest way to secure employment in the worst job market in eight years is to figure out which companies are hiri...
April is the cruelest month for tens of thousands of anxious high school seniors. Each day they go to the mailbox looking for responses from the colleges of their choice, either in a thick envelope...
AS THE SERVICE SECTOR continues to outshine manufacturing, as tomorrow's technology replaces today's, U.S. cities are fast learning to adapt. Some have emerged from the process as veritable boomtow...
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