As March Madness begins, the hottest teams in college basketball are in Phoenix.
The Lady Lopes of Grand Canyon University ride a 30-game win streak into the NCAA Tournament and are Western Athletic Conference champions.
After Sunday’s victory won them an automatic bid to the tourney, head coach Molly Miller told her team: "You were good enough through the highs and lows of adversity. You were good enough when the media tried to pressure you (giggle). You were good enough when things weren’t going your way, and today you’re good enough to win a conference championship."
The GCU women, a 13th seed, travels to Waco, Texas, to face 4th seed Baylor on Friday.
Meanwhile, the GCU men also won the conference title for a third straight year and got an automatic bid to the men’s NCAA tournament. Also a 13th seed, they’ll play Friday as well in a first round game against Maryland.
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Arizona’s senior senator is among a group of 12 lawmakers who say rapid growth of prediction markets and online casino games threatens tribal sovereignty. -
Clarissa Sosin, staff writer at Phoenix New Times, reported city leaders may have known the ordinance wouldn’t be popular even before they passed it. -
While gambling has exploded into a multibillion-dollar business in Arizona, the state continues to battle unlicensed operators trying to get a cut of the action. -
Off-track betting lets patrons of restaurants and bars throughout Arizona gamble on horse and dog races that happen elsewhere. -
The NFL has suspended Arizona Cardinals personnel executive Ryan Gold indefinitely for violating the league’s gambling policy.
