Channing Frye has a message for the youth of America: Wear your protective equipment.

The Arizona center suffered what head team trainer Justin Kokoskie described as a "mouth contusion" after a collision with Oregon's Ian Crosswhite during the Wildcats' 100-87 win Thursday over the Ducks.

"Kids need to wear a mouth piece," Frye quipped.

The injury to Frye's left front tooth won't cause the 6-foot-11 junior to miss any playing time, said team doctors. Frye saw a dentist yesterday and will need to wear a protective mouthpiece for the remainder of the season, but not the large green one he wore against Oregon State. [Read article]

The Arizona baseball team is still more than a month away from conference play, but the Wildcats will get an early crack at in-state and Pacific 10 Conference rival Arizona State tonight.

The Wildcats travel to Tempe to face the Sun Devils at 7 p.m. in the first nonconference tilt between the schools since 2000.

Arizona and ASU are trying to start a home-and-home series each season, with only one set of games counting as part of the teams' conference records. [Read article]

Learning a trade at Arizona

Harry Joiser is a psychology senior at the UA. His friends and colleagues know him as "Jimmy." One day, he'll be patrolling the highways of Arizona as one of the Grand Canyon State's finest.

Mustafa Shakur is a freshman point guard at the UA. His teammates call him "Lute Olson's golden boy." One day, he'll be patrolling the hardwood of the NBA.

The two have something in common. They both came to the UA for one reason: to jump-start their futures. [Read article]

Kenyan Cheseret sets pace for UA track team

As one of the country's premier college distance runners, Robert Cheseret excels at traveling a long way in a short time. And he should ÷ he came to Tucson all the way from Kapsabet, Kenya.

Two years ago, Robert Cheseret competed in track and cross country for the Kurgung Boys High School in his hometown, where he was inspired by the performances of his nine siblings who also run. [Read article]

Just three days after posting the second-best score in team history and tying Washington, the Arizona gymnastics team put up the third-best score in its history ÷ and lost.

Last night in Denton, Texas, the No. 11 Gymcats (7-3-1, 2-2-1 Pacific 10 Conference) scored 197.050 in a dual meet against Texas Woman's University and Louisiana State, but narrowly lost to the Tigers, who scored 197.100. Both teams beat TWU by a wide margin. [Read article]

Last fall, former Wildcat catcher Stacy Iveson was named manager of Tucson's major league softball team, the Arizona Heat, in the first-year National Pro Fastpitch league. A former Wildcat assistant coach, Iveson was All-Pac-10 and All-Northwest Region during head coach Mike Candrea's first four years. The current head coach for Pima Community College, Iveson led the No. 1-ranked Aztecs to a 2-0 win over the UA last fall. [Read article]

Yesterday at Arizona National Golf Club, a rainbow appeared in the middle of continual rainstorms. The Arizona women's golf team is probably hoping it was a sign of better play to come.

The Wildcats dug themselves a huge hole after the first round of the Wildcat Invitational.

The UA women shot a 27-over par 311 through rain and hail at the Arizona National Golf Club and fell to eighth place, 26 shots behind leader Ohio State. [Read article]