Fifth-year senior setter Kelly Halfaker returns from a pair of knee injuries in time to open Pac-10 play

Dominated by sophomores and freshmen, the volleyball team doesn't like being labeled a young team.

Now they have a senior to join them.

Fifth-year senior setter Kelly Halfaker has started practicing again after being sidelined since the third day of practice due to a knee injury. Last year, while she played at the University of New Mexico, she had to take a medical redshirt when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the second practice of the season. [Read article]

John Mackovic was hired to take the UA to the Rose Bowl. Now, the UA is in the toilet bowl.

I'm not saying you should bookmark www.firemackovic.com, but the UA football team was the second-winningest program in the Pacific 10 Conference in the '90s. Now it's the team you schedule for your homecoming game.

Sure, athletic director Jim Livengood said in an AP story yesterday that he's sticking with Mackovic, but very soon, Arizona will be looking for a new coach. [Read article]