How Channing Frye has turned his nice-guy image into a shot at NBA riches

Hold the phone and stop the presses: Breaking news is about to hit Tucson.

Phoenix, Chicago and, most notably, New York – at Tuesday's NBA draft – will soon follow suit.

Channing Frye is a nice guy.

What? That's not news?

Maybe it doesn't take a book of clichés for the "Frye for President" mantra to sound like a broken record, or a mad-dash press run for fans of both professional and college basketball to believe the hype surrounding the Arizona men's basketball team's biggest kid, all 6-foot-11, 250-pounds – and counting – of him. [Read article]

Channing Frye's squeaky-clean image and likeable personality may be no surprise to anyone within the greater circle of college or pro basketball.

But there's another certainty – at least among those close to the UA basketball camp – about a different former Wildcat star's National Basketball Association draft prospects: Any team that passes on Salim Stoudamire will be sorry.

"I know if somebody needs a shooter on that team and they don't pick him up they're going to regret it," said Frye, a likely top-10 pick, a luxury his former teammate Stoudamire can't boast, despite shooting better than 50 percent from three-point range and earning First-Team All-America consideration as a senior. [Read article]

Softball's Lowe, Hollowell named to U.S. National team

Junior-to-be Caitlin Lowe and senior-to-be Alicia Hollowell were named to the 18-member U.S. National Softball team yesterday, joining former Wildcats Lovie Jung and Jennie Finch on the squad.

Lowe joins the team coming off her second straight first-team All-America selection after batting .510 as a sophomore. Hollowell, earning her third-consecutive All-America selection – she was a second-team selection this season after posting back-to-back first-team nods – broke the all-time Arizona strikeout record, surpassing the mark previous held by Finch. Hollowell finished the 2005 season 31-9 with a 0.88 E.R.A. [Read article]