Forward pulling double duty in team's successes

It seems that senior midfielder Mallory Miller suffers from split personalities.

Or maybe, she thrives because of them.

Maybe that is why her teammates on the Arizona women's soccer team fumble around while trying to find the right words to describe her.

"She's one of a kind," said fellow senior Nikki David, laughing in between sentences at the very mention of Miller's name. "That's the best way I can say it. She's completely different from any person I've ever known." [Read article]

Forward appealing disqualification

Sophomore forward Jawann McClellan of the Arizona men's basketball team confirmed yesterday that he was declared academically ineligible for the fall semester but that he was appealing the decision.

Speaking from McKale Center, McClellan said he couldn't comment on the details of the situation but said he was confident he would be on the court when the team's season starts Nov. 21 against Kansas in Hawaii. [Read article]

The Arizona football team's extreme makeover will continue tomorrow when the Wildcats battle Utah in newer, more contemporary uniforms.

After bulking up the players and changing the helmets to blue, the shoes to white and fan excitement to a fevered pitch, Arizona will debut new uniforms in their first game of the 2005 season against the Utes.

The Wildcats' new uniforms have a thin stripe that starts in the middle of the collar on the upper body, curves along the front and runs under the arms. The stripe connects itself on the back and accompanies a stripe on the pants that flares into a big dash of the accent color on the bottom of the pants, a la Virginia Tech. [Read article]

After losing seven players to the Major League Baseball draft in June, Arizona baseball head coach Andy Lopez must face life without his first recruiting class.

While this group put Arizona baseball back on the college map, reaching three consecutive postseason tournaments and the College World Series in 2004, Lopez said the losses will not hinder his program's growth.

"We're going to miss them, but we're expecting that to happen," he said. "I hope it happens every three years because it means the program is growing. We're not going to shut down and turn into Wal-Mart." [Read article]