Cross Country's Mohamed Trafeh and Chris Ogle run to a different beat

Mohamed Trafeh stands near the office door of UA cross country head coach James Li, his back slightly hunched and covered by an Arizona windbreaker.

He returns a handshake with a smile and a quick embrace and heads through a McKale Center hallway. He turns and stops before a ramp.

"Five minutes," Li says, as he locks his office and walks to the exit. [Read article]

UW coach to quit at year's end, A.D. announces change days before facing UA

When the Arizona football team plays Washington in Seattle this weekend, Wildcat players will have some first-hand insight as to what the Huskies are going through.

UW athletics director Todd Turner announced yesterday that Keith Gilbertson will step down as Washington's head football coach, effective at the end of the season. [Read article]

The UA women's basketball team may not know much about its exhibition opponent tonight, Play Mode Sports, but that may not be such a problem after all.

"We've only been against each other, and we know our strengths and weakness already," UA sophomore forward Shannon Hobson said about the Wildcat players having the opportunity to face a team other than their own.

Play Mode Sports, a team comprised of former college players, comes to McKale Center tonight for the first of its seven-game schedule, the only contest it plans to play outside of California. [Read article]