The Mount Rushmore of Arizona Wildcats football playersThe legendary careers of Chuck Cecil, Ricky Hunley, Tedy Bruschi and Noah Fifita are why they're the four faces on our Mount Rushmore of Arizona football players.
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Three-star Dallas-area offensive lineman Mason Joshua committed to the Wildcats on the Fourth of July.
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FC Tucson drop in-state rivals Stars FC 4-1 in a pre-Fourth of July USL League 2 match up, Tucson, Ariz., July 3, 2026.
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Nearly a year after the Dragon Bravo Fire destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, the North Rim is quieter, scarred and slowly recovering. Visitors can still return, but services are limited, rebuilding could take years and rangers have one key reminder: bring your own water.
- Tim Steller
For Star subscribers: The bitter campaign for state Senate on Tucson's West Side reflects larger trends within the Democratic Party: Young, Democratic Socialist-aligned candidates confronting centrists.
- Kelly Presnell
Armory Park, closed for nearly nine months for a $1.71 million upgrade, renovation and improvement, reopened with a concert, circus arts, food trucks and a car show July 2, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
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Pima County has the second-lowest teen birth rate in Arizona after declining 74% over the past two decades, a new data summary shows.
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The legendary careers of Chuck Cecil, Ricky Hunley, Tedy Bruschi and Noah Fifita are why they're the four faces on our Mount Rushmore of Arizona football players.
For Star subscribers: The bitter campaign for state Senate on Tucson's West Side reflects larger trends within the Democratic Party: Young, Democratic Socialist-aligned candidates confronting centrists.
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The legendary careers of Chuck Cecil, Ricky Hunley, Tedy Bruschi and Noah Fifita are why they're the four faces on our Mount Rushmore of Arizona football players.
Three-star Dallas-area offensive lineman Mason Joshua committed to the Wildcats on the Fourth of July.
Greg Hansen's notebook: Arizona Daily Star columnist Greg Hansen shares his picks for a Mount Rushmore of U of A football players.
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