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The Denver Nuggets -- understandably -- were putting a huge share of their defensive pressure and attention on Phoenix's high-scoring duo of Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in the fourth quarter of Game 4 on Sunday night.

Meet 18-year-old star centerfielder for Camp Verde High School’s softball team, senior Kendra Hardy.

Devin Booker has carried a massive offensive load for the Phoenix Suns in these playoffs, averaging more than 35 points per game despite defenders draped all over him in most games.

Christian Walker homered twice before he drew a bases-loaded walk that put the Arizona Diamondbacks ahead to stay in a 12-7 win Wednesday over the AL West-leading Texas Rangers, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.

Todd Pletcher-trained colt Forte and Brad Cox's filly Wet Paint are the morning line favorites respectively for the 149th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

Secretariat had an unusually large heart, an engine that propelled him to a Triple Crown sweep 50 years ago. The colt nicknamed Big Red remains the heartbeat of an industry that has yet to see such dominance on and off the track replicated.

Senior Jaydyn Rayburn of the Camp Verde High School Cowboys volleyball team has been recruited to play libero and defensive specialist for the Yavapai Community College Roughriders.

Meet 19-year-old multi-sport athlete and local celebrity of Mingus Union High School, senior Tanner Bejarano.

Registration opened Wednesday, April 26, for the Oxendale Auto Group Tennis Championships this fall.

Jamal Murray kept imploring the crowd to get louder and louder with each trip down the floor.

At the April 21 Mingus Late Qualifier Track & Field meet, many high school athletes from around the Verde Valley did exactly what the meet intended – put forward their best effort at the end of the season.

Devin Booker scored 47 points, including 25 in a spectacular third quarter, to lead the Phoenix Suns past the Los Angeles Clippers 136-130 on Tuesday night and win the Western Conference first-round playoff series in five games.

Thursday marked a day long coming for the Cardinals and their fans, as team owner Michael Bidwill and new coach Jonathan Gannon hosted an event to unveil the franchise’s first full uniform redesign since 2005. Over the course of the past few years, Cardinals fans have been asking about new uniforms and finally, they have their new threads.

Meet 12-year-old seventh-grade superstar for the American Heritage Academy’s soccer team, Claire Earles.

Phoenix' big three of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Chris Paul were all in go-mode.

With Kevin Durant drawing defenders, Devin Booker found his way to the basket again and again.

Cottonwood’s Vintage Run/Walk, a run in the “heart of AZ’s Wine Country,” is Saturday, April 22, and includes a half-marathon, 10K, 5K and 2-mile runs.

The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women's sports teams.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin says his doctors have concluded that a hit to the chest caused his heart to stop after a tackle during a game in Cincinnati in early January.

Kevin Durant is the shiny new toy for the Phoenix Suns. Devin Booker is still the team's heart and soul.

The United States men’s national team meets with bitter soccer rivals Mexico for the 75th time in the inaugural Allstate Continental Clásico Wednesday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale. This is the third time the United States and Mexico have faced off in the Valley and the first in almost a decade.

Pavin Smith hit his first career grand slam, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.

Meet 13-year-old seventh grader and stand-out soccer player for the American Heritage Academy Patriots, Yannely Santana.

A pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies is criticizing some Major League Baseball teams for extending alcohol sales with games running around 30 minutes shorter due to the sport's new pitch clock.

Kevin Durant's arrival in the desert hasn't gone exactly to plan. Because of injuries, the 13-time All-Star has played just eight games with the Phoenix Suns since he was acquired in a mid-February franchise shakeup.