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Kellan Olson: Suns CEO Josh Bartelstein confirms the Valley Suns will play their games at Mullett Arena in Tempe, starting this November.
For the last five summers, Harden has returned to Tempe, Arizona, to work out. He trains and develops a relationship with the players. Dort, a freshman last season at Arizona State, remembers Harden’s visit. “We got some work in,” said Dort, who regularly wore Harden’s signature sneaker during the season, but not in this series. “I’ve heard the horror stories of those guys competing out there,” said Burno, who wasn’t allowed to watch the open gym sessions due to NCAA rules.
NBA player Tyler Ulis was attacked and beat up by 2 guys in an apartment elevator fight in 2017 ... until his friend, Devin Booker, came to the rescue ... and TMZ Sports has the footage. It all went down in Tempe, AZ on May 26 while Ulis was still playing for the Phoenix Suns. We're told Tyler was trying to hold the elevator for his friends when another group of guys tried to get on.
USA Basketball is on the move. The governing body for men's and women's basketball in the USA will relocate to Tempe, Ariz., from Colorado Springs, Colo., in the fall of 2015. The $350 million development project is a major upgrade to its current facilities and will include USA Basketball headquarters, training center, a 4,500-seat multi-purpose arena with multiple basketball courts, a 330-room hotel, 30,000 square feet conference center, 500 apartments and retail and office space totaling 360,000 square feet.
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Jeff Zillgitt: It's been in the works for some time but USA Basketball formally will announce today its plans to move to Tempe, Ariz. from Colorado Springs
USA Basketball, the national governing body responsible for choosing the U.S. Olympic teams, plans to relocate to Tempe as part of an Arizona State development project, multiple sources told azcentral sports. Currently located in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball is expected to announce its plan soon to be part of a 10-acre project adjacent to the ASU campus, sources said.
As part of a partnership with the city of Tempe, ASU's plan is to build a hotel and conference center and other development on university-owned land at the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and University Drive. This project is separate from ASU's planned athletic facilities district.
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