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First Take: Endurance racing

First Take: Endurance racing
26.01.2025 8

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Modern hobbies

19.01.2025 7

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Self-splurging

First Take: Self-splurging
12.01.2025 6

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Apple Watches

Last week, I received an Apple Watch for my early birthday present while I was back home celebrating the holidays with my family. Eager to know...

05.01.2025 8

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Attending weddings

At the time of writing, I am currently sitting on a plane on the tarmac in Houston making my way to a friend’s wedding in Kansas City. Bad weather...

29.12.2024 1

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: My favorite Christmas tradition

There is no holiday with richer traditions than Christmas. For my family, the Christmas tree has always been our crown jewel. Wrapping it with...

22.12.2024 5

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Sports awards are no longer what they used to be

A fun fact that about me is that I’m related to a Heisman Trophy winner. My father’s uncle was the great Oklahoma running back Billy Vessels,...

15.12.2024 4

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Fight, Devils down the field

Saturday was a big day for Sun Devil fans around the country. For the first time in program history, Arizona State not only won the Big 12...

08.12.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: An ode to football season

Ninety-nine days ago, I attended the first football game of the 2024 season, a humble Week 0 matchup between Antelope and Valley Lutheran in...

01.12.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: A lesson in late-game clock management

On Saturday, No. 21 Arizona State achieved one of the biggest wins in program history in the last two decades, taking down No. 14 BYU 28-23. As a...

24.11.2024 3

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Some early thoughts on winter sports

With the regular season for fall sports in the rear view, it’s time to shift our local sporting focus to winter sports in Yuma County. Just off...

17.11.2024 1

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: The art of a good surprise

There’s nothing like a good surprise. Whether it’s a gift you weren’t expecting, a person you haven’t seen in a while suddenly shows up or you...

03.11.2024 3

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: MLB's marketing dream

Major League Baseball’s World Series is one of my favorite sports productions of the year. Game 2 is on my TV at the time of writing this, but...

27.10.2024 1

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: The art of non-English sports broadcasts

There’s no doubt that great commen-tary can make an epic sporting moment feel larger than life. For me, that’s Keith Jackson calling Vince...

20.10.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: What’s your quickest trip to Phoenix?

This week marks the second weekend in a row I’ve made the trek up to the Phoenix area for some weekend activities. Both this weekend and last, my...

13.10.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Do you sit in the nosebleeds?

For the first time in nearly five years, I attended an Arizona State football game as a fan. From 2019 to 2022, I covered the team from the air-...

06.10.2024 3

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: A look behind the lens

Just over a year ago, I was back home in Houston on vacation. Out of the blue, I received a phone call with the news that longtime Yuma Sun...

29.09.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Nearly halfway there

After a tremend-ously successful Friday night slate of football this week, we are nearing the halfway point of the high school football season, as...

22.09.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Another Friday night down

Friday night marked another night and another week down in the young football season thus far. This past Friday marked Week 4 of high school...

15.09.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: A great first few weeks of HS football

Friday night was one of the most fun nights in Yuma County high school football in recent memory. Antelope, Gila Ridge, San Pasqual and Yuma...

08.09.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: A morning on the hunt

Every morning on the first day of September, alarms blare far earlier than normal, breaking the silence well before the sun rises. People of all...

03.09.2024 1

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: The only place in the world

Last Friday was the first football Friday of 2024. An excellent way to kick off the season, I traveled across the mountains on I-8 to hit Antelope...

27.08.2024 1

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Welcome back, Friday Night Lights

The energy of a Friday night during football season is a difficult entity to describe. Even before the pigskin is booted through the air though,...

20.08.2024 3

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Look at Curry, man

Growing up, I was taught to be loyal – to my family, friends and especially my sports teams. Houston’s three professional sports franchises became...

13.08.2024 1

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Be gone summer!

Growing up is strange. I am currently 24 years old, with still so much more to learn and do with my life, but I went through a concerning conundrum...

06.08.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Badminton, a secret gem of a sport

I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t watched as much of the Paris Olympics as I had hoped for thus far since the opening ceremony last...

30.07.2024 1

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor

First Take: Olympics on our doorstep

This Friday marks the return of the world’s greatest sporting spectacle. The Olympic flame will be lit and opening ceremonies will be held for...

23.07.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Mac Friday Sports Editor