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Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson resigns

The Sun Devils’ AD said it was the right time to move in a statement from the university. He took over the role in 2014.

Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson resigned effective immediately on Monday, the school announced.

Anderson, who first stepped into the role in January 2014, said it was the right time in the school’s statement.

“It has been a privilege to serve as ASU’s athletic director for nearly a decade,” Anderson said in the release. “We have entered an unprecedented era where the number and magnitude of changes in the college sports landscape are astounding. As I approach my seventh decade of life, these are not matters that my leadership would be able to corral during my tenure. Continuity of leadership will be needed, and I am choosing to step aside to let the university find that leader.”

The longtime athletic director promoted Missy Farr-Kaye as the Sun Devils’ women’s golf coach in 2015, who led the team to a national championship two years later.

However, the Arizona State football program has been tumultuous during the last years of Anderson’s tenure. The Sun Devils haven’t won more than eight games in a season since 2014, and they’ve played in one bowl game in the past four seasons. Legendary coach Herm Edwards took over the program for the 2018 season but was dismissed after three games in 2022 amid NCAA investigations of recruiting violations. The team self-imposed a bowl ban before this season, an announcement five days before the season that apparently caught the team and new coach Kenny Dillingham off-guard.

The new Arizona State athletic director will oversee the Sun Devils’ transition into the Big 12 and help usher the program into the NIL era.

Arizona State, Coyotes will reportedly have both logos at center ice. Here’s how it will work

The Coyotes and Arizona State will reportedly share center ice space with one another.

The Arizona Coyotes and Arizona State University will reportedly share the space at center ice for both of their logos when the NHL team plays at the multipurpose college arena next season.

According to a report from 12 News’s Cameron Cox — and first reported by Craig Morgan of PHNX Sports — Arizona State and the Coyotes will both have their logos represented at center ice. The clarification comes a day after a report from The Athletic stated that the Coyotes would not be able to use their logo at center ice, alongside having a “good behavior clause” that would allow the college to back out of the deal.

Starting in the 2022-23 season, the Coyotes will play their home games at Arizona State after their deal with the city of Glendale fell through. Here’s Arizona State’s statement on the joint center ice logo.

“We will have both the Coyotes and ASU logos on center ice. The Coyotes are prohibited from including any of their other normal in-ice branding. They are also prevented from digitally covering up our logo on their broadcasts.”

Though the Coyotes will have their logo at center ice alongside Arizona State’s, we do not yet know what form it will take. Also, the Coyotes will be unable to put their branding on the ice outside of the center ice logo and will not be allowed to change, alter, or hide Arizona State’s logo or branding.

Only time will tell how the college arena’s center ice logo incorporates both Arizona State and the Coyotes into the mix.

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Arizona State won’t let the Coyotes use their logo at center ice in their embarrassing arena deal

The Coyotes will be under a “good behavior” clause while playing at ASU.

The Arizona Coyotes new arena deal gets more embarrassing by the day.

In case you missed it, the Coyotes will be playing their home hockey games for the foreseeable future at Arizona State University after their previous arena deal with the city of Glendale fell through. Yes, a professional NHL team will be playing 41 games a year in a college hockey arena for at least multiple seasons.

On Tuesday, a report from The Athletic‘s Katie Strang and Sean Shapiro outlined a “good behavior” clause for the Coyotes and owner Alex Meruelo. In said clause, if the Coyotes become part of a public scandal or do anything untoward that reflects poorly on the ASU brand, the school will be able to back out of the deal.

In The Athletic’s report, the clause states that anything that violates “widely held principles of public morality, failing to conduct its business affairs with a high degree of integrity and honesty and/or failing to act as a good corporate citizen” would be cause for the agreement’s termination.

That’s… rough.

The Coyotes have a history of having a less than favorable reputation across the league, from skimping on rent payments to the city of Glendale to knowingly drafting a player who admitted to racially abusing a teammate. Arizona eventually walked that pick back and forfeited it after the backlash from the hockey world at large.

Also of note in this report is that the Coyotes won’t even be able to use their logo at center ice in Arizona State’s arena!

In-ice advertising will be a revenue source for Arizona State, and the Coyotes aren’t allowed to modify the look of the ice surface – including the Arizona State logo at center ice — on broadcasts to protect ASU’s permanent advertisers in the building. It is noted that this doesn’t and shouldn’t impact opposing broadcasts filming at ASU.

While the Coyotes can control the — temporary — branding of the scoreboard and arena boards, the team will have to get approval for any alcohol or beer advertisements and are limited in which sponsors they can partner with.

Look, I get that the Coyotes came into this deal with no leverage whatsoever, but this arena deal becomes more and more embarrassing to the team and the NHL every time it’s in the news. What a shambolic organization.

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Lu Dort’s former ASU teammate Zylan Cheatham may be joining the Thunder

The Thunder’s trade of Steven Adams netted them Zylan Cheatham, who played at Arizona State University with Lu Dort.

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s trade of Steven Adams includes Zylan Cheatham, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

In order for the four-way deal to work, Oklahoma City had to pick up extra salary from the New Orleans Pelicans. One such way was acquiring Cheatham, who was given a three-year contract with the first year guaranteed to allow the deal go through, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.

Oklahoma City’s roster is well over the limit of allowable players, so Cheatham may be one of the casualties when the team has to start making cuts, but should he join the Thunder, there will be a familiar face on the team.

Cheatham spent a season at Arizona State University with now-Thunder wing Luguentz Dort.

The two started together for the Sun Devils in the 2018-19 season. Dort, a freshman, averaged a team-high 16.1 points, while Cheatham, a redshirt senior who had transferred from San Diego State, manned the post and collected a team-high 10.3 rebounds while averaging a double-double.

Cheatham made the All-Pac 12 First Team, Dort the Second Team, and both were named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team.

The two helped lead ASU to a record of 23-11 (12-6, 2nd in Pac-12) and reach the NCAA Tournament.

Neither were drafted in 2019. Cheatham signed with the Pelicans and spent most of the season in the G League, where he averaged 16.2 points and 11.6 rebounds.

Dort joined Oklahoma City and started the season with the Blue. It didn’t take long for him to make the jump to the Thunder and earn a role in the rotation.

Cheatham will hope he gets the opportunity to do the same as his former — and new — teammate.

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