Tag: sports
Golfing on the (Oiled) Sands in Apache Junction
APACHE JUNCTION -- There are almost 200 golf courses in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Snake Hole Golf and Country Club isn't one of them because its members march to the beat of a different five-iron.Eagar Home to Nation’s Only Domed High School Football Stadium
EAGAR -- Those who aren't aware of its presence might mistake the Round Valley Ensphere for a flying saucer. It's a logical misassumption because it looks like a flying saucer, just waiting for a UFO pilot to come and fly it away. But in reality, it's a multi-use facility based on the campus of the ...Mighty Helmet Display at Max’s Sports Bar in Glendale
GLENDALE -- Max Beyer's original plan was to hang a few football helmets on the walls of the sports bar he opened in 1979. It was the first establishment of its kind west of the Mississippi River and it needed a theme, so Beyer went with the helmets he had collected.Cornhusker Queen Runs Old Town Scottsdale Store for Nebraska Fans
SCOTTSDALE -- Caryl Peters is a University of Nebraska football fan. Like most who cheer for the Cornhuskers, she is rabid, intense, avid and even diehard. She makes the trip from Scottsdale to Lincoln, Nebraska, for every home game, has a parrot that wakes her up every morning by singing the school fight song and, ...One Big Sportsy Birdie in Glendale
If there's any doubt that Max's Sports Bar and Restaurant is actually a sports bar, the suspicions are allayed immediately after entering the establishment and meeting the Jocko Bird. It is a fierce-looking creature with the head of an eagle and the body of a beer-bellied athlete who wears football, baseball, golf, hockey, bowling, basketball and ...
