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Diamondbacks president & CEO Derrick Hall joined The Focus to discuss the state of the franchise coming off a World Series appearance. He also opened up about his family media history, his days as a journalism student at Arizona State University, his battle with prostate cancer and the loss of the Arizona Coyotes.

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Former Arizona Republic beat writer and columnist Kent Somers joined the latest episode of The Focus to reflect on the Valley's cursed sports history, Among our topics, the Bruce Snyder-Bill Frieder era at ASU, the Jake Plummer-Pat Tillman era of Cardinals football, witnessing two epic press-conference meltdowns, and the 2009 Super Bowl run.

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The Phoenix Suns and Grayson Allen defeat the Philadelphia 76ers and Tyrese Many 115-102. Allen knocked down 9 threes and finished with 32 points, it was his ninth time this season he's had 6 to more made threes. Devin Booker was one rebound shy of his first regular season triple-double. He finished with 18 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds. Join the PHNX Suns Podcast for the Suns vs Sizers postgame show to talk through the game and don't forget to follow the show on social PHNX_Suns.

0:00 Intro

0:30 A win is a win

10:00 Defense looks better, but how can we grade them against the 76ers?

14:00 Looking at the numbers

22:00 Grayson Allen was on FIRE again

33:00 Reading your super chats: Picking one of Beal or Grayson for a playoff series...

42:00 Kevin Durant passes Shaq on all-time scoring list

54:00 More super chats and Isaiah Thomas talk

59:50 Gerald Bourguet joins live from Footprint Center

1:08:00 Bol Bol didn't touch the floor in the 3rd AGAIN

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Former ASU baseball coach Pat Murphy joined Craig Morgan in the PHNX studios to reflect on a variety of topics including his Sun Devil coaching memories, working with journalist Bob Moran, his love of Bruce Springsteen, his brush with Muhammad Ali, boxing a priest for charity, and his first permanent managing gig in Major League Baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Jake Plummer sat down with PHNX Sports' Craig Morgan for an in-depth interview about the 1996 ASU Rose Bowl team, leading the Cardinals to their first playoff berth in the Valley, his strong bond with Pat Tillman and the business venture that has put him at peace with the world.

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Sports journalism has undergone revolutionary changes since the turn of the millennium. Internet and social media spaces have opened up the medium to all manner of voices, and the immediacy of information has altered how we produce news. One thing that hasn’t changed: people want to connect with their athletic heroes by hearing their stories, their opinions, their approach to their craft and their approach to their lives. I'm Craig Morgan and that’s what I’ll be doing with The Focus, PHNX Sports‘ newest, and bi-monthly series in which we sit down for in-depth interviews with the executives, managers, coaches, players and journalists whose names are synonymous with Arizona sports.

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