Sonoran Hot Reads: Wilbur is going to bike across the country

What would happen if he tried to do this in the Wilbur suit?

This is going to surprise a lot of people out there, but there is a real human being inside the Wilbur costume. Shocking, right? Anyways, that person, Joe Previte, and his longtime friend are embarking on a 7,700 mile bike ride this summer in association with a couple of charities. You can support Wilbur and keep up with his trip at thebendableroad.com

- Arizona added a game with Cal State Bakersfield to their 2016-17 non-conference schedule, a schedule that does not exactly have the greatest of home games

- Look at Brandon Ashley doing things across the pond

Football

- Arizona now has some high profile company in the "People hate their haka" crowd. We'd like to officially welcome AC Milan to the club

- Rich Rodriguez joined our pal Jeremy Mauss on ESPN960 to talk about the BYU game among other things

- According to Campus Insiders, Rob Gronkowski is the third-best NFL Draft pick since 2000

- Scooby Wright is one of a few Pac-12 linebackers that could surprise some people in the NFL Draft

- One guy that could have a big year is DeAndre' Miller

Baseball

- Nathan Bannister threw a three-hit shutout to open the Cal series in a game that no one was able to watch

#slaphands! #BearDown http://pic.twitter.com/7ae6JdePRZ

— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) April 23, 2016

- Arizona Athletics is mad at me for no reason though. Get all universities to stream their games or get Pac-12 Networks to show it and don't take unnecessary, misguided, misinformed shots at our website

- Friday's game avoided many of the issues that are facing this team the rest of the year

- Wondering where some former Arizona players are now? Here's a complete list

Other sports

- I'm obsessed with how House of Sparky triggered ASU's move to Division-1 hockey. This is an extremely interesting piece from ASU hockey coach Greg Powers on the process, but don't worry, there's plenty of U of A tidbits in it too

- Lauren Marker has made it to the Pac-12 Women's Tennis individual semifinals. She'll be on Pac-12 Networks at 10:30 a.m. facing off against UCLA's Catherine Harrison

Tucson news

- There was a shooting across the street from Park Place Mall

- Authorities found a grow house in the foothills with 1,100 marijuana plants

- Marana is growing faster than most places

@whatsuptucson check it out Tucson. Miss u @prince http://pic.twitter.com/vcb6mJWC5f

— UOFABABY (@Realtal621) April 23, 2016

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