Sonoran Hot Reads: Kevin Cordes advances to 100 meter breaststroke final

A former Wildcat will have a chance at an Olympic medal Sunday night

The Olympics got underway in earnest on Saturday, and two athletes with ties to the University of Arizona were in action in the pool. Kevin Cordes took second place in his 100m breaststroke semifinal with a time of 59.33 seconds, putting him in Lane 2 for Sunday’s final. It will take place at 6:53 PM, and you should stream it on NBCOlympics.com because Tucson didn’t show Saturday’s primetime events live. Great Britain’s Adam Peaty is the heavy favorite after he set a new world record in the event in the prelims, which happened to be his first-ever Olympic swim

- Michael Meyer, representing South Africa, placed 17th in the 400m Individual Medley

- Be sure to know when the other Arizona athletes in Rio are competing with our schedule

Football

- Get caught up on all of our interviews from practice at our YouTube page

- Former linebacker Kendal Franklin has found a new home at McNeese State

- New Arizona commit Jalen Harris was close to going to ASU

- Tellas Jones seems like a completely different guy after having off-field issues this spring

- The one defensive guy you should keep an eye on this fall? Dane Cruikshank

Basketball

- Aaron Gordon has an interesting part in this new Nike ad

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Baseball

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Tucson news

- The Pride of Arizona has a new band director. Get to know him, the one and only Chad Shoopman

- A local bank robber is also an A’s fan

- Crypto has been found in Maricopa County pools, but not in Tucson pools...yet

- A bus got stuck in a wash on Old Vail

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