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ArtemutHoily Star tucson com SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 SECTION Editor: Ryan Finley 520-573-4312 sportsedtucson.com RELAY MAY BE HIS FINAL OLYMPICS EVENT Phelps flies into the lead, earns 23rd gold medal 7'1 along to the music with their son, 3 -month-old Boomer, cradled in her arms. Phelps says he is eager to spend a lot more time with them. He plans to marry Johnson after the Olympics and said he's eager to watch his son grow, maybe even dole out a swimming lesson or two. Most of the U.S. swim team was in the stands to watch Phelps' finale, including the biggest female star of the games, Katie The 19 -year-old Ledecky joked that she was proud to be part of Phelps' final Olympics twice.

He initially retired after the 2012 London Olympics, only to decide about a year later to return to the pool. This time, the 31-year-old sounds much more adamant when he says there will be no more comebacks. Two-time gold medalist Murphy put the Americans out front with a world -re See RIO, B3 By Paul Newberry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO Michael Phelps closed out the Rio Olympics in the only way imaginable. Golden. Phelps put the United States ahead to stay on the butterfly leg of the 4xl00-meter medley relay, and Nathan Adrian finished it off, giving the most-decorated athlete in Olympic history his 23rd career gold medal Saturday night.

If that was the end, and Phelps insists it is, what a way to go out. He has 28 medals overall, having won five golds and a silver at these games. As Adrian touched the wall to finish off the victory, Phelps gathered the other relay swimmers, Ryan Murphy and Cody Miller, in his arms. One night after his only setback in Rio, an upset loss to Joseph Schooling in the 100 fly, Phelps was back on top. In the stands, his fiancee, Nicole Johnson, bounced JULIO CORTEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Michael Phelps powers through the butterfly leg of the 4xl00-meter medley relay, en route to his 23rd gold medal.

ARIZONA FOOTBALL Greg Hansen Wildcats' rebuilt defense showing signs of progress Arizona was 'No. 1 now' with upset of Washington NOV. 7, 1992: ARIZONA BEATS NO. 1 WASHINGTON Arizona's football team entered the 1992 season without any sort of nickname. The Wildcats were coming off their first losing season (4-7) since 1980.

Then it got worse. The UA lost at home to Washington State and then tied woeful Oregon State. An imposing game at No. 1 Miami followed. Gulp.

But on that October day at the Orange Bowl, the Wildcats fought back. They lost 8-7, a memorable game in which it became apparent that Dick Tomey's defense had the makings of what a few weeks later would be would become known as Desert Swarm. After the bitter loss at Miami, the Wildcats routed No. 11 UCLA, stuffed No. 8 Stanford, beat Cal and New Mexico State.

Suddenly, as if overnight, Arizona was ranked No. 12. That set the stage for one of the See HANSEN, B6 By Michael Lev ARIZONA DAILY STAR FORT HUACHUCA It's unwise to draw any definitive conclusions from one training-camp practice especially when that practice is conducted without pads or helmets. But Arizona's workout here Saturday morning at least provided a glimmer of hope that progress is being made on the side of the ball where it's needed most. Safety Demetrius Flan-nigan-Fowles and linebacker Cody Ippolito were among the standouts on a day when the defense generally got the better of the offense.

Considering the state of both units at the end of last season, that's noteworthy. Flannigan-Fowles, a sophomore who attended both Tucson High and Mountain View, had a pair of interceptions, both at the expense of quarterback Anu Solomon. The first came during a drill the very first interaction between the offense and defense. The second came during 11-on-11 play farther down the field. Flannigan-Fowles is building on a freshman season in which he played in every game and started one.

He's a virtual lock to start this season, barring injury. "He's bigger and stronger and obviously more in tune with what college football is all about now," UA coach Rich Rodriguez said. "It's a new system for him, but he has all the stuff that we're looking for in a safety in our defense." Ippolito was among several Arizona linebackers who got hurt last year, missing the entire season because of a knee injury. He returned in a limited capacity in spring and has been a full partic- MIKE CHRISTY ARIZONA DAILY STAR University of Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez compliments 6-year-old Riley Reed after Saturday's practice at Fort Huachuca. Riley and her younger brother Easton, 4, watched Saturday's workout on the installation.

EDITOR'S NOTE Star columnist Greg Hansen is counting down the 100 best days in Tucson sports history. Today: No. 21. UP NEXT What: 2016 season opener Arizona vs. BYU When: Sept.

3, 7:30 p.m. Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale TV: FS1 Radio: 1290-AM telligence and studiousness make him an invaluable on-field leader for a defense that's learning a new scheme under a new staff. Arizona finished 114th in the nation in total defense last season, prompting Rodriguez to turn over the entire defensive staff. See FOOTBALL, B6 ipant in training camp. At least twice Saturday, the senior shot through gaps to put pressure on the quarterback.

"Cody looks good," Rodriguez said. "We're cautious of having too much wear and tear on (his knee), but he wants to take every rep. He's a competitive guy." Rodriguez said Ippolito's in .1 -TO. ARIZONA BASKETBALL Ex-Cat Fogg faced big stakes in summer tourney and won grasp of do-or-die basketball like few others around the world. So when Overseas Elite trailed by double -digit deficits in the semifinals and finals of a $2 million winner-take -all event called The Basketball Tournament, it was no surprise what happened next.

Fogg had 42 points in the semifinal, then another 17 in the final on Aug. 2. Done and done. Overseas Elite won both games, and all of the $2 million prize. Fogg was the MVP.

"We were down (big) in both games but we had played so many games together and we knew what $2 million to share. The second place team got zero. "You're playing for so much money for one game, you can't lose," Fogg said last week during a brief visit to Tucson, where he found current UA players were "super-excited" for him. "Every game, you're playing for your life. Each game is an elimination game.

The best team is going to move on." In many ways, it's the same kind of urgency Fogg has displayed ever since he arrived on Arizona's campus in the summer of 2008. Back then, the Wildcats were short of players after See BASKETBALL, B5 it was like," Fogg said. "We just had to keep our poise and stay together and eventually we'd make a run, come back and once you get back anything can happen." He was desperate. His teammates were desperate. Everyone was desperate.

The winning team in this year's tournament received By Bruce Pascoe ARIZONA DAILY STAR Two million dollars had all but flown out the window twice but Overseas Elite didn't need to worry. They had Kyle Fogg. For a guy entering just his fifth year of professional basketball, the former Arizona Wildcat guard has a 7 GECO Motorcycle geico.com 1 1-800-442-9253 Local Office Some discounts, coverages, payment plans and features are not available in all states or all GEICO companies. Motorcycle coverage is underwritten by GEICO Indemnity Company. GEICO is a registered service mark of Government Employees Insurance Company, Washington, D.C.

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