Carvana PPA Mesa Cup in Mesa Arizona
The Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) headed over to Mesa Arizona for the Carvana Mesa Cup in early 2025. I had the opportunity to meet, and speak with many of the athletes competing for the $1.1 million prize money, including Anna Waters, who is ranked number one in the world for doubles, mixed doubles, and singles by the PPA. Pickleball is growing at a rapid pace, and tournaments like Carvana Mesa Cup that offer large amounts of cash show its evolution throughout the years. Top players can earn substantial amounts, with average player earnings increasing by 63.9% in 2023. With the PPA Tour featuring over 25 tournaments across the US and internationally, the tour includes different event types, such as Slams, Cups, Opens, and Challengers, each with its own ranking points and prize money.
The 2025 MLB Season is ready to kick off next week and the City of Tempe, Arizona, is anticipating another great season. The dodgers are the reigning MLB Champions, where they beat the New York Yankees in the World Series in five games in 2024. They are looking to repeat, and win back to back World Series for the first time since 2000 when the Yankees three-peated. Dodgers are the preseason favorites to win the World Series, but 29 other teams are trying to stop them like the Kansas City Royals who made the postseason for the second straight season fueled by their star shortstop, Bobby Witt Jr. Or will the home team favorite be able to knock off their division rival and make their way back to the postseason after failing to make it last year by just one game.
What Teams Do the People of Tempe Arizona Think Will Win the World Series in 2025
Arizona Diamondbacks Post Game Analysis
The Arizona Diamondbacks hot bats helped them secure a 10 to 6 win over the Chicago Cubs on March 30th, 2025, to advance to 2-2 on the early season. Trailing by four runs in the eighth inning, the Diamondbacks were able to drive across eight runs from cluch hitting from their stars and unexpected players. Pitcher Ryne Nelson came to the plate and drove in the Diamondbacks sixth run off the inning with an RBI single. A comeback like this has created a buzz in the locker room as the Diamondbacks look to carry their hot bats to New York, where they take on the Yankees next in a three game series.
Downtown Phoenix is currently experiencing large quantities of construction projects starting at the exact same time. This is shutting down many streets, creating loud noise for residents throughout the day, and causing pollution to the city of Phoenix. Within our news story, we spoke with several Downtown Phoenix residents to discuss their growing concerns regarding the surge of construction projects in the recent months. The main reason for the surge of construction projects is to complete any construction before the hot brutal summer in the valley before construction must be paused because the weather is not suitable for workers to be out in for long periods of time. However, residents to not agree with this method of thinking and disagree with all the construction in Downtown Phoenix.
News story covering the construction problems in Downtown Phoenix
Video interview covering the amazing amenities in Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix is a beautiful location that tourists flock to throughout the year with amazing weather and amenities year round. In 2023 alone, Arizona hosted the Super Bowl, the Waste Management Open, and in 2024 Arizona will host the Final Four for the NCAA College Basketball March Madness. Events like these and wonderful weather year round are some main reasons Downtown Phoenix is a popular location. Within this video I highlight some beautiful locations known to attract tourists when they are in Arizona. Illustrating these locations with images and a interview to talk about Phoenix and the amenities it has to offer will hopeful reach new ears and eyes to gain more attraction to this wonderful city.
Through this short video, I illustrate my understanding of Adobe and Adobe Premiere through different title slides and transitions. For this video I shot five different images from various distances and use them with text to illustrate my understanding of transitions and effects in Adobe Premiere. All images within my Abode Advanced Techniques video were all shot at the Arizona Center in Downtown Phoenix. Arizona Center is home to various stores and restaurants. Arizona State University also has classes on the second floor of this beautiful building. Using the Arizona Center as my photo location, I was able to shoot several different shots of this wonderful location and paired my photography with my Adobe skills.
Adobe Advanced Techniques - covering shot selection and editing
Video interview covering some amazing restaurants in Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix is home to many amazing restaurants and food locations. Within my audio slideshow I interviewed Baden Delaney, a fellow Arizona State University student, to talk about some of his favorite restaurants in Downtown Phoenix. I then took photos of these wonderful establishments and showed my understanding of different Adobe techniques to create a motion video through images by creating movement within my photos. Through the video and interview, three restaurants were highlighted as the top restaurants in Downtown Phoenix to Baden Delaney. These three restaurants were Blanco Cocina + Cantina, Bushel Barrel, and Majerle's Sports Grill.