TEMPE, Ariz. -- About 30 Chinese men and women filed out of the Carson Student-Athlete Center's Hall of Fame on Sept. 20 as the Sun Devil football team was conducting post-practice interviews. As they passed an equally large group of local media and staff members, both sides eyed each other with curiosity.
A better, mutual understanding of two disparate cultures should arrive in the next three months.
A coaching education alliance between the Pac-12, Arizona State University, the University of Utah, the Federation University Sports China (FUSC), and the Chinese Scholarship Council began two weeks ago on the campuses of ASU and Utah.