38 JUNE 2018 By Mallory Gleich In the past, if you were looking for Jim Fox or his sons, chances are you would find them on the basketball court. These days, sons Mike and Jimmy aren’t so much playing on the court; instead, they are building courts as the owners of Sport Court of Arizona. For die-hard local basketball fans, the name Jim Fox might sound familiar. Jim played 12 years as a center in the NBA from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s. His career featured stints with seven teams including the Seattle Supersonics, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons and the Phoenix Suns. Jim started playing basketball his senior year of high school in Sandy Springs, Georgia. From then, he played in junior college, Europe and was eventually drafted into the NBA. After retiring, his first plan of action was to open a sporting goods store. “I didn’t know anything about owning a store and didn’t care for the idea of being behind a desk or a cash register,” Jim said. Soon after, a friend suggested Jim open his own branch of Sport Court, which builds multipurpose courts for residents and businesses around the Valley. Jim’s sons, Mike and Jimmy, grew up in Arcadia and attended Hopi, Ingleside and Arcadia High School. They were both involved in sports growing up. Jimmy played basketball at college in Kentucky and also overseas in Switzerland. The boys acquired Sport Court after Jim retired in 2012. “At the time when the business started, it was kind of a wide-open field. There were some tennis court builders, but that was about it,” Jim said. In its first year, the company built 25 courts. Now, the business has around 100 projects yearly, including the 29 tennis courts at The Village. The courts are made from a concrete bases covered by interlocking tiles. Customers can personalize their courts with their favorite colors, designs or sports teams’ logos. The courts serve up to 18 purposes, from pickle ball to shuffleboard to basketball and volleyball. Jimmy and Mike expanded the business to include artificial turf, putting greens and in-ground trampolines. These days, if you’re looking for Jim Fox, you can find him painting watercolor in his home studio and spending time with the family. When Jimmy isn’t working, he’s coaching his kids’ basketball team, the Arcadia Fire. Sport Court of Arizona celebrates 40 years Sport Court of Arizona built 25 courts during its first year in business. Today, the company does about 100 projects per year. (left to right) Jimmy, Jim and Mike Fox. DAILY 3-6PM DAILY 3-6PM Th eh e n ryr e s Tau r a n T.c o m 44 Th sT & ca m elback : @THEHENRYRESTAURANT j o i n u s f o r

39 JUNE 2018 By Nick Smith Here’s a small look behind the scenes at the making of the Arcadia News. There’s a date each month that is circled on the calendar, a date when the work stops and the tinkering ceases. Print day. When print day arrives, what we have is what we have, and nothing else can be added. This means that the rest of the month is all geared toward having everything we need for the issue by that day. The first week and a half of the month is easy going. Reporters work on their stories, the advertising and editorial departments prepare what they can, all in a relaxed atmosphere. By the end of the second and third week, the stories are turned in and the production process starts to ramp up. The final week can be an overwhelming blur, with long hours of scrambling for last minute information and fact checking every sentence of the paper. That final week can be exhausting for all of us in the office. With an overload of work and time running out, we can get cranky around here without some good food to look forward to. Thankfully, Rosati’s Pizza has stepped up to solve that problem during many production weeks at the Arcadia News . Rosati’s was founded in Chicago during the 1960s, and eventually became the second largest local chain of restaurants in the city. Our local location sits at the corner of 40 th St. and Thomas Road, and features a collection of Italian offerings that includes pasta, sandwiches and salads. But when we decide Rosati’s, we just go straight for the pizza. Our go-to order is the Double Dough, a hand-rolled crust that is twice as thick as normal. The dough is made fresh each day and baked on a traditional rotating pizza deck oven, which turns the crust into a mix of crunch and chewy. A signature trait of Rosati’s is the square slices on the circular pizza, allowing you to choose a cheesy center piece or crunchy crust. The pizza you’re mostly likely to see at our office is the Rosati’s Monster, which is loaded with sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, olives and onions. The tangy and sweet tomato sauce is a particular favorite of the staff. The delivery option is a huge help too, as it gives us more time to fact-check the more complicated stories for the seventh time. There are many great pizza options in our neighborhood, and we’re thankful for Rosati’s for getting us through many a production week, which makes the printing of the Arcadia News possible! ROSATI’S 4041 E Thomas Rd Phoenix, AZ 85018 rosatispizzaphoenixazthomasrd.com PLACES WE LIKE VIG SIGNATURE BLOODY MARYS CELEBRATING 24 YEARS! Church IV • by Chad Knapp • 48” X 42” X 2.5” • mixed media on canvas Representing students of Arizona universities, community colleges and high schools, as well as other emerging Arizona artists since 1993. 480.946.5076 . artonegalleryinc.com . 4130 n marshall way . scottsdale