Suddenly, the Suns are surging. But even with their fifth straight home win — a 98-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies — the Suns are still two games under .500 and several games back from 2.5 games out of the eighth seed in the NBA’s Western Conference playoff picture…
We often attend the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament in Los Angeles. It’s a few days in downtown LA, where we always visit the old city library (beautiful), walk everywhere (safer than you think), stay on the cheap (always good as long as the bedbugs don’t bite), and watch a whole…
When Grant Hill stepped to the foul line with seconds left in the game and the Phoenix Suns up by two points, we thought he’d be money. Hill shoots about 80 percent from the stripe, and the game on the line, Clunk and clunk. The usually reliable Duke grad probably…
Stick a pitchfork in the Arizona State men’s basketball team, which got thumped last night by Stanford in a first-round Pac-12 Conference tournament game. The 85-65 loss at LA’s Staples Center in front of about as many folks as watched the Sun Devils this year in Tempe at the Wells…
The Phoenix Suns managed to make three field goals in the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder last night, which — adding in the free-throws — made for a 16-point quarter.Unfortunately, the Suns earned zero points for the 14 shots they missed that quarter, and the game ended as…
Peyton Manning’s no longer the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, which means the frenzy is officially under way for NFL teams to make their attempts to sign him.The Arizona Cardinals have already reached out to Manning’s people, according to the ESPN-favorite “sources,” and their conclusion from their mass of “sources”…
For Arizona State, it’s a chance at redemption after a lost season with just ten wins (but one of those was last Sunday’s stunner over Arizona). For the Wildcats, it’s desperation time, as they have to win at least two games and probably three at the Pac-12 basketball tournament to return for the umpteenth…
ESPN’s reporting the Indianapolis Colts are letting go of quarterback Peyton Manning, which means Arizona Cardinals fans can start going rabid over the thought of him signing with the Red Birds.The Cardinals are on the short list of teams Manning would likely sign with, according to professional guesses from sports…
Arizona State’s basketball team (the guy’s version) has been ranked in the lower realms of all Division I programs this season, and yesterday afternoon’s game in Tempe against the Arizona Wildcats had the makings of a butt-whipping–for the Cats. Most of those geeks who study the “Bubble” as if…
Steve Nash fared far better during Thursday night’s game then he did in his five minutes of meager court time in last weekend’s All-Star Game. The 38-year-old Suns captain (who’s reportedly being sought by the Dallas Mavericks and two other teams per the latest trade scuttlebutt) earned a double-double with…
We used to love to check out the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team when they skated around the arena in downtown Phoenix. The crowds were enthusiastic, even if the team itself never could get past the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Then they moved out to the hinterlands of…
We didn’t go by the Wells Fargo Arena last night for Arizona State’s 66-57 loss to UCLA, but we know a few diehards who tells us that the announced attendance of 5,477 was exaggerated by a whole lot. The game itself was a microcosm of ASU’s lost season–a nice effort…
The Phoenix Suns were a bit like Rick Santorum at the Republican debate in Mesa last night: They started terribly, got way behind, made a late comeback, but faded at the end in a stinging 106-104 home loss last night to the Golden State Warriors. The last game before the…
This whole Jeremy “Linsanity” Lin thing is out of control, and the NBA is far better for it, a one-off feel-good, out-of-the-box, unexpected story that transcends the game itself. If Lin had arisen from nowhere in, say, Sacramento, Salt Lake City or right down the street here in Phoenix,…
The Suns (14-19) scored first — via a 25-foot Channing Frye three-pointer — and maintained a lead for a majority of the game, save for a minute-long stretch in the third quarter when the Wizards (7-25) battled back for a very brief one-point advantage. Unlike in recent games (and pretty much…
The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers traded wins over the weekend, with each team grabbing 12-point victories at home.The Suns got the Kobe Bryant treatment in L.A. on Friday, as he dropped 36 points in a 111-99 victory.Last night, the Suns turned it around in Phoenix — despite Bryant…
Arizona could have folded last night up in Pullman, Washington, traditionally a difficult road game for any team in the Pac-12. Jesse Perry, one of the Wildcats’ key players, was saddled with his fourth foul early in the second half and had to sit for a long stretch. Washington State’s burly…
The struggling Arizona State’s men’s basketball team will be in the Great Northwest this weekend, and a win tonight over Washington or against Washington State on Saturday would qualify as a huge surprise. Tonight’s game in Seattle, which starts at 9 p.m. our time and will be aired on Channel…
The Phoenix Suns dropped to 12-17 on the season Tuesday as the Denver Nuggets handed the Suns a 109-92 road loss. The Suns aren’t that good this season, obviously, and without Grant Hill and, especially, Steve Nash in the lineup, you can pretty much forget about winning…
While J-Dud nabbed a double-double with 20 points (including a trio of three-pointers) and 10 rebounds, the rookie Morris racked 18 points off the bench in his 26 minutes of game time. It was definitely a hot night offensively for Planet Orange, as they shot 50 percent overall, racked up…
The Arizona Wildcats and Colorado Buffs are very similar teams–scrappy, undersized, terrific team defense, very well-coached. The two teams met last month in Boulder, and the Cats lost a one-point heartbreaker. Last night in Tucson was a different story, as Arizona, playing with just seven players, wore down Colorado in…
Yesterday had both its highs and lows for the Phoenix Suns. First the good news: Steve Nash was named to this year’s NBA All-Star team as a reserve on Thursday, which shouldn’t come as a surprise based on his outstanding play thus far in the season (including leading the league…
