After taking a one-year hiatus to sort through bankruptcy woes and trademark sales, the Arena Football League is back in action, and the Arizona Rattlers want to pack the stands at their home opener so badly, they’re giving away all the tickets to the game for free.”The Rattlers and our…
It’s over: Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan’s 23-game scoreless streak came to an end last night as the Yotes beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 in Glendale”It’s great for Doaner,” Coyotes goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov told reporters after the game. “He tries so hard. It’s so many games. We all felt bad…
Many Arizona Diamondbacks fans were probably scratching their heads when manager A.J. Hinch put Kelly Johnson in the leadoff spot for the game against the San Diego Padres instead of, say, Conor Jackson or Mark Reynolds. After all, the second baseman’s performance as a leadoff hitter has been fairly inconsistent…
Sticky-fingered Slovenian Goran Dragic made us forget about Steve Nash in the fourth quarter of the Phoenix Suns’ solid victory over the feared-and-loathed San Antonio Spurs last night. Almost. Nash did put up impressive numbers in the game at US Airways Center: 18 points and 12 assists in just 30 minutes. Point…
For the fourth straight year, the Arizona Diamondbacks have the least expensive average ticket prices in all of Major League Baseball, according to a study by Team Marketing Report.If you ask us, we’d be willing to pay a few bucks extra if the team would use the money to get…
A day after besting San Diego with ace pitching and timely hitting in their home opener, the Diamondbacks lost 6-3 to the Padres on Tuesday night because of a dearth of both factors. Pitcher Edwin Jackson’s regular season D-Backs debut was somewhat inauspicious, as he gave up four runs and…
Ace Dan Haren was awesome, Stephen Drew hit a bizarre inside-the-park home run, and Kurt Warner threw out the opening pitch — not a bad way to start the 2010 baseball season, and a D-backs win was the icing on the cake. After finishing last season in the basement of the NL West, the…
The Phoenix Coyotes have the best shootout record in the NHL, which is a good thing considering their power play sucks to high hell. The Coyotes beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night after an eight-round shootout and nine unsuccessful Phoenix power plays that should have prevented the game from ever…
The Arizona Cardinals announced today that the team has signed kicker Jay Feeley, even though negotiations with the Cards current kicker, Neil Rackers, are still sort of going on.Feeley played last season with the New York Jets, where he made 30 of 36 field goals and didn’t miss an extra…
Here is your guide to today’s spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday’s games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Padres fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):Arizona Diamondbacks: The D-backs…
If Calgary Flames goaltender Miika Kiprusoff didn’t exist, the Phoenix Coyotes would have won last night’s game by three or four goals. Unfortunately he does exist, he’s awesome, and the Howlers could only muster one goal against him — losing the game 2-1. Kiprusoff had 29 saves against the Coyotes…
Here is your guide to today’s spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday’s games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Indians fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs): Arizona Diamondbacks: The D-backs…
While common sense would dictate that maybe Nash might’ve sat this one out to rest and rehab his back in preparation for the playoffs, the Suns superstar was anything but idle during the contest. He led his team in the stats (and came damn close to notching a triple-double) with…
After the first period of last night’s game, the Phoenix Coyotes didn’t stand a chance against the division-leading Vancouver Cancucks. The Coyotes lost the game 4-1, but that was a generous outcome for the Yotes given how awfully they played. Ilya Bryzgalov, the Coyotes 40-game winning goaltender (who is usually a brick…
Here is your guide to today’s spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday’s games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Reds fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):Arizona Diamondbacks: The Diamondbacks…
With just eight games left in the regular season, and a trip to the playoffs secured, the Phoenix Suns look nearly unstoppable. The Suns nipped the Chicago Bulls 111-105 Tuesday night in Chicago, a city where they have struggled in the past few years. The Suns are now 17-4 since…
Here is your guide to today’s spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday’s games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Royals fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs): Arizona Diamondbacks:…
It’s not often that a team clinches a spot in the playoffs and a player musters a Gordie Howe hat-trick in the same game, but both happened on Saturday during the Phoenix Coyotes thrilling 6-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche in Glendale. The Coyotes clinched a spot in the Western Conference playoffs…
Here is your guide to today’s spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday’s games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Reds fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs): Arizona Diamondbacks: The…
Friday’s home game against Coach Mike D’Antoni’s New York Knicks and yesterday’s road contest against Coach Kurt Rambis’ Minnesota Timberwolves both looked like blowouts in the first halves — only the Phoenix Suns wound up actually embarrassing the Knicks 132-96 while barely hanging on to beat the Wolves. The difference in the two games? Suns…
Here is your guide to today’s spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday’s games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Reds fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):Arizona Diamondbacks: The D-backs…
We enjoyed our many hours in 2008 at Maricopa County Juvenile Court in south Phoenix, after which we published some stories about how things play out down there. We spent days on end in the courtroom of Judge Mike Kemp, who then was new to the bench and learning the…
