The Phoenix Coyotes have finally come up with a good idea to get people to go to games — the organization will drive them there.One week after setting a franchise record for fewest tickets sold, Coyotes President Douglas Moss announced today the team’s newest attempt to boost attendance, “The Coyotes…
The Phoenix Suns have a new gimmick — valet parking for bikes.The Suns seem to think that finding a spot to lock up is a major concern for fans, so tonight the team will unveil an NBA first: “The Lou Amundson Bike Valet.”…
Just two weeks ago, in our secret heart of hearts, we were ready to consign 35-year-old Steve Nash to the dustbin of history. Unless you’re Steve Nash’s mom, you were, too. Be honest. Then came that last-minute beauty shot in the regular-season opener against the Clippers, the 20-assist game against…
In his first public comments since getting the boot from the NHL-owned Phoenix Coyotes, “The Great One” claims he’s not bitter. There was speculation that Gretzky might be a no-show for the NHL’s hall of fame induction ceremony last night in Toronto to spite the league and its leadership for…
Even the most fanatical of Suns worshippers couldn’t have imagined such an outcome. A weeklong five-game road trip to the East Coast, including bouts against powerhouses Boston and Orlando, wrapping up with four wins for the Suns? Believe it. The Phoenix Suns are for real, and have to be considered…
Kurt Warner’s Jekyll and Hyde season has been nothing short of maddening. Last week, after giving up five interceptions and a fumble in the Cards’ 34-21 loss to the Carolina Panthers, we were calling for Kurt’s head (not to mention Coach Ken’s play-calling responsibilities). Yesterday, in the Cards 41-21 beat down of Da Bears…
Almost every wag in sports punditry and the blogosphere was predicting such a slaughter, especially after Steve Nash and his boys experienced a major meltdown against Orlando last week. As it turns out, however, the Suns have done most of the damage during this road trip, including thumping the Celtics 110-103…
As Da Cards head to Chi-Town for a Soldier Field showdown with Jay Cutler and Da Bears on Sunday, many in Da PHX are still smarting from the Birds’ 34-21 mugging by the Carolina Panthers and the world’s worst quarterback, Jake Delhomme, last weekend in Glendale. The fragrant home loss…
After getting peppered on Wednesday night by the Orlando Magic, the 4-1 Phoenix Suns continue their beast-of-an-East-Coast swing with one super toughie and one winnable one. (If, that is, they don’t go all 2008-09 Suns.) First up is tonight’s clash with the 6-0 Boston Celtics. This will be the Suns’…
It was only a matter of time. Yeah, the Phoenix Suns were 4-0 going into last night’s game with Superman and the Orlando Magic — the man of steel being everybody’s favorite basketball star nowadays, Dwight Howard. And Howard & Co. didn’t disappoint their legion of fans, who believe their team…
The greatest moment in the Valley’s sports history happened eight years ago last night in downtown Phoenix, when the Arizona Diamondbacks scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth of the ultimate game of the World Series to upset the mighty New York Yankees. Rivera, who is pushing…
One of the big questions about the Phoenix Suns heading into this season was: Did 35-year-old Steve Nash have enough left in the tank to carry the Suns like the Nash of old? On Tuesday night, the former league MVP certainly had plenty in the tank as he sparked a…
A record of 3-0 to start the season? Even against poor-to-middling competition (L.A. Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves), we’ll take it, though we’re not deluding ourselves. The other athletic shoe’s about to drop on the Phoenix Suns, thanks to the NBA’s Special Department of Torture (a.k.a. the schedulers). Tonight,…
After they beat the Giants last week in New York, we told you the Cardinals seemed to be pulling it together and playing like a team that nearly won the Super Bowl last year. We also told you the birds had a fairly easy schedule for the remainder of the…
Frye was fantastic in both games. He grabbed 22 points during Friday night’s home opener (including sinking six of seven three-point shots from downtown and landing eight rebounds) as Phoenix easily steamrolled the Warriors in a 123-101 victory. The 26-year-old also got plenty of help from teammate Steve Nash, who…
Remember when the Arizona Cardinals used to ruin the careers of their own players? Well, it’s nice, for once, to see them do it to an opponent. Rewind to January 10, when the Cards went to Charlotte for an NFC Divisional Playoff game. QB Jake Delhomme (pictured above) had successfully overcome reconstructive…
Expect the Phoenix Suns’ fast start to the 2009-10 season to continue this weekend, when they open their home season at US Airways Center against two teams that are seriously in flux. First off is Friday’s tussle against the Golden State Warriors. If you recall, last season was a disaster…
Shaquille O’Neal, the “Big Shaquisition” as he is now being called by Cavs fans, is hoping to become a deputized police officer in Ohio as he was in Florida, Virginia, and, of course, Arizona.After being traded from the Suns to the Cavs back in June, Shaq has applied to become…
One of the countless questions hanging over the Phoenix Suns’ 2009-2010 season was whether the team’s 35-year-old captain still had any hustle left despite his advancing age. Apparently, he does, since the dude pretty much single-handedly carried the Suns to victory on Wednesday night in its season-opener against the Los…
Suppose for a sec that Robert Horry, on the morning of May 14, 2007, had looked in the mirror and said, “Today, I’m not going to be a total dick.” True to his nature, though, Horry decked Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash during the waning seconds of that night’s…
We spent an abundance of time last week around the local high school football scene. First, of course, was the publication of “Friday Night Frights” (still on the newstands for a few more days, and available here for a lot longer than that), about the trials and tribulations of Phoenix Carl Hayden’s football program…
So we watched Sunday night’s Cards Giants game with a New York fan and must say there was nothing in the world more gratifying than watching him eat his words as the Birds laid down some serious smack on the “G-g-g G-Men.” New York sports fans are a rare breed,…
