For the second year in a row, the Phoenix Coyotes will be competing for Lord Stanley’s Cup in the NHL playoffs, which means Phoenix’s fair-weather puck fans probably will creep out of the woodwork to support the home team.Phoenix isn’t exactly a hockey city — despite the annual migration of…
We wrote many moons ago about then-Valley resident Gary McCord, a professional golf commentator for CBS–it was a favorite yarn of ours about a journeyman golfer who had parleyed a quick wit into a lucrative career. The hook was the laughable situation that ended with the powers-that-be at the Masters…
Yahoo! Sports Ugly outs are still outs. The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided getting swept by the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field yesterday, beating the Valley’s most popular team 6-4. Manager Kirk Gibson threw out his fifth different lineup of the season, taking Chris Young out of the middle of the order…
Arizona State University’s athletic department is keeping a secret, and it’s creating a whole lot of buzz among Sun Devil faithful. People inside ASU athletics wouldn’t budge on divulging the secret to New Times, but we’re told the secret is a “total overhaul” of ASU’s athletic branding — especially for…
Baseball is a funny game. The Arizona Diamondbacks got to Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez and beat the Rockies in extra innings on Opening Day Friday, 7-6, then lost a pitcher’s duel between excellent young starter Dan Hudson and eminently mediocre Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa Saturday, 3-1, before…
The Phoenix Suns kept their fading playoff hopes alive against the Los Angeles Clippers Friday night before having them snuffed out for good by the San Antonio Spurs Sunday morning. Friday’s 111-98 win against the Clippers was almost a cruel April Fool’s Day prank on Suns fans, however, as it…
The Arizona Diamondbacks kicked off the 2011 season over the weekend by splitting a pair of games with the Colorado Rockies, which is encouraging considering they ended last season with the third-worst record in baseball.The D-Backs ended last season with a 65-97 record, earning them last place in the National League…
Houston Press Abdullah the Butcher: WWE Hall of Famer. ”Superstar Billy Graham,” subject of our cover story this week, forwarded a press release this morning criticizing wrestling legend Abdullah the Butcher, who is going into the WWE Hall of Fame this weekend, for allegedly giving an independent pro wrestler Hepatitis C…
Wrestlemania 27 will be held in Atlanta this weekend, coinciding with the release of our cover story on former WWF champion Superstar Billy Graham. We’ve got a preview of the big event after the jump, featuring Snooki Polizzi, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — whose father and grandfather helped teach Billy…
The Oklahoma City Thunder struck the Phoenix Suns down 116-98 at the US Airways Center yesterday, burying the Suns’ playoff hopes deeper. Last night’s defeat leaves Planet Orange two games below .500. Vince Carter put up a monster effort to lead the Suns, scoring 28 points for Planet Orange while…
Project Prospect Brandon Allen is the odd-man out at first base this spring. The Arizona Diamondbacks set their opening day roster this afternoon, announcing that they’re going to carry 12 pitchers, seven infielders, four outfielders, and two catchers to start the season. Pitchers Sam Demel, Barry Enright, Armando Galarraga, Juan…
The Phoenix Suns reached a new low last night in a year filled with nothing but heartbreak. They lost to the Sacramento Kings, one of the worst teams in the Pacific Division (if not the entire NBA), for the third time this season. The 116-113 road loss is also…
Most of Arizona and Wildcats fans around the globe held their collective breath early Saturday evening as, remarkably, their team had a chance in the last seconds to win the NCAA West Regionals and head to the Final Four. Down by two points to UConn after mounting a pair of…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have won the inaugural United Nations NGO Positive Peace Award for community giving, the team announced this afternoon. The award recognizes the team’s work with the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center and the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix. Executives from Celebrate Positive will present…
Thanks to the University of Arizona basketball team’s shocking win over the Duke Blue Devils last night, Mr. Duke himself, Phoenix Suns forward Grant Hill, will don Wildcat Red and Blue for the next 48 hours.Hill and Phoenix Suns teammate/former UA star, Channing Frye, made a bet on last night’s…
We’ve been watching Arizona basketball since, well, we moved to Tucson in 1973 to attend that fine institution of occasional and usually random learning. We actually were in attendance for the final game at ancient Bear Down Gym, seemingly a throwback to the days of James Naismith and the proverbial…
The defending NCAA champion Duke Blue Devils will strut into the basketball arena in Anaheim later today brimming with confidence, fully expecting to leave as the victor over the Pac-10’s Arizona Wildcats in a Sweet 16 contest. Yes, the Blue Devils are as well-coached and deep as ever, and the…
The Phoenix Suns kept their playoff hopes alive last night with a 114-106 victory over the terrible Toronto Raptors. For awhile, it looked like the Suns were going to let another home game against a lousy team slip away. Planet Orange played tired for much of the contest, no doubt…
The Phoenix Suns put up a tremendous effort in triple overtime against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers last night — except for the final moments of the game, when it mattered most. Planet Orange kept it close in regulation, losing 66-60 at the half. The Lakers opened up the…
At this moment on the cusp of the Sweet 16, it strikes us as flat-out absurd how much big-time college basketball and football coaches continue to rake in, no matter what the economy is doing to most of the rest of us. Yup, we know that those salaries generally…
The Arizona Diamondbacks assigned fan-favorite pitcher Micah Owings to minor league camp today, alongside right-handed pitcher Brian Sweeney and fabulously-named journeyman outfielder Wily Mo Peña. D’Backs management also sent catcher John Hester to Reno. None of these guys were expected to make a difference for the Diamondbacks this season, but…
Arizona Wildcats fans at the arena in Tulsa and elsewhere could feel yesterday’s game against Texas slipping away in the closing moments. With just a few minutes left, the Longhorns had taken their first lead since very early in the fiercely fought contest, and it was all the Cats could…
