As woeful as the Phoenix Suns’ fortunes have been over the past few weeks — losing four straight games, staging repeated scoring collapses, you name it — the subpar squad has at least one saving grace. At least they ain’t the New Jersey Nets. The cellar-dwelling Alantic Division team has…
We wouldn’t want to be Suns Coach Alvin Gentry. Amar’e Stoudemire trade talk has bubbled up again. The wheels have come off Gentry’s team. And he’s gotta do something to fix it. The Suns just went 0-4 on a road trip that took them to Indiana, Atlanta, Charlotte, and finally Memphis.They were humiliated by the…
“[The Cardinals] defense is effing worthless” and “if Neil Rackers has a job tomorrow I’m becoming a Saints fan” were two of several utterances that could be overheard at the Cadillac Ranch in Tempe by disgruntled fans after the Cards 45-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Saturday. And they…
The Phoenix Suns are not a very good basketball team right now. And it was a particularly dismal weekend on the road for Alvin Gentry’s squad, whose impressive start to the season (they went 14-3) has been all but squandered in recent weeks. At the halfway point of the season,…
The Arizona Cardinals have defied the odds once again and are heading to the divisional round of the playoffs to take on the Saints in New Orleans. The Cards weren’t favored to win last week, they weren’t favored last year in the playoffs, and, as you may imagine, they aren’t…
We make it a practice (once) every year of making the trek to Vegas and donating money to the “cause,” that is, those poor casinos, by wagering on all manner of sporting events. Unfortunately, we were not up there last week to put down our hard-earned shekels on the four…
What is wrong with the Phoenix Suns? These guys simply can’t hold big leads. For what seems like the 20th game in a row, the Suns jumped out to sizable advantage before watching that advantage evaporate. This time, it was to the Pacers, a far-inferior team, on the road in…
The sendoff rally for the Arizona Cardinals is set for Friday morning at Sky Harbor International Airport, and the Cards want you there.The Cardinals are heading to New Orleans to face the Saints on Saturday afternoon, and the team is inviting fans to come to the airport for a pep…
It’s coming down to the wire, and Chicago Cubs President Crane Kenney says a decision on whether the team will keep its spring-training facilities in Mesa or move it to Naples, Florida, will be made “in the very near future.Kenney met with lawyers and Mesa city officials this morning to…
When haven’t the Phoenix Suns blown a double-digit advantage in a game this season? Damned if we can remember. Often they’ve blown a big lead and lost, as they did Friday night at US Airways Center. After leading the Miami Heat by 13 points early in the second period, the Suns…
If Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers left University of Phoenix Stadium in anything other than a body bag after yesterday’s 51-45 win over the surging Green Bay Packers, he probably owes it to Karlos Dansby. After the Packers clawed their way back from a 17-point deficit in the first quarter, the game was…
The Arizona Cardinals return to the playoffs on Sunday to square off against the Green Bay Packers for the second time in two weeks, and they may have to do it without wide receiver Anquan Boldin.Boldin hurt his ankle in last week’s loss to the Packers and hasn’t practiced all…
Pac-10 men’s basketball supposedly is in a down cycle this season, what with UCLA and other squads losing a bunch of underclassmen to the professional ranks. One of those schools is ASU, which saw Jeff Pendergraf and the great James Harden split to the land of the big bucks (especially in…
Two nights, two hard-fought victories for the Suns. Approximately 24 hours after pulling out an exhausting road win over the Sacramento Kings, Phoenix returned home to US Airways Center to outlast the Houston Rockets 118-110 on Wednesday in a game that was an absolute wild ride and the very definition…
Well, that was close (even though it shouldn’t have been). Late in the second quarter on Tuesday night, the Phoenix Suns led the Sacramento Kings by 20 points and looked as if they were going to wrap this one up early in the third quarter. Unbelievably, the score was tied…
Former Arizona Diamondbacks ace Randy Johnson is expected to announce his retirement from baseball in a conference call with reporters tonight, according to multiple media sources.In 22 Major League seasons, “The Big Unit” won 303 games and has a career ERA of 3.29. Johnson is second all-time on the MLB…
By kickoff time for the Cardinals 33-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers yesterday, the Redbirds knew their shot at a No. 2 playoff seed was not to be. The Minnesota Vikings beat down the Giants earlier in the day making the outcome of the Cards game meaningless — and they played accordingly. Many of the Cards’…
The Pro Bowl Committee is finally showing the Arizona Cardinals a little love this year by selecting 10 of the Redbirds to play as either starters or reserves in this year’s game.This is double the Cards presence on last year’s team, when five Arizona players — namely Larry Fitzgerald and Kurt…
For the first time in months, there is some reassuring news coming out of Glendale regarding the turbulent Phoenix Coyotes: people are actually going to games.The Coyotes have won their last 10 home games and are shaping up to be one of the better teams in the NHL.The Howlers are…
Having already suffered two humiliating and lopsided losses to the Los Angeles Lakers this season, the Suns got a chance to experience what it’s like to dish out a massive beatdown to the defending NBA champions, instead of being on the receiving end of said smackdown. Thanks to an enormous performance…
It used to be that winning 10 pro football games in two seasons was a milestone around here. This year, the Cardinals have won that many in just one season, making Arizona history. But the success hasn’t come without problems. The Cards beat up on the St. Louis Rams yesterday in Glendale 31-10…
Jolly Old Saint Nick must’ve been in an especially giving mood, as that mythical gift-giving elf dropped off a couple primo presents for the Phoenix Suns on Christmas morning: Not only did they get Leandro Barbosa into the starting lineup, but also a heartily lopsided home court victory over the…
