It simply stated, “see u above the rim buddy.” While the Suns superstar may not have made good on the friendly jibe by slam-dunking over the 6-foot-10 power forward during Phoenix’s battle against the Raptors on Sunday at the Air Canada Centre, Nash was plenty busy helping to lift his…
Arizona State University senior linebacker Mike Nixon, the subject of last week’s New Times feature by Steve Jansen, was named a First Team Academic All-District VIII selection by ESPN The Magazine. This is the third time that Nixon has received the honor — a first for a football student-athlete at ASU…
The Memphis Grizzlies aren’t good. Like, not good like the St. Louis Rams. Crappy like the Phoenix Coyotes. Sucky like your sister-in-law’s Thanksgiving cranberry sauce. Thus far this season, the 2009-10 Grizzlies, led by second-year and second-stint head coach Lionel Hollins, are 5-9, which includes a 1-6 mark on the…
We loved KJ, otherwise known as Kevin Johnson, first as one of the all-time great Phoenix Suns and, later, as the subject of an unseemly New Times cover story entitled “The Summer of ’95.” In part, the story described how Johnson allegedly had engaged in sexual petting with a…
The Phoenix Coyotes made history last night in Edmonton, and like many Coyotes milestones, it’s not good history.During the team’s 4-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, the Coyotes managed to get scored on twice in seven seconds. For anyone unfamiliar with hockey, two goals happening that fast is almost impossible…
When given the option of an exciting wildcat offense and a stud quarterback, or two middle-aged guys in the twilight of their careers, NBC is going with the latter.NBC has decided to show the Arizona Cardinals a little love this season and has opted to move the Cards December 6…
Considering the Cardinals dismal road performance last season, did you ever think you’d hear these words: The Arizona Cardinals are now 5-0 on the road. For the first time since 1948, back when the team was the Chicago Cardinals, the nomadic franchise has managed to win five games on the road after its 21-13…
The Phoenix Suns have seen their fair share of memorable duos over the past four decades of playing basketball in the Valley, including capable combos such as Alvan Adams and Gar Heard from the ’76 Sunderella team and the talented twosome of KJ and Thunder Dan in the early ’90s…
Word from ASU today that its longtime head baseball coach Pat Murphy has resigned is a mind-blower on every level. The immediate explanation? None. We haven’t been able to contact one of our favorite coaches yet, though we suspect that Murph will call back at some point soon. For sure, university…
Talk about a daft stat. If the Arizona Cardinals get back to the Super Bowl in 2010, it’ll likely be thanks to their nutty road-field advantage. Sitting pretty with a road record of 4-0 (6-3 overall) in ’09, Ken Whisenhunt’s Redbirds got smoked on the road last season by scores…
You’re kidding, right? The Phoenix Suns’ game Thursday night against the Hornets in New Orleans was supposed to be a gimme. Before the game, fans and local sports talk radio hosts had already chalked up win number 11 for the Suns. “The Suns’ second team alone could beat the Hornets,”…
Anyone want to go to a Phoenix Coyotes game, or is that a stupid question — the team has the lowest attendance record of any team in the NHL. What if you could sit in the lower level on the cheap? If that’s enough to lure you to Glendale, you’re…
Winning is gravy. Hustle is the meat. A little elbow grease on the hardwood is all Suns fans could’ve asked for in the searing heat of late October, before Steve Nash’s lefty layup with 5.5 seconds to go chilled the Clippers in L.A. and set the template for a seeming…
Okay, there are 70 games to go in the regular season — not to mention more in the playoffs (prayerfully) — but the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 111-105 last night to achieve the best record in the NBA so far at 10-2. No matter what the Beantowners and Angelenos…
No Yao Ming or Tracy McGrady? No worries for the Houston Rockets on Sunday night when they took down the reigning-champeen Los Angeles Lakers, 101-91, at Staples Center. Without Ming, who is done for the season, and McGrady, recovering from left-knee surgery, Houston benefited from unlikely contributors Aaron Brooks (a…
Against the Lakers, Amar’e Stoudemire looked like crap, scoring a measly eight points. On Sunday night against Toronto, the star atoned for his worthlessness in L.A. by playing one of his all-around best games of the season. Stoudemire scored 30 points and had eight rebounds as the Phoenix Suns beat…
Depending on the week, the Arizona Cardinals have one of the most impressive offenses in the NFC — if not the NFL. This was one of those weeks. In the Cardinals’ 31-20 thumping of the Seattle Seahawks (3-6) yesterday in Glendale, the now 6-3 team’s offensive arsenal was on display. …
The photog who went a round with Mike Tyson at LAX on Wednesday says he never touched the former heavyweight champ. Tony Echevarria claims he was merely asking Tyson questions, when Iron Mike snapped and started beating him, breaking his camera and ultimately sending him to the hospital…
Not much good has happened for the 3-5 Seattle Seahawks since the Arizona Cardinals smoked them on October 18 at Qwest Field by a 27-3 count. (Arizona outgained Seattle in total yardage, 344 to 128.) The next week, they were manhandled by the Dallas Cowboys. The following game, they beat…
Welcome back to reality, Phoenix Suns fans. After your team amassed a surprising 8-1 record over the past two weeks (including spectacular wins over Boston and N’awlins), it’s likely you thought that Steve Nash, Amar’e Stoudemire, and the rest were going to run roughshod over the rest of the NBA’s…
In what seems to be a last-ditch effort to keep the team in the Valley, Phoenix Coyotes President Douglas Moss is pulling out all the stops to try to boost attendance at Jobing.com Arena.Yesterday, the team announced the “Coyotes Express,” a free shuttle service to drive people from the East…
One thing we failed to point out in our previous post about Mike Tyson’s latest brush with the law is that the former heavyweight champ is currently on probation here in Arizona.In case you forgot, in 2007, Iron Mike was convicted of misdemeanor DUI and felony cocaine possession…
