We just received a little bad news for Phoenix Coyotes fans — team captain Shane Doan will NOT play in tonight’s playoff game against the Detroit Red Wings. Doan suffered an injury in game three of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs on Sunday night, after chasing a…
After a brief fall from grace, thanks — in part — to Arizona State University President Michael Crow’s ruthless crusade against fun under the disguise of “The New American University,” the Sun Devils are back in Playboy magazine’s list of top-10 party schools in the country.According to Playboy’s new rankings, released…
As we reported back in January, 2009 was the most rabid year in Arizona history, with 261 animals testing positive for the disease, which is an alarming 85 more than 2008.The outbreak got so bad in Santa Cruz and Coconino counties that county-wide quarantines were issued. The quarantines forced county…
When the Phoenix Coyotes hit the ice on Tuesday it may be without team captain Shane Doan.As we reported this morning, Doan hurt his shoulder in Sunday’s playoff game with the Detroit Red Wings.While chasing the puck into the Detroit zone, Doan tripped over Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard, sending…
Earlier today, Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl released a 10-point plan to combat crime along the U.S./Mexico border, which — among other things — includes hiring 3,000 more Customs and Border Protection agents for Arizona, building new fences along the state’s southern border, and increasing aerial surveillance.McCain’s opponent in…
Remember when Michael Jackson awkwardly kissed his then-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, at the 1994 MTV Music Video Awards and then turned to the crowd and infamously said, “And just think, nobody thought this would last”? We all know how that turned out, and in seemingly related news, Nik Richie, a.k.a…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer got a dash of good news over the weekend in her bid to go from accidental governor to elected governor — the latest poll number puts her as the leader in the crowded field of GOP candidates for guv.Needless to say, we were shocked.According to the latest…
The Arizona Diamondbacks are off to an atrocious start, and, unfortunately, we can only say “it’s still early in the season” for so long.The Rattlers were swept by the San Diego Padres over the weekend, losing 6-3 on Friday, 5-0 on Saturday, and 5-3 on Sunday, placing the D-Backs in…
The Phoenix Coyotes split two playoff games over the weekend — including a big win in Detroit — to lead the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 heading into the fourth game of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Coyotes dropped a heartbreaker at home on Friday night, losing…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:Up on the Sun: Arctic Monkeys at Marquee Theatre”POP!” Exhibition Opens Tonight at Heard Museum’s NU (Native +…
The Phoenix Police Department announced today that it’s won an indictment for a suspect in a murder/sexual assault that happened in 1994.Who doesn’t love a good cold-case file.On October 21, 1994, 35-year-old Eric Harmon was found murdered and sexually assaulted in Papago Park. Phoenix police Sergeant Tommy Thompson tells New…
Ken Kendrick, managing general partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks and a long-time baseball-card collector, is lending his $2.8 million collection to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.Kendrick’s 25-card collection contains some of the rarest cards around, which is why it’s worth so much. If you’re a baseball fan, the collection’s impressive…
It was just announced that former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley will serve out the rest of Andrew Thomas’ term as county attorney and Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s apparently having a shit-fit about it. Arpaio’s so bent out of shape over the idea that he’s threatening legal action.”Romley’s appointment to interim…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth released poll numbers today that he claims show he’s inching closer to dethroning Senator John McCain as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate.A Rasmussen poll released today finds that McCain’s lead over Hayworth is only five percentage points, and in the release, the pollster…
The Chevron station on the corner of McDowell and 51st Avenue is giving away discounted gas from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, which has caused hundreds of people to flock to the station — some even got in line last night — and the cops aint happy about it…
Now that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has emerged from his second round of sexual-assault accusations in two years legally unscathed, he may be saying buh-bye to his job in the Steel City. According to a report from NFL.com, the Steelers have internally discussed trading Big Ben for a QB who knows how to keep…
Arizona is a hot-bed for drug activity in the United States, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety announced this morning just how hot it is. According to the DPS, officers recovered nearly $30 million in drugs and more than $2 million in drug money during several different busts in the first quarter…
As we reported earlier, Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth released his much-anticipated list of donors to his Freedom in Truth trust — something John McCain has been requesting for months — but the McCain campaign says the list only contains half of the information it requested.”We appreciate the fact that after…
From the moment everybody learned the identity of the high-priced hooker who helped bring down former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, there’s been a mad-dash among media outlets to get that hussy to strip down for some photos. That is, show the world what the governorship of the Empire State was…
“Spiritual warrior” James Ray threw us a curve ball today when he sent us an e-mail announcing a new “self-help” radio show he’ll be hosting starting in May.(Insert Sheila Broflovski-esque “What-what-What?” here.)Ray is about to stand trial for three counts of manslaughter stemming from the deaths of three people at…
Just as Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth has been promising for months, the former congressman today released the names of contributors to a trust fund he set up to defend against possible charges stemming from Hayworth’s relationship with shamed D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Hayworth was never charged with any crime relating to the Abramoff…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth did a Web cast this morning where he — in his best stuffed-shirt, white-guy voice — referred to New Times as a “counterculture newspaper” and this writer as having a “troubled mind.”We’re not too tore up over it — we’re not the ones ranting and raving…
