After the Cardinals 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Matt Leinart is officially worthless. Frankly, he’s worth even less than that — Matt Leinart is worth a negative $50 million dollars over six years. Leinart got a chance to step out from behind the clipboard Sunday, after Kurt Warner…
A possible extension of the Valley Metro light rail that would extend through Mesa probably will get federal funding, according to Mesa Mayor Scott Smith. Smith presented the project to officials in Washington D.C. last week and claims that federal officials are all but sold on helping fund the project…Motorcycles…
Despite suffering a concussion against the Rams last week in St. Louis, Kurt Warner is slated to make his 42nd consecutive start Sunday against the Titans in Tennessee. …
The Phoenix Suns beat the Memphis Grizzlies 126-111 in Phoenix Wednesday night. The win was the Suns 15th consecutive home victory and gave the team the best record in the NBA at 12-3…A West Valley Mayo Clinic has stopped accepting a certain types of Medicare patients. The Arrowhead Family Medicine practice is citing low reimbursements as the…
The identity of the person who filed a letter of intent to buy the bankrupt East Valley Tribune was identified today by the Trib’s publisher, Freedom Communications. Randy Miller, president of Thirteenth Street Media and publisher of the Tucson Explorer, has finalized a letter of intent to buy the failing daily…
The lawsuits are beginning to mount up against “spiritual warrior” James Arthur Ray, and the latest comes from someone who wasn’t even at the sweat lodge retreat that left three people dead and dozens injured. A man in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, has filed a lawsuit against Ray and the…
Phoenix police are looking for the person responsible for torching two cars and a shed in a North Phoenix neighborhood last night…
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…
Rosann Jimenez We know what you’re probably thinking, but the answer is no — this is not Governor Jan Brewer before a trip to the makeup chair…
Based on the most recent job-loss data, Arizona may have been hit harder by the recession than Michigan, a state infamous for job losses in the past. The most recent data shows that Arizona, since the start of the recession, shows the highest percentage of job losses. Arizona, according to…
The news that a recent poll shows Joe Arpaio as the top dog in the GOP should he choose to run for governor seems to have Governor Jan Brewer looking for good news anywhere she can find it — including her Twitter page.In two separate “tweets,” Governor Jan is directing…
Whenever the University of Arizona football team heads to Tempe to play ASU in the Territorial Cup, ASU students camp out on Tempe’s A Mountain to prevent any Wildcats from climbing up and painting the giant gold A on the side of the mountain red.The game is this Saturday, and…
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…
If the Arizona Department of Health Services had its way, your Thanksgiving dinner would probably be more like visiting a relative in a county jail than a fun family meal. …
Anyone looking to adopt their very own geratric this holiday season, look no further. The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a program called “Adopt a Senior,” where residents take it upon themselves to make sure a senior citizen has a nice holiday season. As if our own senile grandparents…
A new survey by a Washington-based publisher puts Gilbert and Surprise among the safest cities in the country. The cities were ranked 24th and 27th by CQ Publishers. The group calculated FBI crime rates for 2008 and found both cities to have some of the lowest in the country… There’s an increase in…
There’s a cow killer on the loose, and the Humane Society of the United States is offering $2,500 to bring the culprit to justice.The Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Humane Society are looking for the person responsible for murdering a cow at the privately owned Sierra Bonita Ranch…
Senator John McCain has pledged to block the confirmation of nominees for three political spots within the Department of Agriculture until the USDA approves a request by the owners of the Arizona Snowbowl to use treated wastewater to make snow.The use of wastewater to make snow for skiers at Snowbowl…
After nearly four agonizing months, the Arizona State Senate has finally passed four bills that will cut about $450 million from the state’s budget.Like most things in the Legislature, this afternoon’s agreement didn’t come without a little bit of drama.First and foremost: Bravo to Senator Thayer Verschoor for actually showing…
Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin hit the airways last night on KTAR’s Jay Lawrence Show expressing his lack of optimism about the way the Legislature and Governor Jan Brewer are handling the budget fiasco.Can you blame him?…
Phoenix’s new Civic Space Park is honored by Engineering News-Record magazine as being the best designed park of 2009.For anyone who’s been to the park, you may be saying: “It just looks like a few acres of grass with some benches.” On the surface, you would be right. However, the park…
