How big of a deal was Friday’s WNBA championship game in Phoenix? Well, consider this: the only other times a basketball team’s won a championship in this city, it was the Boston Celtics beating the Phoenix Suns on our home court in 1976, and then the Chicago Bulls beating the…
Anybody who ever attended a LAN party has seen Bawls, the Guarana-based drink of choice for geeks. This is a reputation Bawls clearly embraces, as they named one of their concoctions “G33K B33R.”G33K B33R is a high-octane root beer that tastes great, like old time Sarsparilla. And the energy rush…
Phoenix will get its first railroad quiet zone at the end of this month. The zone, on the southern end of downtown along Harrison Street between Third and Fourth avenues, has to be re-certified each year, and has cost an estimated $100,000 in privately raised money so far…Crews rescued a…
The free tickets for tonight’s WNBA Championship game at US Airways Center are gone, and only a limited number of seats remain for sale.The Phoenix Mercury will be shooting for their second WNBA Championship in three years. They’re facing the Indiana Fever, who are seeking their first-ever title, with Larry…
Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies say they are investigating after someone painted “Kill Obama” in purple spray paint across a pair of political signs in Cave Creek. Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the Secret Service has been contacted, and asks anyone with information to contact his office…Arizona State University baseball coach Pat…
The Phoenix Mercury play their best when their backs are against the wall. Such was the case with game four of the WNBA finals. The Mercury entered the game down 2-1 to the Indiana Fever in the best-of-five series. The Merc needed to win to stay in — and…
The Arizona Department of Health Services will increase its fees for close to 2,000 child state care facilities. The current licensing fee for child-care providers is $150 for three years. With the increase, licenses will cost between $581 and $13,442, depending on the number of children…It’s been a year since…
Wanda Jackson dated Elvis Presley in the ’50s, and even if she may not have slept with him (“There were things you could and couldn’t do, and my daddy made sure I never crossed that line,” Jackson’s said of the period), just having shared a milk shake with Elvis is…
Divine Essence is never at a loss for words. The poet and spoken-word artist has been performing around the Valley for more than seven years, and hosting open mic nights since 2002, when she started a regular spoken-word shindig at Livingston’s soul food restaurant in Scottsdale. When Livingston’s closed, Divine…
A Yuma man is in custody after an almost nine-hour standoff with police. Michael McCormick was wanted in connection with several vehicle thefts and burglaries. When police tracked him to a motel, he fled and broke into a trailer home, where the standoff ensued. He eventually surrendered and was taken…
Two juveniles were arrested by Phoenix police for allegedly shooting at traffic signs and speed enforcement cameras with BB guns. DPS officers stopped a black Volvo after reports of shots fired on eastbound Interstate 10 and took a male and a female into custody. There were reportedly five juveniles in the…
The Xyience Xenergy drink is “the official energy drink” of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). That factoid, combined with all the “x” references in the brand (as in “extreme,” we assume), had us thinking that this drink was gonna either majorly kick our asses or help us kick some major…
Despite Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter finally finding their groove early in a game this WNBA finals series, the Phoenix Mercury lost game three by one point, putting them one loss away from elimination as they seek their second title. The visiting Mercury had a better showing in their game against…
All schools in the Williams Unified School District will be closed today because of a fire burning near the city. The blaze, dubbed the Twin Fire, began Friday and scorched 1,000 acres by Sunday night. About 465 fire personnel are battling the blaze…A water line broke near 11th street and…
After a high-paced, high-scoring, record-breaking game one, Valley sports fans turned out at US Airways Center last night for a big disappointment in game two of the WNBA finals. To say the Phoenix Mercury, 2007 WNBA Champions and home to star shooters like league MVP Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter,…
Larry Johnson, a former executive at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, has written a book titled Frozen. In the book, Johnson writes that employees at Alcor mishandled baseball legend Ted Williams’ head, with one employee taking baseball-like swings at Williams’ frozen head with a monkey wrench…The Turf Paradise…
A Valley teen with no underlying medical conditions died from the H1N1 (swine) flu in early September, according to health officials. The teenager was from Maricopa County, but little else is known about him or her. Officials in Yavapai County reported their first death from swine flu earlier this week…William…
On a sunny September afternoon, the pulsing sounds of reggae rise from a red brick house in downtown Phoenix. Inside, chinking guitars and bouncy bass lines resonate through the wood floor in the front room, where Casper & The Mighty 602 Band are rehearsing for an upcoming show in New…
Phoenix Suns head Coach Alvin Gentry is giving away 7,000 tickets to tomorrow night’s game at US Airways Center. Following Suns and Mercury GM Steve Kerr’s lead, Gentry has bought out all the upper-level seats for the Phoenix Mercury’s match-up against the Indiana Fever for game two of the WNBA…
A distraught homeowner was killed by police after he fired shots at officers from inside his home. The man, whose name has not been released, was reportedly upset that his home — near 31st avenue and Bell Road — had been sold at auction, and had fired shots at the…
Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi will be named WNBA MVP today. Taurasi, who leads the Mercury into the WNBA finals series against the Indiana Fever at US Airways Center tonight, has averaged more than 20 points per game this season…Mesa police arrested ASU student Karla Jauregui on Sunday. Jauregui is…
Phoenix is home to the highest-scoring basketball team, on a per-minute basis, in North America — and it’s not the Suns. If it were, maybe Valley sports fans would give a crap. As it is, most are probably unaware that, without a doubt, the Phoenix Mercury women’s basketball team is the…
