Steve Nash has a sore hip? Could’ve fooled us and just about anyone else who watched last night’s Phoenix Suns playoff victory against the San Antonio Spurs. The Suns ended their Spurs game-one curse (until last night, the Suns had lost the last three playoffs game-ones to the hated Men in Black), beating San Antonio…
Phil Mickelson, the pride and joy of the Arizona State University golf program, has a chance to blow an opportunity he’s never blown before: “Lefty” could become the number-one player in golf.By sinking a 15-foot putt to finish the Quail Hollow Championship in second place on Sunday, Mickelson earned enough…
As the Phoenix Suns steel themselves for what promises to be a killer best-of-seven series against longtime nemesis San Antonio, The Matrix, a.k.a. Shawn Marion, pops into our sports-addled head. Once an almost-superstar with the Suns, and now relegated to a glorified journeyman role with the recently eliminated Dallas…
This is getting silly. The Arizona Diamondbacks screwed the pooch over the weekend to the tune of three losses to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. After taking the first of four games on Thursday, AZ couldn’t hang with the very average Cubbies. And, aside from Saturday’s 7-5 loss, the…
Steve Nash played his worst game of the season and was still the hero of the Phoenix Suns’ 99-90 victory over the tenacious Portland Trail Blazers last night. Nash seemed out of synch for much of the first-round series against the Blazers, and game six was no exception. The previously mighty…
Just maybe, the furor over Arizona’s over-the-top illegal immigration bill, SB 1070, has had an unintended positive effect on our local major-league baseball team. The D-Backs scored in double digits for the second straight game today, crunching the Chicago Cubs 13-5 in an afternoon tilt at venerable Wrigley Field, disappointing…
The Diamondbacks blew a six-run first inning — and won? Strange but true. Well, not really so strange considering that the back end of the D-Backs’ rotation is pretty weak and the bullpen isn’t much better. Thank goodness, this year’s team knows how to hit, as the offense carried the…
The clock finally struck midnight in the Cinderella story that was the Phoenix Coyotes 2009/ 2010 season. The Coyotes got blown out by the Detroit Red Wings in game seven of the Western Conference playoffs last night, losing 6-1, but kept fans on their feet until the bitter end. The Coyotes…
There’s no nice way of saying it; Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Edwin Jackson sucked ass last night at Coors Field in Denver. And with the exception of the great Dan Haren, the Snakes better get some consistent, professional pitching out of their hapless hurlers, or it’s going to be a very long season. Jackson…
As we reported this morning, Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan’s participation in tonight’s decisive seventh game of the Western Conference playoffs against the Detroit Red Wings would be a game-time decision.While it’s not quite game time, it’s reported that Doan will not be in the lineup when the Coyotes try to win their…
It’s win-or-go-home time for the Phoenix Coyotes — and whether Coyotes captain Shane Doan plays in game seven of the Western Conference playoffs against the Detroit Red Wings tonight in Glendale is once again a game-time decision. The team announced yesterday that an upper-body injury that sidelined Doan in game three might still be a problem that could keep…
It certainly didn’t look pretty for the Suns early in the game, when the Blazers run-and-gunned their way to a 23-9 lead. But the Suns adjusted and gave the Blazers a taste of their own medicine, and by the time the first quarter had ended, the Suns were down only…
Dan Haren proved once again why he’s the anchor for the Arizona Diamondbacks squad last night as the ace pitcher struck out 10 batters during the team’s 5-3 victory over the Colorado. The right-hander got into some serious trouble early on, however, when Rockies leadoff man Carlos Gonzalez walloped a…
The Arizona Diamondbacks are off to a miserable start. Before Sunday, the D-backs lost seven of their last nine games — four of them by two runs or less. But this weekend offered a glimmer of hope for D-backs fans as the Rattlers took two of three games against the 2009…
Brandon Roy was the difference. That and uninspired play by the hottest team in the NBA at the end of the regular season. But this is the playoffs, and Roy, who had knee surgery just eight days before, was miraculously back in a Portland uniform, and it was the superstar swingman…
The Phoenix Coyotes will live to skate another day. They went down 3-2 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, but they pulled off a huge win on Sunday to force a game seven. Th Howlers lost 4-1 on Friday — thanks…
The Phoenix Suns looked a lot like team that is in complete control of their first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers, even though they’re up just 2-1 in the series. The Suns led by as much 31 points, on the road, Wednesday night as they rolled to a 108-89…
At 6:53 p.m., 13 minutes following first pitch, it looked like the Arizona Diamondbacks were set to lose another game. At that time, St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder Colby Rasmus sent an Edwin Jackson pitch over the right-field wall at Chase Field. Score after a measly half-inning: Cardinals 3, D-backs 0…
The NFL revealed the Arizona Cardinals 2010 schedule this morning, and not only will the Cards host a Monday night game in Glendale this Kurt Warner-less season, Jesus will have a little competition for a fan-base on Christmas Day.The Cards will host a somewhat-rare Christmas Day game against the Dallas…
The Phoenix Coyotes have had trouble with the power play all season, and last night’s 3-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings was no exception.How do the Howlers fix their broken power play? Shoot the fucking puck.The Coyotes had six power plays in yesterday’s loss and didn’t cash in on…
Now that’s more like it. Following a humiliating loss to Portland to kick off the NBA playoffs, the Phoenix Suns returned to their ass-kicking ways by manhandling the Trail Blazers for 48 straight minutes to decisively win Game Two 109-90 on Tuesday night at US Airways Center. The series is…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ best pitcher had a rough night on the mound Tuesday against one of the National League’s best squads, the St. Louis Cardinals — but still won. Go figure. In the end, Dan Haren had one of the oddest pitching lines you’ll ever see for a guy with…
