Gotta love the Major League baseball debut last night of onetime ASU All-American first baseman and pitcher Ike Davis. Called up just hours earlier from Triple-A Buffalo, the 23-year-old Davis looped a single to right in his first big-league at bat, and then collected another hit in the New York…
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…
Jeez, how many quality starts are the D-Backs going to waste before they get it together? Another strong effort, this one by Rodrigo Lopez, went for naught last night as the St. Louis Cardinals came from behind to beat the homies by a 4-2 count. Chalk up this loss –…
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…
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…
It’s not the end of the world. Each NBA playoff series is a best-of-seven, and we’ve seen many teams lose the first game and go on to take the series. But damn… The Phoenix Suns were handled from the opening jump at US Airways Center last night by Coach Nate McMillan and…
After packing US Airways Center Friday night (by giving all the tickets away for free), and bringing Kurt Warner out for some pre-game, go-team accolades, the Arizona Rattlers lost their home opening game against the Chicago Rush. The Rattlers came on strong, with rookie quarterback Nick Davila completing 10 of…
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…
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…
We knew it was only a matter of time before some Detroit-loving dickhead chucked a dead octopus on the ice during the first round of the NHL playoffs; we just thought it would happen in Detroit. That was not the case, though. Before the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 playoff win over the Detroit…
Heading into Sunday night’s first-round playoff opener against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Phoenix Suns look like a team that’s going to be tough to beat. Against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, in a game that had big seeding implications for both teams, the Suns looked like a supremely confident…
The Phoenix Suns blasted out to an 18-2 lead over the Denver Nuggets early in the first quarter of last night’s game against the Denver Nuggets, and they never looked back. The lead was 27 by the end of the third period at US Airways Center, and the Suns wound up embarrassing…
Remember, Arizona D-Backs fans, the season is long and, well, so are the games. So, the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the homeboys by a 9-5 count in yesterday afternoon’s home opener over on the beautiful Left Coast. Putting up a five-spot usually will do it, but the Dodgers put up…
The Phoenix Coyotes regular season ended in a way that’s almost as improbable as their upcoming playoff bid, which ESPN is calling “the best story in the NHL: They lost in a shootout to the San Jose Sharks. The Coyotes have the best shootout record in the NHL but couldn’t muster the goals necessary…
Mere days remain in the current NBA season, and the Western Conference playoff race is tighter than ever, which is why it’s unfortunate that the Phoenix Suns split a pair of games over the weekend. It felt like there were two different teams wearing PHX’s purple and orange uniforms…
Outfielder Chris Young was so bad last season that the Arizona Diamondbacks sent him down to the team’s Triple A club to re-teach him how to hit. Apparently, his stint in Reno did him some good because after the first six games of 2010, he’s hitting pretty darn well with…
The next time someone tells you that you throw like a girl you might as well say thank you because a female knuckleballer is slated to join a men’s, professional baseball team in early May, and the word on the street is that she has no problem keeping up with…
The Phoenix Coyotes snapped a four-game, road losing streak with a comeback 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings last night — and, like many games for the Yotes this season, it never should have happened. Also similar to many of the Coyotes’ improbable wins this season, the W came…
After taking a one-year hiatus to sort through bankruptcy woes and trademark sales, the Arena Football League is back in action, and the Arizona Rattlers want to pack the stands at their home opener so badly, they’re giving away all the tickets to the game for free.”The Rattlers and our…
It’s over: Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan’s 23-game scoreless streak came to an end last night as the Yotes beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 in Glendale”It’s great for Doaner,” Coyotes goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov told reporters after the game. “He tries so hard. It’s so many games. We all felt bad…
Many Arizona Diamondbacks fans were probably scratching their heads when manager A.J. Hinch put Kelly Johnson in the leadoff spot for the game against the San Diego Padres instead of, say, Conor Jackson or Mark Reynolds. After all, the second baseman’s performance as a leadoff hitter has been fairly inconsistent…
