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Feature
Michael Jackson’s Sedona “Murderess” Revealed
By Joseph Rossi
Published: July 2, 2009
Hell hath no fury like a New Age physician scorned. That's what Sedona healer Reinalda de Souza wants the world to glean from the untimely demise of Michael Jackson. She especiall...
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Night & Day
Phoenix Suns vs. Toronto Raptors
Published: February 26, 2009
Grant Hill (pictured) and the Suns host new Raptors (and former Suns) Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks, who were recently shipped from South Beach to the Great White North in a Toront...
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Feature
On the Eve of the NBA All-Star Game, Phoenix Suns Players Show Off Their Tattoo Canvases
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: February 12, 2009
Editor’s note/correction: There’s incorrect information in this New Times article. There’s no proposal by the NBA for a tattoo cap on players. The story about NBA Co...
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Night & Day
The Big Shtick
Mister Shaq-tastic continues to amaze
By Jay Bennett
Published: February 12, 2009
Even though he’s pushing 37 years old, Shaquille O’Neal is still one of the NBA’s most visible players. And though the league’s All-Star Weekend festivities are...
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Sidebar
All-Star Schedule
Published: February 12, 2009
NBA All-Star Weekend features a slew of activities, from basketball legend Clyde Drexler cooking up cuisine to hordes of hip-hop shows. Go to the Up on the Sun blog for the lowdown...
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The Bird
The Bird Documents Randy Pullen’s Smear of Lisa James and Hobnobs with Democrats and Republicans
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: January 29, 2009
ALIEN OBSESSION One of the weirdest moments of the recent Arizona Republican Party reorganization meeting came when a little old lady rose to address her fellow GOPers from a mic ...
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The Bird
The Bird Praises CameraFraud.com and Aerosol Art While Urging State Democrats to Grow a Pair
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: December 11, 2008
FIRING WEEG Whenever this canary contemplates the difference between state Republicans and Democrats, he harks back to a famous episode from the original Star Trek series, entitle...
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Night & Day
Center of Gravity
Suns rise with Shaq in, go boom when he’s not
By Steve Jansen
Published: December 4, 2008
During an early season East Coast road trip, the Phoenix Suns learned something: Play Shaquille O'Neal and win. Don’t and get your ass handed to you. Case in point: four convi...
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Night & Day
So, Four Comedians Walk Into a Bar . . .
For the punch line, hit the Improv
By Peter Breslin
Published: November 20, 2008
Young American Comedy Tour. Dull name, granted, but this annual tour of comics tears up the Improv whenever they stop by for their one-night stands, and they’re back for anoth...
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Night & Day
Shaquille O'Neal Feed the Children Benefit
Published: November 20, 2008
The Big Cactus will be present at this event, which aims to take in enough donations of food and personal-care items to provide for 1,600 families. Fri., Nov. 21, 2:30 p.m., 2008
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Sideshow
The Superstar Czar of Style
By Sloane Burwell
Published: September 25, 2008
Gregory Gordon has style. And it's pretty obvious, considering he and partners Brad Plumley and Lew Gallo are the triumvirate of taste behind Haus Modern Living, one of the premier...
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Feature
Scott Coles: The story behind the life — and death — of the flamboyant owner of Mortgages Ltd.
By John Dickerson
Published: July 31, 2008
It was February 2, 2008, and the sun had barely set on the usually quiet streets that snake up Camelback Mountain. The bump of rapper Ludacris' music was in the air, and a line of ...
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Letters
Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 8, 2008
Published: May 8, 2008
DYING SUNS It wasn't Kerr's fault: Okay, it's over for the Phoenix Suns, but I still think your story on Steve Kerr was an important one to tell ("Running Down a Dream," Paul Rubi...
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Feature
Steve Kerr's been beating the odds his whole life
By Paul Rubin
Published: April 24, 2008
The preppy blond guy whose career highlights in the NBA and for the Arizona Wildcats equal basketball legend is relaxing at a Phoenix sports bar. A deadly sharpshooter in such bas...
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Sidebar
Kerr's legendary moments
By Paul Rubin
Published: April 24, 2008
• Six straight first-half three-pointers as UA routed ASU in 1988. • A series-winning shot with Michael Jordan's Bulls in game 6 of the '97 NBA Finals. • Four thre...
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The Bird
The Bird praises L. Ron Hubbard, skewers a bladder-challenged bigot and offers a warning to the Big Cactus
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: March 13, 2008
WHITE-TRASH WEENIE Like you needed more proof that immigrant-bashing nativists are low-life garbage. Noted Yosemite Sam impersonator "Buffalo" Rick Galeener was allegedly caught e...
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Night & Day
Who's Your Shaq Daddy Now?
Can aging behemoth bring the bling?
By Chris Bowman
Published: February 21, 2008
Throughout their 40 years of balling, the Phoenix Suns have consistently made the playoffs. But once the team lost that star-crossed coin flip for the right to draft Lew Alcindor, ...
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Fenske
Globe High School censors its student newspaper
By Sarah Fenske
Published: February 7, 2008
Every morning, students at Globe High School are forced to watch TV. Sounds weird, I know, but it's not unusual. An estimated 6 million kids — one-third of all American teen...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, August 17, 2006
Published: August 17, 2006
Memorial Daze A necessary reminder: I can't believe the ignorance of New Times readers like Conner Young regarding what happened to us on September 11, 2001 ("Shameless Exploita...
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The Bird
Mexican Busting
The plumed wonder examines the racial politics of Andy Thomas, then swoops over Sharon Stonewaller and Tent City, where Shaq and a local actor were inside the razor wire
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Robrt L. Pela
Published: January 19, 2006
Letting a couple of cops off the hook after they beat the hell out of a Mexican national isn't enough for County Attorney Andy Thomas. And he's not content with declining to press ...
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