Dallas Cowboys

Kevin Kolb's Toast for the Season, Clearing the Way for Cardinals' Total Suck-Fest

The Arizona Cardinals have placed porcelain doll quarterback Kevin Kolb on injured reserve, meaning he's done for the season.That move leaves the Cardinals with three options at quarterback for the rest of the suck-fest known as the 2012 season: starter-turned-backup-turned-starter-turned-backup-tur ... More >>

Metal Mondays: Phoenix Needs a Heavy Metal Strip Club

I've never been a fan of Texas, even though it's the stomping ground for a wide range of heavy acts. From the Dallas Cowboys to the phrase "everything is bigger in Texas" to George Bush, everything about the state has always had a way of agitating the hell out of me. Like, nails-on-a-chalkboard ag ... More >>

Madonna Confirmed to Perform at Super Bowl XVLI Halftime Show

​As the football weekend wrapped up Monday night, fans had plenty to cheer about. Cheeseheads everywhere breathed a sigh of relief as the Green Bay Packers survived the New York Giants 38-35 to preserve their undefeated season, while the Cardinals shocked the Dallas Cowboys in overtime. Alth ... More >>

Card Tricks

Super Bowl Will Be Played in Phoenix Area in 2015, NFL Decides Today

​Super Bowl 49 will be played at University of Phoenix Stadium here in 2015, the National Football League decided today.  It will be the third time the Valley of the Sun has hosted the big game. U of P Stadium hosted the Super Bowl in 2008, when the New York Giants staged an imp ... More >>

Knocked Out: For Kids, Concussions Can Be Worse Than for Adults

Arizona Cardinals 30th Most Valuable Sports Franchise on Earth, According to Forbes

​Prior to the Arizona Cardinals miraculous 2009 NFL playoff run -- and Super Bowl loss -- the team had only one playoff win in 60 years. However, the team's tradition of losing aside, the franchise is still worth some serious coin.According to Forbes' list of the 50 most valuable sports franchises ... More >>

Lost Cause

Arizona Cardinals Lose to Worst Team in NFL. Officially Out of Playoff Contention

​There are only three teams in the National Football League with a worse record than the Arizona Cardinals right now. The Carolina Panthers -- the worst of those three teams -- beat the Cards 19-12 yesterday in game 14 of the Arizona Cardinals' series of practices for next year (a.k.a.: the 2010 f ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals' Quarterback Conundrum: Max Hall to Injured Reserve. Team Signs Richard Bartel to Compete for Starter Job With John Skelton

www.redskins.comRichard Bartel has been signed by the Arizona Cardinals to compete with John Skelton for the team's starting quarterback spot.​It's not quite official, but it seems we can finally say buh-bye to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Derek Anderson -- this week, anyway.Anderson's still on t ... More >>

San Francisco Treat

After all the trash talk, the 49ers come to play

Arizona Cardinals Single-Game Tickets On Sale Saturday

ssur.org​Fear not, Cardinals fans. Your time is almost here. With the D-Backs not turning any heads lately and the Suns and Coyotes not generating much news, it's time to focus on football again. Even if it's just the announcement that single-game tickets for the 2010 season go on sale this Satu ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Are 30th Valuable Sports Franchise In World

ssur.org​ Of the hundreds of sports franchises in the world, the Arizona Cardinals are worth quite the pretty penny. According to Forbes magazine, the Cards rank as the 30th most valuable sports team in the world. The value of the team, owned by William Bidwill, is a hefty $935 million and the C ... More >>

Damn Yankees

Finally. A reason to pack Chase Field.

Arizona Cardinals 2010 Schedule Includes Christmas-Day Home Game Against Dallas Cowboys

​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 ... More >>

Fans Pack US Airways Center to Watch Arizona Rattlers Lose Home Opener to Chicago Rush

"Rattlerman" keeps the faith.​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, wi ... More >>

NFL Playoffs: Somehow, We Were Perfect Last Week. Here's This Week's Picks

We make it a practice (once) every year of making the trek to Vegas and donating money to the "cause," that is, those poor casinos, by wagering on all manner of sporting events.   ​Unfortunately, we were not up there last week to put down our hard-earned shekels on the four Natio ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 3, 2009

Home, Sweet Home? The Cardinals Will Actually Try to Win in Glendale Against the Struggling Seattle Seahawks

Will the real Kurt Warner please stand up?​ Not much good has happened for the 3-5 Seattle Seahawks since the Arizona Cardinals smoked them on October 18 at Qwest Field by a 27-3 count. (Arizona outgained Seattle in total yardage, 344 to 128.) The next week, they were manhandled by the Dal ... More >>

Pack to the Future

Cheeseheads visit Glendale, sans Favre. That’s a good thing.

Loretta Lynn Is a Legend, but She’s Also Just Plain Kind

Jessica Simpson

On Thin-Cut Meats, Heartbreak, and the Recent Death of Samuel P. Hunting

Luck of the Draw: Arizona Cardinals vs. Atlanta Falcons in NFC First-Round Playoff on Saturday

"Charmed" seems an odd descriptor for the 2008-09 Arizona Cardinals, who lost -- no, were crushed in -- four of their last six regular-season games. Yet here they sit, all warm and snuggly at 9-7, hosting a first-round playoff game at home in the Red Zone. Meanwhile, a couple of teams they lost to ... More >>

Wings of Desire

Can we be on their team?

National Junior College All American Game

Defense Seals Deal: Arizona Cardinals Clinch NFC West in Blowout

The defense was stellar in the Arizona Cadinals' division-clinching 34-10 win over the St. Louis Rams, forcing two fumbles and intercepting a pass in the end zone and returning it 100 yards for a score. But before we get too giddy and start ordering Super Bowl tickets, let' ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Billionaires?: Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks Tonight

Take it from a Dallas native and lifelong Cowboys nut: Beneath its bluster, Big D is an insecure little kid of a town. It compensates with a need for domination that, in sports terms, produces cartoon megalomaniacs like Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban (pictured). Cowboys owner Jones is the World's Riche ... More >>

Girl in A Coma Show A Little Something At Hollywood Alley on Dec. 3

Wednesday afternoon, I spent at least a half-hour trying to convince a colleague that I wasn't crazy for getting excited about seeing Girl in a Coma. They're a fairly average band, he said. No, seriously, they've really got something, I said. Then I spent another half-hour trying (unsuccessfully) to ... More >>

Are you Ready for Some fútbol?

Soccer match pits cardiac spoilers against Latin American darlings

'Boys Town

Cowboys Nation returns to the Red Zone

On the Iraq invasion and losing your lengua

Super Bowling on a Budget

Snoop and Diddy headline a cast of stars destined to steal the spotlight from Super Bowl XLII

More than mariachi: Yes, Mexicans dig your rock 'n' roll. So why can't you listen to some Café Tacuba?

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, February 1, 2007

The Curse

Here's why the Cardinals have sucked forever, and why they might never suck again

Training Day

Feel-good football tale scores with charm and sincerity

Kiss Me Skate

Old-school's out in Glendale

David Allan Coe

From behind bars to behind mikes

Silk Purse

You can't dress up a new stadium for the Cardinals when the owner wears no clothes

The Dr. Is In, Out, In, Out...

Robert Altman nails Dallas' shallow society to a T in Dr. T & the Women

The Strong Arm of the Law

Police go to great lengths -- including civil injunctions -- to combat gangs. The jury is out on their effectiveness

Flashes

Original Recipe

Chicken-scratch music predates the railroads in Arizona, but mainstream audiences are just now getting a taste for the stuff

Seven Storeys Underground

Can a band too loud for Prescott find happiness in Tempe?

Where East Meets East Valley

Pic Hits for the week

HOLY COWBOY

IN THE WIDE-OPEN WORLD OF BULL RIDING, CODY CUSTER WALKS THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.