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Kurt Warner Booted From Dancing With the Stars. Coincidentally, the Arizona Cardinals Need a Quarterback

Come back, Kurt, they need you in Glendale.​The charade that was former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner's appearance on the ABC dance-u-drama Dancing With the Stars has come to an end, and rather than joining the likes of the other has-beens that didn't make the DWS cut -- including Mike ... More >>

Dancing With the Stars: Why, Kurt Warner? Why?

Kurt Warner​If you're an Arizona Cardinals fan, watching quarterback Derek Anderson try to throw a football on Sunday was hard enough. Watching the man he replaced -- and who many fans wish was still leading the team -- do the hustle on national television is just salt in the wound.The Cards' form ... More >>

Morning Poll: Do You Miss Kurt Warner Yet?

www.popcrunch.comKurt Warner​Just like last week, the Arizona Cardinals looked atrocious in yesterday's 41-7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Unlike last week, the Cards' worst wasn't enough to eke out a win.The Cards' new quarterback, Derek Anderson, wasn't the clutch performer to which Cardinals fan ... More >>

Life After Warner

The Matt Leinart era begins. Sigh?

The Arizona Cardinals: Questions Aplenty As Training Camp Starts Tomorrow

ssur.orgWill the Cardinals make the playoffs for the third-straight year? ​ After being a doormat in the NFL for decades, the Cardinals have put together back-to-back solid seasons that even included a trip to the Super Bowl two years ago. But the roster turnover between this season and last has ... More >>

Madden 2011 Rankings: Breaking Down The Arizona Cardinals

​It's a date that has been circled on the calendars of video game and football geeks for months: August 10, 2010. Why? That's the release date of Madden 2011, pretty much the most successful video game ever. Since some nerds will be lined up to buy their copy at midnight, we thought we'd break d ... More >>

Kurt Warner Ends Rumors of Return With Exclamation-Point-Filled Tweet

www.gaullet.com​Yesterday, NBC sports analyst Mike Florio planted the seeds for rumors of former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner's triumphant return to the gridiron.When Warner retired at the end of last season, we thought he made it pretty clear that he had no intention of pullin' ... More >>

May 19 In Blogs: ICE, Psycho Sundays, Gourmet Popcicles, and Kurt Warner

​​​​​​​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Three Undocumented DREAM Activists Released from ICE Custody in ... More >>

Kurt Warner's Number 13 to be Retired by Iowa Barnstormers

www.ebay.com Kurt Warner back in his Barnstormer days.​Kurt Warner, the notorious "nice guy" who took the Arizona Cardinals to the Super Bowl for the first time ever two seasons ago, will have his number retired by the Iowa Barnstormers on Friday.With all the accolades Warner racked up in h ... 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 >>

Kurt Warner Retirement Decision Will Be Announced Friday; All Signs Point to Kurt Saying, "Sayonara"

www.allvoice.comDoes "father time" have another season left in him?​Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is keeping true to his word: he's not gonna pull a Brett Favre and let his retirement decision obnoxiously linger until training camp starts. Kurt has scheduled a press conference for Frid ... More >>

Cardinals Get Blown Out in a Disappointing Conclusion to a Streaky Season

www.zimbio.com​"[The Cardinals] defense is effing worthless" and "if Neil Rackers has a job tomorrow I'm becoming a Saints fan" were two of several utterances that could be overheard at the Cadillac Ranch in Tempe by disgruntled fans after the Cards 45-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints ... More >>

A History of Underdogism May help the Cardinals Against the New orleans Saints Tomorrow

​The Arizona Cardinals have defied the odds once again and are heading to the divisional round of the playoffs to take on the Saints in New Orleans. The Cards weren't favored to win last week, they weren't favored last year in the playoffs, and, as you may imagine, they aren't favored now.The Card ... More >>

Cardinals Cruise Past St. Louis to Win Ten Games in a Season for the First Time Since 1976

​In a football culture where winning ten games in two seasons was often a milestone, for the first time in Arizona history the state has an NFL football team that has won ten games in a single season. But it hasn't come without its ups-and-downs. The Cards beat up on the St. Louis R ... More >>

Cardinals Host the St. Louis Rams After Clinching Division; After the Last Two Weeks, a Little Practice Couldn't Hurt

​The Arizona Cardinals clinched the division last week with a sloppy win over the dismal Detroit Lions -- sealing their fate for a second consecutive post-season appearance.  Woo-hoo. However, if the Cards head into the playoffs playing like they have the last two weeks, it will probably ... More >>

Cardinals Crushed by 49ers; Turn the Ball Over Seven Times in Embarrassing Loss

​For anyone who watched the Arizona Cardinals beat down Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings last week and then saw the Redbirds get crushed by the San Francisco 49ers last night, you may have the same reaction we did: What the fuck happened? The Cardinals made history last night in the 24-9 ... More >>

Can the Cards Beat the Niners to Clinch Division? Despite History, the Answer is Yes

​When the Arizona Cardinals take the field tonight, the team has a chance to do something it hasn't done in 34 years -- win two consecutive division titles. Standing in their way -- the lackluster but troublesome San Francisco 49ers. The two teams have met 36 times, with the Niners win ... More >>

Kurt Warner's Dismantling of the Vikings Defense Earns Him NFC Offensive Player of the Week Honors

www.seaonofdiscontent.comKurt Warner​It may have poured in the Valley yesterday but coming off of a 30-17 win against Brett Favre and the then 11-1 Vikings, it was nothing but sunshine for Arizona Cardinals fans.The big win put the Cards back on the NFC radar and it was announced today that Cards ... More >>

Prime Numbers

It’s Warner vs. Favre in NFC shootout

How Will a Concussed Kurt Warner Fare Against a Seemingly Sane Vince Young? All Signs Point to the Cards

www.betblog.com Vince Young​Despite suffering a concussion against the Rams last week in St. Louis, it seems as though Kurt Warner will make his 42nd consecutive start this Sunday against the Titans in Tennessee.  

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 >>

Fire Whisenhunt: Arizona Cardinals Need a Solution to Their Offensive Woes. Here It Is.

Expect a lot more of this in '09.​ As Da Cards head to Chi-Town for a Soldier Field showdown with Jay Cutler and Da Bears on Sunday, many in Da PHX are still smarting from the Birds' 34-21 mugging by the Carolina Panthers and the world's worst quarterback, Jake Delhomme, last weekend in Gle ... More >>

Warner Throws Five interceptions in Cards Pitiful Loss to Carolina

wwwstaticimages.co.uk​After beating the Giants last week in New York, we told you the Cardinals seemed to be pulling it together and playing like a team that nearly won the Super Bowl last year. We also told you the birds had a fairly easy schedule for the remainder of the season, which would be t ... More >>

Dine with Kurt Warner at the Wrigley

On Monday, November 16, Warner and wife Brenda will host a Night of Champions dinner at The Wrigley Mansion, 2501 E. Telewa Trail in Phoenix.

Cardinals' Sin

Is Arizona going the way of the pre-2008 Redbirds?

Mano A Manning

It’s Kurt versus Peyton in Sunday-night showcase

Things Are Getting Back To Normal In Glendale; Cards Look Like Crap In Loss to San Francisco

www.nfldotcom.com Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals put on a laughable performance in Glendale yesterday. These guys really almost won the Super Bowl?​ After nearly not selling out on opening day, after a lackluster training camp, after a quiet off-season, and after winning the NFC Cham ... More >>

Redbirds of Prey

Now, Super Bowl runners-up are the hunted

Hot Links: Warner Meets Obama, Yearbook Insults, and STDs

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner met with President Barack Obama yesterday prior to Obama's speech at ASU. Obama invited Warner to play basketball with him at the White House, and Warner offered to pray for Obama's family...L. William Seidman, former business school dean at Arizona State Un ... More >>

Adolf Hitler an Arizona Cardinals Fan? Check it Out.

We've gotten our fair share of hate mail over the years, especially after our Super Bowl cover story about weak-kneed Cardinals fans and their coal-mining hillbilly counterparts (Steeler Nation) from Western Pennsylvania, but we've never received anything as hilarious/disturbing as this video. Yes ... More >>

Kurt Warner Signs Two-Year, $23 Million Deal With Arizona Cardinals, $19 Mil of it Guaranteed

You could see this coming after Kurt Warner's trip to visit the San Francisco 49ers and his compromise offer to the Cardinals: He has agreed to a two-year, $23 million contract, with a $15 million signing bonus and $4 million in base salary. The remaining $4 million would be paid based on incen ... More >>

Thanks Kurt: Warner Compromises after Frisco Trip; Reduces Salary Demand by About $3 Million a Year

azcardinals.com Kurt offers "hometown discount."Kurt Warner makes a Christian move (sort of). In what ESPN's calling a "hometown discount," the Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback and his agent, Mark Bartelstein, apparently have amended his contract demand to the team to a two-y ... More >>

Kurt Warner Visits the San Francisco 49ers Today, No Doubt as a Ploy to Make the Arizona Cardinals Come Around

Question: How much money does Kurt Warner need?! Answer: As much as he can possibly get. Forget all that Christian stuff when it comes to big-time athlete bucks; everybody wants every million they can wring out. Warner's agent, Mark Bartelstein, wants us to believe that Kurt's too mor ... More >>

Kurt Warner's Entertaining All Offers, but He May Not Be Worth More Than the Arizona Cardinals are Offering to Anbody Else

Good question for the Cards. T-shirt sold through Moe Wampum, Inc .Okay, Kurt Warner's on the open market. He and the Arizona Cardinals, though talking, didn't come to terms on a contract before the free-agency deadline today. What does this mean? Well, he could go to another team, that' ... More >>

Now This on Kurt Warner: It's Unlikely He'll Be Re-Signed by the Arizona Cardinals Before the Free-Agency Deadline Tomorrow

azcardinals.com Like we've been saying all along, Cardinals starting quarterback Kurt Warner may be playing elsewhere next season. A blogger on azcardinals.com., the team's official Web site, reports that Warner and the team are still about $4 million a year apart on a cont ... More >>

If Kurt Warner and His Agent Persist in Asking for Max Dollars for a 38-Year-Old QB, Maybe the Cardinals Should Go With Matt Leinart

Didn't we predict it would come to this? Yes we did, over and over. We said Kurt Warner would seek the highest salary possible following his improbable Super Bowl run, and that the Arizona Cardinals would resist. For two reasons: Because the Bidwills who own the franchise are known to be a tigh ... More >>

Kurt Warner, HOF?

Sleeping with the enemy gives Cards QB the Midas touch

Hot Links: Kyl and McCain Want Smaller Stimulus Package; Public Transit Fare Hike "Inevitable"; NFL Says Ref Made Right Call in Warner Fumble

Size matters: Arizona's Republican senators are both pushing for an alternative to Obama's stimulus package. Napolitano called him "Chicken Little" when he made the prediction that the state was going to run out of money, but now State Treasurer Dean Martin is sounding an optimistic note, declaring ... More >>

Morning After: Arizona Cardinals Come Oh-So-Close to Winning One of the Most Exciting Super Bowls Ever in Coach Ken Whisenhunt's Second Season

  The biggest game in Arizona Cardinals history -- the second-biggest in Arizona sports history -- is over, and what can we take away from it? Sure the Cardinals snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, but they certainly had the odds-makers in Vegas sweating. For the fourth g ... More >>

Lo and Behold! The Arizona Cardinals Are Going to the Super Bowl Against the Pittsburgh Steelers

It was fourth and inches late in the fourth quarter, and it wasn't the play we would've called with our team down 25-24 in the NFC  Championship. But two running plays up the middle had yielded next to nothing. Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner takes the snap and hands off to&nb ... More >>

Who Would've Ever Thunk it? The Arizona Cardinals are a Win Away From the Super Bowl

 In our wildest dreams, we never thought we'd be saying Arizona Cardinals and Super Bowl in  the same breath. We never thought we'd be saying Arizona Cardinals and two consecutive playoff wins in the same breath. But here Kurt Warner (pictured) and the Cardinals are, ... More >>

Should the Cardinals Offer Kurt Warner a New Contract, or Turn it Over to Matt Leinart?

Cardinals starting quarterback Kurt Warner's contract expires at the end of this season, and according to the NFL News Feed, the Cards and Warner have made no progress toward a new one. Sports pundits like those at the Chicago Tribune are already saying their cities' teams (in this case, the&nb ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Go Cosmic Against Atlanta Falcons in Historic Playoff Win

The game was clinched on a third-and-16, 23-yard pass from Captain Kurt to Mr. Spach. It was logical. Most teams would've kept it on the ground and probably had to punt, giving their opponent another chance to score and win the game. But most teams don't have Arizona's passing attack. So  Card ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Head for the Playoffs on a High Note With a Big Win Over Lowly Seattle

Finally, we get to report good news about the Arizona Cardinals, who finished the regular season 9-7 -- just as we predicted they would when we named Ken Whisenhunt top head coach in the PHX in our 2008 Best Of edition. Our prediction was based on the Cardinals going 8-8 last season ... More >>

Cardinals' Offensive Line's Pathetic in 35-14 Home Loss to Minnesota Vikings

Quarterback Kurt Warner was on his ass all day thanks to an Arizona Cardinals offensive line that couldn't have held off Brophy Prep. Offensive lines can make or break football teams, and Arizona's broke its team's back Sunday afternoon. It's a lucky thing no official stats ... More >>

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 >>

Best of the NFC Worst: Cards Should Clinch Division Title Against Lowly St. Louis on Sunday

Cards QB Kurt Warner will meet his old team in Glendale. You can't win in the NFC West. Even if you win. That's the moral of the story for the Arizona Cardinals, who've been crucified for years as the doormat of the weak-sister NFC Worst. Now  that they're on the verge of winning their first ... More >>

The Greatest Show on Turf, Take 2

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