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NFL: Former Arizona Cardinals Quarterback Kurt Warner May Have Been Crushed for Money

The National Football League announced today that a couple dozen defensive players on the New Orleans Saints maintained a player-funded "bounty" system, which involved getting paid for injuring opposing players.Hits on former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner and former Minnesota Vikings qua ... More >>

Charles Barkley (Best Interview In History of NBA) Goes Off On Tim "Jesus" Tebow In Notable Rant

We Phoenix sports-loving types have been blessed over time with some terrific interviewees among the pro players in our midst--Shaquille O'Neal (forget for a moment our nasty take last year on the Big Cactus), Steve Kerr, Kurt Warner, Shane Doan, Luis Gonzalez, (former Arizona Diamondbacks manager) ... More >>

Matt Leinart Actually Played Football Yesterday

​For the first time since 2009, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback/2004 Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart played in a professional football game. By halftime, Leinart was back on the bench, which is where he's likely to remain for the rest of the season.In what was to be Leinart's latest chance ... More >>

Red Alert

Morning Poll: Who Do You Want to See as the Arizona Cardinals New QB?

Who's it gonna be?​The Arizona Cardinals are rumored to be considering four quarterbacks to hopefully fill the void left by Kurt Warner.Cardinals brass have discussed trade options with the Philadelphia Eagles for Kevin Kolb and with the Denver Broncos for Kyle Orton. According to Arizona Republic ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer Holds Ceremonial Signing for Law Striking "Retarded" and "Crippled" From Statutes

​Governor Jan Brewer held a ceremonial signing in her office on Thursday for a new law that strikes the "R-word" from state statutes.When it takes affect on September 30, the law will replace "mentally retarded," "retardation" and "crippled" in state code with gentler phrases like "children wi ... More >>

Kurt Warner Still Bitter Over Super Bowl Loss. Says Ben Roethlisberger Not Worthy of Hall of Fame Chatter

Seems somebody's got a case of sour grapes.​With two Super Bowl rings already adorning the fingers of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger -- and the chance for a third coming in Sunday's Super Bowl -- there's already talk about whether he's Hall of Fame material. Former A ... More >>

Bill Louis, Good Cop, Retires From El Mirage PD

We don't make it a habit of commenting on the retirement of cops--or anyone else short of Arizona Cardinals' quarterback Kurt Warner (Kurt, come back!!)   ​But what the hell, Bill Louis, who retired on Friday as assistant chief out in El Mirage, deserves a little love after 33 years in t ... More >>

Open Letter To Kurt Warner: Thank You For Not Pulling A Brett Favre

kellylowenstein.files.wordpress.comBrett Favre could learn a thing or two from Kurt Warner ​It's that time of year again. And no, we're not talking about monsoon season. The month of August is now known as "Brett Favre Month," where the future Hall of Fame quarterback hijacks the sport and makes ... More >>

Marc Bulger the Cardinals' Next Kurt Warner? That's the Rumor, Anyway

www.theredzonereport.comMarc Bulger to the Cards?​After dropping $7.25 million on signing Derek Anderson to play backup to Matt Leinart, the Arizona Cardinals are rumored to be in the beginning stages of making a run at signing former St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger.The word on the street i ... More >>

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 >>

Arizona Cardinals Deny Donovan McNabb Rumors

www.pennlive.comPhiladelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb​There have been rumors floating around the sports world that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb could be coming to the Arizona Cardinals to take the spot of the now-retired Kurt Warner but it's time to put those rumors to b ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Calling on Veteran Quarterbacks to Compete With Matt Leinart

Matt Leinart​ With the retirement of the Arizona Cardinals veteran quarterback Kurt Warner, the team's quarterback situation has become more of a quarterback problem.The heir-apparent to Warner, Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, is inconsistent at best and members of the Cardinals offense ... More >>

Boldin Questionable Against Green Bay as the Cardinals Return to Playoff Glory

www.17weeks.comAnquan Boldin is hopeful to play Sunday but an ankle injury may keep him on the sidelines​The Arizona Cardinals return to the playoffs on Sunday to square off against the Green Bay Packers for the second time in two weeks, and they may have to do it without wide receiver Anquan Bold ... More >>

Ten Cardinals Selected for Pro Bowl; What a Difference a Super Bowl Makes

www.oblongball.com Cards Pro Bowler Larry Fitzgerald​The Pro Bowl Committee is finally showing the Arizona Cardinals a little love this year by selecting 10 of the Redbirds to play as either starters or  reserves in this year's game.This is double the Cards presence on last year's ... More >>

Will The Cardinals Beat the Lions or Will the Cards Beat Themselves? After Last Week, It's Anyone's Guess

​If you're a Cardinals fan, you're probably still trying to figure out what the hell happened on Monday night, when the Cards got lit up against the San Francisco 49ers. Here's what happened: The Cardinals beat themselves. When a team turns the ball over seven times, the opposi ... More >>

Cardinals Shut Down Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings; Next Stop: San Francisco

​When Tim Hightower fumbled on the opening drive of the Cardinals 30-17 win over the Minnesota Vikings last night in Glendale, and the Vikings marched down the field to score with ease, you couldn't help but to think, "Okay, here comes a classic Brett Favre beat-down." Fortunately, that was a ... More >>

Middle-Aged Showdown May Not Happen When Brett Favre Comes to Glendale This Weekend; Cards Coach Whisenhunt Says Warner is a Game-Time Decision

ChopsRock​When NBC moved this Sunday's Cardinals - Vikings game from a locally broadcast afternoon game to a nationally televised prime time game, it was probably expecting a middle-aged showdown between two of the league's most seasoned quarterbacks. The combined age of Kurt ... More >>

Kurt Warner-Less Arizona Cardinals End Road Win Streak With Loss to the Tennessee Titans

Matt Leinart​After the Cardinals 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Matt Leinart is officially worthless. Frankly, he's worth even less than that -- Matt Leinart is worth a negative $50 million dollars over six years. Leinart got a chance to step out from behind the clipboard Sunday ... More >>

Cardinals-Vikings Game Gets Moved to Prime Time; It's Not Too Often Quarterbacks With a Combined Age Of 78 Meet On the Field

ChopsRock​When given the option of an exciting wildcat offense and a stud quarterback, or two middle-aged guys in the twilight of their careers, NBC is going with the latter.NBC has decided to show the Arizona Cardinals a little love this season and has opted to move the Cards December 6 gam ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Beat Down "Da Bears" in Chicago

www.thescroogereport.com​Kurt Warner's Jekyll and Hyde season has been nothing short of maddening. Last week, after giving up five interceptions and a fumble in the Cards' 34-21 loss to the Carolina Panthers, we were calling for Kurt's head (not to mention Coach Ken's pl ... More >>

Cards Win, and Eli Manning Pouts; Just Another Night in New York

www.tonyblogs.net​So we watched Sunday night's Cards Giants game with a New York fan and must say there was nothing in the world more gratifying than watching him eat his words as the Birds laid down some serious smack on the "G-g-g G-Men." New York sports fans are a rare breed, but Giants ... More >>

Cards Soar Over Seahawks in 27-3 Beat Down

www.thescroogereport.com​The Seattle Seahawks (2-4) folically challenged quarterback Matt Hasselbeck didn't stand a chance yesterday. His offense mustered a measly 128 total yards, he completed only 10 of 29 passes, and he was sacked five times throughout the 27-3 Cardinals ( ... More >>

Cards Hang On to Beat Texans; Rodgers-Cromartie Saves the Day

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie performed some late-game heroics in the Cards victory over Houston on Sunday​The Cardinals' (2-2) 28-21 victory over the Houston Texans (2-3) Sunday in Glendale came in a way that would even raise the blood pressure the 1980 "Kardiac Kid" Cleveland ... More >>

NFL Regular Season's Finally Here! Cardinals Begin Defense of NFC Championship Sunday Against 49ers at U of P

SF head coach Mike Singletary and his team won't be the patsies of the past on Sunday.​ How much stock should one put in a team's performance during the NFL preseason? In our opinion, not a damn thing. That's why Arizona Cardinals' fans should give a rousing "so what?" and "who cares?" when ... More >>

Pack to the Future

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

Larry Fitzgerald and Friends: Morton's Celebrity Waiter Night

The Hunt for Red September

Get your first northern-Arizona peek at what's in the Cards

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Lingerie Shows, Big Pimpin, Punk Karaoke, and More

The Crush is scheduled to perform tonight at MADCAP Theatres in Tempe. Dreamy Lingerie and Swimwear Launch Party at the Mondrian (Friday) There are a few good reasons why you might consider attending this sexy soiree: The Mondrian's Midnight Room provides quite a swanky background in which to w ... More >>

The God Squad

Unlikely power couple pump out new book about family and faith

The God Squad

Unlikely power couple pump out new book about family and faith

Celebrity Fight Night, *Sadisco, Peelander-Z, Aloft and More Over the Weekend

Celebrity Fight Night XV From the Red Carpet Michael Phelps, Forest Whitaker, Kurt Warner and more showed up to support Celebrity Fight Night which raised $6.6 million for charities such as the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center on Saturday, March 28, 2009...see the shots *Sadisco: The SadisClones Prost ... More >>

Celebrity Fight Night XV

Feb. 26 In Blogs: Kurt Warner, The Necronauts, World of Beers and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Dad Accused of Spinning 1-year-old Son in Clothes Dryer; Kid Will Be Ok ... More >>

Super Bowl Decided by Ref? How Did Kurt Warner's Pass Get Down Field if it Was Fumbled?

For our own mental health, we've been trying to let go of the Super Bowl for two days now. We've been trying to remind ourselves that the NFL is sports entertainment, and that we correctly predicted what was going to happen: Cardinals fans would be massively outnumbered in Tampa, and the Steelers w ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Return Home

Jonathan McNamara It would take more than a Super Bowl loss to prevent the Arizona Cardinals from receiving a hero's welcome at Sky Harbor Airport on the afternoon after their defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers. A few thousand dedicated fans with the luxury of leaving their respective jobs at ar ... More >>

Hey Cardinals, Don't Pull a '92-'93 Suns or a '96 Sun Devils. Just Win It Now!

The Phoenix Suns nearly pulled it off in 1993. The 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football squad totally had it until the final seconds. And now the Arizona Cardinals are a game away from sports immortality. (And, arguably, the biggest comeback in modern-day athletics.) So some words of advice to ... More >>

Looking for the Valley's Biggest Super Bowl Parties? We've Got the Lowdown

These ladies definitely know how to celebrate Super Bowl Sunday in style. Do you? Less than 48 hours remain until Kurt Warner and the rest of the Arizona Cardinals become either champs or chumps. As Steve Jansen wrote earlier today over on our Valley Fever blog, Kurt and the boys in red have a gold ... More >>

Wide Receiver Anquan Boldin Throws Momentous Tantrum on Arizona Cardinals' Momentous Day

Maybe Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin should take a lesson in sportsmanship from Leinart.

Busting Ghosts: Can the Arizona Cardinals Beat Vegas Odds Again Sunday and Make it to the Super Bowl?

Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt is Arizona's ace in the hole. Color Terry Bradshaw red, for he has seen the light, brother. After ragging on the Cardinals all year, the shiny-domed former Super Bowl MVP announced his conversion on the FOX NFL Sunday postgame show following Arizona's shocking ... More >>

Cardinals Can Run, Too: The Redbirds Have a Chance Against the Panthers if Ground Game Clicks

Carolina Panthers RB DeAngelo Williams The Arizona Cardinals are 0-5 this season in the Eastern Time zone, and some of the defeats went like this: 56-36 at the New York Jets, 48-20 at the Philadelphia Eagles, and 27-23 at the Carolina Panthers on October 26. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever. Let's talk ... More >>

Boo Birds: Will the Arizona Cardinals Actually Try to Win Regular-Season Finale?

Don't tell us that you're surprised. Really, did y'all expect anything different besides the same ol' bloody Cardinals? Since the team's division-clinching victory against the lowly St. Louis Rams on November 2, your Arizona Cardinals have lost four of their last five , including the previous two ... More >>

The Weather Was Rotten in New England, and So Were the Arizona Cardinals (Except Matt Leinart)

It wasn't the worst defeat in Cardinals history. The worst was a 49-0 ass-kicking by the Kansas City Chiefs in December, 2002. But it was an ass-kicking, all right. I know we've said it before, but the Cardinals were really pathetic this time. And it wasn't all about the weather in Foxboro, Ma ... More >>

Grim Forecast: Arizona Cardinals at New England Patriots Sunday

The Arizona Cardinals got hammered by the Giants, dismembered by the Eagles, and just plain embarrassed by the Vikings. In between, they clinched the NFC West, guaranteeing themselves a home playoff game on the first weekend in January. It would be nice to go into the playoffs with momentum, and a ... More >>

Battle of the Birds: Philadelphia Eagles Eat Same Ol' Cardinals on Turkey Day

The tryptophan and the Tom Collinses put us under during the second half of the Arizona Cardinals' game with the Philadelphia Eagles. Sleep was a tender mercy, because replay of the last two quarters demonstrates that the Eagles continued to dine on Red Bird for the whole game. The 48-20 loss, ... More >>

Take Heart: The Cardinals Lost to the Best Team Football, but They Weren't Dominated

Look out, dork: We may see you again in the playoffs. The difference in the Arizona Cardinals 37-29 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday was special teams. The Giants' played better. Take kick returner Dominik Hixon, who had run-backs of 83 and 68 yards to set up two Giants' scores. These m ... More >>

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