Larry Fitzgerald

Bittersweet Symphony

Here's a Picture of Jan Brewer and Larry Fitzgerald on an Airplane

For some reason, there's a photograph of Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald on an airplane with Governor Jan Brewer.

Larry Fitzgerald Plays Football With Competent Quarterbacks, Does Well

Let's make an agreement about the Pro Bowl: we all have as much fun watching it as the players enjoy playing in it -- we don't, and they don't.It's lame, boring, and in no way can the Pro Bowl be compared to an actual football game. That said, that's exactly what we're about to do, because we saw th ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Lose to Buffalo Bills; Kevin Kolb Gets Injured

For once, the Arizona Cardinals didn't come away with a victory in an overtime thriller.It's kind of been expected for the Cardinals to win these types of games, but the Buffalo Bills were the ones to hit the overtime field goal yesterday in Glendale, beating the Cardinals 19-16.See also:-Arizona Ca ... More >>

Boom Go The Tympani

Arizona Cardinals Defeat Seattle Seahawks; Kevin Kolb Temporarily Replaces Tim Tebow as Football Jesus

For the last year, people have regarded Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb as so crappy that they're almost serious when they ask if Jamarcus Russell is still a free agent.But when John Skelton went down yesterday in the fourth quarter, with the Cardinals down by three to the Seattle Seahawks, ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals First-Round Draft Pick Michael Floyd: Yay or Nay?

With the 13th overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft, the Arizona Cardinals selected Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd.Now that we presume everyone's done bitching about Peyton Manning, the Valley can scrutinize its new wide receiver for the annual way-before-the-season football banter.Floyd was th ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals' Playoff Hopes Still Alive (Barely) After Overtime Win Against Cleveland Browns

​After a 1-6 start, the Arizona Cardinals still have an outside chance of making the playoffs thanks to a Tebow-esque fourth quarter in the team's 20-17 overtime win over the Cleveland Browns yesterday.The W is the Cards' third overtime win in seven games."We have a flair for dramatics," wide rece ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Stun Philadelphia Eagles -- Compliments of Larry Fitzgerald

​The Kevin Kolb-less Arizona Cardinals stunned Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles with a 21-17 road victory in the city of brotherly love yesterday -- which never would have happened if wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald wasn't straight-up nasty.Aside from Fitzgerald's two touchdowns -- making h ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Drop Second Straight Game in Three-Point Loss to Seattle Seahawks

​Three games into the 2011 NFL season, and the Arizona Cardinals aren't off to a great start -- they're now 1-2 following a 13-10 loss to the Seahawks in Seattle yesterday afternoon.Cards quarterback Kevin Kolb passed for 252 yards in the loss, but only managed to find the end zone once with a 12- ... More >>

Larry Fitzgerald Going to Pro Bowl, Compliments of Green Bay Packers

Larry Fitzgerald is heading to Hawaii.​Despite a less-than-impressive season (thanks to three even less-impressive quarterbacks), and being a member of one of the worst teams in all of football, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald's heading to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl.Fitzgerald& ... More >>

Wes Gullett, Phoenix Mayor Hopeful, Getting Fund-Raising Help From Arizona Cardinals

Wes Gullett, partner of a Phoenix lobbying firm, is making a play for Phoenix mayor.​Candidates in the race for Phoenix mayor are tapping pockets across the Valley to build their campaign war chests.The Arizona Guardian reported that one candidate, Wes Gullett, is getting a little help from Arizon ... More >>

John Skelton Just Ehh in Arizona Cardinals Practice For Next Year With Denver Broncos

www.azcardinals.comArizona Cardinals' rookie QB John Skelton.​The Arizona Cardinals won a football game!That's the good news. The bad news: who cares?The Cards bested the Denver Broncos in a 43-13 blowout in Glendale on Sunday, and C-squad quarterback John Skelton was spectacularly average.Skelton ... More >>

Larry Fitzgerald Could Make History in Arizona Cardinals' Impending Loss to St. Louis Rams

www.azcardinals.comLarry Fitzgerald: the lone reason to watch the Cardinals play the Rams on Sunday.​With just five catches in Sunday's upcoming loss to the St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald could surpass Anquan Boldin to become the franchise's all-time leader in receptio ... More >>

WANTED: One Decent Quarterback. Arizona Cardinals Blow Improbable Late-Game Lead Against Tampa Bay

​Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Max Hall threw his first NFL touchdown in the Cards' 38-35 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. It was a short, three-yard pass to Larry Fitzgerald to give the team an early, 7-point lead. It was a nice moment -- following the touchdown, Fitzgerald's fi ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Head to Seattle to Take on Seahawks; Miraculously, First Place in NFC West is on the Line

​The Arizona Cardinals have gotten off to a miserable start this season but it wouldn't be evident from looking at the team's record, which, astoundingly, has them tied for first place in the NFC West with the very team they play this Sunday: the Seattle Seahawks.The Cards are 3-2 on the season fo ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals' Luck Comes to an End; Crushed by San Diego Chargers

​Just when we thought the Arizona Diamondbacks and Jan Brewer were the most embarrassing things about living in Arizona, the Arizona Cardinals went ahead and played a game of football with the San Diego Chargers yesterday.The Cards got crushed.The 41-10 loss was testament to everything the Cards h ... More >>

Will the Arizona Cardinals' Unbelievable Luck Finally Run Out? We'll Find Out Sunday in San Diego

www.finejersey.com​The Arizona Cardinals find themselves with an unlikely record of 2-1, thanks to some incredible luck and Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski sucking big time last week.Janikowski missed what would have been a game-winning field goal (one of three kicks he missed that day ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Crushed by Atlanta Falcons; Derek Anderson Looked Leinart-y in Loss

www.azcardinals.comQuarterback Derek Anderson had another rough day yesterday.​To say the Arizona Cardinals played bad yesterday in the team's 41-7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons would be polite. To say the team flat-out sucked would be a more accurate description of the game.That said, the Cardinals ... More >>

Take Two for Derek Anderson; Arizona Cardinals Head to Atlanta Sunday

​The Arizona Cardinals are 1-0 after an ugly (really, really ugly) win against the Rams last week in St. Louis. With the exception of a few players -- namely Steve Breaston -- offensively, the Cardinals played like crap across the board.The Cards head to Atlanta this weekend to take on the Falcons ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Eek Out Win Against St. Louis Rams; Derek Anderson Less-Than-Impressive in First Start

www.sportsgrumblings.comSteve Breaston, simply put, was awesome in yesterday's win over the St. Louis Rams.​As the saying goes: a win is a win -- is a win. Even if that win is an ugly one, which was the case in the Arizona Cardinals 17-13 victory over the St. Louis Rams yesterday.To be blunt -- wi ... More >>

Larry Fitzgerald's Awesome New Tee-Shirts: You Can Look Like Larry and Help His Charity...So Buy One

Larry Fitzgerald​If you have anything bad to say about Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, you're wrong. That's a fact. Fitzgerald just oozes awesomeness in everything he does -- on-and-off the field -- and now you can, too, via an awesome, dread-lock-covered tee-shirt being sold to raise ... More >>

The Red Bird Brawlers: Who Would Win If These Cardinals Sqaured Off?

iconseeker.com​ On Sundays this fall, the Arizona Cardinals will go to battle on the gridiron. However, the only fighting the Cards' players have done so far this off-season happened at training camp yesterday, and it was amongst them themselves.Multiple scrums broke out, one of which nearly invo ... More >>

July 9 In Blogs: Andy Thomas, Lisa Sette, Glee, Nobuo Fukuda, and Larry Fitzgerald

​​​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:

Father's Day Redux

Acted a buffoon on pops’ big day? Here’s your make-up chance.

Three Arizona Cardinals On Fox Sports' Top 100 NFL Players List; Matt Leinart Not Among Them

www.ballhype.com Larry Fitzgerald​Of the 100 best football players in the NFL, three are members of the hometown Cardinals. At least that's what Fox Sports thinks as they recently put out their list of the top 100 NFL players. The trio of Cards to make the list: wide receiver Larry Fi ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Girlfriend Elissa Mullany at 2010 Super Bowl? Gordon Refuses to Answer Questions About Who Paid for Tickets

Elissa Mullany and Arizona Cardinal Larry Fitzgerald.​Since Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon continues to refuse to answer questions about who's paying for the big sporting events he and his girlfriend Elissa Mullany have attended -- and won't even confirm that they went to at least two Super ... More >>

Circle of Life

Maybe them good ol’ boys ain’t so bad

Larry Fitzgerald Gets Four of Five Photo-Radar Tickets Dismissed

www.tmz.com The many faces of Larry Fitzgerald's driving record​Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald fought the law, and he actually won.We found out today that four of the gridiron great's five photo-radar tickets, which received a fair amount of publicity last month, have been ... More >>

February 23 In Blogs: Rolling Stone, Acrassicauda, Lao Thai, and Larry Fitzgerald

​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: Mago Sculpture Dismantled, Rolling Stone Article Blasts Dahn Yoga as Cult Up on the Sun: ... More >>

Larry Fitzgerald's SUV Busted Six Times by Speed-Cams, Including Three Tickets on Same Day

Larry Fitzgerald​It would seem that there is one defender that Arizona Cardinals star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald can't seem to shake: speed-cams -- the dreaded defender of Valley freeways. Fitzgerald's Cadillac Escalade has been photographed by speed-cams as it was blasting down Valley f ... 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 >>

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 >>

Cardinals' Sin

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

The Hunt for Red September

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

Larry Fitzgerald, Jordin Sparks at Minnesota Fundraiser in Memory of Fitzgerald's Mom

CJ/Minneapolis Star-TribuneArizona Cardinals' star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr. was in his home state last week for a memorial fundraiser with family and friends, including Jordin Sparks (above). The event at the Metropolitan Club Ball Room in Golden Valley, Minnesota, was to raise mone ... More >>

April 16 In Blogs: Jordin Sparks, Larry Fitzgerald, Club 910, Pesticides 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:Larry Fitzgerald, Jordin Sparks at Minnesota Fundraiser in Memory of ... 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 >>

Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders Seeking New Recruits

www.azcardinals.comIt's time to show 'em what you've got:The Arizona Cardinals are looking for a few good cheerleaders following the team's stellar season as Super Bowl contenders.If you've got the right moves, can squeeze your butt into one of those postage-stamp-size pair of shorts and you're hot ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

New Phoenix Suns Shooting Guard Jason Richardson Popped for DUI

Another day, another accused athlete. The last few days have seen local sports celebs Charles Barkley, Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald, and Indy 500 driver Danica Patrick in the news for various incidents. This week it's Phoenix Suns player Jason Richardson, who -- like Barkley -- was buste ... More >>

Larry Fitzgerald's Alleged Domestic Abuse Buried Deep in Pages of Arizona Republic

The New Year's Eve news exclusive from sleazy entertainment Web site TMZ.com about Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald alleged domestic abuse incident was the "kind of momentary headline that can damage a good name," writes Arizona Republic sports columnist Dan Bickley in a Sunday article ... More >>

Jan. 2 In Blogs: Larry Fitzgerald, Irish Breakfast, Cream Stereo Lounge 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: Phoenix Library Card Blasts Off; Designed by Local Artist Kiyomi King ... 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 >>

Phoenix Athletes' Blogs Bite on Yardbarker.com

Popular sports Web site Yardbarker.com hosts a slew of superstar bloggers from the world of sports -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, tennis pro Rafael Nadal, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban, golf legend Tiger Woods, and NASCAR driver Jeff Gor ... More >>

Bowling for Dollars

Insight rivals Panthers and Beavers cash in