Subject: LeBron James

• This Week's Day-by–Day Picks

  October 30, 2003

• Hello, Cleveland!

  A pseudo-Michael Stipe shares what's on his MP3 player

  January 3, 2008

• All the Young Dudes: Phoenix Suns vs. Indiana Pacers Tonight

  Though they've been hauling the boat anchor in the Eastern Conference's Central Division all year, the Indiana Pacers -- including third-year superstar-in-the-making Danny Granger (pictured above) -- aren't your prototypical NBA doormat. Another year (two, max) and Indiana Coach Jim O'Brien should have these young guns challenging the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons for Central Division supremacy (especially if the Cavs' LeBron James jumps ship to the Knicks in 2010, as he's u

  January 7, 2009

• Hip-Hop Artists Invade the PHX During All-Star Weekend

  Snoop Dogg is scheduled to appear at Scottsdale nightspots Club Rain and Barcelona during All-Star Weekend. If we learned anything from the hullabaloo over last year's Super Bowl in Glendale, it's that the actual sporting event is almost secondary to the slew of celebrations that take place. It seems like every major hip-hop and R&B artist was in town for both the big game and the celebrity-laden festivities. And it's turning out to be the case with next weekend's All-Star Game in downto

  February 13, 2009

• Will the Suns Turn the So-So Sixers Into a Beast From the East Tonight?

  Andre Iguodala ain't Dr. J, but he gets by. The Philadelphia 76ers are mediocre, with a dollop of turmoil. Former head coach Maurice Cheeks, one of the franchise's all-time greats, got the bum's rush back in December. Their marquee name, Elton Brand, is out for the rest of the season with a bad wing. Their top active player is shooting guard Andre Iguodala, who shoots sub-50 percent from two-point range, under 30 percent from three. The rest of their lineup is fleshed out by the unintimi

  February 9, 2009

• How Much Garbage Time Can We Stand? Phoenix Suns Get Blown Out by Philly

  We knew to expect the worst when Suns broadcasters harped from the beginning of the game that the team got into Philadelphia at past 2 a.m. Monday after their victory over the  Pistons in Detroit Sunday night You know, the old back-to-back road games bugaboo. And when they mentioned that the 76ers were "well rested" after five home games in a row and two days' rest, the stage was set... For the Suns to suck -- that is, put out zilch energy in Monday eveni

  February 10, 2009

• As Good As It Gets: Phoenix Suns Face King James and his Cleveland Cavaliers Tonight

  Coming to a big screen near you: LeBron James (center in white) and the Cleveland Cavaliers At first, this blog was going to chronicle the sudden resurgence of the Phoenix Suns, who instilled a little hope with a modest two-game winning streak (hey, they gotta start somewhere) that included an impressive performance against the Detroit Pistons in The Palace. But then Phoenix choked hardcore in Philly Monday night, looking like the, well, very average team that they seem to have officially beco

  February 11, 2009

• The Lowdown on All-Star Weekend's Biggest Parties

  Nelly will attempt to fill Chris Brown's shoes during this weekend's All-Star festivities. The Valley's about to get a little "derrty." Universal Records rapper Nelly is doing the Nix's hip-hop fans a solid by filling in at the two gigs that Chris Brown abandoned eartlier this week due to the recent legal problem's the R&B singer has become embroiled in. As a result, tomorrow night's party at the Corona Ranch in Laveen and Saturday night's shindig at Club Rain (both of which were scheduled

  February 13, 2009

• 2009 NBA All-Star Game: Defense (For a Change), Jumpshots, and Forced Drama

  Kobe and Shaq are once again BFF. Awwww. The only thing the sports media love more than a good feud is a half-assed gesture to end it under meaningless circumstances. So it was that Kobe and Shaq were forced to awkwardly hoist a trophy together at the 2009 NBA All-Star game, just as they did back when they were three-time champions together, long before Shaq dissed Kobe in every medium available, including a famous freestyle in which the big man repeatedly rapped, "Kobe, tell me how my as

  February 16, 2009

• Phoenix Suns Go 0-4 on Road Trip, Losing in Final Minutes to Hated Spurs on Sunday

  nba.com Tony Parker owns the Suns this season.There's only bad news about the fading Phoenix Suns, whose chances of making the Western Conference playoffs get slimmer by the game. The sad thing is, the Suns could've won every one of the past four road games in Orlando, Miami, Houston, and San Antonio. They were in each game until the home team overpowered them in the fourth quarter. Which's what good teams do. They find a way to win. The Suns best showing came against the

  March 9, 2009

• Phoenix Suns Have Only a Slim Chance of Making the Playoffs, after Eating a Dirk Sandwich Against Dallas

  Nowitzki and the Mavs aren't the best show in the NBA anymore, but he's still a Suns killer.Shaquille O'Neal scored 21 points against the Dallas Mavericks to go ahead of Elvin Hayes for sixth on the NBA career scoring list (he needs 88 points to best the next guy on the list, Moses Malone). Matt Barnes also had 21 points, and Steve Nash had 23 and 13 assists. All the Suns' starters and Leandro Barbosa, off the bench, were in double-figures. Now you've gotten

  March 11, 2009

• Supermen of La Mancha: Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, Mo Williams Visit Phoenix Suns Tonight

  www.nba.com Mo Williams: Finally, a worthy sidekick for LeBron. Following the Phoenix Suns' figurative demise in their do-or-die game versus the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night, the dudes in orange have about as much chance of making the playoffs as did Don Quixote of slaying a windmill. But that doesn't mean the end of championship-caliber NBA hoops at US Airways Center quite yet, as the Cleveland Cavaliers and their superman of La Mancha, LeBron James, visit the PHX tonight. You'd b

  March 12, 2009

• Mo Better

  March 12, 2009

• All-Star Schedule

  February 12, 2009

• On the Eve of the NBA All-Star Game, Phoenix Suns Players Show Off Their Tattoo Canvases

  February 12, 2009

• Posterizing EA

  NBA 2K7 towers over the competition

  December 21, 2006

• Valley of the Suns

  The Barkley-dominated Suns had a stranglehold on us. Team Nash is better. Let's go crazy!

  May 5, 2005

• Speed Queens

  Peoria teen sisters are racing toward success on the track and off

  March 11, 2004

• Intimate Subjects

  June 18, 2009

• The Big Cactus Becomes the Big Abandoned Steel Mill. Good for Cleveland, but It Leaves Us with Zilch

  www.nba.com O'Neal and King James reunited on the same team, this time for what the Cavs hope is a championship season.So what's Shaq gonna be called now that he's no longer the Big Cactus? Maybe the Big Abandoned Steel Mill or the Big Mistake By the Lake. Actually, O'Neal's trade looks good -- for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers! But what WTF did the Phoenix Suns get out of this? We'll tell you what: The deal saves owner Robert Sarver at least $10 million. What did Phoen

  June 25, 2009

• Steve Nash Agrees to Rich Contract Extension, but Why Do the Phoenix Suns Want to Keep the Aging Superstar at All Costs?

  Beats us why Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver would bend over frontwards to keep a point guard who's too old and slow to keep up defensively with practically any other starter at his position in the nba.com No way the two-time league MVP should be the Suns' top priority. National Basketball Association.   Come on, the Suns are in a rebuilding mode. From the looks of things so far, we predict they'll be only slightly more competitive next season than the Arizona Diamondbacks ha

  July 20, 2009

• The Streak's Over: Even Ex-Sun Matt Barnes Looked Like an All-Star in Phoenix's Blowout Road Loss to Magic

  NBA.com Dwight Howard doing his Superman impression at the All-Star Game.It was only a matter of time. Yeah, the Phoenix Suns were 4-0 going into last night's game with Superman and the Orlando Magic -- the man of steel being everybody's favorite basketball star nowadays, Dwight Howard. And Howard & Co. didn't disappoint their legion of fans, who believe their team has the deepest roster in the NBA this year and will win it all, though they certainly bummed us out. See, we

  November 5, 2009

• Suns Come Up Big on (Gasp!) D and Beat Rockets to Grab Best NBA Record Early On

  utahjazz.com Seldom-used Sun Jarron Collins played tough end-of-game minutes and nailed the win against Houston.​Okay, there are 70 games to go in the regular season -- not to mention more in the playoffs (prayerfully) -- but the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 111-105 last night to achieve the best record in the NBA so far at 10-2. No matter what the Beantowners and Angelenos say, damn it, we're going to enjoy it as long as it lasts! As for the LeBron James and&

  November 18, 2009