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Amar'e Stoudemire Joins Ex-Team (Phoenix Suns) on Sideline After Apparent Tantrum

Amar'e Stoudemire won us over during his eight-year stint with the Phoenix Suns, with his sheer strength and remarkable athletic ability. We never saw him as the "next" Michael Jordan or whoever, but as an All-Star level player when healthy who -- serious defensive liabilities aside -- put h ... More >>

Two Teams in Opposite Directions: Phoenix Suns Extend Win Streak as Cleveland Cavs Continue Down Slippery Slope of Failure

www.nba.comSteve Nash defies anatomy on his playoff quest.​The Suns needed a win last night to keep their momentum and playoff hopes alive. But on a day when they announced next season's ticket prices and incentives for ticket-holders to renew in the next month, they needed a more convincing victo ... More >>

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Overlooked superstar looks to dominate the Suns

Scary Steve Nash Moment, Plus Monster Trade Over Weekend, as Phoenix Suns Split Two Road Games. Tonight: San Antonio Spurs

nba.com Big-man Marcin Gortat should give the Suns much-needed muscle in the middle.​What a weekend for the Phoenix Suns! Steve Nash lost all feeling in his limbs -- momentarily -- after a collision in the opening minutes of Friday's game with the Mavericks in Dallas. Then, the next ... More >>

The Black Keys Coming to Mesa

​We've got a big show announcement today: The Black Keys are coming to Mesa Ampitheatre on Thursday, April 14.Since I'm also from Akron, Ohio (or a suburb, anyway) I've been following their career since they played to half-filled local clubs. (Funny story from my old college newspaper here.)The Ke ... More >>

Lebron 'King' James Has Nothing on ASU Great 'Jumpin' Joe Caldwell

This year's edition of the ASU Sun Devils men's basketball team snuck past a decent University of Alabama-Birmingham squad 69-66 on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe.   ​Nice win that just may help the Devils when March Madness comes around, sooner than later. But the highlight of ... More >>

LeBron James and the Miami Heat Slaughter a Hobbled Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns

Chris Bosh​Miami only had a three-point lead at the end of the first quarter last night against the surging Phoenix Suns, winners of three straight games, but the Heat didn't look back after that. Arguably, the entire second half was garbage time for LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chri ... More >>

Setting Sun: Steve Nash's Quitting the Phoenix Suns to Enter Canadian Politics

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The Top 10 Most Annoying College Football Fight Songs

music.colorado.eduThe University of Colorado Golden Buffalo Marching Band in action​I'm just gonna come right out and say it - college football is the best sport in the world. Unlike professional sports, where lockouts and strikes by multimillionaires are commonplace and players allegedly collude ... More >>

Arizona Gurls: Check Out This AZ Style Katy Perry Parody

Katy Perry's "California Gurls" was unquestionably the "song of the summer" (ugh) so, really, your state is probably pretty shitty if you can't scare up at least one parody YouTube video. This one is pretty great. Not, like, "LeBron James Is A Bitch," great but definitely dead-on with the jokes af ... More >>

LeBron James Is A Bitch: The Greatest Sports Parody Song of All Time?

From time to time I take the opportunity to abuse the platform entrusted to me to push my personal agenda. In this case it's the totally brilliant LeBron James diss track from Mike Polk. You're probably from Arizona so you probably don't remember Polk's hilarious "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Vi ... More >>

August 25 In Blogs: Tom Horne, Rob Dyrdek, LeBron James, School Lunches, and Barack Obama

​​​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:

Lance Blanks Named As New General Manager Of Phoenix Suns

hoopslibrary.comThe Suns finally have a new GM​ The Phoenix Suns have finally named their General Manager. Lance Blanks, a former NBA player and experienced front-office executive, was named to the position yesterday afternoon. Blanks, 43, was the 26th overall pick in the 1990 NBA Draft and al ... More >>

An Open Letter To Conor Oberst: What Will You Do If Nebraska Passes an SB 1070 Clone?

Charlie Janssen: The man who may make Conor Oberst boycott his own state.​Dear Conor,Open letters about SB 1070 are all the rage right now, so I'm writing you one. I enjoyed the letters you and Arizona promoter Charlie Levy exchanged a few weeks ago and I thought your essay on the topic was though ... More >>

Amar'e Stoudemire Thanks Suns Fans In Full-Page Arizona Republic Ad

chi-ball.com Amar'e Stoudemire​Amar'e Stoudemire is no LeBron James when it comes to talent on the basketball court. But James may want to take note of Stoudemire's ex-team-etiquette after Amare took out a full page ad in the Arizona Republic this morning. (Amar'e, where's the love, where' ... More >>

Morning Poll: Is the County Attorney's Office Actually in Good Shape Or Did Boyd Dunn Quit Race Because He Knew He'd Lose?

Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn​Change his name to Dunn-zo because Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn is out. Dunn pulled the plug on his campaign for Maricopa County Attorney yesterday claiming that since former County Attorney Andrew Thomas no longer ran the show, the office was back o ... More >>

Larry Fitzgerald Sticks Up for LeBron James in Twitter-Town

​The soap opera that is the LeBron James free-agency saga should have come to an end yesterday when King James announced his plans to sign with the Miami Heat but within hours of the uber-hyped announcement, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert threw some new fuel on the fire with some comments h ... More >>

Glee Britney Spears = More Ways to Piss Off Music Critics

Glee loves Britney. A lot.​While it may be the opinion of the majority of Up on the Sun writers that Glee represents everything that is awful about the world of popular music, and even popular culture, the show's producers seem to have found yet another way to piss off music critics everywhere. Ac ... More >>

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

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Morning Poll: Will LeBron James Join Amare Stoudemire in New York?

www.bettorsedge.com​Big ups to NBA super-duper star LeBron James for exploiting his stardom for a good cause. As you probably know, King James will announce tonight where he'll hang his size 16 sneakers and he's making the announcement during an hour-long special on ESPN -- the proceeds fro ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Offer Contract To Channing Frye; Look To Keep Him In Phoenix

nba.com Channing Frye​The Phoenix Suns are looking to keep a big man in town. And his name isn't Amar'e Stoudemire. Nope, the Suns have reportedly offered Channing Frye a five year, $25 million deal to keep him in Phoenix.

Robin Lopez Scrimmages With Suns; 7-Footer Getting Ready to Play Against Los Angeles Lakers

www.fanster.com Phoenix Suns big-man Robin Lopez.​ The basketball gods seem to like Phoenix.It's reported that Phoenix Suns big-man Robin Lopez will play -- in some capacity -- in game one of the NBA Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, beginning Monday at 6 p ... More >>

NBA Wants Radio Edit of "Empire State Of Mind" During Free Agency Period, Threatens To Sanction Nets Owner Jay-Z

​NBA commissioner David Stern has asked rapper Jay-Z -- a part owner of the New Jersey Nets franchise -- to release an edited version of his hit song "Empire State of Mind" to be played during the league's free agency period this summer.The issue is a verse of the hit song where hip-hop star born ... More >>

It's Official: Amar'e Stoudemire Is Staying Put

Amar'e ain't going anywhere.​The NBA trade deadline passed mere moments ago and Amar'e Stoudemire is still a member of the Phoenix Suns. Yeah, we know you've heard rumor after endless rumor this week about how the Phoenix Suns superstar was getting a one-way ticket to either Cleveland or Mi ... More >>

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Suns Get Blown Out for Second Night in Row, This Time by LeBron James and Cavs. Next UP: Sacramento on Saturday

nba.com LeBron and Shaq dominate Suns.​Are the Suns who we thought they were before the season got going? Certainly hope not, but after two blowout losses in as many nights, we're beginning to wonder. Sure, the 107-90 road loss last night to one of the top teams in the NBA, the C ... More >>

Suns Trounce Minnesota Timberwolves, Toronto Raptors Over the Weekend. Up Next: The Ailing New York Knicks on Tuesday

Jason Richardson posted back-to-back 22 point performances this weekend against the Timberwolves and Raptors.​Steve Nash left a rather interesting tweet on his Twitter account over the weekend, and it was directed towards pal and Toronto Raptors star Chris Bosh.It simply stated, "see u above the r ... More >>

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 nigh ... More >>

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. ... More >>

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 loo ... More >>

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Photog lectures on getting personal with your models

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. B ... More >>

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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 li ... More >>

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, a ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 s ... More >>

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 rece ... More >>

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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 imp ... More >>

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. ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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'Bri ... More >>

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