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Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Phoenix Suns Bring Winning -- Yes, Winning -- Streak to Four With Weekend Wins Over Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets

​By turning a two-game win streak into a four-game win streak with a pair of wins over the weekend, the Phoenix Suns are currently half a game back of the last playoff spot in the Western Conference, and one game over .500.The Suns' win on Friday night wasn't too unexpected -- Jared Dudley brought ... More >>

Shaquille O'Neal Gets BlowJobian Treatment by New York Times

A friend just pointed out a little question-and-answer interview that the New York TImes published over the weekend with Shaquille O'Neal. The Big Thingamajig, back in the day ​Here's the link for a quick look. Note the following back and forth between the Big Guy and one Jo ... More >>

Tempe Police Allowed Shaquille O’Neal to Play Cop by Giving Him Secret Info on Software Used to Detect Kiddy Porn

Shawn Marion's Bravura Performance in Dallas' Win Last Night Goes Into What-Could-Have-Been Category

Last night's amazing performance by onetime Phoenix Suns star Shawn Marion in the Dallas Mavericks' series-clinching win over the Oklahoma City Thunder was bittersweet for local fans.The Matrix, aka Shawn Marion​Marion scored a season-high 26 points in the intensely fought game, and did a ter ... More >>

Amar'e Stoudemire's Running Wild in Big Apple: Big Test Tonight

We were as frustrated at times as almost everyone else with Amar'e Stoudemire, whose mercurial career with the Phoenix Suns ended after seven seasons last June when he signed a mammoth deal with the New York Knicks. Mr. Stoudemire in previous incarnation​ His lack of defensive prowess, ... More >>

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

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 >>

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.

Steve Kerr Won't Be Back As Phoenix Suns GM Next Season

blog.newsok.com Steve Kerr​Steve Kerr is out as the Phoenix Suns director of basketball operations and general manager. The move, announced this afternoon by the team, shouldn't come as a big surprise to Suns fans. Kerr's contract was up June 30, and it wasn't looking like the former Arizo ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Controversial 2008 Decision to Dump Shawn Marion? Priceless

As the Phoenix Suns steel themselves for what promises to be a killer best-of-seven series against longtime nemesis San Antonio, The Matrix, a.k.a. Shawn Marion, pops into our sports-addled head.   ​Once an almost-superstar with the Suns, and now relegated to a glorified journeyman role ... More >>

Amar'e Stoudemire Trade Talk Swirls, as Phoenix Suns Drop Road Game to Dallas Mavericks; Up Next: Atlanta Hawks

Amar'e Stoudemire: 30 points in his possible Suns finale. ​If the Phoenix Suns' game Wednesday night against the Dallas Mavericks was the last game with Amar'e Stoudemire in a Suns uniform, at least the All-Star went out with a bang. Stoudemire scored 30 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the ... More >>

Amar'e Stoudemire Backstabs Hispanic Fans; Signs on as "Special Deputy" Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Seems Big Stat has some eye trouble when it comes to Arpaio's bigoted misdeeds...(Hey, wasn't he in Escape from New York?)Is Phoenix Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire blind to the truth about Sheriff Joe Arpaio?Apparently so, and in more than one eye. According to recent news reports, Big Stat w ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Still (Barely) Alive in the Playoff Race After 114-109 Win Over Tough Houston Rockets

www.nba.com It was a battle of the behemoths at US Airways Center.The most lopsided statistic in the Phoenix Suns' 5-point victory over the powerhouse Houston Rockets Wednesday night was fast-break points. The Suns had 18 and the Rockets had 4. It was run-and-gun bas ... More >>

Wild-Card Studs: Phoenix Suns Seek Revenge Against Young-Gun Philadelphia 76ers Tonight

search.espn.go.com Sixers rookie Marreese Speights spanked the Suns in Philly. When last we met the Philadelphia 76ers, back in Philly on February 9, the Sixers' young and relatively rested legs made quick work of the punchy Phoenix Suns, who were coming off a tough win the previous night in ... More >>

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Suns Blow Out the Thunder and Get Dominated by the Celtics Over the Weekend

The good, of course, were Rajon Rondo (pictured) and the mighty Boston Celtics, who came into US Airways Center Sunday Afternoon and took care of business, 128-108, against the Phoenix Suns. The bad were the Oklahoma City Thunder, who got dominated by the Suns here Friday night, ... More >>

Looking Like the Suns of Old After the Coaching Change, Phoenix Blows Out the Hapless L.A. Clippers

It was a game in which Goran Dragic slam-dunked. Goran who? You know, the highly touted backup point guard whom fired Suns Coach Terry Porter used to ream a new one from the sidelines everytime he made a blunder. The Slovenian rookie (pictured) played with reckless ab ... More >>

Breakneck Mountain: Phoenix Suns to Revive the Seven-and-Shoot Tonight Against Clippers Tuesday and Wednesday

This just in from Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver and general manager Steve Kerr: Oops. Our bad. Terry Porter, we hardly knew ye. Here's a sack full of cash to salve your wounds. Amar'e -- ha ha. Those trade rumors? We were just kidding. Ya know we love ya, ya big lug. The rest of you guys, run li ... 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 >>

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 >>

Think Times Are Hard for the Suns? Try Loving the Washington Wizards, Phoenix's Opponent Tonight.

In 2004-05, the Washington Wizards boasted the NBA's most fearsome backcourt. Led by ex-UA Wildcat standout Gilbert Arenas, Antwan Jamison, and Larry Hughes, Washington earned a modest forty-five victories in the regular season, but turned heads during the NBA Playoffs with its first-round conquest ... More >>

Glad You're Sitting Down: Shaq Almost Scores His Age, Proving He Can Still Do It -- Against Milwaukee

It was his first 30-point game since March 9, 2007 when he was with the Miami Heat. In fact, 36-year-old Shaquille O'Neal scored 35 points against the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night to lead the Suns to a 125-110 victory, the team's largest point total of the year. We'd say t ... More >>

Gunnin' for that #1 Spot

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 8, 2008

Steve Kerr's been beating the odds his whole life

Shaquille O'Neal shuns Sheriff Joe Arpaio, chooses Tempe PD instead.

The Bird praises L. Ron Hubbard, skewers a bladder-challenged bigot and offers a warning to the Big Cactus

Valley of the Suns

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

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