NBA Central Division

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 >>

Phoenix Suns Roar Past Memphis Grizzlies. Next Up: Dallas Mavericks Tonight

www.nba.com/sunsJason Richardson (left) and Amar'e Stoudemire combined for 48 points on Tuesday. ​ Amar'e Stoudemire won't be wearing a Phoenix Suns uniform for very much longer, if the current maelstrom of trade rumors prove to be true. With a little over 24 hours to go until the NBA trading de ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Avoid Losing To Hapless New Jersey Nets. Up Next: Chicago Bulls on Friday

Goran Dragic's third-quarter performance helped the Suns dispatch the New Jersey Nets last night.​As woeful as the Phoenix Suns' fortunes have been over the past few weeks -- losing four straight games, staging repeated scoring collapses, etc. -- the subpar squad has at least one saving grace. At ... More >>

Suns Walloped by Lowly New York Knicks. Up Next: Cleveland Cavaliers

www.nba.com/sunsAlando Tucker notches 14 points upon being reactivated.​Well, this wasn't totally unexpected: a red-hot Suns team rolling over most every team in its path, playing one of the NBA's biggest go-nowhere teams . . . and losing. At 14-3 heading into Tuesday night's game against the New ... 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 Drop One They Were "Supposed to Win" to the New Orleans Hornets. Next Up: Detroit Pistons on Sunday.

www.nba.com/suns Jared Dudley: One of the Suns' few bright spots, scoring 17 off the bench.​You're kidding, right? The Phoenix Suns' game Thursday night against the Hornets in New Orleans was supposed to be a gimme. Before the game, fans and local sports talk radio hosts had already chalked ... More >>

Tour de Fat, Phoenix Mercury, Wanda Jackson and Shizzfest Over the Weekend

​Tour de Fat at Tempe Beach Par New Belgium Brewing maintains that Tour de Fat is a bike festival first and a beer festival second. To prove it, they got a Tempe citizen to donate his car and agree to utilize only a bike he received at Tour de Fat as his means of transportation. Talk about putting ... More >>

Goldwater Institute Attempts to Intervene in Coyotes' Bankruptcy

​Saying that bankruptcy court might be the only place to stop a deal that forces taxpayers into subsidizing the Phoenix Coyotes, the Goldwater Institute filed a motion this afternoon asking to the judge to allow them to intervene in the case.The motion is filed on behalf of eight Glendale taxpayer ... More >>

"The Great One" Called to Give Deposition in Phoenix Coyotes Bankruptcy Case

  michaelmindes.com That silver thing's called "The Stanley Cup," Phoenix area, and the guy hoisting it's Wayne. Doubt the now-Coyotes' coach will ever come this close to the cup again. If you had told Wayne Gretzky when he was 17 years old and already playing professional hoc ... More >>

Hot Links: County Suits, Lil Wayne, and the Asparagus Tribe

An analysis released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget shows that legal disputes between Maricopa county officials cost taxpayers about $1.1. million in fees. In the past year, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, County Treasurer Charles Hoskins, and the Board ... More >>

Smells Like Team Spirit: Reformed Brawler Ron Artest Leads Red-Hot Houston Rockets Against Phoenix Suns Tonight

Ron Artest, shown here in his domestic-violence-arrest mug shot, has become a good citizen on and off the court in Houston. On paper, the loss of Amar'e Stoudemire to eye surgery ripped the heart out of the Phoenix Suns -- or at least their playoff chances. When the Houston Rockets' perennia ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Break Six-Game Losing Streak, With (You Guessed it) Wins Over Two Teams With Losing Records

www.daylife.com Ex-Warriors Jason Richardson and Matt Barnes light up their old coach.Over the weekend, the Phoenix Suns did what they do best -- beat bad teams. The score was 106-95 against the 18-48 Oklahoma City Thunder at US Airways Center on Saturday night and a runn ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Can Possibly Enjoy Some Fun Times for a Change in Cupcake City This Weekend

www.nba.comNenad Krstic of the Oklahoma City Thunder What do the Phoenix Suns have left to play for, following their epic, disheartening, and potentially playoff killing losing streak? If the Suns catch fire and the Mavs majorly choke, perhaps a postseason berth, a not-impossible-but-improbable sc ... More >>

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 >>

Player Hater: Phoenix Suns Need to Channel Shaq's Aggro to Win on the Road This Weekend

www.nba.com As the saying goes, "Don't hate the player, hate the game." Well, considering the current tongue-lashing dished out by Shaquille O'Neal at Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy, the hate is all-encompassing for the Suns' big man. The triggering episode occurred Tuesday night in Orla ... More >>

Amar'e Stoudemire Scores 42 in Phoenix Suns' Second-Night-in-a-Row Rout of Clippers

The once-again run-and-gun Phoenix Suns looked great again Wednesday night, scoring 140 points or more for the second game in a row against the dog-ass Los Angeles Clippers. This time, the score was 142-119, and supposedly on-the-trading-block Amar'e Stoudemire scored 42 points of that and ... More >>

Okay, Stoudemire's Staying With the Phoenix Suns, and so's Shaq -- at Least for the Remainder of the Season

The NBA trade deadline passed at 1 p.m. today with no Phoenix Suns players moved -- not even Amar'e Stoudemire (whose departure seemed all but a done deal last week). Suns brass had been admitting for a month that they were entertaining trade offers for every member of the team e ... More >>

Reebok Spokeswoman Says Rapper Kid Cudi Spoiled "Wonderful" Scottsdale Event With Allen Iverson

It seems any publicity isn't always good publicity. Kid Cudi in Kanye West's latest videoKid Cudi's bad behavior at Canal restaurant in Scottsdale on Saturday spoiled an otherwise great All-Star game event with NBA star Allen Iverson, says a spokeswoman for Reebok who didn't want her nam ... 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 >>

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 >>

Suns Redeem Themselves vs. Atlanta After Stinking Against Charlotte

The Phoenix Suns longest road trip of the year was a disaster -- until the Big Three (no, not those Big Three) found a way to win against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. We're talking about Steve Nash, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Shaquille O'Neal. Nash played so brilliantly against the Hawks ... More >>

Suns Defense Didn't Suck, and Phoenix Won the Turnover War in Victory Over Denver

The Suns have looked good for two games in a row! Unfortunately, they lost the first of these in a heartbreaker against an emerging Portland team. On Saturday night, Phoenix actually won the turnover war (16 to 21) against a good Denver Nuggets team, and therefore the game. Keeping turnov ... More >>

After Two Games Out of the Lineup, Shaq Comes Back With a Vengeance in Suns Win Over D'Antoni's Knicks

Here's an idea: play Shaquille O'Neal every third game. The other idea would be to play him only against Milwaukee (he scored 27 and 35 points in two games against the Bucks this season), but that wouldn't be cost-effective for a guy making $20 million a year. After missing two games because of a f ... More >>

Phoenix Suns, Without Nash and O'Neal, Look Promising in a Road Loss to Talented New Orleans

As bizzare as it may seem, we were thrilled by the Phoenix Suns' road loss to the New Orleans Hornets 104-91. Playing without Shaquille O'Neal (resting, as usual, on the first of back-to-back games) and Steve Nash (flu-like symptons), the Suns looked much better Wednesday night again ... More >>

Suns Overpowered by Worst Team in Basketball, but Steve Nash Wills Them to One-Point Victory

  Never underestimate the heart of a champion. We forget who said that, but it was Steve Nash who willed an overpowered Phoenix Suns team to a 99-98 victory Tuesday night over the Thunder in Oklahoma City. Yeah, you heard that right, the now 1-14 Okie Thunder bitch-slapped ... More >>

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Don't let the Suns catch you crying

Steve Kerr's greatest moments

Valley of the Suns

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

TNA TKO

Jett and her faithful manservant, Kreme, pop by Pantera's for a Tuesday night of Foxy Boxing.

Colangelo's Not the Real Local Hero

Jerry's gotten rich on our backs. Here's how the $400 million Phoenix Suns deal went down.

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Our Hero

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Is Anybody Listening?

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DON'T BLINK

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