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DJ Intel on the Furious Styles Crew's Anniversary and How He Wanted to Be Obama's Mixmaster on Election Night

There are many perks involved with being a DJ: Complimentary booze, free schwag, the adoration of hundreds at gigs, and (depending on the particular selector or promoter) possibly a nice payday. Then there are the more unusual bonuses, like the one that DJ Intel got the other night at The Monarch ... More >>

Royal Desertions

Motor City Trend

Phoenix Suns Win Two Road Games Over the Weekend

The Phoenix Suns stayed alive in the hunt for a Western Conference playoff bid after two big weekend wins. On Friday night, the Suns edged out a good Indiana Pacers team 113-111, and on Sunday afternoon in Cleveland, they demolished the Cavaliers 108-83. The two wins give the Suns a 25-24 record on ... More >>

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 >>

Shooting Stars

Phoenix Suns Beat the Milwaukee Bucks For Their Third Straight Win After Steve Nash's Last-Second Shot

The ending of last night's Phoenix Suns game against the Milwaukee Bucks was certainly dramatic and pulse pounding. With the score tied at 105 in the final moments of the fourth quarter, Steve Nash blew past Bucks defenders, drove deep into the paint, and fired a six-foot layup that bounced off th ... More >>

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

Phoenix Suns' Friday Night Win Against Los Angeles Clippers An April Fool's Joke As San Antonio Spurs Snuff Out Suns' Playoff Chances

nba.com/sunsMen against boys.​The Phoenix Suns kept their fading playoff hopes alive against the Los Angeles Clippers Friday night before having them snuffed out for good by the San Antonio Spurs Sunday morning. Friday's 111-98 win against the Clippers was almost a cruel April Fool's Day pran ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Split Weekend Games. Bigger News: Channing Frye's Dislocated Shoulder

nba.com/sunsChanning Frye's injury puts even more pressure on Steve Nash.​The Phoenix Suns stomped all over the Milwaukee Bucks Friday night, winning 102-88 before dropping a tight game 122-118 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in overtime Sunday. Worse than the loss is an injury to Channing Frye, wh ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Open Long Road Trip with Two Wins Over the Weekend

www.nba.com/sunsGrant Hill: A season-high 34 points against the Pacers​The Phoenix Suns launched a six-game road trip with games Friday and Sunday and came away winners in both, upping their record to three games over .500 for the first time this season. Regarding the Western Conference playof ... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball Desperate For Win--But Unlikely To Get It Tonight Vs Washington

First, we note that the lowly Cleveland Cavs somehow beat the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers last night in what has to rank as the sports upset of this new year. A real stunner. ASU coach Herb Sendek needs help from the basketball gods ​For the ASU Sun Devils to beat a ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Beat Milwaukee Bucks to Creep Closer to .500

www.nba.com/sunsMarcin Gortat: 19 points and 11 rebounds Wednesday.​Gortat the Great made another appearance Wednesday as the Phoenix Suns knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks at US Airways Arena 92-77. Marcin Gortat, the Polish import who came to the Suns in a December trade, continued his weeklong st ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Have Much to Prove Against Celtics and Hornets This Weekend

nba.com/sunsTonight's game is a statement game for the Suns against Boston.​The Phoenix Suns have a tough couple of games ahead of them this weekend as they're scheduled to face a Boston Celtics team tonight that's considered by some to be the best in the league and a very good New Orleans squad o ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Split Weekend Series on Road. Tonight: Sixers in Philly

www.nba.com/suns Steve Nash: 14 points but five turnovers against the Pistons.​The Phoenix Suns committed 14 turnovers Saturday in Detroit as they let the Pistons outscore them 28-15 in the fourth quarter and eke out a 75-74 win. All that after notching their fifth win in a row Friday night ... 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 >>

Phoenix Sun Split Their Weekend Series with Detroit Pistons and Sacramento Kings

www.nba.com/sunsVince Carter: Now 1-2 as a Sun after a loss to the Kings​A rookie on the NBA's worst team had the best game of his young career on Sunday night as the Sacramento Kings dumped the Phoenix Suns 94-89 in Sacramento. DaMarcus Cousins, who was the fifth overall draft pick in 2010 NBA Dr ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Power Past Golden State Warriors With Improved Defense

nba.com/sunsJason Richardson powered past the Golden State Warriors for 25 points last night.​Don't look now, but the Phoenix Suns are on a roll. Okay, it's might only be a two-game win streak (which includes last night's 107-101 victory over the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena), but it's st ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Lose Two of Three During Thanksgiving Weekend, Including Double-Overtime Loss to Chicago Bulls

Steve Nash has been working through the pain, but just can't carry the Phoenix Suns all by himself.​Steve Nash is hurting right now, badly. Back and heel issues are ailing the aging Phoenix Suns superstar, who's already plagued by lingering groin problems. And it's affecting his play. Nash battl ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Take a Beating from Orlando Magic

www.nba.com/sunsGrant Hill: 21 points in a losing effort.​Well, that Florida trip didn't go so well for the Phoenix Suns, did it? Less than a week after knocking off the league's best team, the Los Angeles Lakers, on the road, the Suns were roughed up pretty bad by the Sunshine State's two franchi ... More >>

Sleep Over

Bulls look to finally wake up at US Airways Center

Ten Most Overplayed Sports Arena Songs (with Music)

​I was grumblings of the Suns' porous, lackadaisical defense during a recent game when a different debate started between my girlfriend and I.Which Green Day album is "Brain Stew" is on again? The answer, of course, is 1995's Insomniac. But a better question is why such an odd query came ... More >>

Lake Superior

Suns open regular season against (grrr) Kobe and crew

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 >>

Three More Groups Interested in Buying Phoenix Coyotes, Despite Weak Season-Ticket Sales

fannation.com Jobing.com Arena​The Phoenix Coyotes are a mess, plain and simple. Despite a successful year on the ice in 2009-10, things off of it still look bleak. See: the ownership fiasco. The Yotes have been involved in negotiations with Ice Edge Holdings about a long-term lease of Job ... 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 >>

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 >>

Hot Links: Earthquakes, Scooter Accident, and Phoenix Suns

​A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Baja, California yesterday. The quake rocked high-rise buildings in San Diego and Los Angeles. A number of surrounding areas have also reported feeling aftershocks, including residents across Phoenix...Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies are searching for three men w ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Lock Up Playoff Spot After Edging Out Chicago Bulls in Chicago; Play Lowly Nets Tonight

www.nba.com/suns Jason Richardson: Led the Suns with 27 points. ​With just eight games left in the regular season, and a trip to the playoffs secured, the Phoenix Suns look nearly unstoppable. The Suns nipped the Chicago Bulls 111-105 Tuesday night in Chicago, a city where they have struggl ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Beat Two Terrible Teams Over Weekend; Center Robin Lopez Out for at Least Four More Games

suns.com The Suns were without Robin Lopez's might in the middle in last night's narrow win over the Timberwolves.​Friday's home game against Coach Mike D'Antoni's New York Knicks and yesterday's road contest against Coach Kurt Rambis' Minnesota Timberwolves both looked lik ... 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 >>

The Road Not Traveled

Almost coach visits US Airways Center

Least of the East

Suns take on talented but struggling Bucks

King James

Up your cool cred by seeing LeBron and the Cavs

Motown Modown

Suns take on the other team that raises our hackles

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 >>

Nash Goes Off for 30, and the Suns Open a Grueling Road Trip with a Win over the Heat

www.nba.com/suns Steve Nash: 35 is the new 25.​One of the big questions about the Phoenix Suns heading into this season was: Did 35-year-old Steve Nash have enough left in the tank to carry the Suns like the Nash of old? On Tuesday night, the former league MVP certainly had plenty in the ta ... More >>

Road Test: Brutal NBA Swing Opens With 3-0 Suns at 3-0 Heat

www.nba.com/heat Miami's Dwyane Wade is the newest member of the NBA's 10,000-point club.​ A record of 3-0 to start the season? Even against poor-to-middling competition (L.A. Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves), we'll take it, though we're not deluding ourselves. The o ... More >>

Mo Better

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

Phoenix Suns vs. Chicago Bulls @ U.S. Airways Center

Granger Danger

Suns should beware of Pacers’ young guns

Heart Smart

Suns’ next opponent improved by addition and subtraction

Center of Gravity

Suns rise with Shaq in, go boom when he’s not

Personnel Foul

After much thumb-twiddling, Pistons finally seek The Answer

Hitsville USA

East or Famine

A Bunch of Bull

Chi-town high risers visit PHX with tails between their legs

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