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SB 1070: Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez Blasts Arizona Law and Plays Pick-the-Immigrant on the House Floor

Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois conducts a pop quiz on "spot the immigrant" this morning on the House floor while discussing the Supreme Court decision to allow the "papers please" provision of SB1070 to stand. Too funny. On this C-SPAN video (fast-forward to 15 seconds), Gutierrez bla ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Take Care of Portland Trail Blazers, Move Into Playoff Spot (for Now)

If the season had ended last night, the Phoenix Suns would be headed to the playoffs as the eighth seed in the West after an easy 125-107 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.The performance from the Suns starters made the victory very unsurprising: 20 points and 10 rebounds from center Marcin Gortat ... More >>

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 >>

Legging Behind

Guarding Test

Phoenix Suns CEO Rick Welts: I'm Gay

www.icanhascheeseburger.com​Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts has done something courageous for a guy in a macho-dominated industry: he came out of the closet.In an article in the New York Times yesterday, Welts, 58, announced that he is gay -- a fact his colleagues had suspecte ... More >>

Fading Phoenix Suns Defeat Terrible Minnesota Timberwolves In Overtime

nba.com/sunsEven the Timberwolves are outraged by the Suns' poor play.​Anyone still wondering whether the 2010 Phoenix Suns were a team of underachievers or a mediocre ballclub received an answer last night in the form of a narrow overtime victory against the terrible Minnesota Timberwolves, 1 ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Provide A Valiant Effort, But Lose to Los Angeles Lakers Nonetheless

​The Los Angeles Lakers both demonstrated their dominance over the NBA's Western Conference and proved why they're the Phoenix Suns' biggest rivals by defeating Steve Nash and his crew 114-106 on Friday night during the Purple and Orange Gang's home opener at US Airways Center. But while the Suns ... More >>

Gold Rush: Soaring Prices, Unscrupulous Precious-Metals Dealers, Right-Wing Paranoia -- We've Been Down This Yellow-Brick Road Before

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 >>

Morning Poll: Can the Phoenix Suns Handle the Los Angeles Lakers After Sweeping San Antonio Spurs?

Can Steve Nash and the Suns beat Kobe Bryant and the Lakers?​We know the Los Angeles Lakers won't officially be the Phoenix Suns opponent in the next round of the NBA playoffs until they beat the Utah Jazz one more time -- which will likely happen tonight -- but, if history tells us anythin ... More >>

Al Sharpton Wears "Los Suns" Jersey During March to Arizona Capitol Protesting SB 1070

Rev. Sharpton (center) with county Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox (left) and Pastor Bishop Alexis A. Thomas (right)The man right-wing crackers love to hate, the Reverend Al Sharpton, preached to standing ovations from the crowd at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Wednesday night, in an impressive show of op ... 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 Score Most Points in NBA this Season, Scorching Minnesota Timberwolves 152-114

suns.com Scrapper Lou Amundson equals his NBA career high with 20 points off the bench against Minnesota.​Finally, the Phoenix Suns open up a serious can of whup-ass on a bad team. Fact is, the Minnesota Timberwolves are the worst team in the NBA's Western Conference, at 14-54. And who w ... More >>

Suns Rebound from Tough Loss to Wallop the West's Second-Best Team; Next Up: At L.A. Clippers

www.nba.com/sunsGoran Dragic: Spurred a huge second quarter off the bench.​Look at the list of players who didn't score a single point in the second quarter of Monday night's  Phoenix Suns-Denver Nuggets game: Steve Nash, Amar'e Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups. Each a superstar; ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Film Their Own Version of Avatar on Team Plane; Steve Nash Makes his Directorial Debut

We don't expect it to break any box office records or raise the bar for cinematic genius but the Phoenix Suns have created their own version of James Cameron's latest 3-D masterpiece, Avatar, featuring the injured Leandro Barbosa as a blue-faced Na'vi. We're assuming the team's budget for the film w ... More >>

Worst Refereeing We've Seen all Season Keeps Suns from Winning Two Weekend Games in Row Against Elite Teams. Next Up: Hated Spurs

wikipedia commons Amar'e Stoudemire was fouled repeatedly by the Nuggets but barely got a call.​The refs and 21 turnovers were the culprits in the Phoenix Suns' 105-99 road loss to the Denver Nuggets, a night after they'd stunned the second-best team in the Eastern Conference, th ... More >>

Don't Drink the Orange Kool-Aid Yet. Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant Are Coming Right Up.

Steve Nash and the Suns have found success in scrappiness.​Just two weeks ago, in our secret heart of hearts, we were ready to consign 35-year-old Steve Nash to the dustbin of history. Unless you're Steve Nash's mom, you were, too. Be honest. Then came that last-minute beauty shot in the regular ... More >>

Blame D'Antoni: Sinking Phoenix Suns Take on New Orleans Hornets Tonight

www.nba.com Shaquille O'Neal has five games left as a Sun. Bank on it. The New York Knicks were eliminated from the playoffs last Saturday, less than 24 hours before the Phoenix Suns were in every way but mathematically terminated by the Dallas Mavericks. Anyone but a Mike D'Antoni/Plan ... More >>

Should the Phoenix Suns Have Gotten Rid of Amar'e Stoudemire When They Had the Chance?

The Phoenix Suns are cringe-worthy these days, after losing the first two games on a four-game road trip at a time when they desperately need to win to squeak into the Western Conference playoffs. (We're praying for a miracle tonight against the Tracy McGrady-less Rockets in Houston, ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Continue Skid, Losing to D. Wade and the Miami Heat, 135-129

allposters.com Those were the days, my friend. Shaq and D. Wade after their 2006 NBA titleTwo of Shaquille O'Neal's old teams on the road in two nights. Two losses. Tuesday night, it was to the Orlando Magic, and Wednesday it was to Dwayne Wade, Shaq's brother in arms in the 2006 NBA ch ... 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 >>

On the Run: Fast-Moving Phoenix Suns Host OKC Tonight and the Boston Celtics Sunday

More impressive than the 140 or more points scored in each of the Phoenix Suns' dominating victories over the Los Angeles Clippers is this quote by Clippers guard Eric Gordon, which followed the second game of the Alvin Gentry era. "They are going to be a really hard team to beat now that they are ... 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 >>

Good Riddance: Terry Porter's Officially Fired, but Could it be Shaq Who Now Goes Instead of Amar'e?

Well, it's official. Phoenix Suns head coach Terry Porter was fired today and replaced (on an interim basis) with long-time Phoenix assistant and former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Alvin Gentry (pictured). "I hired Terry because I believed he would be able to provide the balance o ... 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 >>

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 Battle Old Pals Boris Diaw, Raja Bell, and Joe Johnson in Charlotte Tonight and Atlanta Sunday

Charlotte's Boris Diaw in his strange new role: starter. If Charlotte were Philly, the Phoenix Suns would be wise to beware of flying alkaline batteries and half-filled beer cups when they take the court against the Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena at 5 p.m. tonight. But North Carolina's s ... More >>

Weekend Split Against Two Bad Teams: Suns Lose to Minnesota at Home and Beat Toronto on the Road

Remember that February 9 beat-down win over the formidable Dallas Mavericks at US Airways Center? It was easy to believe that the Phoenix Suns had turned it all around after they toppled a top Western Conference opponent by 28 points, to hope (Barack Obama's favorite w ... More >>

Who's to Blame this Time? Phoenix Suns Get Beat at the Buzzer for Second Time in Two Weeks

Ths Suns lost 113-110 at the buzzer to the Indiana Pacers, the second-worst team in the Eastern Conference. But who's fault was it? When Phoenix lost by a point on Christmas Day to the hated San Antonio Spurs, one of the best teams in the Western Conference, it was newly acquired guard&nb ... More >>

Shaq Leads the Way in Suns Victory Over Worst Team in NBA

  The Phoenix Suns played all but nine minutes of Monday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder without Steve Nash, and the team seemed to pick up steam after its floor leader went to the locker room with back spasms. Even if it was against the team with the worst record in the NBA, th ... More >>

The Good News: The Suns Gelled Against Portland. The Bad News: They Ran into a Cyclone

 The Suns played well in Portland. They actually demonstrated some cohesion. It looked for this game like the running Suns, returned suddenly from the old Mike D'Antoni days, could actually work Shaq into the offense. It wasn't his best night; the big man had 19 points and six reboun ... More >>

Prodigal Sun: Mike D'Antoni Returns Tonight When His Knicks Take on Richardson-Revitalized Phoenix

  So, when Mike D'Antoni leads his New York Knicks out of the tunnel and onto the hardwood at the Purple Palace, will you boo him or will you cheer him? What's the etiquette for a man who abandoned a listing ship? Sure, following the Suns' first-round playoff ouster by the San Antonio Spurs ... More >>

Girl In A Coma Coming to Mesa

By Martin Cizmar If you like Joan Jett – and judging by every karaoke night I’ve attended in the last year, you do – you might want to check out Girl in a Coma, coming to Hollywood Alley on December 3. Hailing from San Antonio (I’ll do it for you, Phoenix: booooo Tim Duncan sucks!) the a ... More >>

Phoenix Athletes' Blogs Bite on Yardbarker.com

Popular sports Web site Yardbarker.com hosts a slew of superstar bloggers from the world of sports -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, tennis pro Rafael Nadal, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban, golf legend Tiger Woods, and NASCAR driver Jeff Gor ... More >>

Hot Links: Mesa Mayor Slams Arpaio on Raid, Lobbyist Denies Bumpin' Uglies with McCain, Sarah Palin Appears on SNL this Weekend.

ASU pitcher beats New Times jinx, wins title

K.J., the tainted ex-Suns star, wants to be mayor of Sacramento

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

Stormin' Mormons

Amaré's Burden

The Phoenix Suns superstar has more to worry about than his ailing knees

Letters

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 12, 2005

Valley of the Suns

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

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Flashes

AN OPEN LETTER TO CHARLES BARKLEY

SOMETHING TO INFURIATE EVERYONE

"THE AIDS GIRL"

THAT'S HOW RONDA CRACE WAS KNOWN IN PRESCOTT AFTER DRUG COPS INVADED HER HOME. AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE'S REBUILDING HER REPUTATION

GONE DOWN

DON'T BLINK