Tim Duncan

Phoenix Suns Hang Tough Against San Antonio Spurs Until Crunch Time, Lose

Good ballgame to watch last night down at the US Airways Center, but San Antonio's veteran stars proved too much in the end, as the Spurs pulled away late from the Phoenix Suns to win 107-100. ​The Suns dropped to 25-25 with the loss, which came after they were leading (shades of the re ... 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 >>

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 >>

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

Phoenix Suns Sweep Men in Black Over Weekend. Looks Like They'll Face Fearsome Los Angeles Lakers in Western Conference Finals

nba.com Steve Nash looks better here, before his right eye swelled nearly shut after a collision with Tim Duncan's elbow. Nash still took over the game in the fourth quarter. ​At the end of the Suns' game yesterday against San Antonio, Spurs great David Robinson ran onto the ... More >>

Morning Poll -- Cinco de Mayo: Is it a Legit Holiday in U.S. Or Has it Lost its Meaning and Become Just Another Excuse to Get Bombed?

www.wondercomments.com​Yesterday was Cinco de Mayo, so if you're reading this, there's a good chance you're hung-over. If that's the case, grab yourself some aspirin and take our poll. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Fend of San Antonio Spurs Rallies to Win Game One; Game Two: Tomorrow Night in Phoenix

www.usaplayers.com Steve Nash scored 33 points last night, despite playing with a sore hip.​Steve Nash has a sore hip? Could've fooled us, and just about anyone else who watched last night's Phoenix Suns playoff game against the Sun-slaying San Antonio Spurs. The Suns ended their game one ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Beat Portland In Game Six to Win First-Round Series 4-2. Showdown With Hated Men in Black Begins Monday Night

nba.com The lights-out offense of Jason Richardson pushed the Suns past the stubborn Blazers in the first-round. He had 28 points and five threes last night in Portland.​Steve Nash played his worst game of the season and was still the hero of the Phoenix Suns' 99-90 victory over the tenaci ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Control Hated Men in Black 112-101; In Three-Way Tie for Second in West. Next Game: At Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday Night

nba.com Starting-point-guard-of-the-future Goran Dragic sealed the deal for the Suns against the San Antonio Spurs.​Sticky-fingered Slovenian Goran Dragic made us forget about Steve Nash in the fourth quarter of the Phoenix Suns' solid victory over the feared-and-loathed San Antonio S ... 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 >>

Spurs of the Moment

We still loathe these guys, even without Bowen and Horry

Hard Times For The Suns; New Deal Turns Steve Nash And Company Into Walking Billboards

​The Phoenix Suns are in the process of reducing their players to NASCAR drivers with a new deal that allows corporate sponsorship of their practice uniforms and practice court.The team announced today that they have struck an agreement with The Annexus Group, a Phoenix-based annuity design firm, ... 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 >>

All-Star Schedule

Tougher San Antonio Spurs Find a Way to Beat the Phoenix Suns -- Again

This time, it wasn't a heartbreaking three at the buzzer that pushed the San Antonio Spurs past the Phoenix Suns. It wasn't a cheap-shot foul by a Spurs sub against a Suns star. It wasn't Suns turnovers killing any chance Steve Nash & Co. had of winning the game. It wasn't less-than-Al ... 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 >>

Merry Effen Xmas, Phoenix: San Antonio Edges the Suns With a Buzzer-Beater

This year's Phoenix Suns are playing better than ever. They've looked good in the last six games. Unfortunately, they're 3-3 in those contests against (save for the New York Knicks) good teams. Turnovers have killed the Suns all season, and while they've gotten better at protecting the basketb ... More >>

Glad Tidings, Our Ass: San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns on Christmas

Anyone else miss the good ol' days, when the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs were locked in a bitter struggle for ideological supremacy (and home-court advantage in the playoffs)? When the Lakers and Hornets were laughable, and the thought of a return to form for the Boston Celtics was like some ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Billionaires?: Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks Tonight

Take it from a Dallas native and lifelong Cowboys nut: Beneath its bluster, Big D is an insecure little kid of a town. It compensates with a need for domination that, in sports terms, produces cartoon megalomaniacs like Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban (pictured). Cowboys owner Jones is the World's Riche ... 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 >>

Tall Tale

NBA Western Conference Playoffs, Round One, Game Four: San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns

Steve Kerr's been beating the odds his whole life

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

Tim Dunkin'

Year of the Goat

This dastardly dodo dogs Phil "Goober" Gordon, lambastes Gilbert mayor Steve Berman, and assigns guilt for the Suns' Game 6 loss

Goat of the series? Suns point guard Steve Nash.

NBA Commish David Stern: Jackass du jour...

Amaré's Burden

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

Elephant Slayer

Napolitano deftly played politics this legislative session to fend off all GOP foes