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For the Birds

Fowl Ball

Bird Bath

Glendale Police Answer the Burning Question: Cardinals Fan Shot the Raiders Fan

The Glendale Police Department still hasn't gotten into a ton of detail about Friday's shooting outside the University of Phoenix Stadium, but the question the burning question has been answered -- the Arizona Cardinals fan shot the Oakland Raiders fan.The shooting occurred in a parking lot outside ... More >>

Leaders of the Pack

Draft Beers

Feathered Follies

Super Bowl Will Be Played in Phoenix Area in 2015, NFL Decides Today

​Super Bowl 49 will be played at University of Phoenix Stadium here in 2015, the National Football League decided today.  It will be the third time the Valley of the Sun has hosted the big game. U of P Stadium hosted the Super Bowl in 2008, when the New York Giants staged an imp ... More >>

Safety Dance

Club Candids at Sandbar

Melissa FossumHooray for bikini contests. ​ There's more to the west valley then sports and suburbs. University of Phoenix Stadium was completed around the same time as Westgate, causing an overnight nightlife boom for the western portion of the 101. Sandbar was part of this growth, providin ... More >>

Goal Oriented

Club America, Famed Mexican Soccer Team, Plays Glendale Despite SB 1070

Club America is returning a year later after canceling a 2010 game because of SB 1070                         Last year one of Mexico's most revered soccer teams cancelled its game in Glendale in opposition to Arizona's immigration law ... More >>

Pot Expo Draws Smaller-Than-Expected Crowd, But Still Creates Good Buzz

​ A well-publicized medical marijuana expo at University of Phoenix Stadium over the weekend attracted fewer people than some disappointed vendors expected. Others, however, called the Green Relief Convention and Expo, which took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, a success. A few ... More >>

Southern Comfort

Ditch the BCS BS and post up at a sports hang

High School Football Championships (Oddly) Start In A Few Hours

What happened to the good old days, when Arizona's large-school football championship games were held on Saturday, starting in the afternoon and moving into the evening?   ​Something about the National Football League and its contractual arrangement with its teams (the Arizona Cardinals ... More >>

Bing and Joe Cahn Bring National Tailgating Competition to Glendale

Photo courtesy of Ken BrownJoe Cahn at the third regional competition held at New Meadowlands Stadium on November 21, 2010.​Joe Cahn is the world's only "professional" tailgater. Since 1996 he has driven his RV, the "Joe Mobile," more than 800,000 miles and visited all 31 professional football s ... More >>

For the Birds

Winner takes control of the NFC West

Buc Fever

Cards will certainly have a home-field advantage for this one

Cardinals Sin

AZ tries to de-sanctify the Super Bowl champs

Life After Warner

The Matt Leinart era begins. Sigh?

WWE's WrestleMania XXVI Extravaganza Overexcites and Underwhelms

​Last night, Vince McMahon and his World Wrestling Entertainment crew took their one-ring circus and blew out of the Valley after almost a weeklong stay. WrestleMania 26 is over with and done, just like the carnivals and circuses from which professional wrestling sprang, the "sports entertainmen ... More >>

Wrestlemania XXVI, Paul McCartney, Caramelpalooza and SRP's Dragon Boat Festival Over the Weekend

​WrestleMania XXVI at University of Phoenix Stadium More than 72,000 rowdy wrestling fans packed into University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale to watch an afternoon of chaos and carnage as World Wrestling Entertainment presents its biggest sports entertainment spectacular of the year on Sunda ... More >>

Wrestlemania vs. Paul McCartney: Why Glendale Needs to be Superplexed Through a Table

On nights when events at both University of Phoenix Stadium and Jobing.com Arena are booked simultaneously, Glendale becomes hell on earth.​This Sunday is one of the biggest nights in Glendale's history. Wrestlemania XXVI -- the "sport's" marquee event -- will be held inside University of Phoenix ... More >>

Rock 'n' Wrestling

WWE's Chris Jericho Brings his metal act to Tempe During Wrestlemania Weekend

Hot Links: Fiesta Bowl, Scorpion Stings, and Kyrsten Sinema

​The Fiesta Bowl wants a refund from the city of Glendale for at least $600,000 for overpayment of taxes on ticket sales. Fiesta Bowl officials say for the past three years, they've overpaid for taxes at University of Phoenix Stadium. Glendale would not confirm or deny the request, but city offici ... More >>

Chris Jericho to Bring Fozzy to Club Red During Wrestlemania Weekend

WWE Superstar Chris Jericho (second from left) and his vanity hard rock band Fozzy.​Chris Jericho is one prolific mofo. Besides his day job as a dastardly villain for World Wrestling Entertainment (on its weekly Smackdown TV show), the 40-year-old Canuck is a published author, indie film actor, ... More >>

WWE Hall of Fame Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

​Less that three months remain until Vince McMahon brings his ginormous "Super Bowl of Wrestling" (a.k.a. Wrestlemania) to the Valley of the Sun in March, which is gonna be a major deal. In fact, the entire week before the big event happens at University of Phoenix Stadium will be filled with ... More >>

Sub Zeros

This may be as close to automatic as it gets

Prime Numbers

It’s Warner vs. Favre in NFC shootout

Home, Sweet Home? The Cardinals Will Actually Try to Win in Glendale Against the Struggling Seattle Seahawks

Will the real Kurt Warner please stand up?​ Not much good has happened for the 3-5 Seattle Seahawks since the Arizona Cardinals smoked them on October 18 at Qwest Field by a 27-3 count. (Arizona outgained Seattle in total yardage, 344 to 128.) The next week, they were manhandled by the Dal ... More >>

Home, Sweep Home

Redbirds look for a tide-turning W at UofP

Concert Review: U2 Gets Intimate in Glendale

Luke Holwerda​There's something inherently incongruous about the serene, relentlessly thoughtful music U2 made at its creative peak and the stadium-sized spectacle that came to Glendale last night. Sure, the band has been one of the few extant rock acts capable of (nearly) selling-out football fie ... More >>

Cards Game Sells Out; Cardinals Birds Escape Blackout Once Again

​The Arizona Cardinals narrowly avoided making history today, as Sunday's game against the Houston Texans finally sold out.The Cards have sold out all of the 36 games at University of Phoenix Stadium and without the extension, Sunday could have been the first time the team failed to sell out t ... More >>

Mano A Manning

It’s Kurt versus Peyton in Sunday-night showcase

NFL Regular Season's Finally Here! Cardinals Begin Defense of NFC Championship Sunday Against 49ers at U of P

SF head coach Mike Singletary and his team won't be the patsies of the past on Sunday.​ How much stock should one put in a team's performance during the NFL preseason? In our opinion, not a damn thing. That's why Arizona Cardinals' fans should give a rousing "so what?" and "who cares?" when ... More >>

Pack to the Future

Cheeseheads visit Glendale, sans Favre. That’s a good thing.

Foe Play

Red Sox-Yankees. Ali-Frazier. Anderson-Meents. No, seriously.

Get Your Kicks

World-class soccer in the desert? It’s rare, but it’s here.

Red Heat

Super Bowl birds flock to draft-day bashes

Feb. 24 In Blogs: Wrestlemania, Iwatchedherdie, Waiter Confidential and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Lawsuit Filed Over Mexican with Valid Visa Held in Jail for Seven Days ... More >>

Cardinals' Game Day Concerts: A Look Back at the Season

For someone like me, who is an Arizona Cardinals season ticket holder, this season has far exceeding any expectations I had for the team heading into September. Not to toot my horn or anything, but after watching the Cardinals dismantle the playoff-caliber Miami Dolphins in the home opener, I said ... More >>

Oops, They Did it Again

The BCS still sucks, but Longhorns’ loss is Fiesta Bowl’s gain

Golden Cousins Record Song for Playoff-Bound Cardinals

Valley hip hop act Golden Cousins - a project of members from the groups Golden Tung and Cousins of the Wize - released a new video for a song they penned for the Arizona Cardinals. The song, titled "We Do This Together," is played often during halftime at the University of Phoenix Stadium. The vide ... More >>

Offseason of Discontent

Six months of d-bag sports are upon us

'Boys Town

Cowboys Nation returns to the Red Zone

Here's da ting: Pro soccer is for the desperate and delusional. Like us.

Patriots Game

18 reasons the Giants will come away with zip

Ace Software

Games that really, really obsessive people play

Sweet Spot

Breath of fresh air for a chain-choking 'hood