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Faith Hill Leaves Sunday Night Football. Why Was She There?

Faith Hill leaving Sunday Night Football is interesting mostly because it reminds us that Faith Hill was--for something like six years--employed by Sunday Night Football. "This Kiss," and then helmet-to-helmet hits, every week. Counterprogramming, I think they call that. We've seen cultural institu ... More >>

Efrain Nunez, Pulled Over With Almost 1,000 Pounds of Weed, Says He's Just on a Test Drive

If you get pulled over with 1,000 pounds of weed in your vehicle, it's probably going to be pretty hard to come up with an excuse.Case in point: Authorities say 31-year-old Efrain Nunez was pulled over in Glendale yesterday while driving a van with nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana in it, and explain ... More >>

Five Things to Eat and Drink this Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See Also: What to Eat with An Oscar Nominated Film: A Dinner and a Movie Recap Maya's Farm in Phoenix Now Hosting Classes Taught by Local Farmers Arizona Matsuri Break out the Hello Kitt ... More >>

Kickstarter

Sal Reza, Tonatierra March 13.4 Miles for Justice on Saturday

The human rights activists of Tonatierra and the Barrio Defense Committees will do the annual PF Chang's 13.1 mile marathon one better this Saturday by holding a 13.4 mile march for human rights and dignity, beginning at Sheriff Joe Arpaio's notorious Fourth Avenue Jail and ending at Glendale Police ... More >>

Bird Turds

Get Your Goat

Arizona Cardinals Smoked by San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football

The Arizona Cardinals lost their fourth straight game last night with a whooping by the San Francisco 49ers, and the Red Birds aren't looking any better.The Cards scored three whole points in the 24-3 loss, while picking up a grand total of seven rushing yards -- seven yards.See also:-Arizona Cardin ... More >>

Yard House: Happy Hour Report Card

​The Spot: Yard House, 9401 W. Westgate Blvd., Glendale, (623) 872-3900. www.yardhouse.com The Hours: 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 p.m. to close Sunday through Thursday The Details: Discounts on most drinks, like $2 off wine by the glass and well drinks for only $4.25-4.75, plus pi ... More >>

Card Tricks

Arizona Cardinal Outlast St. Louis Rams 23-20 for Relatively Meaningless Victory

​Beanie Wells had arguably the biggest game of his career yesterday, as the running back rushed for 228 yards during the Arizona Cardinals' 23-20 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday afternoon at the Edward Jones Dome. He nabbed a franchise record for rushing during the game, averaging 8.4 yards ... More >>

Tom's Tavern & 1929 Grill Is Back and Poised To Become One of Downtown's Best Lunch Spots (Even the Flippin' Pickles Are Good)

Get this: Cuban Sandwich ​When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions. Share a few photos, some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sa ... More >>

Tom's Tavern & 1929 Grill Re-Opens Under Arizona Cardinals Ownership

​Looks like a lot's going on for the Bidwill family these days. Last week, the owners of the Arizona Cardinals, along with the rest of us, got the news that Phoenix will be the host city for Super Bowl 49 and, as the new owners of Tom's Tavern & 1929 Grill, they re-opened a Phoenix landmark as ... More >>

Mexican Soccer Match's Low-Fan Turnout Due To Juvenile World Cup, Puente Claims Credit Anyway

Uriel GarciaClub America played a stellar game Sunday regardless of low-fan turnout.​A Mexican soccer match between Club America and Morelia at the University of Phoenix Stadium  on Sunday was hoping to draw 50,000 attendees, but fell way short of that mark. Actual attendance n ... More >>

America's 9 Worst Music Venue Names: When Shoddy Sponsorship Deals Embarrass an Entire City

The newly-named 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre in Tampa: Is this the gold standard in shitty corporate-sponsored venue names?​When it comes to corporate-sponsorship of venue names, Phoenix is blessed.Our basketball team plays in U.S. Airways Center, named for a successful local airline. Our hockey te ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Owners Save Tom's Tavern

Phoenix doesn't have the best track record when it comes to preserving its own history, but some folks here really do care about our past. How about saving a business that goes back to 1929? In this city of tear-downs and makeovers, that's epic. As of last week, the Bidwill family, owners ... More >>

The Big Red Pour or Drink Your Face Off Day and Edible Dreidels in Today's Eater's Digest

www.cookingwithmykid.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?The Big Red PourGet you livers ready guys and girls, it's time for Albertsons' and Draft Magazine's Big Red Pour! Take a break from holiday shopping and fill your belly with delicious b ... More >>

Oakland Raiders Fans in Prime Form at Cardinals Game; 49 People Ejected, 20 Arrested at Uof P Stadium

Twenty people were arrested and 49 others ejected from Sunday's football game at the University of Phoenix Stadium. Most were Raiders fans, according to posts on a football Web forum. ​Oakland Raiders followers lived up to their reputation on Sunday as some of the rowdiest punks in footbal ... More >>

Measure Up

A stinky team tests the Cards’ viability

Arizona Cardinals Single-Game Tickets On Sale Saturday

ssur.org​Fear not, Cardinals fans. Your time is almost here. With the D-Backs not turning any heads lately and the Suns and Coyotes not generating much news, it's time to focus on football again. Even if it's just the announcement that single-game tickets for the 2010 season go on sale this Satu ... More >>

Vikki Vaughn of Xplicit Showclub

Benjamin LeathermanClick "More" for an undistorted peek. ​Welcome to Stripper Songs, a weekly feature that proves not all Phoenix strippers bump and grind to Warrant's "Cherry Pie" of Flo Rida's "Low."This weeks ecdysiast (that word sounds extra dirty, right?) is diminiuative dame Vikki Vaughn, wh ... More >>

WWE Fans Take Over Downtown Phoenix During WrestleMania Weekend

Benjamin LeathermanWrestling fans from Ireland at WWE WrestleMania Axxess at the Phoenix Convention Center. See more pictures from our slideshow.​ I've done some pretty crazy shit in support of my professional wrestling fandom. At age 12, I did backyard wrestling with a few of my sixth grade clas ... More >>

WWE's CM Punk Talks Straight Edge, Hardcore Kids, Favorite Bands, and More

Courtesy of World Wrestling EntertainmentWWE superstar and straight edge icon CM Punk​"I'm harder than any alcohol you can drink. I'm straighter than any line you can snort up your nose. And I certainly can hurt you a lot faster than any pill you can put on your tongue." CM Punk is one discipline ... More >>

WrestleMania in the Valley

WWE's Chris Jericho Talks WrestleMania 26, Being A Villain, and More

Chris Jericho has a busy weekend ahead of him here in Phoenix. Tomorrow night, the World Wrestling Entertainment superstar will rock Club Red in Tempe along with the other members of his heavy metal act Fozzy.Come Sunday, the Smackdown villain will defend his World Heavyweight Championship against E ... More >>

WestSide Throwdown Draws Big Names, Small Crowd

Host Beau MacMillan was in fine spirits -- or shall we say, in the fine spirits -- last night at the inaugural WestSide Throwdown culinary challenge at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria. The event was bizarre. Attendance was spotty, and everyone (even the host) seemed to have tapped into the f ... More >>

Karlos Dansby to the Rescue; Cardinals Beat Packers in Overtime

Cards hero Karlos Dansby​If Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers left University of Phoenix Stadium in anything other than a body bag after yesterday's 51-45 win over the surging Green Bay Packers, he probably has Karlos Dansby to thank. After the Packers clawed their way back from a 17 ... More >>

Revenge of the Birds

Cards look to squash the Pack attack

Fiesta Brawl

Two unblemished squads face off at UofP

Fire Whisenhunt: Arizona Cardinals Need a Solution to Their Offensive Woes. Here It Is.

Expect a lot more of this in '09.​ As Da Cards head to Chi-Town for a Soldier Field showdown with Jay Cutler and Da Bears on Sunday, many in Da PHX are still smarting from the Birds' 34-21 mugging by the Carolina Panthers and the world's worst quarterback, Jake Delhomme, last weekend in Gle ... More >>

Cardinals Will Try to Ruin Jake Delhomme and the Carolina Panthers' Day Once Again on Sunday

Man, is this guy struggling or what?​ Remember when the Arizona Cardinals used to ruin the careers of their own players? Well, it's nice, for once, to see them do it to an opponent. Rewind to January 10, when the Cards went to Charlotte for an NFC Divisional Playoff game. QB Jake ... More >>

Mano a Manning: Cardinals Couldn't Rattle Peyton. They Need to Piss Off Eli.

An exultant Darnell Dockett is not what Giants QB Eli Manning wants to see. A flustered Eli Manning is exactly what the Cardinals need to see.Oh, great. Another chance to be humbled by a Manning brother on national TV. The Arizona Cardinals can look at their prime-time game against the ... More >>

U2 in 140 Characters or Less

​How was last night's U2 show at The University of Phoenix Stadium? Well, I slaved over a review here but why take a critic's word for it when you can consult the twittersphere.And the Twittersphere says.... cdaukas: Traffic is bad. U2 is good. Almost there. So, yeah, t ... More >>

Is U2 a Supergroup? The Arizona Republic Says So

Maybe it's just that we've run not one but two think pieces on the concept of and criteria for "supergroups" in the last month, but I became physically ill upon seeing the headline over The Arizona Republic's review of U2's show in Glendale last night."Supergroup U2 delivers in Glendale," it read.Th ... More >>

Need More to Do This Weekend? Try the Gibson Jazz & Blues Festival

Yeah, I see it, too. It's a dijeridou. Just use your own discretion this weekend.As already revealed by Martin Cizmar, this weekend holds a bevy of entertainment for the Valley. Tempe has it's annual Music Fest and Florence will cast some Country Thunder down upon the masses. If neither of those spa ... More >>

Phoenix Business Majoreventrentalz.com Beats Recession By Renting Local Homes to Visiting Sports Fans

Courtesy of Keith Johnson Keith Johnson and the staff at Majoreventrentalz.com are enjoying their success. The Arizona Cardinals failed to grab the brass ring at this year's Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida, but at least one Valley resident came away victorious.Keith Johnson, owner of ... More >>

WWE Officially Announces WrestleMania XXVI in Glendale

Jonathan McNamaraJohn Cena and Ken Whisenhunt. See more shots in our Wrestlemania slide show. World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon and a cadre of his superstars rubbed elbows and traded jokes with Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt during a press conference this afternoon announcing ... More >>

WrestleMania, the Super Bowl of Wrestling, Coming to Glendale; Announcement Expected Tomorrow

We received an e-mail stating that World Wrestling Entertainment will be holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon at the stadium to announce a "major international event" occuring there in spring 2010 that will "draw visitors from around the world for five days of activities." Although the e-ma ... More >>

Lo and Behold! The Arizona Cardinals Are Going to the Super Bowl Against the Pittsburgh Steelers

It was fourth and inches late in the fourth quarter, and it wasn't the play we would've called with our team down 25-24 in the NFC  Championship. But two running plays up the middle had yielded next to nothing. Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner takes the snap and hands off to&nb ... More >>

Luck of the Draw: Arizona Cardinals vs. Atlanta Falcons in NFC First-Round Playoff on Saturday

"Charmed" seems an odd descriptor for the 2008-09 Arizona Cardinals, who lost -- no, were crushed in -- four of their last six regular-season games. Yet here they sit, all warm and snuggly at 9-7, hosting a first-round playoff game at home in the Red Zone. Meanwhile, a couple of teams they lost to ... More >>

Boo Birds: Will the Arizona Cardinals Actually Try to Win Regular-Season Finale?

Don't tell us that you're surprised. Really, did y'all expect anything different besides the same ol' bloody Cardinals? Since the team's division-clinching victory against the lowly St. Louis Rams on November 2, your Arizona Cardinals have lost four of their last five , including the previous two ... More >>

Earth to Arizona Cardinals: Stay Focused Against Vikings on Sunday

Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings ain't nothing to eff with. Now that the Arizona Cardinals are division champeens for the first time in 33 years, we offer this plea: Don't screw this up, y'all. Though the Cards put a lockdown on the NFC West last weekend, there's still a lot to play for, ... More >>

Defense Seals Deal: Arizona Cardinals Clinch NFC West in Blowout

The defense was stellar in the Arizona Cadinals' division-clinching 34-10 win over the St. Louis Rams, forcing two fumbles and intercepting a pass in the end zone and returning it 100 yards for a score. But before we get too giddy and start ordering Super Bowl tickets, let' ... More >>

Best of the NFC Worst: Cards Should Clinch Division Title Against Lowly St. Louis on Sunday

Cards QB Kurt Warner will meet his old team in Glendale. You can't win in the NFC West. Even if you win. That's the moral of the story for the Arizona Cardinals, who've been crucified for years as the doormat of the weak-sister NFC Worst. Now  that they're on the verge of winning their first ... More >>

Take Heart: The Cardinals Lost to the Best Team Football, but They Weren't Dominated

Look out, dork: We may see you again in the playoffs. The difference in the Arizona Cardinals 37-29 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday was special teams. The Giants' played better. Take kick returner Dominik Hixon, who had run-backs of 83 and 68 yards to set up two Giants' scores. These m ... More >>

Brian Wilson to headline Fiesta Bowl Invitational

Snoop and Diddy headline a cast of stars destined to steal the spotlight from Super Bowl XLII

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 25

Lip Service

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