Subject: Yao Ming

• Top Katt Crazy

  December 16, 2006

• Freaknik Flossin'

  The Starsky & Hutch of P-town take in an exotic-erotic extravaganza

  February 26, 2004

• Monsters Ball

  Disco Bloodbath it ain't, but the raunch is real and the drinks are cheap at Jonny Noir's Filthy/Gorgeous

  February 16, 2006

• 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 back when they were three-time champions together, long before Shaq dissed Kobe in every medium available, including a famous freestyle in which the big man repeatedly rapped, "Kobe, tell me how my as

  February 16, 2009

• Player Hater: Phoenix Suns Need to Channel Shaq's Aggro to Win on the Road This Weekend

  www.nba.com As the saying goes, "Don't hate the player, hate the game." Well, considering the current tongue-lashing dished out by Shaquille O'Neal at Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy, the hate is all-encompassing for the Suns' big man. The triggering episode occurred Tuesday night in Orlando during Phoenix's 111-99 loss. During the game, Magic center Dwight Howard elbowed Shaq in the chest. The Suns center flopped worse than his 1998 album Respect. Van Gundy, who coached O'Neal for a

  March 6, 2009

• 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, and San Antonio. They were in each game until the home team overpowered them in the fourth quarter. Which's what good teams do. They find a way to win. The Suns best showing came against the

  March 9, 2009

• Smells Like Team Spirit: Reformed Brawler Ron Artest Leads Red-Hot Houston Rockets Against Phoenix Suns Tonight

  Ron Artest, shown here in his domestic-violence-arrest mug shot, has become a good citizen on and off the court in Houston. On paper, the loss of Amar'e Stoudemire to eye surgery ripped the heart out of the Phoenix Suns -- or at least their playoff chances. When the Houston Rockets' perennial All-Star shooting guard Tracy McGrady voluntarily opted for microfracture knee surgery (the same procedure that knocked Amar'e out in 2005, crippling the Suns' chances then), the prognosis seemed eq

  April 1, 2009

• Phoenix Suns Still (Barely) Alive in the Playoff Race After 114-109 Win Over Tough Houston Rockets

  www.nba.com It was a battle of the behemoths at US Airways Center.The most lopsided statistic in the Phoenix Suns' 5-point victory over the powerhouse Houston Rockets Wednesday night was fast-break points. The Suns had 18 and the Rockets had 4. It was run-and-gun basketball as only the Suns can do it (when their heads are in the game). But the Suns also beat one of the best rebounding teams in basketball -- which features 7-foot-6 Yao Ming -- on the boards.

  April 2, 2009

• All-Star Schedule

  February 12, 2009

• Phoenix Suns Win Impressively Over New Orleans, but Get Knocked Out of the Playoffs

  The Phoenix Suns were impressive against a good team Wednesday night, beating the New Orleans Hornets 105-100 on sterling play by their team leaders. www.nba.com Why's GM Steve Kerr smiling? The Suns didn't make the playoffs for the first time in the Nash era.But it doesn't matter. The Dallas Mavericks demolished the Utah Jazz 130-101 later in the evening and knocked Phoenix out of the playoffs. Remember, going into Wednesday night's games, the Suns had to win all five of their

  April 9, 2009

• Phoenix, We Have a Problem

  March 20, 2008

• Posterizing EA

  NBA 2K7 towers over the competition

  December 21, 2006

• Little Misses

  Introducing the best movies of 2005 you probably didn't see

  January 5, 2006

• Suns Open 2009-10 Home Season This Weekend Against Two Cuppy Cakes

  www.nba.com Good start, Nash and Co. You should keep it up.​ Expect the Phoenix Suns' fast start to the 2009-10 season to continue this weekend, when they open their home season at US Airways Center against two teams that are seriously in flux. First off is Friday's tussle against the Golden State Warriors. If you recall, last season was a disaster for the Don Nelson-led squad. This season, despite some super young talent in Stephen Curry and Anthony Randolph, the place is a cancer,

  October 30, 2009

• The NBA's Best -- aka Your Phoenix Suns -- Take on the Houston Rockets, Sans Two Superstars

  PG Aaron Brooks poured in a career-high 33 against the Lakers Sunday night.​ No Yao Ming or Tracy McGrady? No worries for the Houston Rockets on Sunday night when they took down the reigning-champeen Los Angeles Lakers, 101-91, at Staples Center. Without Ming, who is done for the season, and McGrady, recovering from left-knee surgery, Houston benefited from unlikely contributors Aaron Brooks (a career-high 33 points, including five three-pointers) and David Andersen (a career-high 19 po

  November 17, 2009

• Suns Come Up Big on (Gasp!) D and Beat Rockets to Grab Best NBA Record Early On

  utahjazz.com Seldom-used Sun Jarron Collins played tough end-of-game minutes and nailed the win against Houston.​Okay, there are 70 games to go in the regular season -- not to mention more in the playoffs (prayerfully) -- but the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 111-105 last night to achieve the best record in the NBA so far at 10-2. No matter what the Beantowners and Angelenos say, damn it, we're going to enjoy it as long as it lasts! As for the LeBron James and&

  November 18, 2009