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Arizona Sports Bettors Wagered $5 Billion in First Year

Arizona Sports Bettors Wagered $5 Billion in First Year

Legal Loopholes Remain in New Ban on Wildlife Hunting Contests

Legal Loopholes Remain in New Ban on Wildlife Hunting Contests

Mascotness! New Times Ranks Phoenix Sports Teams' Costumed Characters

By Niki D'Andrea
Sep 27, 2016

Sports team mascots are more than warm bodies inside furry costumes. They're athletic, outgoing, comedic, and highly competitive characters who do things like leap through flaming hoops, allow strange children to pull their tails, and shoot stuff out of cannons. Their over-the-top aesthetic and stunts form the basis for comedy...
Phoenix Coyotes Officially Become the Arizona Coyotes This Week

By Matthew Hendley
Jun 23, 2014

The Phoenix Coyotes will officially become the Arizona Coyotes on Friday, more than 10 years after the team left Phoenix.The name-change comes along with the new owners, and the change will take place as the Coyotes select their first-round draft pick on Friday, with the 12th overall pick...
Phoenix Coyotes Changing Name to Arizona Coyotes Next Season

By Matthew Hendley
Jan 29, 2014

It's not a surprise, but the new owners of the Phoenix Coyotes will be changing the team's name to the Arizona Coyotes for next season.The name change was part of the arena lease agreement with the city of Glendale, although it didn't say exactly when that change had to happen...
The Phoenix Coyotes Should Host an Outdoor NHL Game

By Matthew Hendley
Jan 1, 2014

Today's one of the best days of the year for hockey fans, with this year's NHL Winter Classic being played between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings at Michigan Stadium.In fact, the match-up in Ann Arbor is just one of six outdoor games being played across the...
Phoenix Coyotes Sale Is a Real Thing That Actually Happened

By Matthew Hendley
Aug 5, 2013

The sale of the Phoenix Coyotes is a real thing.According to a press release from the team, "The Phoenix Coyotes announced today that IceArizona AcquisitionCo. LLC has closed on their purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes franchise from the National Hockey League. The sale and ownership transfer has been approved by...
Phoenix Coyotes Staying in Glendale

By Matthew Hendley
Jul 3, 2013

The Phoenix Coyotes (soon to be the Arizona Coyotes) are staying in Glendale.As has been the case every time it's been said over the past few years that the Coyotes are staying, there are a few caveats...
Some Other Guy Tried to Buy the Phoenix Coyotes and Already Failed

By Matthew Hendley
May 14, 2013

At least this Darin Pastor guy didn't get anybody's hopes up.Pastor, the latest person to announce that he's buying the orphaned Phoenix Coyotes, is the latest person to fail at buying the Phoenix Coyotes, just like every other potential buyer over the last 3 1/2 years.See also:-Phoenix Coyotes Remain Orphaned...
Phoenix Coyotes Don't Finish Last in the NHL in Attendance (but Do Finish Second-to-Last)

By Matthew Hendley
Apr 29, 2013

The average attendance at Phoenix Coyotes games was higher this year than it has been since the 2008-2009 season.Unfortunately for the Coyotes, that doesn't mean much -- Long Island is the only place in North America with an NHL team where fans show up in smaller numbers.See also:-Phoenix Coyotes Already...
Coyotes' Mikkel Boedker Can't Find Phoenix on a Map in Hilarious Weather Report

By Matthew Hendley
Mar 29, 2013

If ABC 15 is doing something right these days, it's having local athletes do the weather report.First, it was Charles Barkley -- who asked, "When the rain gon' stop?" -- but now it's Phoenix Coyotes forward Mikkel Boedker, who provided perhaps the best weather report in Phoenix history, starting off...
Phoenix Coyotes Remain Orphaned After Greg Jamison Misses Deadline to Buy Team

By Matthew Hendley
Feb 1, 2013

Stop us if you've heard this one before -- a deal to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes didn't work out.Prospective owner Greg Jamison had a deadline of yesterday to buy the team and finalize an arena lease agreement with the City of Glendale, and it didn't happen...
Phoenix Coyotes Already Last in the NHL in Attendance

By Matthew Hendley
Jan 29, 2013

After just four games in this season, the average attendance for Phoenix Coyotes home games has already reached last in the National Hockey League.That's the same Phoenix Coyotes team that lost in the Western Conference Final last year to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Los Angeles Kings.See also:-Phoenix Coyotes...
Phoenix Coyotes (and Rest of NHL) Now Have a Season; Coyotes' First Home Game on Sunday

By Matthew Hendley
Jan 14, 2013

From the "better late than never" department, the National Hockey League is a functioning thing again, and a 48-game schedule has been created for each team this season.The season was supposed to start a few months ago, but the whole lockout debacle messed that up completely, so the Phoenix Coyotes'...
Phoenix Coyotes Now Short 33 Games -- NHL Cancels Games Through December 30

By Matthew Hendley
Dec 10, 2012

Here's the state of pro sports in the Valley: baseball's in the middle of the off-season, the Phoenix Suns have already found the basement of their division, the Arizona Cardinals totally suck, and the Phoenix Coyotes don't even get to play.We can further explain that last part: the NHL announced...
Phoenix Coyotes Likely to Be "Arizona Coyotes" at Some Point, When NHL Actually Exists

By Matthew Hendley
Nov 29, 2012

As has been the word about the Phoenix Coyotes for some time, it's pretty likely that the team will be called the "Arizona Coyotes," since, you know, it's been almost a decade since the Coyotes played in Phoenix.The change in the name was in the early drafts of the arena...
Phoenix Coyotes Now Short 20 Games After NHL Cancels Games Through November

By Matthew Hendley
Oct 26, 2012

The NHL season's still fading away, as the league announced today that the games have been canceled through November 30.For the Phoenix Coyotes, that's 20 games -- half of them home games -- that have been lost this season because the NHL Players' Association and the NHL can't reach a...