The Phoenix Suns probably aren’t making the playoffs. The Suns’ front office made that clear when they dealt Jason Richardson and Hedo Turkoglu for Marcin Gortat and a box of dinosaur bones with “Vince Carter” scribbled on the side. The trade is great for the future of the team, but…
Coaches hate playing rookies. This tendency is understandable – it makes sense that a coach would hesitate to put too much faith in an inexperienced player – but it can also hurt a team’s chances of winning. For proof of the need to trust young players, look at the ASU…
The season isn’t over, but it’s looking like the Phoenix Suns aren’t going to repeat the deep playoff run they made last season. Without Amar’e Stoudemire – and with Steve Nash and Grant Hill each another year older – the Suns have spent the bulk of the season looking exactly…
After four years of riding the pine for the Connecticut Huskies, the once highly-touted quarterback looked like a disappointment. In his last chance to make an impact, however, the senior signal-caller made his mark by leading the Big East champions to their best season in school history and a spot…
The Arizona Cardinals have had a lot of adjectives attached to them this season – most are clever variations on the word “suck” –. And it’s true, especially with that pathetic loss against the Carolina Panthers. While the Redbirds aren’t ever really favorites to win, their Christmas Day opponent, the…
This season, Chris Bosh has proven that it’s not impossible for a guy who’s made five NBA All-Star teams in the last five seasons to become an afterthought. By signing with the Miami Heat last summer, Bosh – arguably one of the league’s top 15 players – managed to find…
It’s December, which means it’s time for a straight month of observing tradition, spending time with family, and maybe suffering from seasonal affective disorder. More importantly, it’s time to drop a bunch of money buying presents for anyone who might be offended if you don’t buy him or her a…
Mikko Koivu is the most iconic player in an American sports league that you’ve never heard of. The feisty Finn has been the cornerstone of the Minnesota Wild for just about the entirety of the franchise’s 10 year history. Last season, Koivu took his game to the next level by…
The Portland Trailblazers make bad decisions. Twenty-six years ago, the Blazers made the infamous decision to draft Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan. Three years ago, the Blazers doubled down on that mistake by passing on Kevin Durant in favor of Greg Oden, who so far has been Bowie-esque.It should come…
In geometry, the transitive property is king. If a>b, and b>c, then you can be damn sure that a>c. This property does not work out so well in sports, which will be good news for the Phoenix Suns this week. A couple of weeks ago, the Miami Heat embarrassed the…
Some people spend the bulk of their lives trying to put their worst failures behind them. Tom Wilson is a man who has committed himself to putting his greatest success behind him. The man who played Biff Tannen in Back to the Future wants to renounce that role to further…
Some football teams are so polarizing that every game they play pits them against a rival. Franchises like the Dallas Cowboys have had so many great seasons that practically every other NFL squad has a reason to hate them. Then there’s the Arizona Cardinals, who have spent so many of…
Steve Nash might not be long for the Valley. Fact is, the Phoenix Suns are a cut below the top teams in the NBA, and 36-year-old star point guards don’t usually fit well into the plans of rebuilding teams. With all of the rumors of the star baller leaving Phoenix…
Derrick Rose needs an alarm clock. A couple of weeks ago, the Chicago Bulls’ star point guard no-showed a scheduled cameo appearance on the CBS drama The Good Wife because he overslept. The incident is a fitting analogy for Chi-town’s 2010-11 season. A Bulls team that was supposed to contend…
Even if you don’t follow football, you probably know that the Arizona Cardinals have quarterback issues. The unceremonious cutting of party-boy Matt Leinart, and the rapid ascent (and subsequent descent) of local-boy-made-good Max Hall have helped the Cards stay culturally relevant during an otherwise forgettable season. What you might not…
Phoenix Suns’ fans can expect to feel a little déjà vu when watching the 2010-11 Denver Nuggets, a team led by an aging point guard (Chauncey Billups) who pushes a fast tempo in spite of his advanced age. They also run their offense through a high-scoring forward (Carmelo Anthony) who’s…
There is one winter tradition that many cultures relate to: obesity. In the next couple of months, some combination of cold weather, crippling loneliness, abundance of fatty foods, and depressing interaction with family members will help you pack on tons of unwanted pounds. There’s not much you can do to…
It’s not often that Phoenix hosts a world championship in any sport. With the exception of the Mercury, the last to be crowned was the D-Backs in 2001. That’s why the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series is cause for civic pride because our town will crown the first world…
The NBA landscape has changed considerably. LeBron James left Cleveland (relegating the Cavaliers to also-ran status) and joined Miami (elevating the former also-rans to title contender status). Carlos Boozer joined the Bulls, and the Phoenix Suns replaced Amar’e Stoudemire with Hedo Turkoglu. Of course, the more things change, the more…
You know a haunted house is committed to its craft when they keep statistics. When it comes to Hell House, the numbers don’t lie: in the last four years, the haunt has made 5 people puke, left 5 people in the fetal position, caused 6 people to faint, and left…
It’s been stated many times that China is close to surpassing the United States as the premiere world superpower. Given the Chinese trade surplus, this certainly doesn’t seem like an unreasonable prediction. The inescapable conclusion is that we’d all probably be well served to brush up on Far East culture…
If anyone has a right to hold a grudge, it’s Eva Mozes Kor. As a young child, Ms. Kor and her twin sister Miriam were victims of Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele’s barbaric experiments at Auschwitz. And yet, in spite of the atrocities committed against her, Ms. Kor has carved out…
