Yahoo! Sports Ugly outs are still outs. The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided getting swept by the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field yesterday, beating the Valley’s most popular team 6-4. Manager Kirk Gibson threw out his fifth different lineup of the season, taking Chris Young out of the middle of the order…
WWE held its Wrestlemania pay-per-view at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta last night, with 71,617 fans attending and an estimated one million people watching at home. But anyone tuning in to watch wrestling at the biggest wrestling event in the world came away disappointed. On a four hour show, there…
Baseball is a funny game. The Arizona Diamondbacks got to Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez and beat the Rockies in extra innings on Opening Day Friday, 7-6, then lost a pitcher’s duel between excellent young starter Dan Hudson and eminently mediocre Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa Saturday, 3-1, before…
The Phoenix Suns kept their fading playoff hopes alive against the Los Angeles Clippers Friday night before having them snuffed out for good by the San Antonio Spurs Sunday morning. Friday’s 111-98 win against the Clippers was almost a cruel April Fool’s Day prank on Suns fans, however, as it…
Houston Press Abdullah the Butcher: WWE Hall of Famer. ”Superstar Billy Graham,” subject of our cover story this week, forwarded a press release this morning criticizing wrestling legend Abdullah the Butcher, who is going into the WWE Hall of Fame this weekend, for allegedly giving an independent pro wrestler Hepatitis C…
Wrestlemania 27 will be held in Atlanta this weekend, coinciding with the release of our cover story on former WWF champion Superstar Billy Graham. We’ve got a preview of the big event after the jump, featuring Snooki Polizzi, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — whose father and grandfather helped teach Billy…
The Oklahoma City Thunder struck the Phoenix Suns down 116-98 at the US Airways Center yesterday, burying the Suns’ playoff hopes deeper. Last night’s defeat leaves Planet Orange two games below .500. Vince Carter put up a monster effort to lead the Suns, scoring 28 points for Planet Orange while…
Billy Graham is sitting in the lower lobby of the airport Hilton in Los Angeles, near a harem of female wrestlers selling glossies and ring-worn outfits and a merchandise stand set up by a wrestling memorabilia website. The Insane Clown Posse, ex-Playboy model Torrie Wilson, and the last remnants of…
Project Prospect Brandon Allen is the odd-man out at first base this spring. The Arizona Diamondbacks set their opening day roster this afternoon, announcing that they’re going to carry 12 pitchers, seven infielders, four outfielders, and two catchers to start the season. Pitchers Sam Demel, Barry Enright, Armando Galarraga, Juan…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have won the inaugural United Nations NGO Positive Peace Award for community giving, the team announced this afternoon. The award recognizes the team’s work with the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center and the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix. Executives from Celebrate Positive will present…
The Phoenix Suns kept their playoff hopes alive last night with a 114-106 victory over the terrible Toronto Raptors. For awhile, it looked like the Suns were going to let another home game against a lousy team slip away. Planet Orange played tired for much of the contest, no doubt…
The Phoenix Suns put up a tremendous effort in triple overtime against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers last night — except for the final moments of the game, when it mattered most. Planet Orange kept it close in regulation, losing 66-60 at the half. The Lakers opened up the…
Co-founder of the Innocence Project Barry Scheck is coming to ASU tomorrow for a talk about the project’s work and forensic science reform in the justice system, an emerging topic in Arizona. Scheck’s seminar is scheduled to go from 5 to 6:30 at the ASU Art Museum. The Innocence Project…
The Arizona Diamondbacks assigned fan-favorite pitcher Micah Owings to minor league camp today, alongside right-handed pitcher Brian Sweeney and fabulously-named journeyman outfielder Wily Mo Peña. D’Backs management also sent catcher John Hester to Reno. None of these guys were expected to make a difference for the Diamondbacks this season, but…
The Arizona Senate passed legislation yesterday that would eliminate Spanish translation of election materials in information booklets distributed by the Secretary of State, first reported by the Yuma Sun. Russell Pearce acolyte — or is it wannabe? — Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, introduced the measure. Aside from it being an…
Readers of New Times’ cover story last week remember Fausto Soto as the Rocky Point official who spoke with us about problems facing the Mexican town’s tourism industry. New Times contacted him last week to ask about the then-rumored shooting of a man at the start of Spring Break, which…
Baseball America reported earlier this week on the strange story of former Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Juan Carlos Collado, a Dominican pitcher who signed with the D’Backs in May 2009 for $17,000. He was 19 years old at the time. After Major League Baseball investigators discovered that Collado was not his…
The Phoenix Suns’ game last night was a thriller — for the last few minutes or so, anyway. The rest of the 95-93 loss to the Houston Rockets was another listless effort from a bad team that looks less like a contender with each passing game. Planet Orange started slow,…
The Phoenix Suns didn’t stand a chance against the Orlando Magic yesterday, not with Steve Nash out with “pelvic instability,” and not with their magically disappearing offense. Orlando whomped on the Suns in a 111-88 rout. Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy commented on Nash’s absence after the game. “I thought…
A Rocky Point, Mexico man was murdered in a local hospital at the start of Spring Break last Saturday, after gunmen failed to kill him in a high-speed chase through the streets, sources confirm to New Times. Javier Celaya Vega, 21, was driving a white 2004 GMC Sierra through…
Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports that the Arizona Diamondbacks are trying to trade for Texas Rangers infielder Michael Young. There are more problems with that potential trade than there are holes in the Diamondbacks’ lineup. Young is 34, plays shoddy defense, and earns his paycheck at the Ballpark in Arlington…
Wrestling fans in the Valley have few options for live shows (WWE only visits a couple of times per year and national independent promotions prefer to run shows in the northeast), so for now, Mesa’s Elite Xtreme Wrestling is the closest thing we have to a local wrestling scene. Independent…
