An estimated crowd of 200 students marched from Carl Hayden High School on 35th Avenue and Roosevelt Street to the State Capitol this afternoon, protesting state Senator Russell Pearce’s SB 1160 and the continuing lack of opportunity for undocumented students. Students were organized by a group at Carl Hayden led…
Phoenix Suns star Channing Frye will be out for the next two to three weeks with a dislocated right shoulder, confirmed by an MRI this morning. Frye has been a rock for the Suns this season, averaging 12.3 points and 6.6 rebounds a game. He’s played in all of their…
“Defense” will be a “key” factor in determining who will play first base for the Arizona Diamondbacks this season, which means the Diamondbacks are asking the wrong question of their candidates. The open first base position has been a major question mark for the organization throughout the spring. The candidates…
The Phoenix Suns stomped the Milwaukee Bucks Friday night, winning 102-88 before dropping a tight game 122-118 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in overtime Sunday. Worse than the loss is an injury to Channing Frye, who dislocated his shoulder last night. The team will give Frye an MRI today. Friday’s game…
About 200 Latino students walked out of class this morning to protest Russell Pearce’s latest legislative atrocity: SB 1611, an immigration omnibus that would forbid undocumented students from attending public colleges and universities in Arizona — even if they can pay tuition out of their own pocket. State Senator Steve…
The Phoenix Suns could not keep their momentum going last night against the Boston Celtics, taking a spectacular 115-103 beating in a game that was never really close.It was a major comedown from Monday night’s wild overtime win against the New Jersey Nets. That contest climaxed with a last-second three…
Sports Illustrated ran an article this morning detailing the results of background checks into all college football players who play for the Top 25 ranked schools in the country. The results are unsurprising: some college football players have criminal records. In fact, SI found that 7 percent of all…
It isn’t just Forbes magazine that’s noticed how miserable the Phoenix sports scene is. New Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager Kevin Towers saw it at Chase Field the day he took charge of the team last season. In a recent piece in the New York Times, Towers recalls a conversation with Diamondbacks…
Highly-touted pitching prospect Jarrod Parker walked three Rockies hitters in a row yesterday before getting Troy Tulowitzki to fly out in a meaningless Spring Training game. And the Arizona Republic covered that series of events by calling it “starpower,” a silly characterization from a writer — Nick Piecoro — who…
Ticket strips to this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game and other All-Star Week events go on sale tomorrow for those of you who want to watch good baseball at Chase Field this summer. The strips include tickets to the All-Star Game on July 12, the State Farm Home Run…
Debra Kastner, 31, of Phoenix, wanted to show her baby-daddy and local police that she’s untouchable — so she called her 11-year old son over and punched him in the lower-back. According to police records, Kastner and the baby-daddy had an argument, which led her to hit the child and…
According to a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy, Isabel Beltran is one of the more-honest meth heads in the valley — even though she was using an ex-girlfriend’s ID and a forged prescription to buy drugs for a mysterious woman at Walgreens pharmacy last night.About 8 p.m., Beltran showed up at…
Some people are better at getting themselves out of trouble than others. Salma Rafik Hourieh is not one of those people. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was called to the 6600 block of West Laurel Avenue yesterday to deal with a fight between Hourieh and her sister. The sisters had…
Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager Kevin Towers wants to build the franchise on the backs of his young starting pitchers, something Ian Kennedy warned this weekend he should be cautious about. Kennedy understands what it’s like to play for a team with overhyped young starters, since he was part of the…
The Phoenix Suns scrapped and clawed, in the words of Head Coach Alvin Gentry, but just couldn’t get the job done against the Dallas Mavericks in a 112-106 loss last night. Dallas came out swinging, taking an early lead in the first quarter before expanding it in the second. At…
It was a wild scene at the Maricopa County Superior Court building today as Judge Glenn Davis ordered that Armando Castillo be released on bond while awaiting re-trial in a 13-year old shaken-baby case. Prosecutors agreed to a new trial for Castillo last week. You can see our report here…
It was almost another disappointment. The Phoenix Suns won a thrilling game against the Utah Jazz last night, holding onto an 102-101 victory after nearly giving the game away. Planet Orange led the Jazz 76-73 at the start of the fourth quarter, when they promptly allowed the Jazz to go…
Fox 10 (KPAZ) reported last night that the “business of love” is “booming” in these hard times — in the form of increased mail-order “relationships.” Who says romance is dead? (See the Fox 10 video below). The TV station focused its report on local pimps matchmakers who run a Web…
The Phoenix Suns split their games this weekend, beating the Utah Jazz 95-83 on the road while getting beat 113-108 at home by the Sacramento Kings. That keeps their record at an even .500, although the nature of their losses suggest it is an uneven .500. Planet Orange got over…
Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated wrote a column this week in which he discusses offseason trade rumors involving Arizona Diamondbacks star Justin Upton. Verducci writes that the Diamondbacks’ new general manager, Kevin Towers, “never really wanted to move 23-year-old outfielder Justin Upton.” He only wanted to see what sort of…
The Phoenix Suns reached .500 for the first time since December 19 yesterday, beating the hapless Golden State Warriors 112-88 at the US Airways Arena. Planet Orange opened up a can of whoopass on the Warriors right from the beginning, at one point taking a 33-point lead over their opponent…
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office agreed this morning to a new trial for a man convicted in 1998 murder of his then-girlfriend’s child. Superior Court Judge Glenn Davis vacated Armando Castillo’s conviction per the agreement and ordered a new trial as well as a status hearing to be held on…
