Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff will dedicate a memorial to astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on Saturday, August 15. Almost 12 years ago — in September, 1997 — it was Phoenix NewTimes that shocked astronomers around the world with news that Burnham had died four years earlier and almost no one knew…
N ativists wrote in after our July 16 “Border M.A.D.ness” cover story about Minuteman leader Shawna Forde (left), saying either Forde was a misunderstood patriot driven to participating in the killing of a reputed Mexican drug runner and his little girl because of a troubled past or that she was…
In a way, it was a sad night for Arizona Diamondbacks fans, because the team’s 11-4 shellacking of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field demonstrated how good this team could be. If the offense showed up more than once out of every two or three games. If the bullpen showed up…
National Basketball Association. Come on, the Suns are in a rebuilding mode. From the looks of things so far, we predict they’ll be only slightly more competitive next season than the Arizona Diamondbacks have been this summer. Barring a major trade, look for the Suns to be a .500…
There’s no question about it: the Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi’s the face of the Women’s National Basketball Association. A college standout at UConn and an Olympic champion, she’s the biggest women’s basketball player of all time. Not in physical stature (she a 6-foot guard), but in talent and fan appreciation. Take a look…
It’s been a season of downers for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the latest is that pitching ace Dan Haren won’t start in the 80th annual All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis Tuesday night. National League manager Charlie Manuel, skipper of the Philadelphia Phillies, picked San Francisco Giants mop-headed phenom Tim Lincecum,…
Two of the National League’s best pitchers, Dan Haren and Josh Johnson, turned in tremendous performances over the weekend at Chase Field, with Florida’s Johnson shutting out the Arizona Diamondbacks through 6 2/3 innings Sunday. The 8-1 loss meant Arizona split a four-game series with the Marlins and ended the first half…
So what’s Shaq gonna be called now that he’s no longer the Big Cactus? Maybe the Big Abandoned Steel Mill or the Big Mistake By the Lake. Actually, O’Neal’s trade looks good — for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers! But what WTF did the Phoenix Suns get out of this?…
The score was knotted 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth Sunday at Safeco Field in Seattle when the unthinkable happened. Well, it would’ve been unthinkable except we’re talking about the hard-luck Arizona Diamondbacks. Veteran Tony Clark, who’s about the only true first baseman the D-Backs have left because of injuries, dropped…
It was a marathon game that the Arizona Diamondbacks seemingly had in the bag early. When ace Dan Haren left after seven innings, Arizona held a commanding 6-1 lead over the San Diego Padres. Haren had pitched brilliantly, giving up only four hits and striking out five. Then came the usual ass-pain…
Dan Haren set the pace for the Arizona Diamondbacks with a seven-hit, two-run, eight-strikeouts, no-walks performance in eight innings on the mound Thursday night.He improved his record to 4-4.And he got something he’s been denied in several starts this season: run production from his offense. Precisely, Arizona batters got 11 hits and five…
Rookie relief pitcher Clay Zavada got a shaving-cream pie in the face, courtesy of catcher Chris Snyder, after the Diamondbacks beat the Florida Marlins 4-3 at Land Shark Stadium Thursday night.Zavada — who sports a big, dark moustache reminiscent of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata’s — had pitched brilliantly in his Major League debut, popping up…
www.mlb.com Justin Upton hits two homers in as many days this weekend, but the D-Backs lose Sunday. It was a four-game series that ended on a shadowy Texas Leaguer by Milwaukee Brewers center-fielder Mike Cameron. The Arizona Diamondbacks won two of three over the weekend behind the pitching of Jon…
The Suns set in the West on Wednesday evening. And they dropped below the horizion with a purple and orange glow, beating the Golden State Warriors in the last game of the season for both teams, 117-113. Phoenix wound up two games out of the Western Conference playoffs, behind the Utah Jazz. It…
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. 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…
They’re not statistically out of it, but the Phoenix Suns have hoisted the white flag. The good news is that that they destroyed the Sacramento Kings Friday night at US Airways Center, 139-111. But the disturbingly bad news is that they got their asses handed to them by the Mavericks Sunday afternoon in Dallas,…
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…
Deeee-Fence! We never thought we’d be saying this, but the Phoenix Suns won the last two games against tough Western Conference foes with solid D, and now find themselves on a 6-game winning streak. Of course, this offsets the 6-game losing streak the team endured immediately preceding, but let’s not talk about that now…
Sports nutritionist Doug Grant was convicted of manslaughter in the bathtub-drowning death of his wife, Faylene, by a Maricopa County Superior Court jury a few minutes ago. The so-called Mormon murder case (Doug and Faylene Grant, pictured, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) went to…
It was the first time since March 1 that the Suns have beaten a good team. And the Phoenix Suns’ 118-115 win over the Denver Nuggets gives them their longest winning streak of the year, 5-0. Unfortunately, they’ve had a longer losing streak, 0-6, that began just after that last victory…
Can the Phoenix Suns make the playoffs without shooting guard (and sometimes point guard) Leandro Barbosa, who went down with a hyper-extended left knee the other night against the Philadelphia 76ers and is now expected to be out for as many as 10 games? The answer is probably not. The…
Just when you thought the Phoenix Suns’ luck was improving, another player gets injured. This time it happened at the end of the first quarter of the Suns’ game against the Philadelphia 76ers when Leandro Barbosa went down with a hyper-extended left knee. It was sickening even to watch, but…
