Runs? You Got ‘Em, but D-Backs Are Sloppy and the Pitching Stinks

After a dramatic extra-inning win on Tuesday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks came out swinging on Wednesday afternoon in the series finale and homestand-closing game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Unfortunately, for every bit of goodwill the D-Backs generated Wednesday, they took a step back in a 12-7 loss to the Cards…

PBS Channel 8 (KAET-TV) Slashes 13 Jobs in Latest Media Layoff

Thirteen staffers at PBS Channel 8 (KAET-TV) were given pink slips yesterday in a cost-cutting move expected to affect local programming. According to this morning’s broadcast on National Public Radio’s local affiliate, KJZZ (91.5 FM), the employees include a local production manager and several workers for the public affairs show…

Peoria Donates Command Van to Katrina-Blasted Mississippi Town

It’s good to have friends like the City of Peoria. The city developed a relationship with Long Beach, Mississippi, after the Gulf Coast town was ravaged in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, (the same storm that wiped out New Orleans). Peoria donated office equipment and vehicles to help the municipal government…

Auto Theft Down in Phoenix and Tucson; Arizona DPS Takes Credit

The Arizona Department of Public Safety is taking credit for a decrease in auto thefts in Phoenix and Tucson, saying a smorgasbord of enforcement efforts made the difference. Referring to a report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau that show no Arizona city in the Top 10 auto theft hot spots…

UPDATE: Knucklehead Driver in Phoenix Cop Murder Takes Witness Stand

The driver who says front-seat passenger Donald Delahanty fired four bullets in Phoenix police officer David Uribe’s face back in May 2005 took the witness stand Tuesday at Delahanty’s first-degree murder trial. The underlying question to Chris Wilson’s terse, stark, and generally believable testimony was: Why? Why in the world…

Adolf Hitler an Arizona Cardinals Fan? Check it Out.

We’ve gotten our fair share of hate mail over the years, especially after our Super Bowl cover story about weak-kneed Cardinals fans and their coal-mining hillbilly counterparts (Steeler Nation) from Western Pennsylvania, but we’ve never received anything as hilarious/disturbing as this video. Yes, those are the words from one of our…

End Game: Phoenix Suns Face an Offseason of Discontent

A mere week into the new season, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ top pitcher is on the disabled list with a sore wing and the D-Backs couldn’t hit a slow-pitch grapefruit with a two-by-four. You think they’ve got problems? This year’s star-crossed campaign for Your Phoenix Suns mercifully comes to an end…

Obama Degree: ASU “Blew It” in Not Awarding Degree, Says Official in Leaked E-mail

  Arizona State University “blew it” by not awarding President Obama an honorary degree, a university marketing official writes in a leaked e-mail. The political blogger for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson reports today that he received an e-mail, originally sent to someone out-of-state, from Terri Shafer, ASU’s vice-president of marketing and strategic…

Beagle March Planned Against Chandler’s Covance Facility

Animal rights activists plan to march at a Chandler medical-testing lab plan on Sunday behind a procession of beagles. A group organized by Citizens Against Covance will walk about a half-mile on Gilbert Road just north of Germann Road to a spot near the Covance facility. As a statement against the company,…

Angry Bus Driver Breaks Nose of Passenger Who Questioned His Driving

Plenty of drivers chafe at criticism from their backseat counterparts — but Phoenix bus driver Michael Berry took his annoyance to a whole new level. Berry, a driver with Valley Metro, responded to complaints from a 28-year-old passenger last April by allegedly attacking him with his fists. Witnesses told police that Berry slammed the…