It was a game in which Goran Dragic slam-dunked. Goran who? You know, the highly touted backup point guard whom fired Suns Coach Terry Porter used to ream a new one from the sidelines everytime he made a blunder. The Slovenian rookie (pictured) played with reckless abandon in the Suns’ 140-100 rout of the…
President Obama has arrived in the Valley, and he’s cooling his heels at the new Montelucia Resort & Spa in Paradise Valley. The resort is a change from the Biltmore, which has traditionally been politicos’ resort of choice (except for George W. Bush, who always preferred the Royal Palms)…This spring,…
We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Valley Fever: “TheEroticReview.com” Founder David Elms Arrested in Phoenix, Suspected of Trying…
I was planning to save most of this for my Bird column this week, but the news is coming too fast and furious today not to follow up on my recent post concerning Randi Rhodes’ disappearance from Nova M radio. Indeed, that lefty AM talk network seems to be going down…
Two weeks ago, we told you the shocking story of three local flight attendants facing a lawsuit from a US Airways pilot. Their crime? Daring to report their safety concerns to federal regulators. Now New Times is getting sucked into the litigation. Henry Stein, the Mesa-based attorney representing First Officer Ed…
California nearly faced a revolt last month when officials announced that state tax filers would get IOUs instead of refunds.Arizona residents, however, can expect to receive state refund checks that banks will cash, says State Treasurer Dean Martin. Click here to read an MS Word version of Martin’s news release.Like…
Disaster will strike the Valley on March 10, 2009.No, that’s not a prediction from the Mayan calendar. It’s a mock event being held on or near Arizona State University’s Tempe campus to test the disaster readiness of local public safety officials and health care workers.The “Coyote Crisis Campaign” is a…
Forget the expensive business conferences: The greatest example of government bailout excess may just be Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, whose banks have taken $140 million in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.Yeah, it must be nice to be the CEO of a couple of banks that need massive public assistance…
We’re still getting plenty of responses to our popular blog post on how to beat photo enforcement tickets without feeling guilty — most of them questions from people who were recently flashed. Though many of the new questions were answered in that post and a subsequent follow-up, we thought this…
Former state legislator and corporation commission member Jeff Hatch-Miller has been appointed director of the Arizona Lottery. (Click here for a MS Word version of the news release from Governor Jan Brewer’s office). Hatch-Miller replaces Art Macias, who had in the position since 2005.Hatch-Miller’s fortune comes in the wake of…
The founder of theeroticreview.com, a Web site the New York Times calls the Amazon.com of prostitution, has been arrested in Phoenix on suspicion of trying to kill one person and seriously injure another, selling drugs and misconduct with weapons.David Elms, 38, was booked into the Maricopa County jail early this…
I don’t think Carson Daly or Jay Leno’ll be breaking a sweat over this one any time soon, but I just got a little promo e-mail in my in-box announcing the launch of ex-Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods’ “new interactive website and online talk show” grantwoods.com. What’s next, Terry Goddard…
This just in from Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver and general manager Steve Kerr: Oops. Our bad. Terry Porter, we hardly knew ye. Here’s a sack full of cash to salve your wounds. Amar’e — ha ha. Those trade rumors? We were just kidding. Ya know we love ya, ya…
President Obama will give his speech on economic woes at Dobson High School tomorrow, reportedly because he wants to see an area hit hard by home foreclosures, and for its easy access to the US 60 freeway and Sky Harbor Airport. Never hurts to have a quick getaway route, we…
We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Valley Fever: 2009 NBA All-Star Game: Defense (For a Change), Jumpshots, and…
On the heels of our post today about rap producer “Suge” Knight catching some punches over the weekend is another rap-and-basketball-related fight story — this one involving an aspiring star from Cleveland named Kid Cudi. Reportedly, Cudi (real name: Scott Mescudi) started the fight at Scottsdale’s Canal restaurant, where he was scheduled to perform…
With every statement uttered from her perch as Homeland Security czar, in every action she takes each day her fanny remains in its cozy D.C. seat, ex-Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano reaffirms that she’s Barack Obama’s token nativist. Best to think of her as a chunky, skunk-haired version of the Child…
Police today released a photograph of a car apparently speeding away from the armed kidnapping of a man from a Phoenix clothing store. The black, 1990s Lincoln Mercury was one of three getaway vehicles used by the suspects. While no evidence of the crime can be seen in the picture, police hope…
Famed gangsta rap producer “Suge” Knight (right) sure knows how to keep it real. The founder of Death Row Records, former home to legendary rappers Tupac and Snoop Dogg, used his face as a battering ram against another man’s fists early this morning during a fight at the W…
Well, it’s official. Phoenix Suns head coach Terry Porter was fired today and replaced (on an interim basis) with long-time Phoenix assistant and former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Alvin Gentry (pictured). “I hired Terry because I believed he would be able to provide the balance our team needed in order to…
What was most (maybe the only thing) memorable about last night’s Pac-10 slugfest between ASU and Southern Cal happened with about a minute left. USC head coach Tim Floyd (the oddly gesticulating gent in the photo) took such umbrage with a pivotal call against his squad that he felt compelled to whirl like…
The only thing the sports media love more than a good feud is a half-assed gesture to end it under meaningless circumstances. So it was that Kobe and Shaq were forced to awkwardly hoist a trophy together at the 2009 NBA All-Star game, just as they did back when they…
