Last Thursday, in one blink of Amar’e Stoudemire’s bum eye, the Phoenix Suns’ playoff chances took a sucker punch to the gut. Most people’s first thought: “Oh. Crap.” Most people’s second thought: “Oh. Crap. We traded away Boris Diaw.” Our second thought: “Oh. Crap. Most people are gonna say we…
A New York Times article discusses the ties between crime in Mexico and crime in Arizona. In the story, officials including Arizona attorney general Terry Goddard talk about how the Mexican drug trade and illegal immigration has led to murders, kidnappings, and home invasions (surprisingly, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio…
The hillbillies are coming! The hillbillies are coming! And no that’s not Phoenix’s new line of do-it-yourself redneck porn. Nah, by hillbillies, I mean convicted public urinators like Buffalo Rick Galeener, alleged bookstore trespassers such as Anna Gaines (aka, the “anti-Hispanic Hispanic”), massage parlor owners, toothless ne’er-do-wells, assorted Hells Angels…
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It would tickle Sheriff Joe Arpaio no end to learn the degree to which his enemies and detractors are obsessed with him. I can’t count the number of times, for instance, that I’ve gotten the anonymous “tip” that Arpaio can’t wear a gun because of some obscure legal dictate, when…
We received an e-mail stating that World Wrestling Entertainment will be holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon at the stadium to announce a “major international event” occuring there in spring 2010 that will “draw visitors from around the world for five days of activities.” Although the e-mail doesn’t specifically identify the event (and only names the WWE in the subject line), we’re fairly certain it’s next year’s Wrestlemania 26. After all, the yearly grappling extravaganza and pay-per-view is the only such event that the WWE puts on during the spring. A similar press conference is held every year around this time announcing where WrestleMania is heading next.
As police announce they’re close to making an arrest in the eight-year-old Washington, D.C. murder of Chandra Levy, Valleyite and former California Congressman Gary Condit tells a newspaper he’s planning a book on the case. District of Columbia police are seeking an arrest warrant for Ingmar Guandique, an immigrant from…
“You go to hell,” the caller snarls. “You talk about illegal immigration — You go to hell and — take your Spics with ya.” The message is just a few seconds long, and in these polarized times, sadly, not that unique in its use of a racial slur to describe Latino…
As we reported on this blog back in November, Suns star Shaquille O’Neal’s on Twitter, the “micro-blogging” site where users can post short messages on the Internet (through computers or their cell phones) that detail what they’re doing at any given moment. (For example, Shaq Twittered on January 16 at…
A few sights, sounds and other memories from last night’s thrilling ASU win over Arizona at the Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe:…
The good, of course, were Rajon Rondo (pictured) and the mighty Boston Celtics, who came into US Airways Center Sunday Afternoon and took care of business, 128-108, against the Phoenix Suns. The bad were the Oklahoma City Thunder, who got dominated by the Suns here Friday night, 140-118, in Phoenix’s third win in…
Officials at Arizona’s three public universities warn students to avoid Mexico during spring break, citing high crime rates in border towns like Nogales and Juarez. An ATF spokesman says that most violence doesn’t take place at Mexico’s popular tourist spots, which, not surprisingly, don’t include Nogales and Juarez….The men’s lacrosse…
B-rock’s recent visit to Mesa garnered loads of local coverage, some of which mentioned those who showed up to protest the President’s stimulus package. But not much was said of the more than 100 there demanding that Obama do something about Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s misuse of the federal government’s 287(g) program, as…
Both the Huffington Post’s Dawn Teo and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now have produced long pieces in the past week covering Joe Arpaio’s recent outrages against those with brown skin, Arpaio’s “200 Mexican March” a couple of weeks ago, and the request from four House leaders, including House Judiciary Chairman John…
Just when things were beginning to look up for the Phoenix Suns. The team announced that power forward Amar’e Stoudemire — on the trading block until he stepped up his game after a recent coaching change — underwent surgery today for a “partially detached retina” and will be out for eight weeks “depending upon his healing process.”…
It’s time to show ’em what you’ve got:The Arizona Cardinals are looking for a few good cheerleaders following the team’s stellar season as Super Bowl contenders.If you’ve got the right moves, can squeeze your butt into one of those postage-stamp-size pair of shorts and you’re hot enough to steal attention…
In looking at records on deaths in state prisons last year for our post about the homicides, we couldn’t help but notice the large number of Hepatitis-C-related deaths among prisoners. Arizona Department of Corrections records show 75 natural-cause deaths, three suicides, two homicides and fourteen “pending” cases of 2008 prisoner…
Four men, possibly more, were killed by other inmates in Arizona state prisons last year, an unusually high number just one year after an inmate death spurred the firing of a warden and discipline for 13 guards. What’s going on behind those walls?As reported in this blog back in October,…
Curiosity’s driven me to write a little follow-up to my post Wednesday about the WASPy wieners at Skull and Bones being sued by the heirs of the Apache warrior Geronimo. They’re suing because it’s rumored that Yale’s secret society has possession of Geronimo’s skull, you see. According to legend, George W. Bush’s grandpappy…
A local cigar shop owner has been arrested by Phoenix police and accused of trying to hire a hitman to assassinate his wife, plus her parents and 17-year-old sister. Dimitri Rozenman of Mesa had been upset at the terms of his divorce (recently finalized) when he planned the murders, police…
Arizona Game and Fish employees have become the first ever in the United States to capture a wild jaguar. The gorgeous, spotted cat in this picture was captured southwest of Tucson and quickly released with a satellite tracking collar. The cat weighed 118 pounds and was in good health, says…
More impressive than the 140 or more points scored in each of the Phoenix Suns’ dominating victories over the Los Angeles Clippers is this quote by Clippers guard Eric Gordon, which followed the second game of the Alvin Gentry era. “They are going to be a really hard team to…
