The Arizona Cardinals announced today that John Skelton will be the starting quarterback this weekend against the Seattle Seahawks, ignoring the just-as-bad option of holding an open tryout for the position.Skelton’s replacing rookie Ryan Lindley, who replaced Skelton, who replaced the injured Kevin Kolb, who replaced Skelton, who was the…
The Arizona Cardinals are so bad, it’s almost unbelievable.The Cardinals lost yesterday to the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium by a score of 7-6, but the Cardinals didn’t end up losing to Jets starting quarterback Mark Sanchez. They didn’t lose to God’s favorite son, Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow…
As has been the word about the Phoenix Coyotes for some time, it’s pretty likely that the team will be called the “Arizona Coyotes,” since, you know, it’s been almost a decade since the Coyotes played in Phoenix.The change in the name was in the early drafts of the arena…
The Arizona Cardinals will be keeping Ryan Lindley at quarterback on Sunday, a week after he threw zero touchdowns and four interceptions in his NFL debut.Cardinals writer Darren Urban says quarterback Kevin Kolb — who led the team to a 4-1 record before sustaining a rib/chest injury during week six…
Rookie quarterback Ryan Lindley’s clearly not the Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback messiah, as evidenced by the 31-17 loss to the St. Louis Rams in Glendale yesterday, and Lindley’s four interceptions along the way.Lindley threw just two touchdown passes yesterday, and both of them were to Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins, who ran…
Arizona sports fans will have their eyes glued to the Duel in the Desert tonight, the century-old rivalry football game between the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. CBS News is predicting a watchability factor of “not bad at all” for the annual Territorial Cup, with excitement expected from…
Rookie quarterback Ryan Lindley will be the Arizona Cardinals’ starting quarterback this weekend against the St. Louis Rams, according to the team’s official Twitter account.Although New Times readers preferred “whatever regular schmo from the Phoenix area can win an open tryout” to Lindley as their choice at quarterback by a…
The Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback situation has morphed from a controversy into a joke, as the Cardinals threw for a grand total of 41 yards in Sunday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons.The only guy who was winning games, Kevin Kolb, is still injured, John Skelton was pulled from Sunday’s game after…
The Arizona Cardinals lost yet again yesterday, coming up four points short against the Atlanta Falcons in the Georgia Dome, and as an indication of how bad this season is going, Ryan Lindley was throwing footballs yesterday.Yes, the rookie out of San Diego State actually had a helmet on, and…
The Arizona Cardinals’ trend of playing mediocre-but-losing football continued for a fifth straight game, as the Cards lost to the Green Bay Packers 31-17 at Lambeau Field yesterday.Even with the offensive line not playing at Pop Warner-level for once, the offensive unit was still meh, and as you can imagine,…
After getting crushed on Monday Night Football by the San Francisco 49ers, the Arizona Cardinals have now lost four games in a row.That’s quite a difference from the start of the season, in which the Cardinals won their first four games.See also:-Arizona Cardinals Smoked by San Francisco 49ers on Monday…
The Arizona Cardinals lost their fourth straight game last night with a whooping by the San Francisco 49ers, and the Red Birds aren’t looking any better.The Cards scored three whole points in the 24-3 loss, while picking up a grand total of seven rushing yards — seven yards.See also:-Arizona Cardinals…
The best hitter in baseball watched a 2-2 fastball go right down the middle with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning last night, as the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.For fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, and perhaps…
The NHL season’s still fading away, as the league announced today that the games have been canceled through November 30.For the Phoenix Coyotes, that’s 20 games — half of them home games — that have been lost this season because the NHL Players’ Association and the NHL can’t reach a…
The Arizona Cardinals are now the losers of three straight games, after the Kevin Kolb-less Cards lost by a touchdown to the Minnesota Vikings yesterday.John Skelton — taking over as the Cardinals’ quarterback again due to Kolb’s injury — got in the good graces of Cardinals fans last year thanks…
For fans of erstwhile D-backs broadcasting tandem Mark Grace and Daron Sutton, there was probably a low likelihood of being impressed with their replacements.Touché, Arizona Diamondbacks, touché.See also:-Arizona Diamondbacks Ax Commentators Daron Sutton and Mark Grace…
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb didn’t break any bones during Sunday’s loss to the Buffalo Bills, which is probably the only good news the team has today about the quarterback.Kolb does have damage to his rib cartilage, as well as a sprained sternoclavicular joint — more specifically, several of his…
For once, the Arizona Cardinals didn’t come away with a victory in an overtime thriller.It’s kind of been expected for the Cardinals to win these types of games, but the Buffalo Bills were the ones to hit the overtime field goal yesterday in Glendale, beating the Cardinals 19-16.See also:-Arizona Cardinals…
The Arizona Cardinals are no longer undefeated, and they did not go down gracefully.Kevin Kolb spent more time playing assault victim that he did playing quarterback, the Cardinals’ run game continues to be essentially non-existent, resulting in a 17-3 loss in St. Louis…
Arizona Diamondbacks fans will be hearing some new voices calling the action on television when the team takes the field next year. Say goodnight, Gracie. You too, Daron. Derrick Hall, the team’s CEO, informed the media earlier today that the D-backs’ longtime commentary team of Daron Sutton and Mark Grace…
After canceling part of the pre-season, then the entire pre-season, the NHL has announced that it’s starting to cancel some regular-season games.The NHL released a super-short statement saying regular-season games would be canceled through October 24, which includes 82 games league-wide, four of those including the Phoenix Coyotes…
It’s all over but the crying down at Chase Field as the Arizona Diamondbacks ended their dreadful year in dreadful fashion with a 2-1 defeat by the Colorado Rockies. While there’s much joy in cities with playoff-bound teams like San Francisco, Detroit, and Cincinnati, there’s nothing but disappointment and frustration…
