The Phoenix Coyotes were shut out in Tennessee last night by the Nashville Predators, but still maintain a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals.For most of the game, it wasn’t Predators goalie Pekka Rinne keeping the Coyotes scoreless, it was the offensive play of the Coyotes.Phoenix had eight…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ 5-4 road loss to the Washington Nationals may be remembered longer for the arrival of 19-year-old phenom Bryce Harper than for the two-run, two-out, walk-off bomb by Ian Desmond that abruptly ended things. Harper was involved in just about every big play in the see-saw battle, both…
The Arizona Diamondbacks continued to seemingly regain their footing in the young season as they beat the Washington Nationals in D.C. on Tuesday. Unfortunately for the Nats, it was their fifth-straight loss and the home debut of baseball’s top prospect, 19-year-old left fielder Bryce Harper. For the D-Backs, it was…
Amar’e Stoudemire won us over during his eight-year stint with the Phoenix Suns, with his sheer strength and remarkable athletic ability. We never saw him as the “next” Michael Jordan or whoever, but as an All-Star level player when healthy who — serious defensive liabilities aside — put his team…
Fresh-faced rookie pitcher Patrick Corbin made his major league debut this afternoon for the Arizona Diamondbacks during the finale of their four-game series with the Miami Marlins. And the 23-year-old, who was called up from Double-A Mobile last week, was a little shaky at first. During the opening inning, Corbin…
At this point, the Phoenix Coyotes’ playoff run doesn’t appear to be a fluke.The Coyotes, fresh off their first playoff-series win since moving to Phoenix, are now up 2-0 in the team’s second-round series against the Nashville Predators after a 5-3 win last night in Glendale.In the team’s first seven…
Two main things can be taken away from the first three games of a four-game series for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Miami Marlins: The Marlins’ new park in Little Havana is hideous, and being a relief pitcher is the worst job in Major League Baseball.The color scheme around the…
With the 13th overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft, the Arizona Cardinals selected Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd.Now that we presume everyone’s done bitching about Peyton Manning, the Valley can scrutinize its new wide receiver for the annual way-before-the-season football banter.Floyd was the second receiver taken in the…
Three Philadelphia homers and a controversial call against the Diamondbacks led to a 8-5 Arizona loss last night at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix. One of the homers, by the Phillies’ Shane Victorino, went 421 feet, which officially is a bomb. It came off lefty reliever Mike Zagurski, who was…
The Arizona Diamondbacks put nine runs on the board last night against the Philadelphia Phillies, and hung on to win despite the Phillies tacking on five runs in the ninth inning at Chase Field.Justin Upton hit his first home run of the season — a 436-foot bomb to left field…
We watched the first period of last night’s playoff hockey game in Chicago between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Blackhawks, and things didn’t look good for our local team. Chicago, which was fighting for its hockey life down 3-2 in the best-of-seven series, came out smoking after its stunning overtime…
Saturday was a coulda woulda shoulda day of major proportions in the cities of Phoenix and Glendale. It could have been a very cool day. Instead, it was a disaster.Three of our Valley’s four major sports franchises were in action, with two of the teams–the Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix…
Thank heavens for Gerardo Parra. The left fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks single-handedly saved his squad from utter humiliation yesterday by unleashing a grand slam during the final game of their four-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Chase Field.His 419-foot homer during the second inning of Sunday’s game cleared…
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime last night, marking the team’s third win in the opening round, all of them coming in overtime.For the second time this series, Mikkel Boedker scored the game-winner for the Coyotes.Now, the Coyotes are one win away from winning the first playoff…
After starting the season with seven wins and just three losses, the Arizona Diamondbacks just lost a home series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.You know, the same Pittsburgh Pirates that lost 90 games last year while the D’Backs won a division title.The D’Backs couldn’t put runs together in yesterday’s matinee game…
James Harden, who was one of the best things to happen to the ASU men’s basketball program in, say, a generation, is an NBA All-Star in the making.He would be a star, or the star, on many teams in the league. But on the Oklahoma City Thunder–a small-city franchise that…
Before the Phoenix Coyotes’ Mikkel Boedker scored an overtime goal last night to give the team a 2-1 series lead over the Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the NHL playoffs, the Coyotes gave Chicago something else to complain about.The Coyotes’ Raffi Torres delivered a hit to the Blackhawks’…
If the season had ended last night, the Phoenix Suns would be headed to the playoffs as the eighth seed in the West after an easy 125-107 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.The performance from the Suns starters made the victory very unsurprising: 20 points and 10 rebounds from center…
Following a weekend series fraught with losses and angst, the Arizona Diamondbacks returned home to Chase Field on Monday night for a good ol’ fashioned stomping of a Pittsburgh Pirates.Fueled by a hailstorm of hits and homers, the D-Backs overcame some early stumbling by starting pitcher Joe Saunders and thumped…
After dominating their first two series of the year, the Arizona Diamondbacks were humbled slightly in a chilly weekend series that saw the Colorado Rockies take two of three games in Denver. It was the D-Backs’ vaunted bullpen that coughed up Friday and Saturday’s one-run losses, 7-6 and 8-7, respectively…
Two sweet moments last night for Phoenix professional sports fans, both within a few minutes of each other: First, the Phoenix Coyotes nipped the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime out at the Jobing.com Arena, taking a 1-0 lead in the first round of the interminable Stanley Cup playoffs.It was an…
Any of the following facts may be surprising to people around the Valley: Phoenix still has a hockey team, that hockey team made the playoffs by winning its division, and that team won its first playoff game of the year last night.The team, for those unaware, is called the Phoenix…
