Despite a rough 12-4 blowout on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Arizona Diamondbacks wrapped up their most impressive week of the 2010 season, winning two of the three against the slugging Jays and five out of their past seven. And what do you know? The bullpen got opposing…
The Phoenix Suns got a new lease on life last night, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 118-109 in game three of the Western Conference Finals. The Suns trailed the Lakers 2-0 in the series after dropping the first two games in La-La Land, and there was little hope Steve Nash and company could…
After dropping $7.25 million on signing Derek Anderson to play backup to Matt Leinart, the Arizona Cardinals are rumored to be in the beginning stages of making a run at signing former St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger.The word on the street is that the Cardinals’ coaching staff hasn’t been…
Ready for a shocker? The Arizona Diamondbacks often-pitiful bullpen actually played decent in the D-Backs 8-7 win over the San Francisco Giants Thursday night. The performance by the D-Backs’ starter, Rodrigo Lopez, could’ve used a little work, though. Lopez allowed six runs and 10 hits in five innings for the D-Backs. During…
The Arizona Diamondbacks currently have the worst bullpen in Major League Baseball, and it’s likely the team’s latest addition won’t do much to help that.The D-Backs signed reliever Luis Ayala to a minor-league contract today, which is the team’s latest move in its attempt to improve the bullpen’s current, league-worst 7.90…
We get many a blurb here at Alt-Weekly Central, many of which we pass along to the proper authorities (ie: our Night & Day editor) and some of which we dump in the circular file (or push the delete button on our computer). One that came in earlier today caught our…
Well, it was fun while it lasted. From February through the end of the regular season, the Phoenix Suns were one of the most consistently solid teams in the NBA, then they made quick work of playoff foes the Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs. But now, it looks…
The Phoenix Suns lost game two of the Western Conference Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers last night, and, as in game one of the series, Kobe Bryant’s gettin’ all Kobe Bryant on the Suns defense — if not scoring 40 points in a game, getting the ball to an…
The Arizona Diamondbacks got blown out 8-0 by the Florida Marlins yesterday. It’s the ninth loss in 11 games for the 16-24 D-Backs, and aside from poor offensive production, the team’s miserable bullpen owns much of the blame. Yesterday, the bullpen gave up six runs in three innings in the loss,…
Before this afternoon, the Arizona Diamondbacks had lost eight of their last 10 games, and after this afternoon’s shiteous performance from the D-backs bullpen — as well as producing almost no offense whatsoever — the Snakes can throw another one in the loss column.The Diamondbacks got blown out by the Florida…
The floundering Arizona Diamondbacks actually won last night, beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in a game most memorable for a bizarre play by usually stellar shortstop Hanley Ramirez. The play happened in the second inning of the game in Miami, and it was a doozy: The D-Backs’ Tony Abreu dinked a…
The Phoenix Suns have made a habit out of defying everyone’s expectations this season. To wit: When sports pundits predicted the aging team would barely contend amid an ultra-competitive Western Conference, Steve Nash and company made ’em eat crow by finishing as the fourth seed and dispatching their first two…
It just doesn’t look very good for the Arizona Diamondbacks right now. If you’re a fan, you’ve gotta like the team’s young offensive core — Mark Reynolds, Justin Upton, Stephen Drew, and Chris Young still haven’t even hit their primes yet — and are a respectable, if not intimidating, rotation. But…
Robin Lopez, the Phoenix Suns’ 7-foot center, is likely to return to action against the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA’s Western Conference Finals, beginning at 6 p.m. tonight from La La Land, after suffering a back injury in March. The Suns are outsized by the Lakers with 7-footers like Andrew Bynum and Pau…
So much for that “deal.”Just days after Glendale and the NHL agreed to a $25 million deal to keep the Phoenix Coyotes in Jobing.com Arena for one more year, the Goldwater Institute tells New Times it will file a lawsuit to invalidate the agreement.Le Templar, a spokesman for the Phoenix-based…
diamondbacks.mlb.com Edwin Jackson gave up six runs on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’d be easy to lay complete blame on Edwin Jackson for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 6-3 loss last night to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Particularly since one of his 94 miles per hour heaters became the difference-maker…
The death of former University of Arizona golf phenom — and LPGA Tour member — Erica Blasberg shocked the golf world and now, three days after her body was discovered in her apartment near Las Vegas on Sunday, there are few answers.Blasberg, 25, was found dead in her apartment on…
The basketball gods seem to like Phoenix.It’s reported that Phoenix Suns big-man Robin Lopez will play — in some capacity — in game one of the NBA Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, beginning Monday at 6 p.m. (The Lakers have home-court advantage so the first two games will be…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have now lost five of their last six games as the Los Angeles Dodgers — with the help of a Phoenix native and ASU baseball star — beat the Rattlers 7-3 in Phoenix last night. That Phoenix native and ASU baseball star, of course, is Dodger outfielder…
A former University of Arizona student and professional golfer on the LPGA Tour died in Henderson, Nevada, yesterday, her agent confirmed today.Erica Blasberg, 25, was a golfer at the U of A in the early part of the decade and was in her sixth season on the LPGA Tour.Blasberg’s agent,…
Obviously, both a glorious and gruesome weekend for Phoenix’s professional basketball and baseball teams, respectively. Alas, our task here is not to recount the Suns’ sweep of the Spurs in a memorable one-eyed effort by one Steve Nash. No, we are here to report on the absolutely miserable three-game home…
At the end of the Suns’ game yesterday against San Antonio, Spurs great David Robinson ran onto the court to offer heartfelt congratulations to… Phoenix Coach Alvin Gentry! The retired San Antonio center and NBA legend then escorted the coach who’s molded the Suns into a contender this season off the court, grinning ear-to-ear with…
