You know what it means that the Suns blew out the Sacramento Kings 129-81 at US Airways Center Monday night? Nothing. The Kings are 11-39, officially the third-worst team in the NBA at 11-39 (the L.A. Clippers and the Washington Wizards are tied for worst at 10-38). Running them out…
Kevin Martin, the Sacramento Kings’ only real baller. An 0-20 record against the Eastern Conference, a 3-22 mark on the road, and more than 25 games out of first place in the Pacific Division. Yeah, it’s safe to say that the Sacramento Kings’ season’s pretty much over. Though the Phoenix…
The biggest game in Arizona Cardinals history — the second-biggest in Arizona sports history — is over, and what can we take away from it? Sure the Cardinals snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, but they certainly had the odds-makers in Vegas sweating. For the fourth game in a…
The Phoenix Suns nearly pulled it off in 1993. The 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football squad totally had it until the final seconds. And now the Arizona Cardinals are a game away from sports immortality. (And, arguably, the biggest comeback in modern-day athletics.) So some words of advice to…
NBA No. 1 Derrick Rose makes his US Airways debut. From the January 26, 2009, morning paper: “Leading by as many as 16 in the first quarter and shooting 57.6 percent through three quarters, the team collapsed down the stretch by shooting 8-for-29.” Sound familiar? The quote isn’t about one…
This time, it wasn’t a heartbreaking three at the buzzer that pushed the San Antonio Spurs past the Phoenix Suns. It wasn’t a cheap-shot foul by a Spurs sub against a Suns star. It wasn’t Suns turnovers killing any chance Steve Nash & Co. had of winning the game. It wasn’t…
It was an unlikely coming-out party for Washington State freshman Klay Thompson at Wells Fargo Arena last night, as the rail-thin guard led the Cougars to a 65-55 upset over the Arizona State Sun Devils. The son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson hit shots from all over the court, stealing the…
The ASU men’s basketball team hasn’t played in eight long days. It was back on January 21 that they squeaked by the Arizona Wsildcats in Tucson in a game that, safe to say, won’t be placed into a time capsule for future generations to marvel at. Even the best of all…
Roger Mason of the (grrrr) Spurs It’s Christmas Day in Phoenix. You wake up early, even before the kids, to take care of some last-minute errands. But it isn’t because you’re a good dad and want to be free of afternoon obligations in order to spend quality time with the…
Hell hath no fury like Steelers fans, dissed. One day after a Cardinals rally at Sky Harbor Airport, where Mayor Phil Gordon stomped on one of the Steelers’ signature “Terrible Towels,” the mayor’s getting slammed on Pittsburgh talk radio — and bombarded with nasty e-mails. You can watch our original footage of…
An estimated 1,800 fans turned out at Sky Harbor airport this morning to give the Arizona Cardinals a rousing send-off on their way to Tampa Bay for the Super Bowl. The enthusiastic Cardinals supporters and their families, many holding homemade signs (or babies in cute, red jerseys) lined up near a Northwest Airlines jet…
In 2004-05, the Washington Wizards boasted the NBA’s most fearsome backcourt. Led by ex-UA Wildcat standout Gilbert Arenas, Antwan Jamison, and Larry Hughes, Washington earned a modest forty-five victories in the regular season, but turned heads during the NBA Playoffs with its first-round conquest of the Chicago Bulls (before being…
The Phoenix Suns longest road trip of the year was a disaster — until the Big Three (no, not those Big Three) found a way to win against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. We’re talking about Steve Nash, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Shaquille O’Neal. Nash played so brilliantly against the Hawks that we’ll…
Charlotte’s Boris Diaw in his strange new role: starter. If Charlotte were Philly, the Phoenix Suns would be wise to beware of flying alkaline batteries and half-filled beer cups when they take the court against the Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena at 5 p.m. tonight. But North Carolina’s still part…
Mike D’Antoni had the last laugh. His work-in-progress New York Knicks held on and beat the Phoenix Suns at Madison Square Garden by five points. Mighty mite Nate Robinsion, in 25 minutes off the bench, demolished the Suns on Wednesday night. Seemed everything the 5-9 one-time NBA slam-dunk champion threw up went in…
Is Glendale horrifically boring, its citizens so apathetic toward football they wouldn’t care if Larry Fitzgerald was nearly killed in a motorcyle accident?That’s what blogger Jason McIntyre of the Metro of Philadelphia writes in a recent blog post trashing the town entitled “Glendale Less Than Super.” In his light-hearted, trash-talking…
Ex-Sun and current Knick Quentin Richardson squaring up from three-point land. When the New York Knicks took on the Phoenix Suns on December 15, the storyline was the return of former Suns’/current Knicks’ head coach Mike D’Antoni. The evening was complete with man hugs between the ex-leader and the players…
The last time the Phoenix Suns played a great NBA team, they lost by a point. Last night, the Suns lost to the Boston Celtics 104-87 in Bean Town. But the only reason it was that close was that the Suns’ bench — notably Lou Amundson — played better than…
Maybe Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin should take a lesson in sportsmanship from Leinart.
Bid Bidwill, Ken Whisenhunt, and Rod Graves in January 2007 The Arizona Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl, and the world didn’t end. Despite their myriad critics, maybe that means they belong there. Dangerous corollary for a young team: Maybe they’re beginning to think they belong there. Luckily for…
Boston’s Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen From the middle of November through the end of December, 38 days to be exact, the Boston Celtics didn’t lose a game, sweeping their way to 19 consecutive victories. The team’s record on December 23 was 27-2. “Best team ever” pursed the…
Remember that February 9 beat-down win over the formidable Dallas Mavericks at US Airways Center? It was easy to believe that the Phoenix Suns had turned it all around after they toppled a top Western Conference opponent by 28 points, to hope (Barack Obama’s favorite word) that they could contend for a championship this season — after all. Then, what…
