Various Native American groups are banding together to protest games involving Washington’s NFL team, starting with this weekend’s game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale. The groups are imploring the team to adopt a new name “that does not disparage Native Americans.”…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have fired Manager Kirk Gibson and Bench Coach Alan Trammell. “Kirk has done an admirable job under difficult circumstances and we are grateful for his professionalism and his dedicated service to the organization over the past eight years,” D-backs Chief Baseball Officer Tony La Russa says in…
Two Valley women — Maritza Miranda Saenz and Celia Carbajal — are hosting Ben Miranda Boxing Promotions’ inaugural match up on Friday in downtown Phoenix. “Phoenix Fight Night” is slated for the Phoenix Convention Center at 7 p.m. Saenz, the daughter of the late lawmaker and attorney Ben Miranda, and…
A bloody fight between fans at Sunday’s Arizona Cardinals game was caught on video. The Cards beat the San Francisco 49ers 23-14 at the University of Phoenix Stadium. Plenty of action also took place in the stands, as the video shows…
Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer was arrested yesterday on felony and misdemeanor assault charges for a pair of domestic-violence incidents. Court documents released this morning detail the altercations between Dwyer and his wife at their Phoenix apartment in July. According to the documents, Dwyer, 25, head-butted his wife during…
The Phoenix Coyotes will officially become the Arizona Coyotes on Friday, more than 10 years after the team left Phoenix.The name-change comes along with the new owners, and the change will take place as the Coyotes select their first-round draft pick on Friday, with the 12th overall pick…
The NFL draft is tonight, and the Arizona Cardinals have the 20th overall pick.The Cardinals have been big winners and big losers with some past first round picks: There’s Larry Fitzgerald, but there’s Matt Leinart. There’s Patrick Peterson, but there’s Andre Wadsworth.We took a look at all of the first-round…
Drought conditions are quite common in Phoenix, but don’t forget about the other drought: It’s been nearly two years since one of Phoenix’s pro sports teams in the four major sports has been in the playoffs.So far this year, the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns, and Phoenix Coyotes each finished their…
The National Football League announced today that the 2015 Pro Bowl will be held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.Super Bowl XLIX will be held in Glendale a week later…
Anyone who has ever been to a live game has probably seen some sort of marriage proposal.Love ’em or hate ’em, game proposals can actually cost quite a bit of money depending on the stadium. So in case you’re thinking of popping the question at your favorite team’s home turf,…
Good news, Diamondbacks fans: Chase Field is still home to the cheapest beer in baseball.Fourteen ounces of beer at a Diamondbacks game is still $4, making this at least the fifth season in a row the D-backs have had the cheapest beer in baseball…
It’s not difficult to imagine that Bronson Arroyo lives life like a rock star. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ new pitcher has long blond hair, makes millions of dollars, likes to party, and actually has a rock album that reached Billboard charts. The reality is quite different. In the clubhouse at the…
B.J. Pasquel resigned recently as head football coach for Coronado High School in Scottsdale for “personal and family reasons,” says a February 5th Arizona Republic article. New Times has learned that the resignation came just before Pasquel settled an extreme DUI conviction with the city of Scottsdale. It wasn’t the…
It’s not a surprise, but the new owners of the Phoenix Coyotes will be changing the team’s name to the Arizona Coyotes for next season.The name change was part of the arena lease agreement with the city of Glendale, although it didn’t say exactly when that change had to happen…
Today’s one of the best days of the year for hockey fans, with this year’s NHL Winter Classic being played between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings at Michigan Stadium.In fact, the match-up in Ann Arbor is just one of six outdoor games being played across the…
Joe Fitzgibbon, a Washington state lawmaker, called Arizona a “desert racist wasteland” after becoming upset at the Cardinals’ win on Sunday over the Seattle Seahawks. “Losing a football game sucks,” tweeted the 20-something at about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. “Losing to a desert racist wasteland sucks a lot.”…
Richard Dumas Jr., a former star player for the Phoenix Suns during their legendary 1992-1993 season, was arrested on Thursday in connection with organized retail theft. Specifics about Dumas’ alleged crimes weren’t readily available, but the U.S. Marshals Service in Phoenix announced the ex-Sun had been picked up as part…
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt placed second in the NL MVP voting, losing out to Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen.In fact, Goldschmidt didn’t receive a single first-place vote in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting, but he should have. Actually, he should have won the award…
It’s been a dozen years since the greatest moment in Phoenix sports history.Twelve years ago today, in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game Seven of the World Series at Bank One Ballpark, Luis Gonzalez poked a Texas Leaguer just over the infield dirt off…
In case it wasn’t abundantly clear that the Phoenix Suns would be horrible this season, it’s even clearer now.The Suns traded center Marcin Gortat and guards Shannon Brown, Malcolm Lee, and Kendall Marshall to the Washington Wizards for center Emeka Okafor (who’s injured) and a 2014 protected first round draft…
Good news: The Arizona Cardinals lost by fewer than 58 points to the Seattle Seahawks Thursday night.The Cards still lost, and it was still pretty ugly…
It’s hard to believe that any Arizona Cardinals fan disapproved of the team trading away ever-struggling left tackle Levi Brown.Now, that trade of Brown, a former top-10 pick, to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a late-round draft pick looks even better — Brown was placed on injured reserve…
