The NBA Draft Lottery is on Tuesday. There’s a 96 percent chance that the Suns will pick right where they are supposed to: #13. 96% is a pretty big number so I’m not going to waste a whole lot of time or invest any kind of real emotions into hoping that the Suns fate lies […]
Let me ask you a question. What did you love about Jerry Colangelo? He won you say? Well…he did and he didn’t. His Suns and D-backs teams won a lot of games over the years but if you’re getting down the brass tax (whatever that means) Jerry’s teams only won one championship. All those years, […]
We all knew the Pac-12 would be getting a nice new television deal. We never could have imagined that they would have got a deal that trumped that of the SEC and Big 10. Yes, the new Commissioner Larry Scott is now every Pac-12 athletic directors best friend because the conference is now out of […]
I’m not much of a traditionalist. In fact I would say I only have one. Every Thanksgiving we load the kids up, trek up the hill and spend it with Mom in Flagstaff. The day after Thanksgiving, we make the turkey sandwiches and head out into the forest to chop down a Christmas tree. That […]
We all expect Patrick Peterson to be a flat out stud in the secondary, a true shutdown cornerback. So for that this draft is a success. But for this to be a truly great draft at least three maybe four of the other picks need to pan out and by panning out I mean becoming […]
Larry Fitzgerald said that Ken Whisenhunt learned his lesson. Yes he did. Apparently with a vengeance. The Cards Wide Receiver told Yahoo Sports “Whiz told me he learned his lesson with Adrian Peterson … if there’s an incredible athlete there, you take him, even if you don’t have a need. You find a place for […]
It would be fun if we could debate the Cardinals fist selection in the 2011 draft, but there really is no debate. The Cardinals had no choice but to select Patrick Peterson with the fifth overall choice. Peterson wasn’t only the best player in this draft, he was the best fit for what ails the […]
I’m not stealing my kids’ Easter candy. Think of it as thinning the herd. Our unspoken agreement this time of year is that they get everything in the basket but…..the Jelly Beans. I’m not talking about the gag-reflex-inducing spicy jelly beans or the way-too-fruity Starburst jelly beans. Not the ones that come in all sorts […]
Phoenix is not a great sports town. There, I said it. You know it’s true. At times, Phoenix is not even a good sports town. If we are being completely honest with ourselves, it’s a decent sports town. Yes, decent. Not bad, not great, just decent. The one good thing about this place is at […]
Got this friend. For the purposes of anonymity let’s call him Harry (his real name is Larry but that’s beside the point). Larry Harry and I used to go to bars together where I played the role of his happily-married-here-to-help-wingman. Every trip to the bar included the traditional opening ceremony. We called it “a lap.” […]
It’s hard for me to enjoy that one last thin-mint Girl Scout cookie knowing that I have to wait another six months before the Girl Scouts start selling them again. Likewise, it’s going to be hard to enjoy the NFL Draft knowing that once it’s over nobody knows what comes next. For some — I […]
There usually isn’t much you can take out of a 15-5 loss. But on Wednesday night as I sat in the press box of Chase Field watching Arizona get drubbed by the St. Louis Cardinals, I saw something that got me pretty excited about the future of the Diamondbacks and of their prized right fielder. […]
Sitting here watching the Suns and the Spurs play in the final game of the regular season and I’m wondering where it all went wrong. How, why, when did it go wrong? One of my favorite U2 songs is “Moment of Surrender” off the No Line on the Horizon album. When was the Suns Moment […]
I found that the only time I was entertained by the HBO show “Entourage” was when the Jeremy Piven character, Ari, was on screen. When he’s in front of me, I’m engaged. When he’s not, I’m not. I feel exactly the same way about Tiger Woods and golf, and I hardly think I’m alone. So […]
Now that the Phoenix Suns have been officially eliminated from playoff contention it is time to start working on next season. The Suns will not be a major player in free agency because they won’t have the cap space available. Even after buying out Vince Carter for $4 million the Suns are expected to be […]
Some things in life are so simple you hardly need to think about them. Instinct takes over. When you’re tired, you sleep. Thirsty, you drink. When you’re driving cross country and need something mellow to listen to, you pick Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love. When you’re hung-over, you eat In-N-Out Burger. Want to turn off your […]
I guess I’m rooting for Butler. I guess. I don’t want to paint myself as an anti-Cinderella elitist. Anti-Cinderella this time of year is like anti-presents around Christmas. Anti-turkey around Thanksgiving. Anti-chocolate bunnies…. You get the point. As the very Cinderella Butler Bulldogs — having just dispatched of the very, very Cinderella VCU Rams — […]
It’s Opening Day and with it brings eternal optimism for the baseball fan. Here in Arizona there is hope that the Diamondbacks will be competitive. After losing 97 games last season they really can’t be any worse then they were last year, can they? The answer to that is of course not. For starters, Arizona […]
In what can only be described as some bizarro-psychological experiment, two baseball fans have been chosen to watch and document every single baseball game this season. They’ll show up to work in a 15,000 square foot, glass enclosed “fancave” that will be visible to people walking by on the street in New York City. Inside […]
It happens in Hollywood all the time. An once great actor bumbles and stumbles their way through bad movie after bad movie, falls further and further off the public’s radar screen, and just when you think they’re never going to matter ever again…… Bang. John Travolta stars in Pulp Fiction. Follow @Tyler_Bassett
With the first pick in the NBA draft the Cleveland Cavaliers select Derrick Williams, forward, Arizona. Going into Thursday’s game against top-seeded Duke, Williams was in discussion as a top-5 pick in the draft. Now, he will be the consensus #1 pick. How can he not be? Williams torched Duke for a career-high 32 points […]
I love hypothetical conversations. Who would win in a battle between Batman and Superman? Who is the bigger bad ass, Chuck Norris or Jack Bauer? What Hollywood hottie could walk through those doors right now that your wife would give you the “hall pass” for? Silly bar room conversations that have absolutely zero foundation in […]
In what has become a rite of spring for most Diamondbacks fans, news of Brandon Webb’s shoulder is not good. Fortunately for D-backs fans, Webb is no longer a member of the D-backs. He’s on the Rangers. According to a report by nbcsports.com, Webb had to be shutdown….again….with lingering shoulder problems. Stop me if you’ve […]
Amar’e Stoudemire left the bench and Suns fans lost their minds. But in the race to play the blame game, everybody (well…just about everybody) forgot to blame the real culprit: Amar’e Stoudemire. Don’t worry. I’m not here to tear open old wounds. Just using Stoudemire’s ill fated decision as an example that sometimes the simple […]
I think it is safe to say that after a four-game losing streak that included two losses to teams they are now chasing in the race for the 8th and final playoff spot that we can stick a fork in the Phoenix Suns. For Phoenix to overcome Memphis, New Orleans and Houston and take the […]
It’s 8:34 on the Wednesday night before the NCAA Tournament and it’s time. Time to enter the Madness. I feel like Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now, getting ready to head up the river in search of Colonel Kurtz. But instead of Marlon Brando, I will find Bill Self lamenting the horror…the horror. The following is […]
I hope you treated the day with the proper reverence and respect. Paid tribute to Jimmy V and Phi Slamma Jamma. Laughed at the memory of a timeout that didn’t exist. Messed up your grandpa’s perfect coifed white hair. I hope your pencils were sharpened, your pens filled with ink and your brackets at the […]
Let’s, just for argument’s sake, say that you are the head coach of a football team that just went 11-2. Your team is coming off a season in which they won the Rose Bowl by beating Oregon 26-17. You beat five 10-win teams this season. And you have most of your key starters coming back, […]
It’s time for a little story. Once upon a time there was a football team called the Arizona Cardinals. And they weren’t any good at all. The players were virtually unwatchable. The ownership was about as motivated as a teenager with homework. The stands were empty; a mixture of shiny gold colored metal and drab […]
It was literally the perfect metaphor. On Sunday, my wife (code name: Decision Maker) was standing at the counter preparing to light the candles on my 40th birthday pie but I wouldn’t let her. Not until the Suns/Thunder game ended. Frustrated, the DM sighed and put the pie back in the fridge. I know what […]
