I’m not a runner — at least, not on the level of those who participate in the Boston Marathon. I’ve participated in a trio of obstacle runs (Gladiator Rock & Run, Rugged Maniac, Warrior Dash) as well as one Pat’s Run (2012). I’m signed up again to run in Tempe this Saturday. And after what […]
“This whole process has been really exciting and tough at the same time, and I’ve just been constantly with the coaching staff and with my family every day, just coming to what’s the best conclusion and the best outcome for me, and I just decided just to continue my career as a Sun Devil.” Welcome […]
Only one team in Phoenix Suns history has been worse than the 2012-13 version. The first one. The 1968-69 expansion Suns won just 16 games for head coach Johnny “Red” Kerr. They finished last in the Western Division. The next year, Phoenix won 39 games and lost in the playoffs. They failed to reach the […]
I was a sports fan long before I was ever an Arizona Wildcats fan. The news that the head of officials for the Pac-12 may have placed a bounty of sorts on Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller disgusts me. It repulses me. It angers me. And that’s the sports fan talking — not the Arizona […]
The National Football League’s Cardinals have played 25 seasons in the state of Arizona. In those 25 seasons, 28 different quarterbacks have started a game for the team. Of those 28 different quarterbacks, just one — Kurt Warner — threw for more than 4,000 yards in a Cardinals uniform (once), and only Warner tossed more […]
From the time until Kevin Kolb was rumored to be heading to Arizona and now, I wrote roughly 21 columns regarding the quarterback. Of those 21, eight had a negative tone, seven had a positive vibe and six were rather neutral. Make up your damn mind, Green. The truth is anyone who has read my […]
Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf asked Suns forward Jared Dudley about the idea of tanking. Well, maybe not so much the idea of tanking, but the fact that some Suns fans (and media members) believe every win the team earns is really a bad thing for the organization. As it goes, the more losses […]
This is new territory for the Arizona Cardinals. Rarely have they had a player as great as Adrian Wilson, and rarely have they had a player as great as Adrian Wilson stick around for more than a decade. But that’s what the safety did, and his 12-year run with the team officially came to an […]
Mark Lyons is not the point guard Arizona wants. But he is the point guard Arizona needs. As the senior heads into his final game at the McKale Center, he does so as one of the most polarizing players in school history. When he was hitting the game-winner over Florida in December he was a […]
If only Adam Snyder had protected Kevin Kolb half as well on the field as he does on Twitter then perhaps none of this would be necessary. Snyder, who took to social media to defend the quarterback, is proving to us what I think we already knew: Kevin Kolb is a good guy who works […]
The sports headline in Wednesday’s Oregonian following the Trail Blazers’ 102-98 loss to the Suns Tuesday night was apparently enough to declare the team’s season over. “Time for season’s obituary?” Ouch. The loss dropped Portland to 25-29 on the season. The team has lost six straight games and is currently 3.5 games out of the […]
A friend asked how I felt about the Arizona Wildcats extending Rich Rodriguez’s contract after just one season. The move, he felt, was a bit premature. Sure, Rodriguez led the Cats to an 8-5 record that included a bowl victory, but did he really deserve a raise? Not really, but the move had to be […]
To some degree, Suns president of basketball operations Lon Babby is right when he says the reaction to Michael Beasley’s traffic incident is “overblown.” It is not like Beasley was drunk or high, he didn’t rob anyone and no one was harmed. People get speeding tickets all the time — especially if you are me […]
Every time Anquan Boldin scores a touchdown in the Super Bowl his team goes on to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. And every time he doesn’t, his team doesn’t. If only Kurt Warner’s pass to Boldin at the end of the first half of Super Bowl XLIII had been caught by No. 81 in red and […]
In many ways, the Arizona Wildcats have never had a player like Ka’Deem Carey. A consensus All-American. The nation’s leading rusher. A Heisman Trophy candidate. But in many other ways, the Arizona Wildcats — and every other school across the nation — have had plenty of players like Ka’Deem Carey. Useful on the field. Disasters […]
GLENDALE — The first time the Phoenix Coyotes played the Los Angeles Kings since the last time they played the Los Angeles Kings was just like the last time they played the Los Angeles Kings. A loss, complete with some shaky goaltending and frustrating officiating. At least the 4-2 defeat Saturday came in a regular […]
Phoenix Suns president of basketball operations Lon Babby said something interesting on Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Wednesday. Actually, he said a lot of interesting things, but something really stood out. “I look at the big picture. From where we were when we came here to where we are now is the way I […]
Consider this my resignation from the Kevin Towers fan club. Back in December, when the Diamondbacks made the Trevor Bauer for Didi Gregorius trade, I wrote it would be premature to judge the deal. After all, I thought, perhaps Towers and the D-backs know something we don’t and landed a player he believes has Derek […]
The moment Andy Reid agreed to become the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, the Arizona Cardinals’ chance of “winning the press conference” with their choice went out the window. Because of all the viable candidates on the market (i.e.: not Lovie Smith), Reid was the only one with any kind of track record […]
Adam Green, Jarrett Carlen and Joe Huizenga discuss the Cardinals’ search for a head coach, Lance Armstrong’s search for forgiveness and Manti Te’o’s search for a real girlfriend. Follow @AZSports
For the better part of the last three seasons there has been a contingent of fans and media alike who believe the Phoenix Suns need to tank. As the thought process goes, the easiest way to get good in the NBA is to get very, very bad first. Suns president of basketball operations Lon Babby […]
If you look hard enough with the right amount of nerdy perspective, potential Phoenix Coyotes owner Greg Jamison bears a striking resemblance to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Which is fitting, because Jamison may very well be the Arizona sports fan’s only hope. We’re fortunate to have a team in each of the “big four” sports, but of […]
Arizona State defensive tackle Will Sutton began a somewhat inauspicious press conference in a way many would have expected. With his parents to his right and coach to his left, the player began to address the crowd, which included Arizona State employees, members of the media and Sun Devil teammates. Most people probably thought, given […]
Look beyond the 5-11 record, the messy quarterback situation and the fact that the Cardinals finished in last place in the NFC West. Disregard Arizona’s top-10 draft pick, anemic running game and sieve of an offensive line. The “Same Old Cardinals” as we knew them are dead, a thing of the past. Now if only […]
