It’s always difficult when someone loses their job — yes, even multi-millionaires like Ken Whisenhunt. But the time had come. Every coach has a message, a plan, a belief in his system and Whisenhunt was no different. He also had a track record of success here, albeit just two years of success, but that still […]
So Beanie “the Bust” Wells wants to woo the other 31 teams in the NFL? Sure Beanie, go ahead. But not from the football field on Sunday. How about you do it at their facilities during some private workouts? You see, after your comments regarding your future — or lack of future — in Arizona, […]
Only time will tell if the Arizona Diamondbacks made a good trade on Tuesday. What we do know is they dealt from a position of strength (pitching prospects) to address a position of need (shortstop). Now, Didi Gregorius may not be as good as Asdrubal Cabrera or Elvis Andrus or as highly-rated as Jurickson Profar, […]
Let’s get one thing clear here. The Phoenix Suns did not learn from their past mistakes of wasting good money on bad players like Josh Childress, Hedo Turkoglu and Hakim Warrick. Somehow, someway this organization has found a way to throw $18 million right out the window. Hate to say I told you so, but […]
It is not a fun time to be an Arizona Cardinals fan right now. An eight-game losing streak! Seriously! In a league of parity, the hapless Cardinals have managed to have losing streaks of six, seven and eight-and-counting in the past three years. That’s pretty hard to do, especially when your defense keeps you in […]
Now Mike D’Antoni can “bust’ the Phoenix Suns. The former Suns coach is now the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, and contrary to those who object, this is an absolutely great hire for the purple and gold. Mike D’Antoni and his system are a better fit than Phil Jackson and his triangle offense with […]
The 1-4 Lakers wasted little time in firing Mike Brown as head coach, and they fired him for all the right reasons. Brown and the Princeton offense that he had Eddie Jordan bring in was the worst possible fit for a Lakers team that has Steve Nash. Brown deserved to be fired. He is a […]
With two World Series wins in the past three years, you would figure teams would want to emulate the San Francisco Giants. And no team is closer to the Giants’ brand of baseball than the Arizona Diamondbacks. When you look at the Giants roster it is littered with homegrown pitchers. Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, Ryan […]
This is the game. The big test. A chance to finally find out how good of a college football team they are. After a schedule filled with bad to mediocre teams, the first big test is finally here. This coming Thursday night on national television at Sun Devil Stadium we finally find out how good […]
After watching Washington beat Stanford Thursday night, I am more convinced than ever that Arizona State has a great opportunity to break into the top four in the Pac-12 Conference this season — maybe even top three. And that would be quite an accomplishment for a team that went 4-5 in conference last season, got […]
I think we are all surprised by the Cardinals being 2-0 mainly because they had to play New England on the road. Clearly this team is winning with defense and special teams, but Kevin Kolb is doing what good backup quarterbacks in this league do. And make no mistake — he came into this season […]
It’s time for the Cardinals to cut their losses. I’m sorry they wasted over $20 million dollars on Kevin Kolb and I certainly don’t blame them for trying to get a franchise signal caller after the Derek Anderson disaster, but it’s time for Kolb to go and I’m not talking about to the bench; I’m […]
It is time. Time for Major League Baseball to start punishing teams for their players cheating. I am so tired of this era, so sick of hearing about players cheating. Tired of Ryan Braun, Manny Ramirez, Melky Cabrera. I thought this steroid/PED era was over, but I guess I was wrong. Baseball has one option […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks have a new priority in the off-season — re-signing Jason Kubel. With all the uncertainty surrounding Justin Upton and the reality that the Diamondbacks will once again listen to trade offers for him in the offseason and with centerfielder Chris Young likely entering his last year with the organization in 2013, it […]
The first day of Cardinals camp Wednesday in Flagstaff brought me back to the spring of 2003. It was then that the Arizona Cardinals, coming off a 5-11 season under coach Dave McGinnis were looking to make a splash in free agency and defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday was their main target. Holliday was the 19th […]
The Phoenix Suns supplied lots of fireworks Wednesday on the most appropriate day of the year. Things moved fast once they agreed to move Steve Nash to the Lakers, ending an exciting and highly-successful era in Suns basketball. Here is a breakdown of what transpired with my thoughts on each deal: • Nash to the […]
The most dangerous time in the NBA season is upon us next week and fans all across the country especially here in Phoenix should be afraid. Be very afraid! Free agency is fool’s gold in this league, always has been, always will be. Outside of Shaq to the Lakers (before the current rules were put […]
The time has come. No more excuses. Justin Upton has to put this Arizona Diamondbacks team on his back and carry them. He may be only 24-years-old, but he has played in the major leagues since 2007, he has over 600 games and over 2,200 at-bats on his resume. The Arizona Diamondbacks are struggling to […]
It’s hard not to like what the Cardinals did in the NFL draft. Michael Floyd was a need and a necessity as the Cardinals have struggled with finding a #2 receiver ever since they decided not to pay Anquan Boldin the money he wanted and shipped him to Baltimore. Steve Breaston and Early Doucet both […]
There are five games left in the regular season and I have no idea whether the Phoenix Suns will make the playoffs or not. But I do know this: Alvin Gentry deserves a contract extension regardless of what happens. I don’t usually pine for coaches to get extension. In fact, for me it’s just the […]
The Lisa Love firing should come as no surprise to anyone associated with Arizona State University or anyone who is a fan of the maroon and gold. In her seven years as the Athletic Director, Love clearly failed to bring ASU the athletic success it has so desperately wanted or the funds it so desperately […]
At the time, it was a questionable move. Letting a star player go in his prime. But now almost two years removed from letting Amar’e Stoudemire walk and sign a maximum 5- year deal worth $100 million dollars with the New York Knicks, it’s safe to say the Phoenix Suns did the right thing. The […]
If the Arizona Cardinals are truly interested in Peyton Manning, aren’t they admitting that they are not settled at the quarterback spot? And if they aren’t, why stop at Manning? Look, I understand fully the attraction to sign a quarterback who won a Super Bowl, won four MVP awards, has thrown for 399 touchdowns and […]
The Ryan Braun story is top news and rightfully so. There are many who are happy that Braun won his appeal and many who aren’t. To me the main story has little to do with the decision by the arbitrator, it has everything to do with how did we get back to this point. I […]
