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The Suns will miss the party again if changes aren't made
It's always a bit of a kick to the gut when your NBA team
doesn't qualify for the postseason.
After all, the NBA Playoffs aren't exactly the most ...
It's starting to feel like a 'hockey town' around here
During my Sunday errand running, I found myself at a
local grocery store with my 16-year-old son, picking up a
few items for a visit to my sister's
Another victory for Todd Graham before his first game
Near the end of the press conference introducing Todd
Graham as the new Arizona State head football coach last
December, a question was asked about
When Upton comes around, D-backs will be scary
If I told you two weeks ago that the Arizona Diamondbacks
would win seven of their first ten games, you'd probably
believe me.
If I told you two ...
Shannon Brown starting to prove the naysayers (like me) wrong
Face it - when news broke March 30 that Suns forward Grant
Hill was having surgery on his right knee, you figured the
season was over.
For a ...
Do we really need to know Wonderlic scores?
Question: A boy is 17 years old and his sister is twice
as old.
When the boy is 23 years old, what will be the age of his
sister?
Answer: 40. ...
Is Denver the right fit for Peyton Manning?
Thirteen days after he was cut by the Indianapolis Colts,
the Peyton Manning saga came to an end when the four-time
MVP signed his name on the
So Kevin, about that Peyton Manning flirtation...
We've reached the second full week of Manning Watch 2012,
and we know at this point that Peyton Manning will not be
the next quarterback of the
Time for some optimism about ASU hoops
At the outset of this column, let me make an
admission...I've been critical of Arizona State basketball
this year.
Gasp!
I don't think I've ever
...We'll never see that again
A quick look at the NBA standings shows that exactly three
teams -- the Miami Heat, Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City
Thunder -- are averaging more
One thing is certain, Todd Graham gets it
Ok, color me impressed.
I was underwhelmed by the hiring of Todd Graham as the new head coach of the Arizona State football.
It wasn't that I
...Starmaking out of control in the amateur ranks
I'll start this column with an admission.
I'm pretty skeeved out by high school athletes holding press conferences to announce where they're going ...
It's o.k. to go 'Linsane'
Raise your hand if you had heard of Jeremy Lin a month
ago?
Liar!
Unless you're a big Ivy League fan or happened to watch every second of the
...Barkley's comments on Nash show his short memory
The NBA All-Star reserves were announced on Thursday, and
Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns was among those named to
the Western Conference ...
Eli's elite, and everything else Super Bowl XLVI
When Super Bowl XLVI was on the line, Eli Manning took
control.
Yes, Eli Manning.
Trailing 17-15 with only 3:46 on the clock and one timeout
...'We're excited about this recruiting class...blah, blah, blah..."
Let's play a little game.
I'll supply you with quotes that were made at the twelve different press conferences held by Pac-12 coaches about their ...
Lockout rust evident all over NBA
Warning...this is not breaking news.
Things are not going well for the Phoenix Suns so far in the 2011-12 season.
Phoenix is 6-11, has lost three
...ASU hoops: Where's the grit?
Quick…somebody name the last good thing that happened to
Arizona State athletics?
You'd probably have to go back to the football team's easy 48-14 ...
Terrible title game just what BCS needed
I wasn't all that excited to sit through another LSU-
Alabama matchup in Monday's BCS National Championship Game
in New Orleans.
After all, we'd ...
So Osweiler's leaving- - why all the hate?
After a few days of speculation, it became official on
Friday -- Brock Osweiler is leaving Arizona State a year
early to enter the NFL Draft.
Is ...
The Cardinals need to do right by Kolb
The Arizona Cardinals have been eliminated from playoff
contention, making Sunday's season finale against the
Seattle Seahawks virtually
Your team not in a bowl? Make up your own
Bowl season is underway in college football.
You know, that time of year where mediocrity is rewarded and seemingly every day of the calendar for ...
Treading with caution on Graham hire
Okay, it's been more than 24 hours since news broke that
Todd Graham would be the next head coach of the Arizona
State Sun Devils. I guess it's
Don't look now, but playoffs aren't out of the question
"Playoffs? You want to talk about playoffs? You
kiddin'
me? Playoffs? I
just hope we can win a game." - Jim Mora, coach of the
Indianapolis ...
June Jones didn't deserve this treatment
The reaction was quick, widespread, and intense when word
broke Wednesday morning that the Arizona State Sun Devils
had hired their new head
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