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Dan Bickley

Isaiah Thomas signing is a wild swing for Suns in desperate times

Isaiah Thomas is a born fighter. He’s beaten the odds. The chip on his shoulder is permanent. It’s easy to rally around a player like him.
7 hours ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Are the Phoenix Suns superstars done with Frank Vogel?

On Monday's Bickley Blast, Dan Bickley asks the question if the Suns' superstars have had bad body language recently and if it's because they want Frank Vogel gone.
12 hours ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: The Suns’ ‘Big 3’ was more like a ‘Mid 3’ in loss to Celtics

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4 days ago
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Arizona State reaches rock bottom at end of Pac-12 stay

Rock bottom is mostly a metaphor, a cliché for sports teams that have fallen and can’t get up. But you can find it on the map at ASU.
4 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Kevin Durant saved the Warriors’ legacy, didn’t ruin his own

On the latest Bickley Blast, Dan Bickley argues that Kevin Durant didn't ruin his legacy by going to the Warriors, but saved theirs.
6 days ago
Monti Ossenfort and Jonathan Gannon chat at rookie minicamp...
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Arizona Cardinals target availability and love for the game in free agency

The Cardinals are trying to build a team with a certain breed of competitor. So far in NFL free agency, Arizona is targeting availability.
6 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Are the Phoenix Suns losing their home-court advantage? And if so, who’s to blame?

After Boston Celtics fans overtook Footprint Center in Saturday's game against the Suns, Dan Bickley questions if Phoenix is losing it's home-court advantage, and if so, who is to blame?
8 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Phoenix Suns’ Mat Ishibia continue to prove he’s unlike any other NBA owner

Mat Ishbia made a bold joke in front of NBA commissioner Adam Silver at the 2027 All-Star announcement Thursday at Footprint Center. Dan Bickley explains how the Phoenix Suns owner continues to show he's unlike others around the league.
10 days ago
The Suns' Jusuf Nurkic posts up Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets...
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Jusuf Nurkic has lived up to hype as Suns’ answer to Nikola Jokic

Jusuf Nurkic has embraced the role of agitator for the Phoenix Suns, especially in matchups against the Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic.
12 days ago
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Video: Jusuf Nurkić continues to prove himself against Nikola Jokić

Dan Bickley was impressed by Jusuf Nurkić after his performance against 2x MVP Nikola Jokić. That was the topic of the Bickley Blast on Wednesday.
13 days ago
Kevin Durant #35 of the Phoenix Suns reacts during the second half of the NBA game at Footprint Cen...
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It’s time to discard expectations of championship-or-bust for Phoenix Suns

It’s not over yet for the Suns, but the first thing that has to change is our luck as a basketball city. That’s completely out of our control.
14 days ago
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Video: We were all booing the Phoenix Suns after a sloppy weekend

After a weekend where the Suns lost two games, Dan Bickley does his Bickley Blast on the turnovers and what the team needs to do moving forward.
14 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: March Madness nears but the Phoenix Suns are more of a March Mystery as they enter the home stretch

College basketball has March Madness, but Dan Bickley explains how the Phoenix Suns are more of the NBA's March Mystery heading into the final home stretch of the regular season.
17 days ago
President John Mara of the New York Giants speaks with President Michael Bidwill of the Arizona Car...
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The 2024 NFLPA report card grades don’t disappoint

The NFL Players Association released their annual report cards for each of the league's franchises this week and the grades don't disappoint.
18 days ago
The Arizona Diamondbacks celebrate winning Game Seven of the Championship Series against the Philad...
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Diamondbacks’ young guns ready to apply invaluable postseason experience

For a young and blossoming team like the Diamondbacks, the value of a second-place finish can be impossible to quantify.
19 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Is the Kyler Murray love for real?

In this edition of the Bickley Blast, Dan Bickley reflects back on the history with the Arizona Cardinals and quarterback Kyler Murray, and if the latest social media love from the team to Murray is genuine. Bickley & Marotta also talk about Phase 2 with the Cardinals, and what they need to do to have success in the 2024 NFL Draft.
20 days ago
Kyler Murray celebrates with Monti Ossenfort postgame...
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Pressure’s on 3 Arizona Cardinals as renovation enters new phase

Renovation of the Arizona Cardinals has entered Phase Two. It's time for Monti Ossenfort, Michael Bidwill and Kyler Murray to step up.
20 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Is Kyler Murray’s future set with the Arizona Cardinals?

With reports of the Arizona Cardinals doing their homework on several quarterbacks coming out in the 2024 NFL Draft, Dan Bickley wonders what the future holds for Kyler Murray in the Desert.
20 days ago
Kevin Durant and Devin Booker look on...
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Suns have 27 games to prep before chase for poetic justice begins

Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Suns fans can have a weight lifted if the 2023-24 Phoenix Suns can win an NBA championship this year.
27 days ago
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo NLDS Game 3 October 11, 2023 (Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Spo...
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Torey Lovullo has become the Diamondbacks’ Braveheart through the ups and downs

Torey Lovullo has endured criticism and success through his tenure with the Diamondbacks and has emerged as our version of William Wallace in Braveheart.
1 month ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: The growing feud of Draymond Green vs. Phoenix Suns’ Kevin Durant, Jusuf Nurkić

Draymond Green took to his podcast to share what he said to Kevin Durant after the Suns faced the Warriors on Saturday. Dan Bickley dives into the growing feud between the Golden State forward vs. KD and Jusuf Nurkić. Video: Felisa Cárdenas and Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports Photos: Chris Coduto, Thearon W. Anderson, Ethan Miller, Tim […]
1 month ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: With sights on a three-peat, could Patrick Mahomes be the Michael Jordan of the NFL?

After back-to-back Super Bowl wins and sights set on a three-peat, Dan Bickley makes a case for why Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes could be the Michael Jordan of the NFL. Video: Felisa Cárdenas and Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports Photos: Felisa Cárdenas/Arizona Sports; Getty Images
1 month ago
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Bickley: WM Phoenix Open caps the weirdest, wettest and wildest tournament ever

Fans of the 2024 WM Phoenix Open experienced one of the weirdest, wettest and wildest versions of the tournament to date.
1 month ago
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Video: Everything the Phoenix Suns did on trade deadline day was exhilarating

On the Bickley Blast following the NBA trade deadline, Dan Bickley said the Suns’ moves were “exhilarating.” Video: Felisa Cárdenas and Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
1 month ago
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Bickley: Mat Ishbia, Phoenix Suns strike gold once more at NBA trade deadline

Thanks to the billionaire basketball junkie running our NBA franchise, the Suns did more than add fringe depth at the NBA trade deadline.
1 month ago
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Video: Phoenix Suns’ Big 3 continuing to find balance as NBA trade deadline approaches

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1 month ago
The 16th hole at the WM Phoenix Open...
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Bickley: Even with PGA-LIV split, WM Phoenix Open stands tall

The WM Phoenix Open is about us, not the players. It’s about the quality of galleries and not the quality of field.
1 month ago
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Video: The Miles Bridges question lingers for the Phoenix Suns as NBA trade deadline approaches

Miles Bridges posts a big game against the Los Angeles Lakers as off-court issues linger. Dan Bickley ponders what Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia may or may not do at the NBA trade deadline. Video: Felisa Cárdenas and Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports Photos: Getty Images Subscribe to the Arizona Sports daily newsletter: https://bit.ly/3QWcj1x Read articles from […]
1 month ago
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) holds up the Lamar Hunt Trophy after the AFC Ch...
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Patrick Mahomes moves closer to GOAT status with each playoff win

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes continues to climb the ladder toward Tom Brady's title of GOAT with each playoff win.
1 month ago
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Video: Will Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker ever be embraced, voted an NBA All-Star starter?

After Suns’ Devin Booker was named an NBA All-Star reserve player Thursday night, Dan Bickley explains why it may take the Phoenix guard winning a championship to be truly embraced beyond local fans. Video: Felisa Cárdenas and Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Arizona Sports has the permission and the rights to shoot video […]
2 months ago
Dan Bickley bio
Dan Bickley is the most influential sports media member in Arizona sports history, having spent over 20 years as the award-winning lead sports columnist for The Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com and almost two decades as a Valley sports radio talk show host. In spring 2018, Bickley made the decision to leave the newspaper to join the Arizona Sports team as host of the entertaining and informative midday show Bickley and Marotta, as well as bring his opinionated and provocative column exclusively to ArizonaSports.com.
Bickley’s journalism career began in his hometown of Chicago, where he was part of a star-studded staff at the Chicago Sun-Times. He chronicled Michael Jordan’s six NBA championships; covered the Olympics in eight different countries and attended 14 Super Bowls; spent three weeks in an Indianapolis courthouse writing about Mike Tyson’s rape trial; and once left his laptop in an Edmonton bar after the Blackhawks reached the Stanley Cup Finals.
He has won multiple awards, written two books, formed a rock band, fathered three children, and once turned down an offer to work at the New York Times.  His passions include sports, music, the alphabet, good beer and great radio. After joining Arizona Sports, he couldn’t be happier