It turns out playing with a splint on a broken right thumb really is a hindrance. Marcin Gortat is living proof. In Sunday’s win over Milwaukee, the Suns center led all scorers with 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting. In the two games since having his splint removed, Gortat is shooting a blistering 83% from the […]
It’s sweeping the nation and on Sunday it was on display at US Airways Center. Hakim Warrick, in the Suns pre-game huddle, “Tebow’d”. “The crazy thing is,” he said afterwords, “as I was doing it I think that’s when he threw his 80-yard bomb.” Warrick, before dropping to one knee and placing his right hand […]
A guest on Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Tuesday, Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said he will use the next few weeks to make some key decisions. “I’m sure there will be some things around here that I need to clean up,” Whiz said. Whisenhunt could have been discussing a variety of things, as […]
After a disappointing loss at UCLA in a very winnable game – the Wildcats stepped up in a big way on the road against USC. The Trojans were coming off their own disappointing loss for very different reasons due to a blowout loss to Arizona State Thursday. This 57-46 win lifted the ‘Cats to 2-1 […]
Former Arizona head coach Mike Stoops is reportedly headed back to Oklahoma football. According to News9.com in Oklahoma, who cites multiple sources close to the OU program, Stoops will rejoin his older brother Bob’s coaching staff at OU this week. The reports indicate that Stoops will be named co-defensive coordinator, sharing duties with Brent Venables. […]
In his first four full seasons in the NBA, Channing Frye made a total of 20 three-point shots. So it came as a bit of a surprise when Frye landed in Phoenix, and immediately became one of the league’s premier long-distance shooters. Frye made 374 three- pointers from 2009 to 2011, the 2nd-highest total in […]
Before Sunday night’s game against Milwaukee, Suns head coach Alvin Gentry said Michael Redd is “almost” ready to make his debut. Gentry mentionned “stick(ing) him out there” for a couple of minutes when the Suns host Cleveland Thursday, which would be two weeks to the day after Redd signed. “That’s encouraging,” Redd responded when told […]
It looks like the Arizona State Sun Devils will be playing with one less man this year. According to multiple reports, leading scorer Keala King was dismissed from the ASU men’s basketball team Sunday. @ASUDevilscom tweeted: Quote from coach Herb Sendek: “We have decided that Keala will no longer be with the team. We wish […]
The Arizona Cardinals may welcome a familiar face to their ranks in the next few days. According to Chris Hamblin, the Cardinals extended an offer to former offensive coordinator Todd Haley, though the spot offered is unclear. Under Haley’s offense, the Cards produced one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL, tying for third […]
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Shane Doan scored at the buzzer for the first hat trick of his 16-year NHL career, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a 5-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night. Doan, in his 1,161st game, fired a slap shot past goalie Evgeni Nabokov just before the buzzer sounded. The 35-year-old […]
Former Arizona Cardinals DB Aeneas Williams is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Williams played 10 seasons in Arizona, without missing a game, from 1991-2000 before finishing his career in St. Louis in 2004. He appeared in eight Pro Bowls, including six consecutive games between ’94 and ’99. At various times with […]
It’s no secret how quickly “Gibby Fever” spread throughout the desert and, more importantly, the Diamondbacks clubhouse. Kirk Gibson brought a sense of purpose, discipline and intensity to a young D-backs team last Spring Training and the troops bought into what their manager was preaching. The fiery and tenacious skipper led the D-backs to a […]
The Arizona Cardinals quarterback situation in the upcoming offseason will be similar to the story witnessed in 2011. “We’ve got a lot of things to go through in looking at our season,” head coach Ken Whisenhunt said. “I think that one thing has been consistent: We’re always going to play the best player, the player […]
Calais Campbell is coming off a season with the Arizona Cardinals setting a personal, single-season high of 72 tackles, leading the team with eight sacks, and finishing fourth on the team for unassisted tackles with 53. The organization would like to see the free-agent-to-be continue his growth continue, still in a Cardinals uniform. “He’s had […]
Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle Levi Brown may have played well over the second half of the 2011 season, but inconsistency in the first four-and-a-half years of his career have left many disappointed with his play. Brown is due a pay increase from his recent $5 million to $8.3 million, but the team will likely release […]
ASU head football coach Todd Graham issued the following statement on junior Brock Osweiler’s decision to enter the NFL Draft “I wish Brock Osweiler nothing but the best in his pursuit of a future in the National Football League. That is the goal of every college football player who buckles up a chin strap. I […]
Here is Brock Osweiler’s statement regarding his decision to forego his senior season at Arizona State and enter the NFL Draft Winter Break was an important time for me and after much deliberation, I came to an important decision. In a lot of ways it was similar to my last year in high school. In […]
Arizona State Football Coach Todd Graham added former University of Illinois tight ends and fullbacks coach Chip Long to his staff on Friday, according to a press release by the university. Prior to the years at Illinois, Long had a two-year stint at the University of Arkansas as a graduate assistant, also working with tight […]
Patrick Peterson of the Arizona Cardinals was named as one of the five finalists for 2011 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year Friday. Peterson, drafted fifth overall out of LSU, tied an NFL record by returning four punts for touchdowns, including an electrifying 99-yarder in overtime to clinch a Week 9 win against the St. […]
The second game of conference play was setup nicely for the Wildcats because this is not your father’s UCLA Bruins team. Before the game even started it was marred as star big man Joshua Smith was inactive for the Bruins thanks to a concussion suffered in practice on Wednesday. In his place the sophomore Wear […]
Over the years of Ken Whisenhunt’s tenure as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, there has been a lot of turnover with his coordinators. This year, Ray Horton became Whisenhunt’s third defensive coordinator in his five years at the helm. And there’s at least a possibility that Whisenhunt will need to search for another d-coordinator […]
As a Suns starter last season Marcin Gortat grabbed almost 11 rebounds (10.8) a game. Through the first six games this season, he’s averaging 6.5 rebounds — unacceptable by his standards. Gortat, however, is coming off his best rebounding performance of the season. Against Dallas Wednesday night, he grabbed 10 boards — one more than […]
Teams can’t win games in the first quarter but they can certainly lose games in the first quarter. The Suns have lost the first quarter four times in their first six games, getting outscored 148-132. They are the only team in the league yet to hold a lead after the first twelve minutes of action. […]
The Arizona State mens basketball program has been struggling, and the addition of three suspensions won’t improve their chances of making changes within the next two games. Chris Colvin, Kyle Cain and Keala King will not play in the games against USC tonight and UCLA on Jan. 7 in a decision made by Coach Herb […]
Brock Osweiler had a record-setting season for the Arizona State Sun Devils. He became the first ASU quarterback to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a season, while passing for 26 touchdowns for the 6-7 Devils. Following a 56-24 loss to Boise State in the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas last month, an emotional Osweiler […]
Arizona Cardinals running back Beanie Wells was able to battle through a right-knee injury and gain 1,047 yards this season, but Coach Ken Whisenhunt decided to sit him out the last game of the season on Sunday. However, the coach said Wells got a lot out of his 2011 season. “It’s a good tribute to […]
The Arizona Cardinals aren’t headed to the playoffs despite going 7-2 over their last nine games, but today, five players received “honors” from NFC West blogger Mike Sando of ESPN. For the fourth straight year, Sando named his All-NFC West Offensive team, and for the fourth straight year wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald was on it. […]
Many thought the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks would just play nice in their season finale last Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium. After all, both teams had been eliminated from playoff contention and were playing mostly for pride…and second place in the NFC West, for whatever that’s worth. But credit goes to both teams, […]
If you’re anything like us, chances are you never get tired of hearing about Larry Fitzgerald’s greatness. Easily the Cardinals’ best player, the Pro Bowler just finished up an 80 catch, 1,411 yard and eight touchdown season, and his impact truly goes beyond just the stats. According to the popular and informative ProFootballFocus.com, Fitz was […]
The Phoenix Suns have notoriously been known around the league as a team that thrives off the run-and-gun offense. While the Suns haven’t resembled the high-octane offense of years past in the early going this season, it doesn’t appear they are abandoning their token trademark style of play anytime soon. “We want to stay up […]
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