To say Dennis Erickson’s seat is getting warm would be an understatement. Thought to be in line for a contract extension only a few weeks ago, the only line many want to see him in is the one with an “unemployment” sign hanging above. Tuesday Arizona Sports 620’s John Gambadoro, who wrote that it’s time […]
Apparently leading a fourth quarter comeback gets you noticed around the league. Cardinals QB John Skelton, who threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Early Doucet with less than two minutes remaining in Sunday’s 21-17 win over the Eagles, has been nominated for the GMC “Never Say Never Moment of the Week.” The award is given […]
Ken Whisenhunt has had six different starting quarterbacks over his five years as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Of a group including Matt Leinart, Kurt Warner, Derek Anderson, Max Hall, John Skelton and Kevin Kolb, only Warner could be considered a good passer. Is that a sign Coach Whiz is a poor judge of […]
During his weekly segment with Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf, Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt addressed the brewing controversy at the quarterback position. “Right now, nothing has changed,” Whisenhunt said. “Until Kevin is cleared, until we can assess where he is physically, we’re going to continue as we are. So there is no controversy.” […]
Heading into Sunday’s matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, Larry Fitzgerald had 38 catches, 646 yards and three touchdown catches. Pedestrian-like numbers for the future hall of famer. But the lack of production was never blamed on anything Fitzgerald was doing or not doing; fans knew he was ready to break out any game. The Eagles […]
Half of the haul that the Arizona Diamondbacks received in the trade that sent Mark Reynolds to the Baltimore Orioles last winter is now gone. Monday, the D-backs sold right-handed reliever Kam Mickolio to the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Nippon Professional Baseball league. Mickolio, the 27-year-old right hander, pitched in 6 games for the […]
As I flip thru my Paulie Pigskin Reporter Notebook (stained w/cheese steak), here’s a Sawed Off Shotgun of Sideline Scribblings… Giveth & Taketh Away: What did John Skelton do after throwing the pick-six to Asante Samuel? He worked the sideline. He individually approached every starter on offense, beginning with the O-Linemen, smacking ‘em on the […]
GLENDALE — The Coyotes departed on a four-game trip on Monday morning that will pit them against four of the Eastern Conference’s top six teams over a seven-day span. The team, which blanked the Sharks 3-0 in San Jose on Saturday night, practiced for 45 minutes before leaving Arizona for Toronto. After Tuesday’s game vs. […]
It’s hard to ignore. “I’d be lying if I said we weren’t aware of it,” said quarterback Brock Osweiler. “Obviously you read things and you hear things,” added defensive lineman Bo Moos. What’s being read and what’s being heard is that their head coach is on the proverbial hot seat. Follow @theAdamGreen
Tight end Todd Heap was one of the Arizona Cardinals bigger offseason acquisitions, but like another unnamed offseason addition he hasn’t performed to expectations. This season Heap has played in five games, catching 13 passes for 150 yards and no touchdowns. This is a player who, coming into this season, had 480 receptions, 5,502 yards […]
John Skelton was asked, point blank, if he would be the starting QB when Kevin Kolb is healthy enough to play. “That’s not for me to say or me to speculate about,” Skelton told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo. “Kevin came in as the starting quarterback. He went through his trials and tribulations like […]
In October it seemed like a foregone conclusion. Dennis Erickson would receive a contract extension at the end of the season. Now, as the calendar has flipped to November there’s a considerable amount of debate regarding an extension. Consecutive road losses to UCLA and Washington State has thrust Erickson’s future as the Sun Devils head […]
After a full season and a half the Cardinals finally won on the road Sunday, knocking off the Eagles 21-17. It’s no secret the defense played a big role in the win. The Eagles went 3-15 on third downs, while quarterback Michael Vick was held to 123 yards passing with two interceptions. It seems players […]
NEW YORK, November 14, 2011 – NBA Commissioner David Stern has issued the following statement: “At a bargaining session in February 2010, Jeffrey Kessler, counsel for the union, threatened that the players would abandon the collective bargaining process and start an antitrust lawsuit against our teams if they did not get a bargaining resolution that […]
The Philadelphia Eagles had high hopes for 2011. The organization went out and stockpiled free agents and trade acquisitions like All-Pro cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, former Pro Bowlers Jason Babin, Steve Smith, Ronnie Brown and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Super Bowl Champion Cullen Jenkins. Considering they were the NFC East champions a year ago, there was reason […]
When Arizona State and Arizona take the field Saturday at Sun Devil Stadium it will be the 85th time the teams have met in the “Duel in the Desert,” and the first since last season’s stunning 30-29 ASU win in double overtime. The Sun Devils reclaimed the oldest trophy in college football – the Territorial […]
A couple of weeks ago it looked as if the Arizona State Sun Devils would cruise down the stretch of their schedule and head to the Pac-12 Championship Game as the representatives of the South and take on either Oregon or Stanford. For all intents and purposes, the “hard” part of the Sun Devils’ schedule […]
The San Francisco 49ers are 8-1. You read that right. And not only are the Niners, with first-year head coach Jim Harbaugh in first place in the NFC West, they’ve got a 5-game lead over the Cardinals and Seahawks with six weeks to play. The 49ers hung on for a 27-20 win over the Giants […]
Multiple sources are reporting that the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a new two-year contract with second baseman Aaron Hill. Buster Olney of ESPN is reporting that the deal is worth $11 million. Hill was acquired in a trade from the Toronto Blue Jays along with John McDonald on August 23rd. The deal sent second […]
In a lot of ways, Sunday night’s home affair with Ball State University felt like a throw-away game for the Wildcats. Josiah Turner, the star freshman point guard, started off the game on the bench for Sean Miller, and he finished in the same position he started. On top of that the Wildcats seemed to […]
Well, that was unexpected. It had been well over a calendar year, 427 days in fact, since the Arizona Cardinals won a game away from University of Phoenix Stadium. But a string of 11 straight road losses came to an end on Sunday with a 21- 17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial […]
Admit it. You were very comfortable with Arizona State traveling up to Pullman [the Timbuktu of the Pac-12] to take on a Cougars’ team that was circling the drain and had lost 5 straight games. Snow? No problem. Bring it on. There’s no way the Sun Devils will let something like a little frozen precipitation […]
The following article is not real. It is our best guess as to what would have happened had the NBA season actually started on time, playing every game on the 2011-12 schedule. Clearly that’s not the case, and every stat, quote or observation below never actually happened. But without REAL NBA basketball to talk about […]
TEMPE, AZ — It got a little too close for comfort late in the 2nd half, but Herb Sendek’s Arizona State Sun Devils opened the 2011-12 season with a 78- 72 win over Montana State at Wells Fargo Arena. The free throw line was the Sun Devils’ best friend on Friday, as they connected on […]
Patrick Peterson is already one of the best punt returners in the NFL, and that’s great. However, the Cardinals selected him No. 5 overall because he was a standout cornerback at LSU, and they’re hoping he can be a shutdown kind of player at the pro level. Peterson has shown flashes, but has been held […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks had a pretty successful 2011 season, winning the N.L. West crown, and are currently resting and preparing for 2012. GM Kevin Towers has been hard at work to re-sign players and lock up free agents. So far this season Towers has re-signed John McDonald, Henry Blanco and, most recently, Willie Blooomquist. Towers […]
It’s a battle of the birds in what was supposed to be Kevin Kolb’s return to Philadelphia, but instead could be John Skelton’s second start of the season. The 2-6 Cardinals look to snap their road losing streak against the 3-5 Eagles, who looked to be on the verge of turning their season around before […]
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