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 […]
In the wake of Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos being kidnapped at gunpoint in Venezuela on Wednesday, Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers has warned players to be cautious overseas. Towers was a guest on Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo Friday when he talked about the Ramos situation. “I’ve played winter ball for five different years and […]
Patrick Peterson is getting more comfortable. After an amazing game-winning punt return in overtime and strong defensive play all game against the St. Louis Rams, the number five pick in the 2011 Draft appears be getting the hang of professional football. “With me taking the time to study with the defensive secondary coach, studying with […]
The Cardinals are not having a memorable season on either side of the ball, but the defense would be even more forgettable without Calais Campbell going after the opposing quarterback. The defensive end leads the team with five sacks; and even though 4.5 of those came against the Seahawks and Rams, Campbell’s effort to pressure […]
Most red-blooded American males would gladly trade professions with play-by-play broadcaster Dave Pasch. On Sundays in the fall, Pasch describes all the action of Arizona Cardinals games. On Saturdays, Pasch works for ESPN, along with commentators Chris Spielman and Urban Meyer, broadcasting one of the network’s premier college football games. This week, you probably wouldn’t […]
It happened once all last year. In the regular season finale against Oregon State, ASU scored a season-high 80 points in an 80-66 win; just four times did the Sun Devils reach 75 points or more. This season — albeit in an exhibition game — ASU has already hit the 80-point mark. Last week, head […]
Kevin Kolb’s health is improving, that much is certain. But he has yet to get back on the practice field for the Cardinals, putting his status for Sunday’s game in Philadelphia very much in doubt. However, not making it to the practice field would not automatically rule him out for Sunday, according to Cardinals coach […]
With their six-game losing streak behind them, the Arizona Cardinals are looking to start a winning streak when they visit the reeling Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday. A lot of the talk coming out of Philadelphia is centered around the Eagles’ offense–namely quarterback Michael Vick and how he hasn’t been the same […]
John Skelton completed 20 of 35 passes for 222 yards and one touchdown Sunday against the Rams. Those stats, while not particularly impressive, may not tell the entire story of how well the second-year pro played. “I was impressed by John Skelton,” ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo. “When […]
It’s going to be cold. It may even snow. “I’m excited,” said quarterback Brock Osweiler. He may be the only one. Osweiler grew up in Kalispell, Montana about five hours from Pullman, Washington where—according to weather.com, it’s expected to be in the low 30s with a good chance of rain and show showers Saturday night […]
With the constant media blitz coming out of State College, Pennsylvania surrounding the Jerry Sandusky mess and Joe Paterno firing, actual football has been put on the back burner by many. Of course, not by everyone–most of the Penn State community puts football above everything else, including morality, but I digress. It’s another full slate […]
Mentioning Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb in the same sentence as former Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is an unlikely comparison within the state of Arizona these days but Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid managed to give it a shot. According to Mike Sando of ESPN.com, Andy Reid said that Kolb just needs more time, much […]
When Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald lines up against the Philadelphia Eagles this week he might see a familiar face across from him, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. “It will be fun to compete, he’s one of the best athletes I ever went against and it will be fun to see him,” Fitzgerald said. Rodgers-Cromartie was part of […]
As Kevin Kolb recovers from dealing with a turf toe injury, backup quarterback John Skelton is preparing to start Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. Skelton is coming off a home victory against the St. Louis Rams, but going on the road in Philadelphia will present a much greater challenge. “It will be a hostile environment, […]
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