You can’t say that the Arizona Cardinals weren’t aware of Ben Roethlisberger to Mike Wallace passing combination heading into Sunday’s game. They were. Defensive coordinator Ray Horton spoke last week about scaling down the defense and taking a lot of looks out of the rotation because, in his words, they “weren’t ready.” Horton also explained […]
It’s official. Hobey Baker award winner and Coyotes top prospect Andy Miele is going to be a part of the roster for a while. With Kyle Turris still a contractual hold-out, the Coyotes had a choice between Petteri Nokelainen and Miele. Nokelainen was dealt to the Canadiens, so it’s obvious the team is banking on […]
Larry Fitzgerald said the players will fight hard for each other, Kevin Kolb talked about how the team can improve, Vonnie Holiday knows there is a lot of talent on the roster and Ken Whisenhunt is confident his team will continue to work. Such are the themes of a 1-5 football team. The Cardinals, who […]
Ken Whisenhunt spoke for three minutes and 20 seconds. The Cardinals head coach didn’t say much after the Cardinals’ 32-20 loss to the Steelers, the team’s fifth straight, other than the same thing he has since Week 1. “It was a good football team that we played, and they made the plays today and we […]
The Arizona Cardinals talked a good game and said all the right things during their bye week leading up to Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. There were emotional team meetings. There was the fact that NFL teams with home games after the bye had won with great regularity over the last two seasons. None […]
GLENDALE – I had a chance to speak with Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney during Friday’s practice and I asked him to explain why the team recalled center Andy Miele from the American Hockey League. “Andy had a strong training camp and he’s been our best player in the AHL and we think he can […]
Arizona Diamondbacks standouts Ian Kennedy and Justin Upton were both listed as finalists in this year’s MLB Players Choice Awards that were announced on Friday. Kennedy is one of three finalists for the National League Outstanding Pitcher Award, along with Dodgers’ lefty Clayton Kershaw and Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay. The 26- year-old right hander tied for […]
The Cardinals scaled back their defense after a week three loss to Seattle and the team is chomping at the bit to put more back into the scheme. But defensive coordinator Ray Horton is doing what he’s supposed to do as a coach, and he’s telling them they’re not ready. “I didn’t think they were […]
Something completely unexpected happened to me on Thursday night while I was watching the Arizona Wildcats completely embarrass a bad UCLA football team by 36 points. I felt sympathy for recently booted Wildcats head coach Mike Stoops. Me, a Sun Devil fan since the age of seven, feeling sorry for a man who coached at […]
“The way I see it in my eyes is we’re first place in the Pac-12 South,” ASU quarterback Brock Osweiler said. “We’re sitting right where we had hoped we’d be at this time during the season and we just have to continue to build upon that.” Osweiler has been praised for his leadership this season, […]
The Cardinals, after a week off, return to the field to face arguably the best team they have all season: the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not quite a rematch of Super Bowl XLIII, the 4-2 Steelers could effectively end the Cardinals’ season with a win, seeing as how a 1-5 hole would probably too deep for Arizona […]
In the Ken Whisenhunt era the Arizona Cardinals have played the Pittsburgh Steelers twice. All Cardinals fans should remember one of those occasions was in Super Bowl XLIII, which the Cardinals lost in the final seconds. But before that the teams met at University of Phoenix Stadium in 2007, where Whisenhunt picked up his second […]
After their bye week, the Arizona Cardinals sit at 1-4, three and a half games behind the surprising San Francisco 49ers in the NFC West standings. In other words, there’s work to be done for the Cardinals to climb back into contention, and that work starts this week as the defending AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers […]
On Wednesday, I tweeted a rumor about the New Jersey Devils being interested in Phoenix Coyotes holdout center Kyle Turris and the possibility that the Coyotes may be able to pry Zach Parise away from the Devils. Boy, did that get some responses. @ghosthoffa, along with @HR1616, see Parise’s value and know that the Devils […]
With Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt rumored to be on the hot seat, wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald stepped in to say that fans should be blaming the players, not the coach. “There’s nothing wrong with what he’s teaching,” Fitzgerald said Thursday on Arizona Sports 620’s Big Red Rage. “It’s the same concepts that he […]
Day 112 of the NBA lockout began with some optimism. It ended on Thursday night with none. Talks between the players and owners broke down, public accusations flew from both sides, and no further talks were scheduled following three straight marathon bargaining sessions in New York. One of the more prevalent themes of this work […]
At 1-4 the Arizona Cardinals chances of reaching the NFL playoffs are, shall we say, slim. Already chasing the 5-1 San Francisco 49ers, Arizona’s chances of turning the season around and climbing back into the race take a hit because their next two opponents are the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. Tough as it may […]
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has run for only 52 yards this season. There’s eleven NFL quarterbacks who have amassed more yardage with their legs than he has. Roethlisberger has also been sacked 18 times in six games- – the 3rd highest total in the league this year. Despite those figures, Roethlisberger is still one […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers are 4-2, the Arizona Cardinals 1- 4. The visitors come into the game 3.5 point favorites, with most expecting the Cardinals’ losing streak to continue. But maybe not. “They absolutely have a chance,” ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo. Jaworski said the tricky thing is predicting […]
The idea of turning the Arizona Cardinals into Pittsburgh West has been around ever since the team hired Ken Whisenhunt to be head coach. Whether it was putting them on the coaching staff or signing some in free agency, the Cardinals sideline is littered with former Steelers. ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski, as a guest […]
The expectations were high for ASU coming into the season. Now seven games in to the 2011 campaign, those expectations remain unchanged. “The way I see it in my eyes is we’re in first place in the Pac-12 South,” said quarterback Brock Osweiler. “Our goal at the beginning of the season was to win the […]
How long does the goodwill of taking a historically bad franchise to within 157 seconds of winning a championship last? That seems to be the question a lot of people are asking when it comes to the job security of Arizona Cardinals’ head coach Ken Whisenhunt. As the Cardinals prepare for a visit from the […]
The first ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll has been released, and the Arizona Wildcats find themselves ranked 16th. Arizona, which made it to the Elite 8 last season before losing to eventual champion UConn, returns much of the same squad minus two starters — one of whom went to the NBA. The loss of leading scorer […]
Arizona State University’s middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict is picking up the critics at an extraordinary rate. Count ESPN NCAA football analyst Bob Davie as another analyst who calls Burfict’s on-field antics a distraction that is causing his NFL draft stock to fall quickly. “I’m just basing it on what I see from a productivity standpoint […]
The Arizona Wildcats are getting some national attention these days. Not for their play on the field, but because of the potential they offer a future head coach. Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf asked ESPN analyst Dave Pasch what people are saying about the school’s vacancy. “Arizona has come up in conversation because there […]
What’s the first thing that goes through your mind when you think of the Pittsburgh Steelers playing the Arizona Cardinals? If you’re a Cardinals fan, you’ll undoubtedly be besieged by images of Steeler receiver Santonio Holmes tip-toeing in the corner of the end zone in front of three helpless Cardinal defenders for Pittsburgh’s game-winning touchdown […]
GLENDALE – So, what do we know about the 2011-12 Coyotes after five games? Certainly there have been some highs and some lows already in the young season. I asked General Manager Don Maloney what he thought on Wednesday after the team’s practice inside Jobing.com Arena. “We’ve seen some extremes, that’s for sure,” Maloney said. […]
They are not the best. They are not the worst. They are average, literally. The Cardinals passing attack through the first six weeks of the season ranks 16th out of 32 teams in yards (237.2) per game. That though—at least according to quarterback Kevin Kolb, is about to change. “Our last three or four practices […]
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