After every Arizona Diamondbacks game we’ll examine the box score and provide you with instant analysis. So it’s time to go Inside the Box for September 18, 2011: Diamondbacks 5, Padres 1 The Good: Starter Joe Saunders went out with a mission on Sunday. His team was on a three-game slide and is working to […]
After every Arizona Diamondbacks game we’ll examine the box score and provide you with instant analysis. So it’s time to go Inside the Box for September 17, 2011: Padres 3, Diamondbacks 1 The Good: The Diamondbacks didn’t do much right on Saturday, but they didn’t do much wrong either. In their third consecutive loss, the […]
Pay up, Pac-12. When Arizona State lost to unranked Illinois on Saturday night in Champaign, they did more than blow a game they should have won. They created video gold out of the Fighting Illini’s game film. ASU’s offensive line allowed quarterback Brock Osweiler to be sacked six — count ’em, six — times on […]
After every Arizona Diamondbacks game we’ll examine the box score and provide you with instant analysis. So it’s time to go Inside the Box for September 16, 2011: Padres 2, Diamondbacks 0 The Good: After giving up two runs in the first inning D-backs starter Wade Miley settled down, allowing just those two in six […]
Cardinals new Defensive Coordinator Ray Horton is less than one week removed from his first NFL game as a defensive coordinator and he’s trying to remember that his two starting cornerbacks are new to this too. “The important thing I have to remember is that my two starting corners, this will be their second start […]
Barring an unprecedented collapse, the Arizona Diamondbacks will make the playoffs. Once in the postseason, though, they’ll have some decisions to make, especially with the starting rotation. Ian Kennedy and Daniel Hudson are locks, and Joe Saunders figures to be the number three. If the team needs a fourth starter, who do they turn to? […]
GLENDALE — Jobing.com Arena was hopping on Friday as players, coaches, staff and media members assembled for the first official day of the Coyotes 2011-12 Training Camp. Sixty-two players have been invited to this camp, including newcomers Mike Smith, Daymond Langkow, Raffi Torres and Boyd Gordon. Friday was a long day for the players. It […]
The Arizona State Sun Devils are 2-0, coming off a win over a ranked Missouri team. Players, coaches and fans are feeling pretty good — as they should — but all the fun times would quickly end with a loss Saturday to Illinois. “All the good you did in beating Missouri, I think goes out […]
The one bright spot about the Cardinals defense against the Panthers, if you could pick a bright spot, was how they fared against the run. They kept the dual threat attack of DeAngelo Williams and Johnathan Stewart in check, holding them to only 56 combined yards rushing. “We played well against the run last week,” […]
The official injury report for the Arizona Cardinals and Washington Redskins Week 2 game. Arizona Cardinals Player Pos Injury Wed Thu Fri Jim Dray TE Pectoral DNP Limited Limited Joey Porter LB Knee DNP Limited Full LaRod Stephens-Howling RB Hand DNP DNP DNP Daryl Washington LB Calf DNP DNP DNP DeMarco Sampson WR Hamstring Limited […]
The Arizona Cardinals travel to the nation’s capital Sunday to face the Redskins, but there’s one obstacle the team must overcome if it’s expecting to leave with a win. The east coast. Including the 2008 season the Cardinals have gone 5-9 when playing back east, a stretch including some blowout losses, including what is probably […]
The Cardinals are heading to the nation’s capital to take on the Redskins in a game featuring a pair of undefeated teams. Sure, they’re both just 1-0, but undefeated is undefeated. Saturday, September 17, 2011 • Redskins’ defensive line showing growth in many ways The Washington Redskins defense won’t put up the same numbers they […]
The last time Rex Grossman played the Arizona Cardinals a famous quote was born. “They are who we thought they were.” That came from the result of a 20-point halftime lead blown by Dennis Green’s Cardinals to the visiting Chicago Bears back in 2006. Everyone will remember that night for Green’s reaction in the post-game […]
The Atlanta Braves dominated the 90s with a starting rotation featuring Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz, among others. That trio, along with Steve Avery, led the team to the playoffs every year they were together, proving good great pitching can carry a team. The Arizona Diamondbacks are hoping to follow a similar path. […]
Ever feel the need to pump some iron while watching a Diamondbacks game? How about while at a Diamondbacks game? According to the Phoenix Business Journal, Mountainside Fitness Centers is opening a new location inside Chase Field. The fitness center will be located in the former Peter Piper Pizza Playhouse area in the outfield section […]
The Arizona Cardinals defense has been attacked quite a bit this week by both fans and media alike, and if last week is any indication they’ll be hard pressed to stop the assault. Harsh? Perhaps, but surrendering 477 yards of offense to a team led by a rookie QB will do that to you. However, […]
There’s already been one guarantee made. There won’t be a second — at least, not made by the other player in the trade. “I don’t do that. I’m glad he gave us that bulletin board material,” Vonnie Holliday said, referring to Tim Hightower’s ‘we’re going to win this game’ statement earlier in the week. Holliday […]
The NFC West is not exactly a division loaded with top-flight QBs, though it was generally thought that the Rams’ Sam Bradford was the best of the bunch. However, after a week where the second year pro completed just 17 of 30 passes for 188 yards and zero touchdowns it seems as if the gap […]
The Cardinals’ passing game wasn’t lacking explosiveness in the season opener, but that doesn’t mean the team is 100 percent content with its group of receivers. According to Aaron Wilson of Scout.com, the team tried out former Ram Donnie Avery Wednesday. A 5-foot-11 speedster, Avery has tallied 100 catches for 1,263 yards and eight touchdowns […]
After every Arizona Diamondbacks game we’ll examine the box score and provide you with instant analysis. So it’s time to go Inside the Box for September 14, 2011: Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 2 The Good: The Diamondbacks proved they could be the classier team on Wednesday night. Gerardo Parra was at the center of a potential […]
They were competitors on the field but good friends off and Sunday they will be on the same field — on opposite sidelines. Beanie Wells and Tim Hightower shared the same Cardinals backfield until Hightower was traded to the Redskins, Arizona’s opponent this week, on August 1. For two seasons, Wells was the backup, never […]
Arizona Sports 620’s Ron Wolfley asked Arizona Diamondback Chris Young to finish the sentence: The Arizona Diamondbacks are _______. “NL West champs,” the center fielder responded. If you know anything about what manager Kirk Gibson has been preaching all season, that is a pretty big statement coming from Young. “I’ve believed in it all year […]
He may be the smallest player on the roster, but his contributions are anything but. Standing 5-foot, 7-inches tall, LaRod Stephens-Howling is the Cardinals’ kickoff-return specialist and currently the number-two running back behind Beanie Wells. However, he did neither during practice Wednesday. Stephens-Howling joined tight end Jim Dray and linebackers Joey Porter and Daryl Washington […]
Gerardo Parra took an inside pitch from Dodger Hong-Chih Kuo in the 7th inning for a ball. He also took it personally. Parra hit the game-tying home run in the same at bat, making sure to spend time admiring his work before rounding the bases. The Dodgers took exception to his theatrics, and choice words […]
Daryl Washington was a spectator at Cardinals practice Wednesday, certainly not a surprise after he suffered a strained calf in the season opener. “It felt pretty good today,” he said as he came off the field. “I tried a little jogging on it today but it’s a little sore, still going to be a little […]
Coming off a Week 1 win the Arizona Cardinals are looking to improve on a less than stellar defensive performance as they take on the Washington Redskins. The Cardinals gave up more than 400 yards of offense to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, most of which came through the air. “I think that we have […]
After a thrilling overtime win against Missouri Friday the Arizona State Sun Devils must now prepare for their first road game. The win put the Sun Devils in the top 25, but the team has no time to linger on the victory since it must travel to Champaign, IL to play the Illinois Fighting Illini. […]
Three straight bowl games will not be enough to save Mike Stoops’ job at Arizona. That’s the opinion of ESPN College Football Analyst Mark May, who joined Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo Wednesday afternoon. “They’re going to struggle to make a bowl, and I don’t believe they will,” May said. “I think all the […]
Brock Osweiler doesn’t have a ton of experience, but the experience he does have should help him this week when he leads Arizona State into Champaign, Illinois for the Sun Devils’ first road game of the season. “Fortunately for myself, I’ve started a game at Autzen Stadium. I’ve started a game down in Tucson. Two […]
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