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Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns reacts on the bench during the second half of game three of the...
Dan Bickley

Suns’ shortcomings are a cautionary tale of modern super teams

The Suns' loss to the Timberwolves on Friday was yet another tribute to one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history.
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Marvin Harrison Jr. arrives to the 2024 NFL Draft...
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Marvin Harrison Jr. gets the Larry Fitzgerald seal of approval

The entire state of Arizona was cheering loudly when the Cardinals selected Marvin Harrison Jr., including the great Larry Fitzgerald.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Suns’ superteam is failing ‘spectacularly’

With the Phoenix Suns in a 2-0 hole to the Minnesota Timberwolves in their first round playoff series, Dan Bickley wonders if the team can even the series up and take it back to Minnesota.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Has the Phoenix Suns’ super team turned out to be a super dud?

With the Phoenix Suns down 0-2 in the opening series of the NBA playoffs, Dan Bickley ponders whether all the excitement and hope for the organization's first super team has turned out to be a super letdown.
3 days ago
Mike Conley plays to the T-Wolves crowd in a Game 2 win against the Suns...
Dan Bickley

Suns look more ready for offseason than playoff run after Game 2 loss to T-Wolves

The best three players in the Suns' Game 2 loss were all Timberwolves. Phoenix seems ready for a long offseason more than a playoff run.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Devin Booker, Kevin Durant need to come for a victory & vengeance in Game 2

Tuesday's Bickley Blast calls for Devin Booker and Kevin Durant to show some emotion ahead of Game 2 against the Timberwolves.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Who is this Phoenix Suns team and where are they going?

While Phoenix Suns fans are looking for silver linings following their playoff opening loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Dan Bickley questions this team and its motives ahead of Game 2 on Tuesday.
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Devin Booker drives against Karl-Anthony Towns...
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Suns’ psychological edge vanished with Game 1 Timberwolves win

The Suns lost more than a basketball game on Saturday. They lost their edge and their psychological advantage.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Is the relocation of Coyotes a warning sign for the remaining Arizona sports teams?

After how quickly Arizona lost its NHL franchise, Dan Bickley wonders if area teams need to take note of the events that led to the departure of the Coyotes.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Can Devin Booker and Kevin Durant have a ‘Golden Summer’

Dan Bickley askes if Kevin Durant and Devin Booker can wins a gold medal and an NBA championship in the same summer during his Bickley Blast.
9 days ago
The Coyotes brought out a whiteout for the franchise's last home game in Phoenix. (Jeremy Schnell/A...
Dan Bickley

Coyotes fans turn relocation funeral into party with 1 last whiteout

Diehards had one parting wish. They wanted one final whiteout. They wanted the Coyotes’ last NHL game in the Valley to be a party. 
9 days ago
Rory McIlroy looks on...
Dan Bickley

Golf once again at a crossroads with LIV Golf, PGA Tour still at odds

There are heavy consequences to the gold rush mentality currently infecting the sport of golf, writes Dan Bickley.
11 days ago
The Arizona Coyotes...
Dan Bickley

Arizona Coyotes relocation not our fault, it’s on the owner and local politics

Arizona is a very good hockey market and Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo and local politicians should be blamed for their relocation.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Something feels very different with Devin Booker and the Suns

On the latest Bickley Blast, Dan Bickley asks if a Devin Booker trade request is in the near future.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Can a Phoenix Suns playoff run can force this team to reconcile its issues?

Despite the bad vibes surrounding the Phoenix Suns, Dan Bickley debates if an NBA playoff run can be the determining factor in what makes or breaks this team's underlying issues.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Is a Devin Booker trade request near after Suns fall flat vs. the Clippers?

After Phoenix's loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday with a poor performance from Devin Booker and the Suns' Big 3, Dan Bickley can't help but ponder the possibilities of what could be ahead for this franchise moving forward.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Now is the time for Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns to go full throttle

With six games left in the regular season, Dan Bickley breaks down why the guard Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns need to go full throttle to the finish line if they want to secure a playoff spot and avoid the play-in game.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Still reason to doubt Suns ‘Super team’ is built for playoff grind

Dan Bickley says in his Bickley Blast that there is still doubt the Suns can turn it on in the playoffs. Video/Photo: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports and Phoenix Suns/NBA Arizona Sports has the permission and the rights to shoot video from the NBA and the Phoenix Suns. Subscribe to the Arizona Sports daily newsletter: https://bit.ly/3QWcj1x Read articles from Arizona Sports: https://arizonasports.com/ Download the Arizona Sports app: https://arizonasports.com/the-arizona-sports-98-7-fm-app/ Sign up for texts from Arizona Sports: https://arizonasports.com/text-alerts/ Listen live to Arizona Sports: https://arizonasports.com/listen-live/ Follow the team: https://bit.ly/3R0PIAJ ARIZONA SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArizonaSports/ X: https://x.com/azsports TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@arizonasports987 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arizsports/ ARIZONA SPORTS PODCASTS: https://arizonasports.com/category/podcasts/
19 days ago
Kevin Durant, Zion Williamson and Drew Eubanks...
Dan Bickley

Suns missed an opportunity to take pressure off in loss to Pelicans

The Suns came out with a loss when they had a chance to take some pressure off their final week before the postseason.
19 days ago
Arizona Coyotes Phoenix arena plan rendering...
Dan Bickley

If it happened, Coyotes relocation would give Arizona closure more than mourning

With great respect to Arizona Coyotes diehards: There is no public mourning over the word relocation. It's more like closure.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Is Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker’s playoff encore coming soon?

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has been posting impressive numbers in the last two games which leads Dan Bickley to wonder if Book's playoff encore to the 2020 NBA bubble run is drawing near.
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Former Cardinals GM Steve Keim and Arizona owner Michael Bidwill...
Dan Bickley

Let’s hope the Cardinals’ burner phone plot doesn’t burn them in 2024

The issue is the Arizona Cardinals' burner phones they employed in 2018, a clear violation of the NFL's honor, integrity and sportsmanship.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Do Suns fans really care about the Mat Ishbia/Dan Gilbert feud?

As the Phoenix Suns prepare to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bickley & Marotta discuss the ongoing business feud Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert have, and if Suns fans really care.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Where would the Phoenix Suns be without Grayson Allen?

After Phoenix Suns' Grayson Allen matched a franchise record with nine 3-pointers in Wednesday night's win over the Philadelphia 76ers, Dan Bickley ponders where this team would be without the guard.
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Corbin Carroll at the plate during a game at Chase Field...
Dan Bickley

Diamondbacks fans deserve upgraded stadium to pair with upgraded team

Let’s hope the D-backs keep the party rolling and sprint from the gates in 2024. For the sake of them, us, and the sad stadium they inhabit.
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Video: Bickley Blast: When will the misery end for Phoenix Suns fans?

Bickley Blast: When will the misery end for Phoenix Suns fans?
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Dan Bickley

Isaiah Thomas signing is a wild swing for Suns in desperate times

Isaiah Thomas is a born fighter. He’s beaten the odds. The chip on his shoulder is permanent. It’s easy to rally around a player like him.
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Video: Bickley Blast: Are the Phoenix Suns superstars done with Frank Vogel?

On Monday's Bickley Blast, Dan Bickley asks the question if the Suns' superstars have had bad body language recently and if it's because they want Frank Vogel gone.
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Video: Bickley Blast: The Suns’ ‘Big 3’ was more like a ‘Mid 3’ in loss to Celtics

Video: Felisa Cárdenas and Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports Subscribe to the Arizona Sports daily newsletter: https://bit.ly/3QWcj1x Read articles from Arizona Sports: https://arizonasports.com/ Download the Arizona Sports app: https://arizonasports.com/the-arizona-sports-98-7-fm-app/ Sign up for texts from Arizona Sports: https://arizonasports.com/text-alerts/ Listen live to Arizona Sports: https://arizonasports.com/listen-live/ Follow the team: https://bit.ly/3R0PIAJ ARIZONA SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArizonaSports/ X: https://x.com/azsports TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@arizonasports987 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arizsports/ ARIZONA SPORTS PODCASTS: https://arizonasports.com/category/podcasts/
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Dan Bickley

Arizona State reaches rock bottom at end of Pac-12 stay

Rock bottom is mostly a metaphor, a cliché for sports teams that have fallen and can’t get up. But you can find it on the map at ASU.
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Dan Bickley bio
Dan Bickley is the most influential sports media member in Arizona sports history, having spent over 20 years as the award-winning lead sports columnist for The Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com and almost two decades as a Valley sports radio talk show host. In spring 2018, Bickley made the decision to leave the newspaper to join the Arizona Sports team as host of the entertaining and informative midday show Bickley and Marotta, as well as bring his opinionated and provocative column exclusively to ArizonaSports.com.
Bickley’s journalism career began in his hometown of Chicago, where he was part of a star-studded staff at the Chicago Sun-Times. He chronicled Michael Jordan’s six NBA championships; covered the Olympics in eight different countries and attended 14 Super Bowls; spent three weeks in an Indianapolis courthouse writing about Mike Tyson’s rape trial; and once left his laptop in an Edmonton bar after the Blackhawks reached the Stanley Cup Finals.
He has won multiple awards, written two books, formed a rock band, fathered three children, and once turned down an offer to work at the New York Times.  His passions include sports, music, the alphabet, good beer and great radio. After joining Arizona Sports, he couldn’t be happier