LAS VEGAS — Sophomore guard Jordan Adams was still reeling from his UCLA Bruins’ 79-75 January loss at home to Arizona. He had a chance to tie the game in the closing minute, but his 3-point attempt rattled in and out — ultimately keeping the Wildcats atop the rankings and undefeated. Fast forward to Saturday’s […]
Saturday’s Pac-12 Tournament final in Las Vegas was about as tense of a contest as you could ask for. The UCLA Bruins were in the driver’s seat for a good portion of the afternoon, but the No. 4 Arizona Wildcats refused to go away, as the game went back and forth in the last 18 […]
The Phoenix Suns have been on track for the majority of 2013-14 to make the Western Conference Playoffs. Unfortunately, after losing three out of their last four games, they currently find themselves a half-game behind the surging Memphis Grizzlies for the final spot in the West. The last four contests — two versus the Los […]
Although the Phoenix Suns re-energized their season last Thursday with a home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, a team which came into town with the Western Conference’s best record, Jeff Hornacek’s club has dropped three of its last four games, all against playoff-contending opponents. The Suns have fallen to 36-27 after back-to-back road losses […]
The Arizona Wildcats went into Saturday’s afternoon tilt in Eugene, Ore., not necessarily needing a win, but they came out playing like they did against Oregon — at least until roughly five minutes left in the game. Aaron Gordon made one of two free throws to put Arizona up 51-50 on the Ducks with 4:43 […]
A good coach can make all the difference. It’s been quite some time since the Phoenix Suns have been considered a prime destination for free agents, but Jeff Hornacek may have turned the tide back in a favorable direction. The same dilemma could be said of the Arizona Cardinals organization, but according to Fox Sports […]
The Arizona Cardinals bolstered their tight end corps by signing 29-year-old veteran John Carlson to a two-year deal Friday. At the very least, Carlson, who was waived by Minnesota earlier in the week, adds depth at tight end for the Cardinals. However, if he can get back to the form he showed in his first […]
Although the Arizona Cardinals were happy to get Karlos Dansby back last season and see him flourish, one NFL analyst says the team should be careful not to overpay when attempting to re-sign the 32-year-old linebacker this offseason. Pete Prisco, senior NFL columnist for CBS Sports, joined Arizona Sports 98.7 FM’s Dan Bickley Show with […]
Seemingly out of nowhere, the Phoenix Suns tinkered with their frontline last weekend by adding power forward/center Shavlik Randolph and dropping Ukrainian big man Slava Kravtsov. On the surface it was a puzzling move: Waiving the little-used Kravtsov in favor of a player who’s been near the end of the bench most of his NBA […]
Phoenix Suns center Miles Plumlee sprained his right knee in practice last week and played through the pain — up until missing his first game of the season Tuesday against the Los Angeles Clippers. Head coach Jeff Hornacek confirmed Thursday that the Suns center will also miss the team’s evening matchup with the Oklahoma City […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks made two major additions to their roster over the offseason: One to the pitching staff — Addison Reed — and one to the batting lineup — Mark Trumbo. The Diamondbacks had to give up outfielder Adam Eaton and starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs in December to get the 28-year-old slugger from the Los […]
After recording the lone score in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes center Antoine Vermette is just five goals shy of his career high for a season. The 31-year-old Canadian is having his best campaign as a Coyote: He leads the team with 22 goals, and he has 38 total points on […]
The Phoenix Coyotes weren’t able to pull off any big moves in the final hours of trade deadline, but general manager Don Maloney ruminated on one trade he made the day before as he joined The Dan Bickley Show with Vince Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Wednesday. The Coyotes sent defenseman Rostislav Klesla, forward […]
Arizona Diamondbacks veteran pitcher Bronson Arroyo missed what would have been his second start of spring training Tuesday due to back stiffness. The 37-year-old starter, who signed with the team Feb. 7, gave up three hits and two runs (one earned) in his first start for the Diamondbacks against the Chicago Cubs last Thursday. D-backs […]
As the NBA moves into its final third of the 2013-14 season, ESPN writer Mark Stein took a look back at the “second trimester” and named some top players as well as the top coach over that span of the year. Stein named only seven winners in total, and two members of the Phoenix Suns […]
The Phoenix Suns were missing several backcourt players Wednesday night in Salt Lake City: Eric Bledsoe, Leandro Barbosa and — most noticeably of all — Goran Dragic. While Phoenix has stayed afloat since Bledsoe had to undergo knee surgery in early January, the absence of Dragic was too much to overcome, as the team was […]
On Thursday, in what will go down as one of the biggest turning points in combat sports history, the Nevada State Athletic Commission unanimously voted to ban Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) from all combat sports. In the past, fighters who had a legitimate medical reason for the treatment were granted Therapeutics Use Exemption (TUE). But […]
Welcome to the NBA, Ish Smith. Well, technically, he’s been in the league for a while, but fourth-year point guard is emerging as a reliable backup for the Phoenix Suns, his seventh NBA team, in the absence of Eric Bledsoe. Smith had perhaps his best night as a pro Friday against San Antonio, scoring a […]
With the aura of the Winter Olympics captivating the world, the UFC has decided to capitalize on the popularity of one of the world’s biggest sporting events. Only 17 athletes have competed in both the Olympics and the UFC, but never before have two Olympic medalists squared off inside the octagon. All that will change […]
The Phoenix Suns took full advantage of a San Antonio Spurs team missing Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard from its backcourt Friday at US Airways Center. Phoenix opened up the game with a 28-12 second quarter, and its bench got plenty of run in the second half as the team cruised to a 106-85 win. […]
UFC middleweight fighter Luke Rockhold is one of the best fighters on the planet. With some of the best kickboxing in the division to go along with an incredibly underrated ground game, the American Kickboxing Academy product laid waste to the Strikeforce 185-pound division during his four-year run in the organization. Too bad for those […]
Following UFC Fight Night 36, find out who moved up and who fell down in the Power MMA Show’s official pound-for-pound rankings. Fighters who are inactive for at least one year are not eligible for ranking. POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Jon Jones 2. Jose Aldo 3. Cain Velasquez 4. Renan Barão 5. Demetrious Johnson 6. Chris Weidman […]
Arizona State senior Jordan Bachynski is a man among boys, literally and figuratively. The 7-foot-2, 24-year-old center got married back in 2011 and is expecting a child this summer. In an interview Tuesday on The Dan Bickley Show with Vince Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM, Bachynski said he’s more focused on providing for his […]
The UFC is making its first trip of 2014 to Brazil on Saturday to bring fans yet another free fight card. With the unfortunate position of being sandwiched between two pay-per-view cards, the buzz surrounding UFC Fight Night 36 has been rather quiet for a card headlined by a matchup between two former champions. In […]
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