I went to three Phoenix Coyotes games during the 2011-12 regular season. I’ve been to six so far in the postseason. I plan on going to more. My name is Adam Green, and I’m a bandwagon fan. It’s not that I used to dislike the Coyotes, far from it. I would usually attend a few […]
The Phoenix Suns have not exactly made a habit of making sure their top free agents stick around. Whether it was Joe Johnson bolting in 2005, Tim Thomas in 2006, Amare Stoudemire in 2010 or likely Steve Nash in 2012, the team has seen countless contributors skip town in search of more money or a […]
Coyotes coach Dave Tippett appeared to do something he hasn’t done in a while. Just days after being as upset as you’ll ever see a coach whose team just won a playoff game, Tippett joked around, seemingly pleased with what had transpired on the ice not long before his post-game press conference. Saying his team […]
In truth, we probably should have seen this coming. The Phoenix Coyotes took a 1-0 series lead over the Nashville Predators by winning 4-3. In overtime. After surrendering a third-period lead. It’s hockey, the Coyotes’ way. “We do everything the hard way,” game-winning goal scorer Ray Whitney joked after the game. “There’s certainly nothing easy […]
The Arizona Cardinals did two things with the selection of Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd Thursday evening. One, they avoided repeating the mistakes of 2003, when the team passed on an opportunity to select one of many players who would help the team in favor of trading down in the first round. Instead of picking […]
Was it worth it? Three years or so ago the Phoenix Suns had a decision to make: Trade Amare Stoudemire before he likely left as a free agent, or make one last run with him, future be damned. They decided to make one final run, and were rewarded with a trip to the Western Conference […]
The Arizona Cardinals are saying all the right things. With the NFL Draft just a few days away, both Rod Graves and Ken Whisenhunt have openly talked about the strategy of drafting based on ability, not need. “What we don’t want to do is draft a lineman just to draft a lineman because that’s what […]
The assignment seemed simple enough. Do a story about the 8th annual Pat’s Run. It made sense. I’ll be running in the event for the first time Saturday, and it’s become enough of a staple here in the Valley that we should have something on it for ArizonaSports.com. Then I started putting the story together, […]
In the Matrix trilogy, déjà vu is a sign that there is a glitch in the program, that something has changed and likely not for the better. In Groundhog Day, Phil (played by Bill Murray) could not escape a particular day until he learned some things that would change his life for the better. While […]
Glendale, Ariz. — The slogan for the 2011-12 Phoenix Coyotes is “Hockey the Hard Way.” In their Stanley Cup Playoffs opener Thursday night in Glendale against the Blackhawks, it may as well have been “Making hockey harder for ourselves.” The Coyotes fell behind just 4:04 into the game when Chicago’s Jonathan Toews slipped a shot […]
Suns coach Alvin Gentry, in a late-March interview with our own Burns and Gambo, said the team needed to approach its final 15 games as if they were playoff contests. “We’ve got to treat every game as a playoff game,” Suns coach Alvin Gentry told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo. “It has to be […]
If it is at all possible for a team to make a statement just three games into a 162-game season, the Arizona Diamondbacks did just that over the weekend. It’s not just that the D-backs swept the San Francisco Giants, a team many think will challenge Arizona for the NL West crown. And it’s not […]
A non-local news station was at the Coyotes game Tuesday night, looking to do a story about the team’s ownership situation and the chances of relocation in the near future. Unfortunately for them (and their presumed angle), the only place the Coyotes moved was farther up the Western Conference Standings, as Phoenix beat the Columbus […]
It appears Steve Nash is preparing for an exit. A free agent at the end of this season, the Suns have, publicly, expressed hope a desire to keep the former league MVP on Planet Orange after this season. Still playing at a high level, Nash is the quintessential Phoenix Sun, the face of the franchise […]
The news that former apostrophe-less Suns star Amar’e Stoudemire is out indefinitely due to a bulging disc in his lower back would seem to indicate the Suns were right not to re-sign him following the 2010 season, instead letting him leave for the guaranteed money in New York. After all, the Knicks are now on […]
*I can’t believe I’m about to write this* Levi Brown gets a bad rap. Taken by the Cardinals with the fifth pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, the offensive lineman has at best adequate, and at worst…well…Levi Brown. Sure, he has not missed a game since his rookie season, starting all 16 (plus playoffs) every […]
The Suns would have been better off tanking the season. The 2012 draft set to be one of the more loaded classes in recent history. The Thunder are leading the West, and they are showing no signs of falling apart. And, should a team miraculously get past the Durantula, chances are the Bulls or Heat […]
“Regarding today’s developments and our quarterback position, acquiring Peyton Manning is no longer an option for us.” With those words Friday, Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt effectively put an end to the team’s pursuit of Peyton Manning, ending months of speculation and a week’s worth of effort to land the future Hall of Fame QB. The […]
The transformation is somewhat startling. When I left for vacation on March 4th, the Valley was a place where decent sports teams played in front of modest crowds – at best. The Coyotes’ attendance struggles are well documented, the Suns are failing to draw numbers close to what they did just a few years ago, […]
“Unless something dramatic has changed, from everything that I know, Steve is not planning to be back with Phoenix next season” – Ric Bucher, ESPN NBA insider on Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf. So you’re saying Steve Nash is not going to re-sign with the Suns when his contract expires? Why wouldn’t a 38-year-old […]
It was a scene I was familiar with. Growing up an Arizona Cardinals season ticket holder, I went to plenty of games where we were outnumbered by the opposing team’s fans. So what I saw Tuesday night was, unfortunately, nothing new. Jobing.com Arena was a sea of blue shirts, as Vancouver Canucks fans made up […]
The Oscars will be handed out Sunday in Los Angeles, as the film industry’s best and brightest will be rewarded for the hard work they’ve put forth over the last year. It is in that spirit that we’re going to hand out the Greenies umm…Arizona Sports Oscars, given to Arizona’s teams, athletes and coaches for […]
Alvin Gentry had his Denny Green moment after Wednesday’s loss to Golden State. There was no “The Warriors are who we thought they were,” but Gentry’s anger and frustration were not unlike that of the former Cardinals coach that fateful October eve. “I’m disgusted,” Gentry said. “I’m disgusted with the way we played, I’m disgusted […]
As sports fans, we want our teams to win now and win later, as the very thought of losing is generally unacceptable. But with the Phoenix Suns doing its fair share of losing and a rebuilding process on the horizon, winning may become a foreign concept at the US Airways Center, at least for a […]
