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Adam Green
Four Down Territory: Cardinals vs. Panthers
The anticipation on Sunday was like Christmas morning. What was waiting under the Cardinals tree, the football equivalent of the Red Ryder BB Gun or the bunny pajamas from Aunt Clara? Of course, it was a little bit of both in the Cardinals 28-21 win over the Panthers. It sure beat last year’s opener against […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
The decision was made for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Sometimes in life the decision gets made for you. The sushi place is packed, let’s go for pizza. Out of red cars? Blue it is. In both cases, if you really want sushi or really want a red car, you could go somewhere else and get it. Ultimately you ask the question. Can we live […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
No team has as much to gain or lose as the Arizona Cardinals
It made $168 million in its first weekend. In just three days, the new – and final – Harry Potter movie made $168 million here in the U.S. and nearly a half-billion worldwide. I was actually hoping to see some folks dressed up in the Harry Potter garb when I was at my Gilbert multiplex […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
Odds are the Arizona Diamondbacks are better than we thought
The internet was buzzing on Wednesday with news of a leaked “The Dark Knight Rises” Batman trailer. No surprise, the Comic-Con types are amped up like impatient toddlers on Christmas Eve. Me? I just shrugged my shoulders for you on the internet. What’s the point of eating an appetizer for a meal that’s still a […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
MLB All-Star Jersey Scavenger Hunt
My task was simple: Bring the “flavor” of the All-Star Game to you. After walking around the Chase Field concourse for five minutes it wasn’t one flavor, it was the 31 flavors of Baskin Robbins. There were Red Sox jerseys, Yankees, Dodgers, Giants (lots of Giants), Brewers, Twins and, of course, the D-backs. It was […]13 years ago
Carter Nacke
Cinderella skipping his ball at All-Star Game
Cinderella has decided she'd rather get some rest. Derek Jeter would have been the star of the show. The belle of the ball. A major chunk of Tuesday's All Star Game broadcast would have been devoted to him and his latest accomplishment: Membership in the 3,000 hit club.13 years ago
Arizona Sports
Wily Mo the latest in a long line of fads
At first it seemed like a great idea. Wily Mo Pena in the Home Run Derby. Bombing back in the bigs after two years of minor league exile. Playing for the host team. Why not? It’d be a hell of a show. It even had its own Twitter hashtag, #WilyMo4Derby. So while a deserving Ian […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
So what if Taylor has an agenda. Is he right?
Who doesn’t love a good legal thriller? A riveting courtroom drama? I’ve watched enough movies like Presumed Innocent and The Insider and TV shows like L.A. Law and The Good Wife to know that one of the staples of the courtroom drama is how the lawyers will try to pick apart a witness. Not their […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
Tap the breaks on Ike Taylor talk
Maybe I’m just in a surly, anti-Pittsburgh mood after hearing of a planned celebration in the Steel City for Dancing with the Stars winner Hines Ward. Or maybe I’m just being a contrarian. Tap the brakes a little bit on the talk the Cardinals should pursue Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor. To be fair, I was […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
Hoping D-backs get their moment and don’t get trumped by NFL
I don’t want to be picky here. I don’t want to be that guy who is dating a super model only to complain that she has man-hands. I don’t want to be that guy who gets a free fancy steak dinner, only to complain his baked potato wasn’t twice baked. Desperate to shed the NFL […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
The last eight drafts haven’t been pretty for Suns
Got a friend, let’s call him … Craig. Craig — grumpy that he wasted nine bucks — insists that Hangover 2 was a summer blockbuster bomb. Just for fun, and to be a pain in his backside, I looked it up. A movie that was filmed on a budget of $35 million has, to date, […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
Watch your golf, I’ll take baseball on Father’s Day
In front of us was the father who brought his three boys to the ballpark. One of them had allegedly spit in the Cold Stone ice cream that belonged to the youngest. While he pleaded his case to his dad, the accused only laughed. Next to him; a tug of war between a dad who […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
What was Nash thinking when Dirk won it all?
When it was over, I wondered why Dirk bolted at the end of the game, once again leaving the ESPN sideline reporter with a lonely look of abandonment. I wondered if Mark Cuban would emerge from his kingdom of quiet and start acting like….Mark Cuban. I wondered what David Stern was thinking about as he […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
LOST: One NBA Superstar
LOST: One NBA Superstar Here is a recent photo. Follow @AZSports13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
D-backs fans can come out of the bomb shelter now
Is it safe for Arizona Diamondbacks fans to come out now? After spending the last three years in a metaphorical bomb shelter right out of the 1960’s Cold War, D-backs fans are starting to wonder if it’s safe to open the cellar door, breathe the air and drink the water. Walk up business during the […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
Cardinals past being used against them now
Like every spouse in America, my wife has a whole litany of habits that are, at best quirky and cute and at worst, irritating and must end immediately. I’m sure I do too…just don’t ask me what they are; I think I’m God’s gift to marriage. One of The Decision Maker’s habits is sleeping in. […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
It sounds crazy but I trust the Cardinals more than the Suns
Did you see the crazy story of the Oregon woman who went into dental surgery with a regular old Oregonian accent and woke up with one that is part South African and part Irish? She has some kind of a rare condition that trigged her changed speech. One day you’re an accountant from Oregon. The […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
Hey NBA, help the Suns out one time
The NBA Draft Lottery is on Tuesday. There’s a 96 percent chance that the Suns will pick right where they are supposed to: #13. 96% is a pretty big number so I’m not going to waste a whole lot of time or invest any kind of real emotions into hoping that the Suns fate lies […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
Acquiring Kolb is something Jerry would do
Let me ask you a question. What did you love about Jerry Colangelo? He won you say? Well…he did and he didn’t. His Suns and D-backs teams won a lot of games over the years but if you’re getting down the brass tax (whatever that means) Jerry’s teams only won one championship. All those years, […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
Traditionalists beware, things will change for ASU football
I’m not much of a traditionalist. In fact I would say I only have one. Every Thanksgiving we load the kids up, trek up the hill and spend it with Mom in Flagstaff. The day after Thanksgiving, we make the turkey sandwiches and head out into the forest to chop down a Christmas tree. That […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
Cardinals get bacon, steak, and ice cream in draft
Larry Fitzgerald said that Ken Whisenhunt learned his lesson. Yes he did. Apparently with a vengeance. The Cards Wide Receiver told Yahoo Sports “Whiz told me he learned his lesson with Adrian Peterson … if there’s an incredible athlete there, you take him, even if you don’t have a need. You find a place for […]13 years ago
Tyler Bassett
Word association with the Cardinals and their potential draft picks
I’m not stealing my kids’ Easter candy. Think of it as thinning the herd. Our unspoken agreement this time of year is that they get everything in the basket but…..the Jelly Beans. I’m not talking about the gag-reflex-inducing spicy jelly beans or the way-too-fruity Starburst jelly beans. Not the ones that come in all sorts […]13 years ago
Arizona Sports
After a lap, I’m rethinking Gabbert
Got this friend. For the purposes of anonymity let’s call him Harry (his real name is Larry but that’s beside the point). Larry Harry and I used to go to bars together where I played the role of his happily-married-here-to-help-wingman. Every trip to the bar included the traditional opening ceremony. We called it “a lap.” […]13 years ago
