In Kill Bill: Vol. 1, the crafty filmmaker Quentin Tarantino opens the movie with the quote: “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” (Always the movie buff, Tarantino took the line from the classic Star Trek II-The Wrath of Khan – he even cited the quote as an old Klingon proverb) Well, I have a […]
It’s sorta like the really attractive woman you’ve been trying to go out with for, well, forever actually. You flirt, you wait, you push, you back off, and all you’re getting is nowhere and nothing. You’re starting to think she’ll never go out with you. Until one day, for no logical reason….you get her phone […]
Agree or disagree with Robert Sarver’s message or motives….the man has guts. The spotlight glare of this series was plenty bright to begin with. Suns/Spurs, revenge/redemption, payback/Popovich/Parker. But now that the “Los Suns” era is upon us you can throw politics into the equation. Sarver’s team will be on display for the entire nation to […]
The clichéd phrase “must-win game” is usually best saved for, say, a Game 4 situation when you’re down 2-1 and must avoid falling behind 3-1. Or a Game 6, where you’re up 3-2 but Game 7 is in their building. Very rarely are we, the media (the professional couriers of cliché), inclined to bust out […]
“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?” -William Shakespeare Once again, the bully and his rival head towards the big hill in the park outside the school. There’s going […]
On Tuesday, I podcasted about the difference between the biggest and the best. Avatar was the biggest movie last year; it grossed three-quarters of a billion dollars domestically, 2.7 billion worldwide. But it wasn’t the best movie last year. That distinction belonged to The Hurt Locker. The story of Iraq war bomb diffusers/adrenaline junkies only […]
The “what” is all that matters but the “who” and the “how” is the story of the night. The “what” in this case is the final score, Suns 107-88 over Portland to take a three games to two lead over Portland in this playoff series. But it’s the “who” and the “how” that will catch […]
Evaulating an NFL draft is a lot like handicapping a marriage as you’re driving home from the reception (a twisted concept for sure, but admit it…you’ve done it too). Is it love? Will it last? Will she get on his nerves, will he stay faithful? Shoot, they haven’t even opened their presents yet and already […]
Sometimes things just fall your way. Luck. Karma. Good fortune. Whatever you want to call it. For me it’s when an extra candy bar falls out of the vending machine at work. For the Arizona Cardinals it’s when the perfect nose tackle for their 3-4 defense falls right into their lap. Dan Williams and the […]
I’ve got this big-time incredulous vibe working right now. Did the Suns really just squander the thing they worked so hard to attain – home court advantage – in one night? Did they really just become the only team in the NBA to lose their 2010 playoff opener at home? Did Andre Miller just beat […]
Conventional wisdom comes exactly as advertised. It is both conventional and wise. Want to get a job? Network and make sure your resume is brief and to the point. Want to be fashionable? If you’re a woman, don’t wear white after Labor Day. Want to lose weight? Eat smaller portions and exercise more. But once […]
One of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies goes something like this: “Trust. It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.” It’s from the Tom Cruise classic (and it’s not often I get to use those three words in the […]
Watched Tiger Woods “interview” this morning and it reminded me of when my nine-year-old declares matter-of-factly that she brushed her teeth. You know…….with her finger. Toothpaste was involved. Your mouth feels cleaner. Your breath smells better. But did you really brush your teeth? No. You, in fact, did not. Tiger Woods was interviewed by ESPN […]
College hoops analyst Bill Raftery – who is far, far and away the most entertaining analyst in any of the big time sports – has a word he likes to use when describing courage, moxie and guts. The word is “onions.” And when it comes to Tiger Woods, I ain’t got any. I can say […]
I don’t get it. On Friday I utterly and completely believed that Larry Foote was going to be a Cardinal. They were like two people flirting with each other big time at the bar. The mutual attraction was undeniable. At the very least phone numbers would be exchanged. Foote wanted to play for a winner. […]
Did I ever tell you I was a terrific test-taker? SAT’s, ACT’s, final exams; you name it. My gift was cramming. I could cram with the best of them. Load up on the Mountain Dew in the early evening and cap it off with a 2 a.m. trip to Denny’s….order up a Moon’s over My […]
It was a full on, wish-I-thought-of-that moment. I didn’t, so I have to give full credit to the Republic’s Cardinals beat writer, Kent Somers. If you scroll down in this report, you’ll find a suggestion that the Cardinals should put Anquan Boldin in their ring of honor one day. It’s more than a moderate suggestion. […]
For many, the annual Bible of baseball prognostications is a 652 page ditty known as the Baseball Prospectus 2010. The thing is bigger than Mike D’Antoni’s ego. If this book had to fly commercially it would get charged for two seats (but unlike film director Kevin Smith, it wouldn’t complain on its Twitter account because […]
Nothing like a tweet from Chad Ochocinco to set my mind at ease. Alright, I’m mostly kidding. Mostly. I’ve got confidence (not a lot but enough) that the Cardinals are going to bring back their soon-to-be-free-agent safety Antrel Rolle. A feeling that was validated (not a full-on validation but enough of one) by the Bengals […]
The greens are perfectly manicured, the golfers tuned up, the kegs on ice. The PGA Tour is back and golf has our full attention. So now is a perfect time to address the elephant in the room. No, not Tiger. He’s the snake in the room. I’m talking about the name. The Waste Management Phoenix […]
I remember the day like it was yesterday. June 2, 2005. The 620 Sportsline was live, on-location from some high-end pizza place in North Scottsdale. It was the night after the Spurs eliminated the Phoenix Suns from the NBA’s Western Conference Finals and I couldn’t have been in a better mood. Whatever disappointment I had […]
As far as finales go, I’m pretty sure where Tuesday night’s last ever 620 Sportsline ranks. It wasn’t sad and sappy like MASH. This wasn’t Hawkeye Pierce flying away in a helicopter while BJ Honnicutt drives away on the motorcycle with the words GOODBYE spelled out with rocks. It wasn’t confusing like The Soprano’s. I […]
Take all the success the Cardinals have had over the last couple of years. The Super Bowl, the division titles, the newfound national respect. Now imagine it as a giant pie (apple of course). How big is Kurt Warner’s slice? How much of it was he directly and personally responsible for? The knee jerk reaction […]
Do you believe in body language? In the idea that it’s not what you say, but how you say it? In the subtle hints and clues that you can pluck from tone, posture, pauses, inflection and the like? I do. Big time. Maybe I’m an old fashioned radio geek, but, part of my job is […]
