All morning I’m thinking nothing will take me away from college basketball. This is my time to do nothing but do what I love. Baseball and college basketball. Then the Cardinals strike. Antonio Cromartie and Patrick Peterson are in the same defensive backfield. It’s not just the signing that makes Steve Keim impressive as a […]
Arizona State has no chance to beat Texas unless their energy dramatically changes. Texas is not a pretty team. Texas is not a finesse team. Texas is not a fast team. Texas finished 11-7 in the Big 12. Unlike most conferences nowadays, that’s a legitimate conference record. Very few conferences play a home-and-home with every […]
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We saw very little desperation from our teams or people on the bubble over the last few days. That must change this weekend. ASU UP NEXT: Selection Sunday COMMENTARY: The way the Devils have played recently, they don’t deserve to go to the NCAA Tournament. Luckily, because of the way they’ve played over the last […]
ARIZONA: Patrick Corbin, Wade Miley, Bronson Arroyo, Brandon McCarthy, Trevor Cahill (Archie Bradley). L.A.: Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Hun-Jin Ryu, Dan Haren, Josh Beckett. SAN FRANCISCO: Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum, Tim Hudson, Ryan Vogelsong. Each team has a major question mark in their rotation. The problem for Arizona is their major question mark […]
On Wednesday night, Eric Bledsoe steps on the fulcrum of his professional career and of the Suns season. It’s really up to him where it goes. Eric Bledsoe returns from midseason surgery against the Cleveland Cavaliers at a desperate moment for Phoenix’s playoff chances. Currently in ninth place of an eight-team race, the Suns need […]
It is impossible to use the English language to explain the importance of Saturday morning for the Arizona Cardinals. The next two important dates on the NFL calendar are Saturday and Tuesday. On midnight, March 8, teams are allowed to contact the agents of all restricted and unrestricted free agents. Although contracts can not be […]
The NFL calendar is a little hard to understand. I’ll explain their calendar so it fits with our more established version. You can talk to potential dates for the New Year’s Eve dance on December 29, but you can’t officially agree that you’ll be together until the ball actually drops. So you might go to […]
The worst. Obviously, shows that those who deal with loss are the toughest. The job leaves me completely empty when I’m on the air for shows that happen during 9/11 or a massive school shooting or when we learn what’s going on in the showers at Penn State. I found out yesterday that fallen officer […]
Here we go! Tuesday night begins the final exams for the Phoenix Suns season. Clippers…Thunder…Warriors…Clippers. The Suns still have stretches of five of six on the road and a separate trip of four of five on the road coming in the next month. A geographically-ignorant schedule maker granted Phoenix a mid-March back-to-back between teams that […]
For us regular people, weekends are a gift. We are being given a huge gift this weekend. Whether it’s near the end, the pressure is up or it’s just the beginning, this is a huge weekend in Arizona. SUNS Must win! People shy away from that term from a mathematical standpoint. I get that. If […]
Game time is coming soon. Diamondbacks and Dodgers. It’s time for the Dodgers to pay their debt. Plunk Puig! I’m not advocating violence. There’s no way any pitcher should ever go after someone’s head. In baseball, not plunking says, “walk over me.” Everyone knows it’s coming. Therefore, let’s finish it now. Waiting until the regular […]
The offseason has begun for the Phoenix Suns. Obviously, no one wants to hear this. We want to talk playoffs. We want to talk about home court advantage. We want to talk about the Suns being on national television twice in one week. No matter how fun the present is, this season is about the […]
The Suns did the right thing: nothing. They didn’t give up their envious cap space, so now they can match any deal another team offers Eric Bledsoe. They didn’t give up any future draft picks from their huge plethora. They didn’t acquire an aging veteran that would take away minutes and lessons desperately needed by […]
Observations from the five basketball games I watched Wednesday, February 19. Suns beat Boston 100-94 Good teams find a way to win when they don’t play well. In back-to-back games, the Phoenix Suns have earned zero style points and two wins. The Western Conference is so tightly packed, there are no apologies for how the […]
Great response to this week’s Question and Declare. I pulled four responses for my video answer but I had plenty more to choose from. Either Suns fans are lying to themselves and the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train, or Phoenix has the most reasonable and understanding fans in the […]
The contract restructuring of Larry Fitzgerald gives the Arizona Cardinals freedom in so many ways. The doors it opens come in free agency, avoiding free agency and, most importantly, making it easier to focus on the draft. Years ago, the Cardinals and Fitzgerald faced a similar predicament. Blame either side or both, but the deal […]
“Hating.” That word/phrase has officially passed, “It’s not about the money, it’s about respect,” as the most overused in sports. Peyton Manning is not the greatest quarterback of all time. For some reason, if you agree with that opinion, you’re a hater. If an analyst picks your team to lose, suddenly they’re a hater. If […]
We have six teams in the Valley that we try our best to cover on the Doug & Wolf Show. Then there’s any national story that gets pushed to the forefront. I also consider the head coach of the Rattlers one of my best friends in the Valley. I’m so proud of the job that […]
1) RUN Make Roy Hibbert run the floor defensively. Miles Plumlee must run. Get the board and get on the break. Hibbert will kill him in the half-court if the pace is slow. If Hibbert is forced to get back to guard Plumlee on the break, he’s out of position and prone to foul. It […]
Are you aware the Phoenix Suns are one-half game behind the media darlings of last year? Did you know the Suns would be the third seed in the Eastern conference playoffs? How about this numbers conversion: Since the conversation between Markieff Morris and Coach Jeff Hornacek, Morris is averaging almost a rebound and a half […]
Today’s question and declare was all about the Suns’ win over Indiana and how it relates to Friday’s game and the upcoming road trip for Phoenix. Every Thursday I send out a tweet (@doug987FM) with the hashtag #questionanddeclare. You then respond to the question and declare your stance. I read your tweets here. The question […]
What just happened? How did it happen? The Phoenix Suns are the best team in the NBA! OK, that might not be the correct answer, but something special just happened. We’re all smart enough to know the Suns are not 24 points better than the Indiana Pacers. Even the most delusional Suns fan is not […]
The Phoenix Suns are worth it again. It was great to get to a Suns game. So many nights during football season I’m catching up on college or NFL games I missed over the weekend. It never really slows down because now I’m watching every Suns, Coyotes, Sun Devils and UA game. If you mix […]
