They say all good things must come to an end. And such is the case for the Gambo and Ash show. After 12 years of hosting the main afternoon drive sports show here in Phoenix, the show is no longer. Management at Sports 620 KTAR decided to go in a different direction and my radio […]
For the first time in years the Arizona Diamondbacks will be buyers, not sellers, at the trade deadline. But let the buyer beware in this case, because while the Diamondbacks are clearly in contention in the National League West, they are by no means a lock to make the postseason. Arizona has a stocked minor league system with a number of quality young players destined to be a part of their bright future. While many fans may say the future is now, the D-backs still have to be careful not to make a bad trade, a trade that see's them swap a young star for a rent-a-player. One such player is the Padres Heath Bell.
I’m frankly getting tired of all these athletes lying to us, playing us like we are fools. The latest is Suns swingman Mickael Pietrus, who in dissing the Phoenix Suns to a French newspaper saying the only thing he cares about is winning a title. LIAR. If Pietrus really cared about winning more than anything […]
And with the 13th selection in the 2011 NBA draft the Phoenix Suns select ——-. Ok before we get to that pick let’s go over some scenarios because there are several players the Suns like and would be happy drafting. First and foremost they need help at power forward in the worst way. Markieff Morris […]
You can see it happening right before your eyes. The maturity level is at an all-time high. The game winning hits, the leadership, the commitment to playing the game the right way. It’s all happening right now for the Diamondbacks 23-year-old right fielder Justin Upton. Upton’s heroics in the 10th inning last night – a […]
Unfortunately for the Dallas Mavericks if they happen to win the NBA Championship nobody outside of Big D will be talking about their success, they will be talking about the failures of the Big 3 and the Miami Heat. Not that the Mavericks will care. Winning that elusive title is all that matters and why […]
For years the Phoenix Suns have traded away draft picks in an effort to save money. The organization could have had Rajon Rondo, Rudy Fernandez, Luol Deng or Andre Iguodola, to name a few. With a head coach in Mike D’Antoni who didn’t like rookies and the ability to use draft picks to entice another […]
I have come to the conclusion that Chris Young is who he is. I no longer have the expectations of CY hitting .300 with 30 homers and 100 runs batted in. He is going to hit somewhere between .225 and .250. He is going to hit 20-plus home runs and drive in 75 to 85 […]
While Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are bigger names on the Oklahoma City roster, it is becoming very evident in these NBA playoffs not only how valuable, but how good former Sun Devil James Harden is. In Thurday night’s Game 2 victory over the Mavericks, Harden had 23 points and seven rebounds, including a crucial […]
We all knew the Pac-12 would be getting a nice new television deal. We never could have imagined that they would have got a deal that trumped that of the SEC and Big 10. Yes, the new Commissioner Larry Scott is now every Pac-12 athletic directors best friend because the conference is now out of […]
We all expect Patrick Peterson to be a flat out stud in the secondary, a true shutdown cornerback. So for that this draft is a success. But for this to be a truly great draft at least three maybe four of the other picks need to pan out and by panning out I mean becoming […]
It would be fun if we could debate the Cardinals fist selection in the 2011 draft, but there really is no debate. The Cardinals had no choice but to select Patrick Peterson with the fifth overall choice. Peterson wasn’t only the best player in this draft, he was the best fit for what ails the […]
Phoenix is not a great sports town. There, I said it. You know it’s true. At times, Phoenix is not even a good sports town. If we are being completely honest with ourselves, it’s a decent sports town. Yes, decent. Not bad, not great, just decent. The one good thing about this place is at […]
There usually isn’t much you can take out of a 15-5 loss. But on Wednesday night as I sat in the press box of Chase Field watching Arizona get drubbed by the St. Louis Cardinals, I saw something that got me pretty excited about the future of the Diamondbacks and of their prized right fielder. […]
Now that the Phoenix Suns have been officially eliminated from playoff contention it is time to start working on next season. The Suns will not be a major player in free agency because they won’t have the cap space available. Even after buying out Vince Carter for $4 million the Suns are expected to be […]
It’s Opening Day and with it brings eternal optimism for the baseball fan. Here in Arizona there is hope that the Diamondbacks will be competitive. After losing 97 games last season they really can’t be any worse then they were last year, can they? The answer to that is of course not. For starters, Arizona […]
With the first pick in the NBA draft the Cleveland Cavaliers select Derrick Williams, forward, Arizona. Going into Thursday’s game against top-seeded Duke, Williams was in discussion as a top-5 pick in the draft. Now, he will be the consensus #1 pick. How can he not be? Williams torched Duke for a career-high 32 points […]
I think it is safe to say that after a four-game losing streak that included two losses to teams they are now chasing in the race for the 8th and final playoff spot that we can stick a fork in the Phoenix Suns. For Phoenix to overcome Memphis, New Orleans and Houston and take the […]
Let’s, just for argument’s sake, say that you are the head coach of a football team that just went 11-2. Your team is coming off a season in which they won the Rose Bowl by beating Oregon 26-17. You beat five 10-win teams this season. And you have most of your key starters coming back, […]
I never saw the late Duke Snider play, but I knew all about him. Same for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Al Kaline, Jackie Robinson, Stan Musial, Hank Greenberg and so many of the all-time great baseball players. I caught the tail end of Willie Mays’ career when he was with the Mets and […]
This is supposed to be a sports column. Something about the Suns trade, the upcoming NFL draft, the Coyotes recent win streak or the Diamondbacks upcoming season. But I don’t want to write about sports. Over the weekend sports took a backseat to almost everything in my life. Even my kids soccer games on Saturday […]
He was and always will be my favorite Suns player of all-time. Thursday night when he returned to the U.S. Airways Center, a place he once called home for nine years, it was a blast from the past. It brought back so many good memories for me of the man they called the Matrix. Granted, […]
John Lennon once wrote “Give Peace a Chance.” That was in 1969. Now, 42 years later, I write give Babby and Blanks a chance. I’m not sure how the lyrics would go if I turned it into a song. Maybe something like ‘Everybody’s talking about Gortat, Dowdell, Dudley, Orlando’s first-round pick and all we are […]
News moves fast in the social media world. It didn’t take long after I mentioned on air Thursday that I thought Ben Roethlisberger was a better quarterback than Kurt Warner before Warner himself was getting tweets about it and responding on Twitter that he wants a chance to come on the show and defend himself. […]
