At the halfway point of their season the Arizona Diamondbacks are in second place, sitting 2.5 games behind the World Series champion San Francisco Giants. The first three months have brought their fair share of up and down moments for the Snakes. Since the D-backs are in second place, have a winning record overall — […]
Earlier this month Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Justin Upton climbed aboard Phoenix’s light rail system with former Diamondback great Luis Gonzalez to promote the All-Star Game-themed METRO trains. I felt bad. Through the first two months of the season Upton was having a mediocre-at-best season (for his standards) and I didn’t feel he was worthy […]
When the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat went to the locker room for halftime of Game 6 of the NBA Finals Dirk Nowitzki had three points on 1 of 12 shooting. The Mavs were able to find other ways to score (Arizona alum Jason Terry) and had a 53-51 lead despite the awful offensive half […]
With the recent success of the Arizona Diamondbacks putting them at or near the top of the NL West there has been talk about them being buyers instead of sellers during the season. What exactly should they go buy though? The most logical spots to upgrade would be starting pitching, the bullpen, either corner infield […]
It was reported last week the Tampa Bay Bucs turned down the opportunity to appear on the popular HBO series “Hard Knocks.” The Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons have also already said thanks, but no thanks. It got me thinking … why not the Arizona Cardinals? I went to thinking and started […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks had the worst bullpen in the history of Major League Baseball last season. Out with the bad and in with the good, or that’s at least what the Diamondbacks were hoping for. Out went Blaine Boyer, D.J. Carrasco, Bob Howry, Kevin Mulvey, Jordan Norberto, Chad Qualls, Saul Rivera, Carlos Rosa, Leo Rosales […]
In a span of just over 40 hours this past weekend we saw the business side of Sean Miller as he contemplated leaving Arizona for Maryland. I don’t know how serious he was considering the move and, regardless of what is being reported, I don’t think we’ll ever know. I also have no idea if […]
When the Arizona Cardinals selected Ryan Williams with the 38th pick in the 2011 NFL Draft it seemed like a bit of a shock. With Tim Hightower and Beanie Wells already on the roster and other positions seeming to be bigger “needs” for the team, one can understand why there was questioning right when the […]
Throughout this week NFL owners, general managers, coaches and scouts will be wrapping up their preparation for the draft and finish the detailed decision making process with their big boards. Many will have a precise idea of what they are going to do on Thursday night when the first round begins. As always, a-snap-of-the-finger-15-minutes-to-think-about-it decision […]
When the Arizona Cardinals schedule was released on Tuesday and I saw they were hosting the Carolina Panthers in Week 1 my immediate reaction was, “they should start 1-0.” Then I came back to reality. Who am I kidding? We sit here on April 20th and have zero idea who the Cardinals or Panthers will […]
A little more than two weeks ago Phoenix Suns Team President Lon Babby told Sports 620 KTAR’s Doug & Wolf the Suns “seem to be just good enough to lose.” In being just good enough to lose, you win some but not enough, especially games you feel like you should be winning. The season is […]
Three weeks from today we will be breaking down the Arizona Cardinals first round draft pick. Three weeks out and I don’t know who that will be. Last week I tweeted out the following, “Thought: IF Blaine Gabbert, Von Miller & Patrick Peterson are all taken before No 5, who do the #Cardinals take with […]
This week the word “Madness” in March Madness doesn’t mean what it meant just seven days ago. Last week the Madness was taking your blank bracket and picking the winners of 63 games. Making yourself feel smart and thinking you knew which 12 seed (Richmond) would show up ready to play and move on to […]
The Arizona Wildcats enter the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed. A tricky seed to figure out. Five seeds have been known to bow out early (happens every year) or catch fire on their way to the Final Four (two last season). Let’s look at why the Wildcats CAN’T make a run (and then […]
For every mistake you make there are consequences. The severity of the mistake depends on the harshness of the consequences. Sometimes the consequences don’t allow you to learn from your mistake and hold the same position. This column is about one of those times where it’s being allowed and it shouldn’t. The consequences for Ohio […]
The last National Football League work stoppage was in 1987. I was still in diapers. Thursday will be the first time without football since I can remember. While the work stoppage technically gets started Thursday night at 9:59 p.m. Arizona time, we as fans will still get our football fix because the draft is still […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks are coming off a two-season stretch in which they found themselves on the losing end 189 times. Manager Kirk Gibson was here for each and every one of those losses as a bench coach and then interim manager for three months. Gibson is now the manager. The interim tag was taken off […]
Carmelo Anthony to the New York Knicks. Deron Williams to the New Jersey Nets. Those are the headlines coming out of the NBA All-Star break and heading into the last stretch of the season. Both the Knicks and Nets upgraded their teams for the immediate future and for what they hope is the long run […]
The Arizona Cardinals completed their staff on Wednesday when they promoted quarterbacks coach Mike Miller to offensive coordinator. Now, the team can turn all their attention and focus to player personnel, specifically attention and focus on the quarterback position. The hottest name out there on the QB market right now is Kevin Kolb. There is […]
To trade or not to trade Steve Nash? Nope. Not this column. See, Steve turned 37 today (Happy Birthday Steve!) and I didn’t want to write about what the Suns should do with the two-time MVP. Instead, I want to sit back and just enjoy what Nash brings and has brought to the table throughout […]
Recruiting is important. There is no doubt about that. Now that I’ve got that out of the way let’s get into what isn’t important yet year after year people pretend it does. The stars next to 17 and 18-year-old’s names. I can guarantee you more stars does not equate to more wins. When I look […]
Aaron Rodgers has gone where so many have tried and failed, and I’m not talking about taking his team to Super Bowl XLV. I’m talking about making a name for himself. I’m talking about stopping the comparisons always leaving him coming in on the negative front. I’m talking about the non-stop conversation of … “he’s […]
I came across an interesting quote just as the calendar was turning a few weeks ago. “A small team of “A” players can run circles around a giant team of “B” and “C” players.” — Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc. A good friend of mine took it one step further and told me, “”A” […]
