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Dan Bickley

Head coach Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints on the sidelines before the game against the Atlan...
Dan Bickley

Sean Payton is the remedy to Cardinals QB Kyler Murray’s struggles

Imagine what an authentic, innovative, alpha male, Super Bowl-winning coach like Sean Payton might do for our slow-growing franchise QB.
1 year ago
President and owner Michael Bidwill of the Arizona Cardinals before the NFL preseason game against ...
Dan Bickley

Arizona Cardinals’ Michael Bidwill at own crossroads with changes looming

The Cardinals need an overhaul. They need an owner smart enough to look in the mirror and brave enough to step outside his comfort zone.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Cardinals can reset by trading high draft pick, DeAndre Hopkins

The Cardinals can secure a top-four pick, trade down and then turn to dealing their elite wide receiver in DeAndre Hopkins to pile up assets.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Bills S Damar Hamlin collapse is latest of NFL’s frightening moments

Monday Night Football halted in one of the most nauseating, stunning, sobering viewing experiences in recent memory.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Arizona Cardinals’ loss to Falcons felt like a victory

Valley sports fans absorbed great trauma in 2022. The hope is that a new year will bring redemption and joy to Arizona.
1 year ago
Arizona State Sun Devils Head Coach Bobby Hurley on the sidelines during the first half of a Colleg...
Dan Bickley

Loss to in-state rival Arizona tough to swallow for Bobby Hurley, ASU

Bobby Hurley stared at the box score, attempting to process a nine-point loss to the fifth-ranked team in the nation.
1 year ago
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Dan Bickley

As usual, J.J. Watt’s timing was impeccable in retirement announcement

J.J. Watt came to the Arizona Cardinals as a real-life superhero. He did not disappoint before announcing his retirement.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Mat Ishbia gains one of greatest unseen sport stories with purchase of Suns

There’s an old saying about the devil you know and the devil you don’t. That will not apply to the sale of the Phoenix Suns.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

New dawn may be coming for Cardinals after loss to Broncos in Denver

Extreme dysfunction in 2022 has resulted in one of the worst seasons in Cardinals history. A cultural overhaul is long overdue.
1 year ago
Head coach Kliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray #1 of the Arizona Cardinals look on during the second h...
Dan Bickley

Arizona Cardinals’ 2022 season one of NFL’s most dysfunctional ever

The Cardinals hoped to win a home Super Bowl. Instead, they have produced one of the most dysfunctional seasons in NFL history.
1 year ago
Kyler Murray #1 of the Arizona Cardinals is looked over on the field after being injured against th...
Dan Bickley

Kyler Murray injury is cruelest blow of Arizona Cardinals’ season

A season full of hard knocks saved its cruelest blow for Kyler Murray after the Arizona Cardinals QB suffered a non-contact knee injury.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Pressure on Cardinals’ Kingsbury builds after Payton rumors, loss to Chargers

It's unlikely Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury loses his job, but pressure builds after a loss to the Chargers and a rumor about Sean Payton.
1 year ago
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Dan Bickley

Giving thanks to a sports community that shows up in the worst of times

This Thanksgiving, I am grateful for the love, empathy and strong sense of community inside this transient, crazy, divisive sports town.
1 year ago
Kevin Givens #90 of the San Francisco 49ers sacks Colt McCoy #12 of the Arizona Cardinals during th...
Dan Bickley

The truth of the Cardinals comes out in Mexico City

Once the ball is in play, pro football is brutal and honest. Once again, it wasn’t pretty for the Cardinals on Monday night in Mexico City.
1 year ago
Eno Benjamin #26 of the Arizona Cardinals runs the ball and is knocked out of bounds during a prese...
Dan Bickley

Eno Benjamin’s release spotlights pattern with Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals have a history of players in small offensive roles getting upset at the inconsistency of their playing time.
1 year ago
Kyler Murray #1 of the Arizona Cardinals looks on from the sidelines during the third quarter of th...
Dan Bickley

Cardinals organized, empowered vs. Rams without Kyler Murray at QB

Colt McCoy’s spot start on Sunday gave Kliff Kingsbury a chance to provide some clarity, maybe even hope for the future.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Devin Booker is delivering a refined brand of fury this season

Devin Booker is playing without fear, even though his reputation was dragged this offseason, turned into a meme.
1 year ago
Head coach Kliff Kingsbury of the Arizona Cardinals looks on during the second quarter of the game ...
Dan Bickley

Arizona Cardinals’ loss to Seahawks adds evidence changes are needed

Barring a miraculous turnabout, the Cardinals' loss to the Seahawks on Sunday likely dooms a return to the postseason in 2022.
1 year ago
General manager James Jones of the Phoenix Suns looks on after the game against the Miami Heat at F...
Dan Bickley

Phoenix Suns carry postseason burden that requires atonement

Stoically, they have maintained their silence. Steadfastly, they have given no explanations for their collapse in last year’s postseason.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Cardinals’ talent too good for offense to be this bad

The Cardinals have too much weaponry on offense to look this impotent, this confused and this reliant on an elite wide receiver.
1 year ago
Michael Crow, Arizona State University president...
Dan Bickley

Setting ground rules for hiring ASU football’s next head coach

There is hope that ASU president Michael Crow has seen the light, realizing that no amount of innovation can vault a program to the top.
1 year ago
Marco Wilson #20 of the Arizona Cardinals dives into the end zone for a touchdown after interceptin...
Dan Bickley

Cardinals find renewed hope in season after TNF win vs. Saints

The Cardinals will enter an extended break with new momentum, with renewed hope that a floundering season has been found in the darkness.
1 year ago
Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury speaks at a news conference after his team's NFL footb...
Dan Bickley

Cardinals HC Kliff Kingsbury’s offense no longer a threat to rest of NFL

Arizona's Week 6 loss was anything but a “Get Right” game for Kliff Kingsbury and his fraudulent offense. This was a “Get Gone” game.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Phoenix Suns have heavy lifting to atone for 2022 playoff run

The Suns have a tough act to follow. They must atone for the best regular season team in franchise history. Heavy lifting will be required.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Cardinals defense continues to outshine offense in loss to Eagles

The Cardinals defense gives hope that things might be different when Hopkins returns, but the offense remains a maddening mess of potential.
1 year ago
Dan Bickley

Arizona Cardinals no worse for the wear after win over Panthers

Some rules are sacred in the NFL. Like never complaining about a road victory. That includes the Cardinals’ win over the Panthers on Sunday.
2 years ago
Head coach Monty Williams of the Phoenix Suns talks with Deandre Ayton #22 in the second half of ga...
Dan Bickley

Silence between Deandre Ayton, Monty Williams defies all expectations

The indifference of Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams is stunning. So much that it must be the entire point, writes Dan Bickley.
2 years ago
Dan Bickley

Cardinals save season with all-time comeback win over Raiders

The Cardinals’ 29-23 victory over the Raiders was breathtaking, unbelievable and saved the franchise from last place and fan-based mutiny.
2 years ago
Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver sits during the first half of the NBA game against the Golden Stat...
Dan Bickley

NBA punishment to Suns owner Robert Sarver is slap on the wrist

A slap on the wrist. That’s what most NBA people think about Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver’s punishment.
2 years ago
Head coach Kliff Kingsbury of the Arizona Cardinals paces the sidelines during the second half of t...
Dan Bickley

Cardinals organization top-down responsible for embarrassing Week 1 loss

The Cardinals lost 44-21 to the Chiefs, but the game wasn’t as close as the final score, and that’s saying something.
2 years ago
Dan Bickley bio
Dan Bickley is the most influential sports media member in Arizona sports history, having spent over 20 years as the award-winning lead sports columnist for The Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com and almost two decades as a Valley sports radio talk show host. In spring 2018, Bickley made the decision to leave the newspaper to join the Arizona Sports team as host of the entertaining and informative midday show Bickley and Marotta, as well as bring his opinionated and provocative column exclusively to ArizonaSports.com.
Bickley’s journalism career began in his hometown of Chicago, where he was part of a star-studded staff at the Chicago Sun-Times. He chronicled Michael Jordan’s six NBA championships; covered the Olympics in eight different countries and attended 14 Super Bowls; spent three weeks in an Indianapolis courthouse writing about Mike Tyson’s rape trial; and once left his laptop in an Edmonton bar after the Blackhawks reached the Stanley Cup Finals.
He has won multiple awards, written two books, formed a rock band, fathered three children, and once turned down an offer to work at the New York Times.  His passions include sports, music, the alphabet, good beer and great radio. After joining Arizona Sports, he couldn’t be happier