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Don’t expect Steve Nash to ask for a trade. He hasn’t up to this point, and no matter how bad things may eventually get in the desert, he’s not planning on doing so in the future. In an interview with ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, Nash said the idea of moving him to a contender is a […]
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Discipline. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot in the sport of football. Unfortunately it isn’t a word that was associated with Dennis Erickson’s tenure as head coach at Arizona State. That lack of discipline and a late-season collapse led to Erickson’s firing in November. Last month, ASU hired Todd Graham, who made […]
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Shannon Brown has just one request. “I just hope they don’t boo me.” Brown makes his first trip back to L.A. Tuesday when the Suns play the Lakers, Brown’s former team. He signed with the Suns as a free agent when the lockout was lifted. “It’s the first place I went to where I really […]
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Didn’t we just endure a full off-season and then another 16 games of a “quarterback controversy” here in Arizona? But rumors never stop in sports, especially when former NFL executives spark them on national television. Charley Casserly, a former front office guru with the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans, and now an analyst with CBS […]
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Jeff Casteel could be on his way to Tucson in the near future. Speculation is rising that Jeff Casteel will rejoin Rich Rodriguez at Arizona. Casteel was Rodriguez’s defensive coordinator at West Virginia for all seven years of Rich Rod’s tenure with the Mountaineers. In 2007 Rodriguez took the head coaching job at Michigan and […]
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New Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham continued the process of filling out his staff with the hiring of Paul Randolph as Senior Associate Head Coach. Randolph has served on Graham’s coaching staff in all of his previous stops. At Rice in 2006, Randolph served as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. […]
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Are the Arizona Cardinals a QB away from being a contender? With the way the defense played late in the year and the talent at receiver and running back, it’s hard to argue against the idea. With that in mind, along with questions about whether or not Kevin Kolb or John Skelton will ever develop […]
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It turns out playing with a splint on a broken right thumb really is a hindrance. Marcin Gortat is living proof. In Sunday’s win over Milwaukee, the Suns center led all scorers with 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting. In the two games since having his splint removed, Gortat is shooting a blistering 83% from the […]
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It’s sweeping the nation and on Sunday it was on display at US Airways Center. Hakim Warrick, in the Suns pre-game huddle, “Tebow’d”. “The crazy thing is,” he said afterwords, “as I was doing it I think that’s when he threw his 80-yard bomb.” Warrick, before dropping to one knee and placing his right hand […]
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A guest on Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Tuesday, Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said he will use the next few weeks to make some key decisions. “I’m sure there will be some things around here that I need to clean up,” Whiz said. Whisenhunt could have been discussing a variety of things, as […]
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After a disappointing loss at UCLA in a very winnable game – the Wildcats stepped up in a big way on the road against USC. The Trojans were coming off their own disappointing loss for very different reasons due to a blowout loss to Arizona State Thursday. This 57-46 win lifted the ‘Cats to 2-1 […]
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Former Arizona head coach Mike Stoops is reportedly headed back to Oklahoma football. According to News9.com in Oklahoma, who cites multiple sources close to the OU program, Stoops will rejoin his older brother Bob’s coaching staff at OU this week. The reports indicate that Stoops will be named co-defensive coordinator, sharing duties with Brent Venables. […]
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In his first four full seasons in the NBA, Channing Frye made a total of 20 three-point shots. So it came as a bit of a surprise when Frye landed in Phoenix, and immediately became one of the league’s premier long-distance shooters. Frye made 374 three- pointers from 2009 to 2011, the 2nd-highest total in […]
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Before Sunday night’s game against Milwaukee, Suns head coach Alvin Gentry said Michael Redd is “almost” ready to make his debut. Gentry mentionned “stick(ing) him out there” for a couple of minutes when the Suns host Cleveland Thursday, which would be two weeks to the day after Redd signed. “That’s encouraging,” Redd responded when told […]
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It looks like the Arizona State Sun Devils will be playing with one less man this year. According to multiple reports, leading scorer Keala King was dismissed from the ASU men’s basketball team Sunday. @ASUDevilscom tweeted: Quote from coach Herb Sendek: “We have decided that Keala will no longer be with the team. We wish […]
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The Arizona Cardinals may welcome a familiar face to their ranks in the next few days. According to Chris Hamblin, the Cardinals extended an offer to former offensive coordinator Todd Haley, though the spot offered is unclear. Under Haley’s offense, the Cards produced one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL, tying for third […]
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Shane Doan scored at the buzzer for the first hat trick of his 16-year NHL career, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a 5-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night. Doan, in his 1,161st game, fired a slap shot past goalie Evgeni Nabokov just before the buzzer sounded. The 35-year-old […]
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Former Arizona Cardinals DB Aeneas Williams is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Williams played 10 seasons in Arizona, without missing a game, from 1991-2000 before finishing his career in St. Louis in 2004. He appeared in eight Pro Bowls, including six consecutive games between ’94 and ’99. At various times with […]
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It’s no secret how quickly “Gibby Fever” spread throughout the desert and, more importantly, the Diamondbacks clubhouse. Kirk Gibson brought a sense of purpose, discipline and intensity to a young D-backs team last Spring Training and the troops bought into what their manager was preaching. The fiery and tenacious skipper led the D-backs to a […]
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The Arizona Cardinals quarterback situation in the upcoming offseason will be similar to the story witnessed in 2011. “We’ve got a lot of things to go through in looking at our season,” head coach Ken Whisenhunt said. “I think that one thing has been consistent: We’re always going to play the best player, the player […]