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Vince has been part of the Phoenix Sports scene in a few different capacities. First as a fan, Vince has been yelling at his tv during Suns and ASU games since the late 1970's. Vince also saw the media side of things as a radio talk show host from 1996 to 2002, and then again in 2007.
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Pac-10 Media Day is unfolding today in Los Angeles, and to no one's surprise, Southern California was picked by the conference media to win the conference. The Trojans of head coach Pete Carroll received 38 of 39 first place votes. Cal was the only other team to receive a first place vote, although they were [...]
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Reed Johnson's grand slam home run off of reliever Leo Rosales highlighted a 6-run 8th inning, and helped the Chicago Cubs salvage the final game of a 3-game series, 10-6 over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Owings entered the game in the 8th in relief of starter Doug Davis, with the Diamondbacks trailing 4-3. Owings walked [...]
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Many football purists shuttered when Emmitt Smith, the career Dallas Cowboy, and the NFL's all-time leading rusher opted to sign with the Arizona Cardinals to finish his career. Smith played two years for the Cardinals, and in his final season, 2004, he actually performed admirably, running for 937 yards and 9 touchdowns. Yet, still most [...]
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Arizona State linebacker Mike Nixon has had an interesting sports career to say the least. He's been a multi-sport high school star, a minor league baseball player, and a key contributor to a major college football program. That's versatility. His next show of versatility though, might take the cake. This season Mike [...]
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Monday night, hits and runs were hard to come by for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tuesday they were a lot easier to come by. Conor Jackson, for the second time in this home stand, hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning to get the offensive wheels turning, and the D-Backs cruised [...]
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The Arizona Diamondbacks have acquired right-handed reliever Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals in exchange for second baseman Emilio Bonifacio. Rauch was the Nats' closer, and had a 4-2 record with 17 saves in 22 opportunities and a 2.98 ERA. Rauch, a 6-year veteran, is 29 years old, and is the tallest pitcher in Major [...]
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Just one day before heading up the hill to Flagstaff for training camp '08, the Arizona Cardinals signed 2nd-round draft pick Calais Campbell, a 6 foot 8 defensive end from the University of Miami. Campbell registered 50 total tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and 6 sacks for the Hurricanes. He signed a 4-year contract on [...]
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Randy Johnson came into Monday's game against the Chicago Cubs with a career record of 12-0 vs. the Northsiders. Factoring in that the 44-year old Johnson has been shaky at times over the last couple of months, and that the Cubs are the National League's best offense, one might expect a '1' to appear in the [...]
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Last season we saw that Alando Tucker could excel in the D-League. Now we've seen him light it up in the NBA Summer League. Tucker, who's going into his second season out of Wisconsin, averaged a team-high 21.6 points per game in the Suns' 5 games. He ranked 4th in the league in scoring, [...]
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When the Chicago Cubs make their annual trek to Chase Field, it inevitably cranks up the energy level at the airplane hangar-ish looking ballpark in the desert. That's what is on tap for the next three nights in downtown Phoenix...high energy, two first-place teams competing, and a whole lot of Cubs' fans taking up seats at [...]
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It was business as usual for 8 innings for Brandon Webb and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Webb held the Los Angeles Dodgers in check for those 8 innings, allowing just 1 run, and exiting with a 4-1 lead after throwing 109 pitches. He was only 3 outs away from earning his 14th [...]
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Dan Haren is really good. That about says it all. Conor Jackson jump started the Diamondbacks offense with a solo homer in the first, followed by an rbi ground rule double by Chad Tracy, and Haren pretty much did the rest over the next 7 innings. Haren pitched shutout ball, allowing just [...]
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After one of the better All-Star Games in recent memory, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the rest of the Majors are back at it tonight. The D-Backs, owners of a scant 1-game lead in the National League West, host the team they lead by that 1 game, the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Diamondbacks started shuffling their [...]
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Backup point guard Tyronn Lue, who earlier this off-season, seemed like a lock to be donning the purple and orange as Steve Nash's backup next season, today signed a 2-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. In the grand scheme of things, it's not really a big deal. Lue is a journeyman, an insurance policy. The [...]
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It's official. The one-time 2008 recruiting jewel of the Arizona Wildcats, Brandon Jennings, has put his John Hancock on a contract with Vitrus Roma Pallacanestro of the Italian League. Some are painting Jennings as a trail blazer, a player who found a way to circumvent the already laughable rule that mandates a player spend [...]
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Photo: AP/Duane Burleson You can't go a day without some Diamondback fan muttering under their breath something to the effect of "stupid Diamondbacks. Gave away Carlos Quentin for nothing." Carlos Quentin will be making his All-Star debut tonight at Yankee Stadium, representing the Chicago White Sox. Quentin has had a wonderful first half of the [...]
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Pat Burrell cracked a 3-run home run in the 8th inning off of Diamondbacks' reliever Chad Qualls, breaking a 2-2 tie, and fueling the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-2 victory Sunday at Citizens Bank Park. Brandon Webb started the game for Arizona, and once again pitched well, going 7 innings while allowing 7 hits and 2 runs and [...]
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The Arizona Diamondbacks got their biggest single-inning offensive output of the season in the 4th against the Philadelphia Phillies, and it was more than enough to propel them to an 10-4 win Saturday at Citizens Bank Park. The fourth start out innocently enough, as Mark Reynolds flied out to left and Chris Young was retired on on a [...]
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Jayson Werth singled in So Taguchi in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citizens Bank Park. For the second straight game, the Diamondbacks' bullpen couldn't hold a late lead. This time the pen faltered in the 8th. Doug Slaten started the inning, pitching with [...]
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The Arizona Diamondbacks close out the first half of the season with 3 games against another first place National League team, the Philadelphia Phillies in the City of Brotherly Love. It'll be a classic case of hitting vs. pitching, as Philly boasts the last two NL MVPs in their lineup in Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins, [...]
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You wouldn't expect too many fireworks when two of the worst offensive teams in baseball get together. There was a plethora of them, especially starting in the 9th inning. The Diamondbacks, despite blowing 2 leads, won a crazy game in Washington, 7-5 over the Nationals. Dan Haren was, in a word, brilliant on the mound Thursday [...]
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The Arizona Diamondbacks continued playing ugly baseball in the nation's capitol, and it led to another loss on Wednesday night. Jesus Flores' 3-run pinch-hit home run off of Connor Robertson highlighted a 4-run 6th inning, and lifted the Washington Nationals to a 5-0 victory over the Diamondbacks. Micah Owings returned to the starting rotation for the first [...]
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Barry Bonds, facing eventual Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy, flied out to center fielder Brady Clark for the third out in the 6th inning of an 11-3 loss to the San Diego Padres. Seems pretty innocuous, considering the never ending list of accomplishments and accolades Bonds had compiled in his career. But it was significant. [...]
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