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In a piece entitled "Damned if you do, Damned if you don't" our very own Vince Marotta wrote this about Cardinals' fans selling their tickets to this Sunday's game, Does anybody really want to sit in a stadium for three hours and be harassed by Cowboy fans who are arguably [...]
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Welcome to this week's edition of In The Zona. It was a busy weekend, so we have a lot on the docket. We talk about the Cardinals huge blowout of the Bills, Suns preason excitement, Arizona's convincing win against the Huskies and ASU's continued decent. All that [...]
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Photo: Eliot J. Schechter/Getty ImagesOk, here's the situation...you're Cardinal season ticket holder, and have two primo seats for Sunday's game vs. America's Team, the Dallas Cowboys. If you go to the game, you realize there's a good chance that the Cardinals lose to one of the best teams in the NFL, and the ribbing you'll take [...]
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Two-time MVP, 3 time all NBA first team, 6 time all-star and leader of the most prolific offense in basketball over the last 4 seasons. Steve Nash has everything, everything but his own shoe. While guys like Stephan Marbury, Ben Wallace and Gilbert Arenas had their own signature shoes, Nash has been [...]
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I'll preface everything in this piece by informing you I've never played or coached organized football. Since that's the first thing out of the mouths of players or coaches who are criticized, let's just get that out of the way right now. I've studied the sport, though. As I sat and watched ASU fall behind 24 [...]
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Even though the non-conference games are few and far between at this point in the season, the Pac-10 still isn't missing any opportunities to fall all over themselves. Oregon State and Stanford both had road non-cons this past weekend, and they both lost. Admittedly, they were both tough games...OSU lost on Thursday night at unbeaten [...]
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The Arizona Wildcats dominated the Washington Huskies 48-14 Saturday night in Tucson, to the jubilation of a relatively mild Wildcat crowd. Willie Tuitama, was an efficient 17 for 21, for 193 yards and 3 TDs. Rob Gronkowski, looking to continue his Pac-10 prowess, caught five passes for 109 yards [...]
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Photo: James P. McCoy/Buffalo News After a complete meltdown last week in a 56-35 loss to the New York Jets, the Arizona Cardinals were the ones inflicting the pain this week. Kurt Warner threw 2 touchdown passes to Larry Fitzgerald, and rookie running back Tim Hightower found the end zone twice, as the Cardinals breezed to a [...]
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Photo: Ben Margot/AP To call Arizona State's offense vanilla, would be an insult to vanilla. ASU's offense has all the flavor of a communion wafer, and that lack of flair was never more evident than in Saturday's 24-14 loss to California in Berkeley. The Sun Devils continually tried to establish their running game despite the fact that they [...]
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Amare Stoudemire will look different when he takes the court this seasons. Thanks to a torn iris caused by an arrant Boris Diaw finger poke, Amare will be donning protective eye wear for the near future and possibly the rest of his career. While Amare's vision doesn't seem to be a concern how he will play in his new "equipment" is. We [...]
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This time on In the Zona we discuss the Sun Devils must win against Cal, UofA's trap game against Washington and the Cardinals "do or die" game against Buffalo. All this and much more on Arizona's best local Podcast.
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I don't know how we missed this, but another professional football team is coming to the Valley of the Sun. Welcome the Phoenix Scorch of the, gulp, Lingerie Football League. The Lingerie Bowl has, well been enhanced, and now next fall we'll see the birth of the Lingerie Football League, featuring 10 teams including the Phoenix Scorch. Perusing the [...]
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Former Arizona Cardinal Aeneas Williams will be making an appearance to sign autographs, record voice mails and give away free VIP football experiences at the Grand Opening of the new Alltel Wireless store at Desert Ridge next Saturday, October 11th. We'll be there to interview Aeneas, [...]
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For the past five days, seemingly everyone has forgotten about Anquan Boldin's off-season and training camp squawking about wanting a new contract. Unfortunately, it took one of the most violent collisions in recent NFL memory to change people's focus. Boldin is fine after being bludgeoned by Jets' safety Eric Smith in the waning moments of the Cardinals' [...]
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University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson announced today that he will be taking another leave of absence this season, in order to help with the planning of his 3rd wedding. Earlier this week, at a university fund raiser, Olson announced that he's engaged to 47-year old Tucson resident Kelly Pugnea. Olson's divorce from his [...]
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No, Amare isn't changing his number again. He is number 8 on the AOL's FanHouse list of the top 50 NBA players. Tom Ziller provides some interesting analysis including the fact that Amare Stoudemire "the world's most efficient high-scorer" based on True Shooting percentage. Amare scores 1.3 points per shot he takes. That [...]
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In a conference that was completely turned upside down by Oregon State's shocking upset win over USC one week ago, this Saturday's matchup between Arizona State and California holds a lot of importance in determining how the Pac-10 standings will look in early December. Outside of last year's 31-20 win, some ASU's ugliest recent performances have [...]
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(Matt York/Associated Press) New head coach Terry Porter was brought in to change things up for the Phoenix Suns. That was the mantra of Steve Kerr, Robert Sarver and fans during the off season. So far, so good. Everything coming out of training camp seems to indicate that the Suns will run a more deliberate offense [...]
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(Bill Haber / AP) Who says that Lute Olson has trouble recruiting? According to the AzStarNet.com, Lute Olson is engaged to be married...again. Olson, who finalized his divorce from Christine Toretti in May, is set to marry 47 year old Kelly Pugnea. Pugnea, a divorced mother of two, is a [...]
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Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP So the Arizona Diamondbacks are just like us, and are watching the Major League Playoffs from the comfort of our own homes. But that doesn't mean that the state of Arizona isn't represented in the postseason. First, there are 6 (technically) former Diamondbacks still playing: Craig Counsell - Milwaukee Brewers - played with the Diamondbacks [...]
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Fresh off of their second straight late season collapse and mourning the passing of Shea Stadium, Mets' fans are getting desperate. They are in search of the "big name" leader to right the ship and to help open Citi Field (how appropriate that the new stadium sponsor is from an industry known for it's collapses). The [...]
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Bad news for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Linebacker Gerald Munns, who was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week following the Devils' win over Stanford, will miss the rest of the season for personal reasons. Munns' absence creates even bigger problems for a defense that has struggled mightily to make things happen. [...]
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