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Surfing the interwebs today and found an interesting take on the Kobe/Shaq fued by ESPN The Mags Chuck Klosterman. He thinks Kobe and Shaq need and love to hate each other. He also seems to think Shaq may have already lost the battle by publicly bashing Kobe. Personally I think anyone who can say with a [...]
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The Phoenix Suns schedule for the 2008-09 season has been released, and its highlighted by a home showdown with their old nemesis, the San Antonio Spurs on Christmas Day televised nationally by ABC. Here's a closer look at the Suns 08-09 docket... Season opener - October 29th @ San Antonio Home opener - October 30th vs. New Orleans Longest [...]
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What the hell is going on? For those of you who didn't see it, Suns' center Shaquille O'Neal grabbed a microphone at a New York club, and broke into a freestyle rap that mentioned, among other things, his former teammate Kobe Bryant, and his inability secure an NBA title without him. And if you haven't [...]
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The Shaq rap from last night has rekindled the "Does Shaq hate Kobe?" debate in the mainstream media. The story and question were so big they even led off the 6 PM EST edition of SportsCenter. Here is a simple answer, WHO CARES!! This isn't high school so it really doesn't matter if [...]
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Kobe Bryant is better than Shaquille O'Neal at something (obviously not winning championships...maybe trade demands?). Kobe has passed the Suns Shaquille O'Neal for fifth on SI.com's Fortunate 50 list. The list examines the total amount an athlete is making from salary and endorsements (SI.com didn't say if deductions were made for divorce settlements, out [...]
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Blood is thicker than water, right? Not in the Walton family, apparently. Papa Bill wore the Celtic Green, and apparently will still be waving the Beantown towel a la M.L. Carr when the NBA Finals between the Celts and Los Angeles Lakers begin tonight in Boston. Problem is, son Luke, the former U [...]
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Remember David Boston (if you are an ASU fan how can you forget, he cost you a national championship)? The former Arizona Cardinals wideout, who once had a 1598 yard 8 touchdown season, has hit an all time low (and surprisingly enough steroids, illegal substances or driving aren’t involved ). Boston, [...]
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Ramblings from the desk and brain of Vince Marotta... Is Wheeler new public enemy number one in Phoenix? As a sports fan, I'm usually refreshed when an athlete proves its not all about the money, and they do the right thing for their career. You know, guys like Grant Hill, who turned down a lot more cash elsewhere [...]
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(Rob Schumacher for USA TODAY) Good morning sports fans it's time to take a look at what happened in the world of sports while you were sleeping (or at least while we were). Apparently Britney Spears doesn't do much sleeping but has a video camera around at all times, sports weren't the [...]
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What would you do if you were forced to choose between having to fund Charles Barkley’s gambling or wash Jason Giambi’s thong after an extended slump? For Suns fans that decision is easier than picking a team to root for in the western conference finals. Kobe and the Lakers versus Duncan and the Spurs. [...]
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Our Youtube find of the day. It is a commercial produced by the NBA. Pretty impressive and has to get you fired up for the potential Suns/Lakers, Shaq/Kobe match up.
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NBA correspondent Elie Seckbach goes around talking to Kobe, Artest and a few others about their thoughts on Hanukkah. Everyone seems altogether overjoyed to talk to him. It’s pretty great. Plus, you know, this way Jewish NBA fans are able to see that not only do most
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The 2007-08 NBA schedule is finally out and his available on the Suns official website. The Suns will open the season in Seattle on Nov. 1st against Kurt Thomas and the new Sonics. The next day will be Opening night at the US Airways Center with Steve [...]
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The biggest news over the last few days in Suns world has been Raja Bell (Suns' beloved #19) arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. As usual the surgery was "successful." As I still can't think of a surgery on an athlete that according to the official report was not “successful”, the news - not much in itself - had me [...]
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Yes. It is that time again. It's time for In The Zona, Arizona's Premier Sports Podcast. This week, we feature no one but ourselves and talk everything from the Sun's potential facelift to ASU's College World Series Loss. We talk Diamondbacks, Rattlers and whatever else comes to mind. Lets go: Dbacks rebound [...]
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I've been in the car all day so I missed shockwave sent through the NBA with Kobe Bryant demanding a trade...before being chilled out by Phil Jackson. Kobe may be openly loathed but I doubt there is any basketball fan who wouldn't want the guy [...]// Read the rest... | No Comments »
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According to ESPN, Kobe Bryant wants to be traded. And you know what I say? You made your bed, now lie in it (or is it lay?). He's the one who signed the contract with the Lakers. And no matter what he says, he had to have had a hand in [...]// Read the rest... | No Comments »
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Game 5, and the Suns showed up to play. I expected them to play a bit lazy, I expected them to come out a bit slow... but not so much. The game started with a four point play from James Jones and a quick 8 points fromr Raja. The Lakers fought hard the whole game, but the Suns really just [...]
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(A confused Raja talks to a visibly disgusted Nash.)Well, it was bound to happen and, honestly, I can't say I'm surprised that it happened. The Suns go nuts in game 2 and absolutely demolish the Lakers in every aspect. Everyone jumps on the "SWEEP!" bandwagon, people start talking like the series [...]
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The Suns and Lakers got their playoff series underway Sunday. The Lakers started strong and Kobe Bryant was on fire in the first half. The second half was all PHX as the Suns held homecourt in a 95-87 win in Game 1. The first half was brutal for the Suns. They missed a ton [...]
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As it turns out, there is a couple new additions to the Rising Suns roster of writers and I'm one of them. I'm sure you've all (never) heard of me, so introductions are clearly unnecessary. Anyhow, I'll be trying to provide a mostly unbiased, objective point of reference and entertainment for anyone hapless enough to run into my various posts. [...]
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This Hersey from Ball Club. I'm a special playoff correspondent (or something like that) for the Rising Suns. After a 61 win season, the Suns start the playoffs with a familiar foe in the Los Angeles Lakers. I read some LA sites last night and the LA Times and Kevin Ding's OC Register blog are running stories about [...]
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Well the Lakers tried and tried to keep the game close but the Suns proved too much for the home team in Los Angeles yesterday as Phoenix took the game 115-107. I'm not sure what it is but the Lakers always seem to give the Suns everything they got, and often come up [...]
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