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Did The D-Backs Trade Wade Miley Because He Wouldn't Give Up Gluten?
The Arizona Diamondbacks traded starting pitcher Wade Miley to the Boston Red Sox last week, and based on recent comments made by Miley, he may have been moved in part because of his refusal to adhere to the team's silly dietary restrictions....
My Goodness, The Challenge Flag Is Still So Dumb
Were you watching Thursday night football? I hope you weren't. The most exciting part was debating whether a little red flag fell or was thrown....
Thank God That Cardinals-Rams Game Finally Shut Up And Died
Jim Nantz earned his per diem Thursday tonight when he diagnosed, during the final moments of the drudgery that was Cardinals-Rams, what a throwback this game was....
Santa Clara Police Attack Fan At Pac-12 Championship Game
Here is a good example of how to not to police people, as seen at Friday's Pac-12 championship game. According to the video uploader, this confrontation started when the man in white walked down the wrong pathway. The situation then quickly escalated, for no clear reason. A lieutenant from the Santa...
Arizona Police Postpone "Run From The Cops" Charity Race
The Tempe Police Department is postponing its "Run From The Cops 5K" charity race scheduled for Saturday, because, well, that's kinda obvious, right?...
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Darnell Dockett Is Apparently Live-Tweeting Jury Duty [Update]
Update, 5:30 p.m.: It's come to our attention that the photo of a courtroom that Dockett tweeted is actually an old photo, from a 2013 trial in Washington State. So it's entirely possible that he's making this whole thing up. Our original post on Dockett's tweets is below....
Devin Hester TD Called Back After Punter Abuses His Face
Devin Hester's punt return touchdown was called back after he allegedly committed an offensive facemask. Meanwhile, here's what was happening on his side of things....
Rich Rodriguez Losing His Mind, In Extreme Slow Motion
Arizona held off the Sun Devils to seize the Territorial Cup and a trip to the Pac-12 championship game today, but a late unsportsmanlike conduct penalty left Wildcats coach Rich Rodriguez in an extremely combustible state....
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Dunks Over 7'6" Mamadou N'Diaye
UC-Irvine's Mamadou N'Diaye is Division I's tallest basketball player at seven feet, six inches tall. Arizona's Rondae Hollis-Jefferson dunked over him tonight....
Listen To The Moment Carson Palmer's Season Ended
On Sunday, Cardinals QB Carson Palmer tore his ACL. He was wearing a mic for NFL Films, so if you want to hear a man scream in pain as he almost immediately realizes he's done for the year, have at it....
Carson Palmer Has A Torn ACL
It was pretty clear to anyone who saw it that Carson Palmer's knee injury was a serious one. Guys don't usually crumple to the ground without getting touched and grab their knee unless something very bad has happened. There's no official diagnosis yet, but the word from sources within the organizati...
Carson Palmer Leaves Game With Knee Injury
Carson Palmer left today's game against the Rams with a knee injury just days after signing a massive contract extension....
No. 9 Arizona State Knocks Off No. 10 Notre Dame At Home
Arizona State fans can breathe. This game got close in the fourth quarter, as a Sun Devils lead dwindled from 34-3 all the way to 34-31. But Arizona State scored the game's last 21 points for a comfortable 55-31 win over No. 10 Notre Dame. The Sun Devils were buoyed by two pick-sixes and three passi...
Notre Dame-Arizona State First Half Highlights, As Called By Jim Ross
Notre Dame gave up 34 points to Arizona State in the first half today. Here's all the highlights, as called by pro wrestling legend Jim "J.R." Ross....
Jaelen Strong's Phenomenal TD Catch Puts ASU Up On Notre Dame
Yes, Arizona State's Jaelen Strong used two hands to catch this ball for a touchdown against Notre Dame, but he hauled it in with one—and the twist in his body necessary to come down inbounds makes this a true highlight play. Arizona State's up 10-3 on Notre Dame in the first quarter....
A Dog Rappelled From The Cowboys' Jumbotron
Before yesterday's Cardinals-Cowboys game, a Navy SEAL, with a dog attached to him, rappelled down from the Cowboys' gigantic scoreboard. The dog looked confused at best, and scared at worst. It was fine, though....
Concussed Cardinals Safety Couldn't Remember Game He'd Just Played
Arizona Cardinals safety Tony Jefferson had a great game on Sunday, probably the best of his young career. He had 11 tackles—the most of any player—and his team beat Philadelphia 24-20 to advanced to 6-1, tied for the best record in the NFL. It's a game he would cherish forever, except he has no mem...
The SEC Really Does Benefit From Media Bias In Polls
This past week, four of the top five teams in the Associated Press College Football Poll hailed from the SEC West Division. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, among others, wondered aloud whether ESPN's ownership of the brand-new SEC network, which launched this year, might be responsible for such a coinci...
Watch This Obnoxious Cardinals Fan Get Drunker And Drunker
At Sunday's Eagles-Cardinals game, reader Jonathan found himself sitting behind one Arizona fan as he stumbled the fine line between boisterous and "so blitzed he should be ejected." Jonathan put together this video of that fan's highlights. It really tells a story....