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Wisconsin-Arizona State Game Ends In Bizarre Fashion
With time winding down and Wisconsin facing a two-point deficit tonight in Tempe, the Badgers attempted to set themselves up for a game-winning field goal attempt. That attempt never came, though whether that's their own fault, the officials', or Arizona State's is still unclear....

Now Kerry Rhodes Is Out Of The NFL Because He Wanted Too Much Money
Or is it because he's not really that good and doesn't actually "like" football, whatever the fuck that means? These are the latest reasons for explaining the increasingly inexplicable lack of interest in Kerry Rhodes this season. ...

ASU Player Trips During Entrance, Repeatedly Gets Run Over
Just last week we were taken by the "Tillman Tunnel," the newest addition to Sun Devil Stadium. But we didn't realize that things didn't go so well once they got onto the field....

Guy Holding Baby Catches Foul Ball, Nearly Falls Over Row Of Seats
Yes, we know we said it's probably time to move on from showing videos of fans catching baseballs while holding babies. But we're making one last exception for this guy in San Francisco who catches a baseball while holding both a baby and a diaper bag....

Pat Tillman Now Leads Arizona State Onto The Field
It's a damn shame that Pat Tillman, killed by friendly fire in an Afghanistan mountain pass, the truth of his death covered up by the Pentagon, tends to be used as a symbol for the exact opposite of what he should be remembered for. But if anyone's allowed to claim and exploit him, I suppose it'd be...

Cardinals And Chargers Combine For "Boneheaded-As-Boneheaded-Gets" TD
If we're looking at things positively, the Cardinals did two things well on this play and the Chargers did one thing well. Yet it was the Chargers that wound up with a touchdown because the Cardinals also threw in a fuck-up that dwarfed anything the Chargers did....

The Arizona Wildcats Celebrated The End Of Camp With A Dance-Off
With camp finally over, Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez let his players show their joy through the power of dance. And dance they did....

Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Arizona Cardinals
Some people are fans of the Arizona Cardinals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Arizona Cardinals. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....

J.J. Putz Gets Interrupted By "Kickstart My Heart," Spikes Ball
Theories confirmed by this clip of J.J. Putz spiking the ball after his warm-up is interrupted by a little Mötley Crüe include a) It is never not funny to see pitchers fail to deliver the ball home and b) Baseball announcers don't really love the Crüe....

Two Diamondbacks Reporters Get Stuck In Fenway Park Elevator
After Saturday night's D-Backs loss in Boston, MLB.com's Steve Gilbert and Fox Sports Arizona's Todd Walsh got what they needed from the visitors' clubhouse, then headed back upstairs to the press box of the 101-year-old Fenway Park. The elevator decided it didn't want to cooperate....

Rookie Ryan Swope Retires From NFL “For Now” Thanks To Concussions
Arizona Cardinals rookie Ryan Swope's NFL career didn't last past OTAs. Unlike most players who didn't make it to training camp, this is his own decision—he's ending his "lifelong dream" because of concussions....

Darnell Dockett Says He Tried To Bring His Pet Tiger To Training Camp
And I guess security let him through? The Arizona Cardinals' defensive tackle has yet to elaborate on this from earlier today:...

The Coyotes Will Stay In Arizona—For Now
The debate was long, contentious, mind-numbingly boring, and featured the bizarre sight of hockey fans cheering Gary Bettman, but the outcome is simple enough to understand. By a 4-3 vote, the Glendale City Council approved a lease deal that will keep the Coyotes in Arizona for at least five more ye...
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Miguel Montero Tastes His Bats To Decide Which To Use [Update]
Superstition? Fetish? We honestly have no idea. Montero went 0-for-5....

Just A Fire In A Light Tower During A Game At Nationals Park
No one was injured, and the fire never spread beyond the light tower up in right field, so go ahead and laugh!...

Rich Rodriguez And His Arizona Coaching Staff Play Cowboys In A Saloon
Here is a video featuring Rich Rodriguez and his coaching staff at Arizona dressing up like cowboys in a saloon. It's called "Hard Edge." Also worth noting: they gave it a title. Here's a quick rundown of the highlights....

Report: Kerry Rhodes Is Claiming To Be The Father Of KimYe's Baby
Kerry Rhodes is awfully tired of people thinking he's gay. So tired, evidently, that he has claimed paternity of Kim Kardashian's just-born daughter....

This MLB-In-Australia Thing Is Really Happening
It was just a glimmering possibility back in October, but it's real now—the Dodgers and Diamondbacks will open the 2014 season next March with a two-game series at Australia's Sydney Cricket Grounds (above). Yes, those Dodgers and Diamondbacks. It'll be the first-ever regular-season game played in ...

Please Let Custom Facemasks Become A Thing
You're looking at a custom prototype facemask whipped up for Arizona by Bad-Ass Masks, apparently the Pimp My Ride of helmets. ...

D-backs' Daniel Hudson, Recovering From Surgery, Is Injured Again
Daniel Hudson hasn't pitched since June 26 of last year, when he had to have Tommy John surgery soon after being pulled less than two innings into a brutal start against the Braves. He's now had a setback of the worst kind:...