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Frank Caliendo to take BP with Diamondbacks on Monday

The Diamondbacks will look to add a little levity to a season that has been anything but funny. The team will welcome Valley resident and comedian Frank Caliendo to Chase Field Monday afternoon to take part in batting practice. His impersonations [...]

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Golfer Wins a Million with Hole in One

The Fiesta Bowl would be wise to make sure they don't invite Jason Hargett to its Million Dollar Hole in Hole contest later this year after the Utah resident nailed an ace during the recent Mark Eaton Classic Charity Event [...]

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The showdown in Iowa

(Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat) By Brian Kimball - DailyWildcat.com Early season games typically serve as a litmus test for college football teams. The first few games are akin to warm-ups — see Arizona’s game against NAU last weekend — so teams aren’t [...]

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Friday Morning One-Liners

I’m feeling saucy this morning. I have decided it’s time to try something new here on PFN. From here on out, I’m going to kick off the best day of the week not named Saturday with a quick spin around the [...]

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Who Will Succeed Brand?

We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the tragic passing of NCAA President Myles Brand, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 67. It was the end of an admirable and tough nine-month fight with the relentless and [...]

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NASCAR Rewards PIR with First Night Race of 2010 and Semi-Final Race in Chase for the Sprint Cup!

In line with NASCAR’s release this week of the 2010 season schedule, Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber announced that the track will maintain its position as host for the first evening race on the Sprint Cup Series schedule, [...]

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17 Sep 09 Written by
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Cardinals wary of the Jacksonville humidity

The Arizona Cardinals are no stranger to playing in hot weather. The Birds routinely practice outdoors in triple-digit temperatures for 3 months at their training facility in Tempe. Humidity? That’s another story. When the Cardinals visit the Jaguars in Jacksonville on [...]

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It’s time for Steve Nash to host SNL

(Join the We Want Steve Nash on Saturday Night Live page on Facebook) Three letters have defined Steve Nash’s career to this point, M-V-P. If we get our way, three more will play a big part in defining the next part [...]

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[Audio] Whisenhunt, Cards focused on Jaguars

Lackluster. Sloppy. Out of sync. These were just some of the ways people described the Arizona Cardinals 20-16 season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers last Sunday. But like you have to in professional sports, the Cards have brushed last week’s disappointment [...]

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Brownie Points: And in the center ring, your Phoenix Coyotes!

Three months after moving the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix, owner Richard Burke finally went America West Arena to get a look for himself at just how obstructed the view was from the behind one goal. Burke head up the steps. [...]

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