Dan Majerle would love to trade places with Tiger Woods for a day

Former Phoenix Suns shooting guard and current Suns assistant coach Dan Majerle was featured in the Thursday edition of the Sporting News Today’s “My Profile” section and had some interesting things to say.

Thunder Dan shared such things as his favorite movie, his worst habit and his dream date –Marissa Miller, not a bad choice–, with Sporting News.

Most of his answers were pretty tame but a few stood out from the rest.

Al B. Sure, Kid Rock, Luthor Vandross, Dr. Dre and Earth Wind and Fire? If that were a Jeopardy question the answer would be, “What are four musical acts that you’d only see in the same room at the Grammy’s?”. I’m willing to bet Majerle’s response single handedly tripled the google searches for Al B. Sure.

Dan’s eclectic music taste aside, the most interesting answer he provided had to be who he would like to trade places with for a day.

It’s not clear whether Majerle gave the answer to this question before or after Tiger’s troubles, but the fact that he would trade places with Woods for a day is funny any way you slice it. Knowing his jovial nature and love for golf, he probably gave the Woods answer for the humor and the desire to spend a day getting paid for playing golf.

Although, Dan didn’t do too bad for himself on and off the court during his basketball career.

You can read the rest of Dan Majerle’s “My Profile” at SportingNewsToday.com.

Your Turn: We want to know, would you love to trade places with Dan Majerle for a day? Let us know in the comment section below.

Phoenix sports summer blockbuster movies

With forth of July weekend right around the corner we here in left field thought it was a good time to take a look at what’s playing this summer in Phoenix sports.

Land of the Loss:

This film was expected to be a big hit but has fallen extremely short with audiences. It follows the Arizona Diamondbacks’ adventures since Manny Ramirez came to the National League West and helped change the fortunes of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The D-Backs run scared to avoid ManRam and hide in the basement of the division hoping he’ll never find them there. This is rated PG: Pretty Grotesque

The Proposal:

A romantic comedy that follows Phoenix Suns’ GM Steve Kerr as he courts the Golden State Warriors’ front office by offering them his most prized possession, Amare Stoudemire. Although the Warriors at first show interest, they eventually rebuff Kerr’s proposal. Despite rejection Steve keeps trying and hilarity, or complete and utter embarrassment, ensues. This one is rated G: Geez Can We Get This Over With Already.

The Hangover:

A rag tag bunch of over achievers go on the trip of their lives, but getting back to the big game may prove challenging (Just ask the Seahawks). After the crazy night in Tampa, the team may never be the same. The big question is…who is that baby whining about his contract? Rated PG 13: Please God don’t let number 13 get injured.

Public Enemies:

One man and his gang wreak havoc on a city. That man, Jim Balsillie, and his partner in crime, Jerry Moyes, attempt to rob the city of Glendale of its hockey team and the money it generates to help pay for their $185 million dollar arena. This reaches its climax when a shootout occurs between the bandits and Sheriff Redfield T. Baum, in which Baum lays down the law and says the bandits can’t have the team. Rated X: eXtra frustrating for fans of hockey in the Valley.

Phoenix Phanatics comic: Truth in sports signs

Phoenix Phanatics Comic: Thoughts with Jon Rauch on the mound

Special thanks to AzHardball.com for help on this version of Phoenix Phanatics

Pete Carroll has gone Twitter crazy!

A question for Arizona State football fans…

If spring practice was just about to start and Dennis Erickson was making it publicly known how much he wanted Adam Lambert to be the next American Idol, would you be concerned? I mean not just watching the show, or talking about it with colleagues around the water cooler, but devoting a lot of time to spearheading the effort. Websites, radio appearances and yes, constantly mentioning it on Twitter.

Well there may be hope for the rest of the Pac-10 come September, because it seems, at least right now, that USC head coach Pete Carroll is growing weary of dominating the conference every year, and has turned his attention to a much more important cause–getting Will Ferrell on Twitter.

Since last Thursday, 9 of coach Carroll’s 19 tweets have been about getting Ferrell on Twitter. Look, I love Will Ferrell. Step Brothers was hilarious, Anchorman is one of the funniest movies ever made, and even as Ashley Shaffer on East Bound and Down, Ferrell was awesome. But do we need more of him?

Maybe this is just coach Carroll’s way of name dropping. “Hey everyone, let’s get my pal Will Ferrell, you know the funny actor, to join us on Twitter.”

I say hold out Will. Hold out until January. Pre-occupy Coach Carroll until after the BCS Championship Game. Let him concentrate on something other than kicking ass in the Pac-10…again.

By the way, if you want to join the Carroll’s movement, e-mail to wewantwillferrellontwitter@gmail.com, or follow the coach at www.twitter.com/PeteCarroll.

Digging deep on Temple

Flipping through media guides can be fun. In addition to getting pertinent basketball information on players, you can dig up some good dirt too. Here’s what our Fanster recon team dug up on ASU’s first round opponent in the 2009 NCAA Tournament, the Temple Owls.

• Junior guard Ryan Brooks attended the same high school as Lakers’ All-Star Kobe Bryant (Lower Merion). That’s where the similarities end. It seems that Brooks is well-liked by his teammates.
• Freshman guard T.J. DiLeo is the son of Philadelphia 76ers interim head coach Tony DiLeo. Wouldn’t that be great if both DiLeos suffered losses to teams from the Valley in the same week?
• (Channeling Harry Caray) Temple guard Semaj Inge’s first name spelled backwards is James. His twin brother’s name is James.
• Dionte Christmas’ middle name is We Wish You A Merry. Ok, we made that up. Christmas is the 4th all-time leading scorer in Temple history and the first Temple player to be immortalized in a bobblehead. Take that, Mark Macon!
• Owls’ 7-footer Sergio Olmos is not related to actor Edward James Olmos, but luckily for him, doesn’t share his complexion either.
• Lavoy Allen wants to create his own line of workout videos, just like Billy Blanks. Unlike Billy Blanks, Allen wants to also be a good actor.
• T.J. DiLeo’s favorite player is Steve Nash.
• Michael Eric’s favorite player is Amare Stoudemire. He mentions Stoudemire’s work ethic and will to play hard every night. We’re not making this up.
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Leinart moonlighting?

With Kurt Warner signing a new 2-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals, that lengthens the amount of time until we see former college golden boy Matt Leinart lining up under center.

But has Matt become so discouraged by this development that he’s joined a college marching band as a drummer?

It looks like Matty was not only drumming, but in fact working the skins for the Cal band last night in the Pac-10 Tournament against his beloved USC Trojans!

Well, we know one thing. If the music thing doesn’t work out, at least Matty has the requisite amount of flair to go start waiting tables at Chotchkies.

“Come back, Chase”

Last year at this time, U of A fans (and coaches) were practically begging Chase Budinger to return for another season in Tucson.

This year, it’s Sun Devil fans that want Budinger to return for his senior season.

If you’re an ASU fan, and only watch the Wildcats play against the Sun Devils, you may find it hard to believe that Budinger is an All-Pac-10 and All-District IX team member, because let’s face it, he hasn’t been good in games against ASU, and that’s being kind.

Thursday was no different. Budinger went 3 of 15 from the field and 1 for 9 from three-point range, scoring 8 points in the 68-56 loss to ASU. In the last two seasons against Arizona State, Budinger is shooting 26% from the floor, 12.5% from 3 point range, and is averaging almost 7 points less than his career average of 17.0 per game.

Don’t just take the Left Fielder’s word for it. We thought it might be interesting to see what Wildcat fans are saying about Budinger’s performance today. These comments are from articles appearing on AZStarnet.com…

• If Budinger can’t shoot, why can’t he crash the offensive boards instead of standing 30 feet from the hoop watching the action? Just a thought. - snow b.
• Chase has not shown up in big games and has done it again. - David J
• I like Chase, but what a day to disapear. - J S.
• …every time there is a big game Chase has his head up his butt. - Frank V.
• 1st foul on Chase with less than 2 minutes left…I guess we know who wasn’t playing defense! - Jay J.
• Another “spirited performance by Mr. Clutch Budinger. NBA?! Maybe the development league. The Guy is Gutless! - Dan Z.
• Chase 3-15. 1-9 behind the arc. Several turnovers from lazy unforced passes. In a must win game. You decide if he’s first round material. - David J

Ok, we’ll lay off…we’re even starting to feel bad for the guy.

Who’s next to go on Media Guide Survivor?

Terry Porter. The tribe has spoken. You’ve been voted off the island. Please extinguish your torch.

Another elimination on Media Guide Survivor. First Raja and Boris. Now Terry. Who will be next?

Next week on Media Guide Survivor, the remaining islanders go through rigorous physical challenges, like having to fly coach to a roadtrip, saying nice things about their coach, and playing defense. You won’t want to miss a riveting edition of Media Guide Survivor, Thursday night on CBS.

Crazy Robbie’s Presidents’ Day fire sale, no trade will be ignored

February is a time to honor some of our country’s greatest leaders like Lincoln, Washington and Craaazy Robbie.

Crazy Robbie has the greatest Presidents’ Day sale out there. It’s Crazy Robbie’s President’s Day Fire Sale.

Need a slightly used 26 year old power forward and former franchise cornerstone with tons of potential? He’s got it.

Need an rejuvenated future hall-of-fame center to help with slumping ticket sales? He’s got one for you.

He’ll even sell you his foam finger because NOTHING -except for his 35 year old point guard- is held back.

Looking for a young talented and affordable speedster who can score at will? He doesn’t need him because everything must go!

In search of a minor league hockey team? Take his!

Shop around to get the lowest price and Crazy Robbie Sarver will beat it. He won’t be undersold. He can’t be undersold.

Make an offer and if it brings in money and gets rid of inventory it will be excepted.

Crazy Robbie’s Presidents’ Day Fire Sale, he’s got what you want and you have what he needs.

(Legal Note: only offers involving large amounts of capital will be accepted. Talent is not a consideration only expiring contracts. While this is a fire sale no firing of coaches will occur due to pride and money concerns.)

Crazy Robbie, he’s so poor his prices are INSANE!