There’s A New Era On The Horizon For The Phoenix Suns


By Keira-Anne
March 1st, 2010 10:16 PM
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It's no secret that I'm a new fan. So new, in fact, that calling me a rookie in terms of fandom would be a huge compliment. In my mind, I'm still warming the bench, picking up the sweatsuits and filling paper cups with Gatorade - which suits me just fine. The sad part is that though I can read about the formation, growth and [...]

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The Sports Retorter: How weddings are like free agent signings, and other “super” thoughts


By Greg Esposito
February 9th, 2010 12:15 PM
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Usually this space is reserved for a completely Phoenix-centric column. Today, I'm going to make an exception. I was going to use this slice of the internet for a "Sports Retorter Mailbag", a la Bill Simmons and other online writers, but I realized no reader has ever actually emailed me (unless you count that guy peddling [...]

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Lunchtime Links 2/4/10: Amare Stoudemire ready for anything and Charles Barkley the Poet


By Greg Esposito
February 4th, 2010 12:03 PM
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It's lunchtime and we're here to navigate you through some of the things you've missed in Phoenix sports since you've been chained to your desk. Amare Stoudemire Is Ready For Anything “I’m always secure,” Stoudemire says. “It’s never really a problem with me from a rumor standpoint. I never really feed into it too much. My thing is always steady improvement, and I’m always gonna do that [...]

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Phoenix Sports Radio Rewind: Dave Tippett, Kurt Warner, Charles Barkley


By Greg Esposito
February 1st, 2010 10:08 AM
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Here's a look at what you might have missed Thursday on the local sports radio airwaves. Phoenix Coyotes' Head Coach Dave Tippett [audio:http://phoenix.fanster.com/rocandmanuch/files/2010/01/cas012910seg2tippett.mp3] Arizona Cardinals' Quarterback Kurt Warner [audio:http://icestream.bonnint.net:8000/az/audio/2010/01/01292010172156.mp3][...]

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Brownie Points: The NFC is wide open


By Jerry Brown
January 11th, 2010 10:25 PM
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Green Bay Packers v Arizona Cardinals - Wild Card Round
Well I was right about one thing (although by the looks of my picks over the weekend, not much else). The Green Bay Packers might well have been the best the NFC had to offer this January. They were all that and a bag of pork rinds – with a block of cheese to boot. [...]

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How buying a Barkley jersey taught me about Woods and Arenas


By Greg Esposito
January 7th, 2010 2:03 PM
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I never thought I'd learn anything when I purchased a throwback purple Charles Barkley Phoenix Suns jersey on Ebay. I was wrong. By paying twenty dollars to some random Chinese company, I learned a valuable lesson. I learned that it takes a box forever to get from China to Phoenix, and said box is covered in a million stickers once it arrives. More importantly, I learned why [...]

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Brownie Points: That sound you hear is the Saints’ balloon deflating…


By Jerry Brown
December 28th, 2009 5:19 PM
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers v New Orleans Saints
I must admit I love watching George Steinbrenner, Jerry Jones and the like contort themselves into a fleshy pretzel in their private boxes as much as the next guy. But sometimes, that view into the owner's box produces a melancholy moment. And you had to feel for New Orleans owner Tom Benson – a sweet guy [...]

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The Sports Retorter: Sketch suggestions for Barkley on SNL


By Greg Esposito
December 22nd, 2009 12:50 PM
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I've never hid my affection, or is it an affliction, for Charles Barkley on this site. I've been a huge Barkley fan since I was a kid growing up in Phoenix, I've even patterned my current look after him (think "Round Mound of Sit Down"). When I found out that he'd be hosting the January 9th episode of Saturday Night Live, I couldn't help but be [...]

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Charles Barkley had it all figured out in 1993, athletes aren’t role models


By Greg Esposito
December 4th, 2009 2:26 PM
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I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. That's the truth for most professions in this life. Outside of those in education and religion, people aren't paid to be role models in this society or any other. Government officials? They're paid to develop legislation, enforce laws and represent their local and national constituents needs. If they decide to hold a impromptu [...]

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The Sports Retorter: Cardinals versus Bears is personal in my house, just don’t tell my wife


By Greg Esposito
November 6th, 2009 4:38 PM
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To many, the Cardinals-Bears game this weekend is like any other game: a matchup between two teams in search of their identity and a spot in the playoffs. To me it's personal. It's not because the Cardinals return "home" to take on their former crosstown rivals. Although, I've actually heard people talk about that as storyline (the only person who remembers the Cardinals in Chicago or looks [...]

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