Phoenix in danger of being postseason wasteland


By Vince Marotta
March 16th, 2009 12:20 PM
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Suns fans are still coming to grips with the fact that the 2009 NBA Playoffs, which begin in just about a month, will most likely occur without their favorite team. In fact, ESPN's basketball stats guru John Hollinger has placed the Suns' chances at making the playoffs at 33.1 percent, or roughly the same chance that a Goran Dragic jump shot has of going through the [...]

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Things are actually breaking the Suns way


By Vince Marotta
February 18th, 2009 10:49 AM
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Even after a 40-point blowout win over the L.A. Clippers last night, the Phoenix Suns are still in 9th place in the Western Conference standings. That could change in a hurry. The Suns are in the process of re-committing to an uptempo offense to which their team's personnel is better suited. And when there's 8 teams so tightly bunched (seeds 2 through 9 are separated by 6.5 games), every little [...]

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Fanster kicks off Super Bowl coverage


By Vince Marotta
January 29th, 2009 9:02 AM
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Tampa is buzzing with Super Bowl activity, and Fanster.com is here to bring it to you. The Arizona Cardinals held an hour long media session at their team hotel this morning, and periodically during the day, we'll be posting up video from the press conferences held by head coach Ken Whisenhunt and several of the players.

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This can’t be real, right?


By Vince Marotta
January 28th, 2009 3:47 PM
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As I sit at Gate B27 in Terminal 4 of Sky Harbor Airport, waiting to board my flight to Tampa to soak in all the atmosphere that Super Bowl XLIII can provide, one thought is stuck in my mind. When will I wake up from this dream? I thought it would soak in when the Bidwills hoisted the George Halas NFC Championship Trophy. It didn't. [...]

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Kurt Warner’s not the MVP? I don’t see Peyton inspiring fat people


By Vince Marotta
January 28th, 2009 10:49 AM
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With NBC televising Super Bowl XLIII, you might have suspected that they'd sprinkle some of the NFL on top of their prime time lineup. But maybe the network execs might have known something, because earlier this week, Cardinals' quarterback Kurt Warner himself showed up on The Biggest Loser, to give a little pep talk to the contestants. What better way to promote your own broadcast [...]

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It’s on…Cardinals arrive in Tampa


By Vince Marotta
January 26th, 2009 3:37 PM
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The Arizona Cardinals arrived in Tampa today, just 6 days away from their first ever trip to the Super Bowl. It'll be interesting to see if the Cardinals, who have only five players on their roster with Super Bowl experience, are overwhelmed by the storm of media and attention that will be headed their way in the next week. Here's the footage of the Cardinals' [...]

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Cowher picks Cardinals to beat Steelers (kind of)


By Vince Marotta
January 19th, 2009 10:06 AM
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Photo: David M. Russell/CBS Sports Bill Cowher, who roamed the Pittsburgh Steelers' sideline for fifteen years, and coached them to a Super Bowl title in 2005, has spoken on the Cardinals-Steelers matchup for Super Bowl XLIII. Watch CBS Videos Online I know it's early, and there's almost two full weeks until Super Bowl Sunday, but for Cowher to [...]

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David vs. Goliath nothing new for Phoenix sports fans


By Vince Marotta
January 19th, 2009 9:53 AM
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Photo: Matt York/AP Unless you live under a rock, you know that the Arizona Cardinals will play the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII in just under two weeks in Tampa, Florida. The Cardinals, the much-maligned franchise making their first ever Super Bowl appearance, against the storied Steelers, who along with the San Francisco 49ers, have won five Vince Lombardi Trophies, the most in history. The [...]

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Finally, it feels good to be a Cardinals fan


By Vince Marotta
January 19th, 2009 8:37 AM
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Photo: David Kadlublowski/AP The St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL were not really a team that I paid much attention to. They were usually never a factor in the league's playoff picture. They were that team with the boring uniforms and the old-fashioned gray facemasks, and despite the fact that they had exciting players like Roy Green, Neil Lomax and Ottis Anderson over the years, they [...]

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And what Team Fanster is predicting


By Vince Marotta
January 16th, 2009 5:25 PM
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Photo: Tom Mihalek/AP Here at Fanster, we've watched a lot of Cardinal football. A lot. And quite frankly, the disbelief of actually being able to use the words Arizona Cardinals and NFC Championship game in the same sentence seem unreal, and almost dirty to be honest. THE ARIZONA CARDINALS ARE ONE GAME AWAY FROM THE FREAKING SUPER BOWL!!! To quote Chainsaw from [...]

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