As the 2021 MLB regular season winds down, the Arizona Diamondbacks find themselves in one last dubious race in which no team wants to participate. That race — as we have lovingly referred to as TANK SZN on the PHNX D-backs Podcast — is to see which team will end the year with the worst record in baseball and earn…...
When the Arizona Cardinals opted to make Kyler Murray the first overall pick back in 2019, they did so with games like Sunday at unbeaten LA in mind. Arizona incumbent starter Josh Rosen had just concluded a rookie campaign that would make Zach Wilson snicker with judgment. The former UCLA product was completely in over his head as the team’s...
Tempo. Tempo. Tempo. Tommy Lloyd talked repeatedly about how this team is going to run and make plays in the open court. He also promised that the Red-Blue Game would be a replica of a real game environment. This won’t be an NBA All Star Game type situation. Now, to the key point to watch. What kind of presence does...
Since June 1, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt has been arguably the best position player in baseball not named Bryce Harper or Juan Soto. In that span, Goldy is slashing .326/.398/.592 with 25 homers, 70 RBI and a 165 wRC+. His 4.8 fWAR trail only the aforementioned Harper and Soto. Goldy, at 34 years old, has found it...
Training camp cuts are coming. It’s an undeniable reality of the NHL calendar. The Tucson Roadrunners open their training camp on Friday and they will need enough bodies to run that camp effectively. The Coyotes have four more preseason games and the last two will likely bear a strong resemblance to the team that takes the ice for the season...
Deandre Ayton’s game has been getting louder for months now. His infamous “Valley-Oop” finish in the playoffs nearly brought the roof of The Footprint down, rendering notorious chatterboxes like Stephen A. Smith and Michael Wilbon — men who make a living off loudly voicing their opinions — completely silent. For a 22-year-old who was questioned (and rightfully so) just months...
The key takeaway from this press conference is the difference that you are going to see from the Tommy Lloyd style as opposed to the Sean Miller way. Lloyd made the point repeatedly that his team is going to run. And they aren’t going to run just because it sounds cool. They are going to run because that’s the best...
Since he was hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams back on January 12, 2017, the Arizona Cardinals have never beaten Sean McVay. Not Bruce Arians, Steve Wilks nor Kliff Kingsbury (to this point) have been able to get it done. To make matters worse, the Cardinals haven’t just lost to McVay, rather they are often times...
Midway through a frustrating 2020-21 season, Tucson Roadrunners coach Steve Potvin sat down with Barrett Hayton to show him what success looks like at the NHL center position. It wasn’t what Hayton was expecting. There were no highlight-reel sauce passes or breakaway goals followed by exuberant cellys. Much of the content featured deep-dive details and thankless drudgery. It was a...
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