Epic failure has a new home.
Posted in Arizona Sports, NBA, NCAA Basketball, NFL, NHL, Sports on Jan 4th, 2010
Frankly the Cardinals, Suns, Coyotes, and ASU basketball deserve their own posts for their respective weekend performances but since I’m busy and you have the attention span of a gnat I’ll just put everything right here in a nice little ball for you to play with. A Brutal Weekend for Phoenix (area) Sports
Posted in Arizona Sports, NHL, Sports on Sep 24th, 2009
Goodbye Wayne Gretzky – we’ll barely miss you. Today marked the end of The Great One’s non-descript four-year tenure as Coyotes coach, as the NHL’s all-time greatest player stepped down from his post. As Gretzky himself cited, neither of the prospective bidders (Jim Basille or the NHL) in the teams bankruptcy had any interest in [...]
Posted in Arizona Sports, NBA, NFL, NHL, Sports on Aug 28th, 2009
For those stories you don’t want me to write an entire post about…. St. Paul’s College cancels season opener because they don’t have helmets/pads – the small college in Virginia was forced to cancel their game against West Virginia Wesleyan because their equipment hadn’t arrived. This is a hilarious and embarrasing story and brings to [...]
Posted in Arizona Sports, Economic Blight, NHL, Pop Culture on Jul 17th, 2009
The Arizona Republic is reporting that Wayne Gretzky has agreed to submit to a deposition in the Coyotes bankruptcy case. Outside of the obligatory “where’s all the money?” and “why do you guys suck?” questions, I have a few suggestions for whatever lucky s.o.b. gets a crack at Wayne under oath. First, I would start [...]
Posted in Arizona Sports, NHL on May 18th, 2009
In case you missed it (and if the attached picture is any indicator, you did) there was a “Save the Coyotes” rally at the Native New Yorker in Glendale on Saturday. According to reports, there were between 250 and 500 people attending the rally. In other words, the usual crowd for a Tuesday night game [...]
Posted in Arizona Sports, NBA, NHL on May 12th, 2009
Former Cardinal Travis LaBoy could miss the entire 2009 season – Now the Cards releasing LaBoy looks even smarter than it did last week. I haven’t had the story confirmed yet but I’d imagine that LaBoy’s bones are made up of a combination of paper mache, spit, and chewing tobacco. Westgate City Center says no [...]
Posted in Arizona Sports, NHL on May 5th, 2009
On Tuesday, the Phoenix Coyotes filed for bankruptcy protection. Who knew having a losing hockey team in the middle of the desert, losing 60 million dollars over the last two years, and having an owner who lost his shirt on Arizona real estate was not a recipe for success? Amazingly, the bankruptcy filings revealed that someone is interested [...]
Posted in Arizona Sports, NHL on May 1st, 2009
On the azcentral sports front page (left sidebar) an article by Dan Bickley contemplates the following question: “If Coyotes Left, Would you Care?“. Answer: Absolutely not. Thanks for reading SoD. Short Answers to Complicated Questions
