Arizona Sports News and Rumors

Nolasco K's 11 as Marlins snap 7-game skid

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Ricky Nolasco struck out 11 and the Miami Marlins stopped a season-high seven-game losing streak, holding off the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 Sunday.

Kevin Zimmerman, valleyofthesun.com

Stability hasn’t been there for the Phoenix Suns. The franchise has essentially required turnstyles just to keep their coaching and front office staffs in relative order. And for Michael...

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Statistics don’t always tell the entire story, but they do a pretty good job of providing everything you need to know about how 2012 went for Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. His 71 catches were his least for a season since 2006 and he never ha…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Brandon McCarthy pitched a three-hit complete-game shutout for his first win since being struck in the head by a line drive last season in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 1-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden recently said he wants to be the guy. And then the Browns went out and signed another guy. Weeden admits that the move to add Brian Hoyer, cut last week by the Cardinals, was unexpected. “I was surprised, but that’s t…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Paul Goldschmidt homered twice, had four hits and drove in four runs to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Miami Marlins 9-2 Friday night.

Matt Loede, cardinalsgab.com

New Era, the official on-field headwear of the National Football League, is teaming up with the NFL to launch the Back to Football Photo Day contest. So what this means is that Cardinals fans will now have the chance to join the ranks of Patrick Peteros…

ESPN.com

A look at key players for each NFC West team who are coming back from injuries: Arizona Cardinals: Levi Brown, left tackle. A torn triceps sidelined Brown last season. The Cardinals expect him to be full strength for 2013. A healthy Brown makes a happy …

CNNSI.com

The Browns have agreed to terms on a two-year contract with former Arizona quarterback Brian Hoyer.

Kent Somers, azcentral.com

For years, NFL coaches thought most rookies should be neither seen nor heard on game days. Less experience meant more mistakes which meant a greater chance that coaches would be fired. But times are changing. For a variety of factors, rookies are far mo…

Ryan Weisert, valleyofthesun.com

The narrative of Wesley Johnson’s first, and possibly last, season in Phoenix perfectly mirrors the story of the Suns’ season as a whole. Johnson’s arrival this past summer, like that of so many of...

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Was Tyrann Mathieu too big a risk for the Cardinals in the third round of the NFL draft? If Mathieu is as talented as Cardinals General Manager Steve Keim thinks, then the real risk would have been passing on an opportunity to add him in the third round…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Paul Goldschmidt hit three doubles, Eric Chavez drove in three runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Tim Hudson and the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Wednesday.

Matt Loede, cardinalsgab.com

The Cardinals today are talking to a tackle that the new head coach knows quite a bit about, that being former Steelers OT Max Starks. Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians has familiarity with Starks having worked with him in Pittsburgh. Starks has also vi…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

This Saturday, Jordan Brand is bringing back the Air Jordan 8 in a Phoenix Suns-styled retro colorway, fresh with ‘Bright Citrus’ and ‘Deep Royal Blue’ accents. Michael Jordan wore the original 8s during the 1993 NBA Finals when he set a record wi…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

It doesn’t take long to figure out why quarterback Carson Palmer was traded to the Cardinals this offseason. You need only look at wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s statistics from last season to understand why the team dealt for Palmer. Fitzgerald had…

ESPN.com

James from Mesa, Ariz., has heard the Arizona Cardinals signed Karlos Dansby to a team-friendly contract. "I am looking forward to finding out how much he wanted to be here," James writes. Dansby signed a one-year deal worth $2.25 million. He …

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Reports from the Arizona Cardinals' organized team activities point to an expanded coaching staff as one difference from the recent past. Around the NFC West: May 15, 2013 "Bruce Arians has 21 coaches on his staff, so it makes sense to put them to …

Kent Somers, azcentral.com

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians has four more assistant coaches than did his predecessor, Ken Whisenhunt, and the extra manpower allowed the Cardinals to try something unique, at least by NFL standards, in practice on Tuesday. For 11-on-11 drills, Arians s…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Arizona Cardinals, previously known as the Phoenix Cardinals and the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cardinals, have been around a long time. As a team, they don’t have much to show for it. But even the Cardinals will be able to point proudly to…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

When the Cardinals signed linebacker Daryl Washington to a six-year deal before last season, there probably wasn’t much thought that they’d be planning for a future without him at the first OTA of the next offseason. As a result of Washington’s four…

ESPN.com

A look at the Arizona Cardinals' offseason to this point ... What went right: Carson Palmer became available by trade and the Cardinals were able to acquire him for late-round draft considerations, instantly upgrading the one area where Arizona had to u…

Kevin Zimmerman, valleyofthesun.com

Opportunity knocked on Diante Garrett’s door, and now it’s only a matter of whether it was a pseudo-investment by the Phoenix Suns in terms of their own future, that is. Garrett joined...

David Brown, yahoo.com

The Juice returns for season No. 6! It's almost eligible for free-agency! Stop by daily for news from the action, along with great photos, stats, video highlights and more. ''It usually works out like this,'' Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. …