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Arizona Sports News and Rumors

Reagan Mauia says Lennay Kekua is real

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Just when it seems like the Manti Te’o story can get no stranger, it does. On Wednesday night, Cardinals fullback Reagan Mauia (a/k/a “The Juggernaut . . . Bitch“) said that the fake dead girlfriend of Te’o is real.  Specifically, Mauia says he m…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

The Arizona Cardinals, one of two NFL teams still looking for a head coach, have interviewed Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and plan to talk to Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians.

CNNSI.com

A person familiar with the trade says the Washington Nationals have agreed to send Michael Morse to Seattle as part of a three-team deal that would move catcher John Jaso from the Mariners to the Athletics and pitcher A.J. Cole from Oakland to the Natio…

Matt Petersen, valleyofthesun.com

Point guard Goran Dragic leads the Suns in scoring with 14.1 points per game. He’s tops on the team in assists (6.1apg), steals (1.5spg) and Player Efficiency Rating (17.4). He may be the only member...

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

With only two head coaching chairs left, and the options down to the Cardinals and Jaguars, some of the guys looking for work are going to be left out. But if you’re not getting a job, getting paid to not work is a nice alternative. That’s the case wi…

CNNSI.com

PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Chip Kelly after he originally chose to stay at Oregon.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

With the Eagles job taken and the Jaguars showing no apparent interest in hiring him and the Cardinals highly unlikely to re-hire him, former Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt appears to be out of head-coaching options. And so, according to Les Bowen of the …

ESPN.com

Mel Kiper Jr. has released his initial 2013 NFL mock draft for the first round. We discussed his St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks projections previously. We round out the conversation with a look at Kiper's thoughts for the 49ers. …

Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- For obvious reasons, we spent much of the season marveling at the freakish recuperative powers of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who made a serious run at the single-season rushing record despite being less than a year remo…

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

For the fourth straight season, following what was a respectable rookie year offensively, Michael Beasley’s game has declined. Signed to a free agent contract by the Phoenix Suns last summer in order to sop up minutes and help prop up the Suns’ Steve …

ESPN.com

The Chicago Bears' hiring of Marc Trestman as head coach leaves Arizona, Philadelphia and Jacksonville as the final three teams with vacancies heading toward the 2013 season. Trestman was not a known candidate for any other job. His rather curious hirin…

ESPN.com

Around the NFC West: Jan. 16, 2013 Sixteen days have passed since the Arizona Cardinals fired coach Ken Whisenhunt. One of their declared candidates, Andy Reid, signed with Kansas City without visiting the Cardinals. Another candidate, Mike McCoy, signe…

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

Fresh off of losing out on the Chicago Bears head coaching job to Marc Trestman, Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians has a new suitor. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Arizona Cardinals have requested permission to spe…