BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – If Zack Greinke thinks last season wasn’t that good, then it’s hard to imagine what he thinks a good season or a great season is. Greinke had the best season of his Major League career in 2015, going 19-3 with a league-low 1.66 ERA. It would be hard for Greinke to top that kind ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Over the weekend, the Arizona Cardinals were gracious enough to open their facilities to the NFL for their Regional Scouting Combine, which was a major success. Almost 200 NFL hopefuls were there on Saturday, doing exactly what the NFL hopefuls will do this week in Indianapolis, Ind., at the NFL Scouting Combine. The big ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians will be very busy this week in Indianapolis, Ind., at the NFL Scouting Combine. He’ll be scouting out, what he hopes is, the next era of talent for his team. Arians won’t be that busy that he can’t pick up an award while he’s there. On Thursday, he’ll be ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE PHOENIX – It took longer than most expected it to, but the Phoenix Suns finally found someone with interest in forward Markieff Morris – the Washington Wizards – so with about a half hour left until the trade deadline was scheduled to hit, Phoenix and Washington pulled it off, and now Morris is a Wizard. Suns ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It was a busy first day of practice on Thursday for pitchers, catchers, and their manager, Chip Hale. Hale was busy bouncing between ball fields, checking on his players and also signing autographs for fans when he had time. In all, it was a pretty fun day for Hale and his guys to be ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale is a big fan of competition amongst the 67 players he has on his Spring Training roster. There’s only a few of the 25 Opening Day roster spots that Hale would say are locked up, with all of the names being very familiar to the Dback Nation. “I hate to ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – The #BirdGang has seen the Tyrann Mathieu movie before; the flick where Mathieu tears his ACL and LCL against the St. Louis Rams in his rookie year, which cuts short a spectacular season for him, which most experts think gets him a Defensive Rookie of the Year award. When Cardinals fans sat down on ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – The best athletes in the world are constantly searching for ways to keep their bodies in tip-top condition, whether it be with physical therapy, strength and conditioning training, or with a proper dietary program. They’ll find all that and more at the Fischer Institute in Phoenix. Brett and Stephanie Fischer founded the Institute in ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – Tuesday’s a big day on the NFL calendar. It’s the first day teams can use either the franchise tag or transition tag on any of their players who are set to become free agents. Teams have until March 1 to designate franchise or transition players, and they have until July 15 to workout a ... Read More »
BY: ED COLE GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Arizona Cardinals made a few moves on Tuesday to tighten things up in their secondary, with the re-signing of safety Chris Clemons to a one-year contract, along with the signing of cornerback Joel Wilkinson. Clemons (6-1, 215) played in seven regular season games and both playoff games for the Cardinals this past season, ... Read More »
