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Here at Fanster, we’ve watched a lot of Cardinal football. A lot. And quite frankly, the disbelief of actually being able to use the words Arizona Cardinals and NFC Championship game in the same sentence seem unreal, and almost dirty to be honest. THE ARIZONA CARDINALS ARE ONE GAME AWAY […]

I know, the image is creepy, but it’s merely a play on words. Now get your minds out of the gutter.
This has been called the most unpredictable NFL season ever by many so called experts around the country. That unpredictability has continued in the postseason.
Both #6 seeds are alive and well, […]

Football fans like to argue. They’ll argue about teams, games, players, you name it. An argument about the greatest team of all time would include talk of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970’s, the San Francisco 49ers of the 1980’s, the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990’s. Best running back? You’ll get […]

Referee Walt Anderson, an NFL official since 1996, will be the crew chief on Sunday for the NFC Championship Game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. This will be Anderson’s fourth conference championship game.
So, is this good or bad for the Cardinals and their fans?
Well, […]

With four teams remaining in the National Football League playoffs, human nature starts the wheels turning, and gets you to thinking about possible Super Bowl matchups for the 43rd edition of the game in Tampa.
There’s plenty of story lines included in this quartet of teams…
Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - this may be the most […]

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The Arizona Cardinals actually enjoy being the underdog. You can count the number of “experts” in the national media who have given them chances against Atlanta and Carolina the last two weeks on one hand.
The Cardinals, who have been called “the worst team ever to qualify for the playoffs” earlier this […]

Shawn Marion. Remember him? He was the career-long Sun who consistently scored 17 to 18 points per game, grabbed 10 rebounds, and turned in a solid defensive effort. C’mon, you remember. He’s the guy who played in four All-Star Games as a Phoenix Sun.
He’s also the guy who consistently complained about […]

Last week during the Arizona Cardinals’ playoff victory over the Atlanta Falcons at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, a fan held up a sign that read “Finally, a cold day in hell”. After witnessing what happened in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday night, apparently the netherworld is a veritable winter wonderland.
The Cardinals not […]

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On Tuesday, the Arizona State Athletic Department announced that football season ticket prices will be increasing for 2009.
The announcement came on the same day that BYU officially dropped ASU from their 2009 football schedule. The Sun Devils instead will take on the feared Warhawks of Louisiana Monroe.
The announcement came the same day […]

The Phoenix Suns today cut guard backup point guard Dee Brown, after he saw action in only 2 games in the purple and orange. The move reduces the Suns’ roster to 12 players.
According to the Arizona Republic’s Paul Coro, the Suns’ move may have had something to do with Miami releasing guard Shaun Livingston. […]