Fate has rarely been kind to the Arizona Cardinals and those who follow the team. Phoenix is known as the Valley of the Sun, but around the National Football League it was simply a valley. It was a deep, dark, seemingly inescapable land where losing was a way of life and pride went to die. ...more

January 29, 2009

If the football gods should allow the Bucs to somehow get a sponsor's exemption into the playoffs, let me pose this question: Do you think it really matters anymore? ...more

December 21, 2008

Just last week, Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was lamenting the fact that his team had yet to endure one of those suffocating, shirt-soaking Tallahassee heat waves. ...more

August 29, 2008

When you get a good team down on the road, you have to put them away. And although the Bucs played well enough at times – particularly on defense – to be encouraged, they couldn't make a play in the clutch. Jeff Garcia put up some decent numbers in his first start at quarterback until he got pulverized, but the only number that matters is on the scoreboard. ...more

September 9, 2007