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Video: Arizona Sports Teddy Bear Express | Phoenix Children’s Give-A-Thon 2023

KTAR News and Arizona Sports show hosts delivered teddy bears around Phoenix Children’s for the 2023 Teddy Bear Express as a part of Give-A-Thon week presented by the Ak-Chin Indian Community. Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
5 days ago
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Video: Is it time for the Arizona Cardinals to turn the keys over to QB Clayton Tune? #NFL #Shorts

Is it time for the Arizona Cardinals to turn the keys over to QB Clayton Tune? #NFL #Shorts Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
7 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Will the Arizona Cardinals turn the keys over to Clayton Tune?

Bickley Blast: Will the Arizona Cardinals turn the keys over to Clayton Tune? Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
7 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Deandre Ayton may have taken a small step in a return to grace says Dan Bickley

Bickley Blast: Deandre Ayton may have taken a small step in a return to grace says Dan Bickley. Video/Photo: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports and Phoenix Suns/NBA and Twitter Photo/@10thYearSeniors Arizona Sports has the permission and the rights to shoot video from the NBA and the Phoenix Suns
8 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Why Cardinals preseason win over Broncos is encouraging first step for new regime

The Arizona Cardinals secured a 18-17 preseason win over Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos on Friday. Dan Bickley tries to manage expectations but breaks down why fans should be encouraged by the comeback victory. Video: Felisa Cárdenas/Arizona Sports
9 days ago
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Arizona Cardinals could give the gift of hope this season

The renewal is underway for the Arizona Cardinals. With any luck, it will be a short ride back to NFL relevance, just like the Detroit Lions.  
12 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Stoudemire, Marion home at last in Suns’ Ring of Honor

Bickley Blast: Stoudemire, Marion home at last in Suns’ Ring of Honor. Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports Photo: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
13 days ago
Shawn Marion #31 and Amare Stoudemire #1 of the Phoenix Suns reach for a rebound against Andre Bogu...
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Stoudemire, Marion home at last in Suns’ Ring of Honor

An overdue move was made by the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday by announcing Shawn Marion and Amar'e Stoudemire will be in the Ring of Honor.
14 days ago
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Video: ASU’s Ray Anderson says he called West Virginia’s Wren Baker to apologize for comments on Morgantown

ASU’s Ray Anderson says he called West Virginia’s Wren Baker to apologize for comments on Morgantown. Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
14 days ago
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Arizona State’s move to Big 12 brings security to program’s future

Arizona State is joining a conference that has turned a significant corner after sustaining the loss of its top two programs.
15 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: What is going on with college football?

The future of the Pac-12 hangs in the balance as reports continue to swirl regarding potential conference realignment in the Big Ten and Big 12. Arizona Sports host Dan Bickley discusses why the current state of college football is making his blood boil in Friday’s Bickley Blast. Video: Felisa Cárdenas/Arizona Sports
19 days ago
Head coach Jonathan Gannon of the Arizona Cardinals participates in a team practice ahead of the NF...
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Cardinals will have to prove a young NFL coaching staff works

The Arizona Cardinals have impossibly young leadership, something that will draw even more attention to a new staff in its first year.
21 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Arizona Wildcats could be on the move, but who’s to blame for killing the Pac-12?

University of Arizona is suspected to be next to ditch the Pac-12, but are the Wildcats solely responsible for killing the “Conference of Champions”? Dan Bickley sounds off in Wednesday’s Bickley Blast. Video: Felisa Cárdenas/Arizona Sports
21 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: D-backs trade for Paul Sewald is most, least Arizona could do ahead of trade deadline

Arizona Diamondbacks trade with Seattle Mariners for pitcher Paul Sewald was both the most and very least Mike Hazen could do ahead of the trade deadline. Dan Bickley breaks it down in Tuesday’s edition of #BickleyBlast.
22 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: DJ Humphries calls Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon’s arrival a ‘culture shock’

Bickley Blast: DJ Humphries calls Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon’s arrival a ‘culture shock’ Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
23 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Arizona Cardinals fuel new era of football with Budda Baker deal

It wasn’t the Budda Baker contract extension many thought he’d hold out for, but the safety’s raise proves Michael Bidwill is fueling the new era of Cardinals football, says Dan Bickley.
26 days ago
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Pac-12’s future only bleaker, reveals conference’s core issues

The Pac-12 is crumbling, and it feels like the bottom is about to fall out of the tub. More defections are inevitable.
27 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Jonathan Gannon gets his first win as head coach with Budda Baker reporting to camp

Bickley Blast: Jonathan Gannon gets his first win as head coach with Budda Baker reporting to camp. Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
27 days ago
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Cardinals, Michael Bidwill must work to regain the respect of the Valley

The Arizona Cardinals are not under pressure to win football games in 2023. Their mission goes much deeper than that. 
28 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Can the Arizona Cardinals eliminate dysfunction?

As NFL training camp begins, Dan Bickley breaks down the Cardinals’ need to eliminate dysfunction as they open a new era. Video: Felisa Cárdenas/Arizona Sports
28 days ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: D-backs bullpen issues are on Mike Hazen, above Torey Lovullo and players

Bickley Blast: D-backs bullpen issues are on Torey Lovullo, Mike Hazen as much on the players. Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
29 days ago
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Cardinals must be cognizant of Budda Baker’s disappointment over contract

The Cardinals lost a lot of games and front-line players in the past years. They don’t want to lose the lion’s heart of Budda Baker. Not now.
1 month ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Will the arrival of Mat Ishbia encourage the rest of Arizona Sports owners to spend?

Bickley Blast: Will the arrival of Mat Ishbia encourage the rest of Arizona Sports owners to spend? Video: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports
1 month ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Suns’ Deandre Ayton sends message to fans about changing the narrative

From an interview in the Bahamas, Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton said, “I can hear the whole world hating me…” and is dedicated to “changing the narrative.” Arizona Sports’ Dan Bickley reacts in Thursday’s Bickley Blast. Video/Photo: Felisa Cárdenas and Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports and Phoenix Suns/NBA Arizona Sports has the permission and the rights to […]
1 month ago
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Deandre Ayton’s latest message about changing narratives felt heavier

What did Suns center Deandre Ayton mean when he told a Bahamian news outlet he wants to change the narrative surrounding him?
1 month ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Diamondbacks will themselves to life in historic slugfest win over Braves

Despite possible distractions off the field, the Arizona Diamondbacks break a losing skid at a critical time with a win over the Atlanta Braves. Dan Bickley sounds off in Wednesday’s Bickley Blast. Video: Felisa Cárdenas/Arizona Sports Photos: Getty Images
1 month ago
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Diamondbacks’ new TV arrangement comes at inopportune time with on-field rut

The D-backs know the combination of struggling team and sudden TV accessibility issues are like a double shot of apathy.
1 month ago
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Bickley: Phoenix Suns’ new owner Mat Ishbia shows he’s worthy of trust

The renovations are striking. The new owner, Mat Ishbia, is like a young Jerry Colangelo, only richer. Both know how to make a slash.
1 month ago
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Video: Bickley Blast: Suns owner Mat Ishbia will do everything to improve the team no matter the cost

Bickley Blast: Suns owner Mat Ishbia will do everything to improve the team no matter the cost. Video/Photo: Jeremy Schnell/Arizona Sports and Phoenix Suns/NBA Arizona Sports has the permission and the rights to shoot video from the NBA and the Phoenix Suns
1 month ago
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Suns’ Mat Ishbia continues relentless push with Bradley Beal addition

Another day, another press conference, another shiny new toy for the Suns. Thanks to Mat Ishbia, Phoenix is the NBA’s Wild West once again.
2 months ago
Dan Bickley bio
Dan Bickley is the most influential sports media member in Arizona sports history, having spent over 20 years as the award-winning lead sports columnist for The Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com and almost two decades as a Valley sports radio talk show host. In spring 2018, Bickley made the decision to leave the newspaper to join the Arizona Sports team as host of the entertaining and informative midday show Bickley and Marotta, as well as bring his opinionated and provocative column exclusively to ArizonaSports.com.
Bickley’s journalism career began in his hometown of Chicago, where he was part of a star-studded staff at the Chicago Sun-Times. He chronicled Michael Jordan’s six NBA championships; covered the Olympics in eight different countries and attended 14 Super Bowls; spent three weeks in an Indianapolis courthouse writing about Mike Tyson’s rape trial; and once left his laptop in an Edmonton bar after the Blackhawks reached the Stanley Cup Finals.
He has won multiple awards, written two books, formed a rock band, fathered three children, and once turned down an offer to work at the New York Times.  His passions include sports, music, the alphabet, good beer and great radio. After joining Arizona Sports, he couldn’t be happier