Phoenix becomes sports boomtown
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What was once the sleepy home of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, the Fiesta Bowl and baseball's spring training has blossomed into a national sports capital.
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BEIJING The NBA has reached booming, basketball-crazy China _ but the league doesn&#39;t expect to make any money soon. The NBA flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China, featuring
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It would be foolish to put too much stock in San Antonioâs 115-94 drubbing of the Suns on Tuesday at SBC Center. Phoenix still owns the NBAâs best record at 24-4
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In a league mired in isolation offenses and plodding defenses, the Suns' frenetic fast break with point guard Steve Nash at the helm has been nothing short of revolutionary.
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Quentin Richardson made eight 3-pointers and scored 37 points, sparking the Phoenix Suns to a 121-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers last night.
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Plans are underway for the National Basketball Association's first outdoor game, a pre-season night matchup next October involving the Phoenix Suns, the Arizona Republic reported Friday.
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For the first two months of the season, the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics were the toast of the NBA. For one night, however, neither team was all that special.
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Las Vegas, which will host this yearâs N.B.A. All-Star Game next weekend, wants to showcase itself as worthy of becoming a full-time major league city.
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Sports teams are putting high technology into stadiums to attract fans, generate cash and improve standings.
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After spring training of 2008, the Dodgers will move their training facilities from Florida to the Phoenix area, leaving Dodgertown and all its history behind.
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For a cool $3,309, you can book a round-trip coach ticket from Newark to Phoenix for the big game.
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New York _ For the first two months of the season, the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics were the toast of the NBA. For one night, however, neither team was all that special.
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During Thursdayâs opening round of the FBR Open at the T.P.C. Scottsdale, a record crowd of 83,657 topping the capacity of the 73,000-seat University of Phoenix Stadium, the site of Sundayâs Super Bowl.
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When the NFL voted an expansion franchise to Jacksonville, instead of say, Baltimore or St. Louis, in the mid-&#39;90s, Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver spoke of the city&#39;s &quot;passion&quot; for football and called it &quot;a hot market.
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For the first two months of the season, the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics were the toast of the National Basketball Association.
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Many menâs basketball programs are moving to Division I in the hope of gaining exposure, money and a bit of glory.
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Steve Nash reminded the Dallas Mavericks how impressive a National Basketball Association player he can be, scoring 17 points and adding 18 assists to lead Phoenix in a 107-101 triumph here.