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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he hit Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face and received a Flagrant 2 foul and ejection. The league announced the penalty handed down by operations chief Joe Dumars and said the suspension begins immediately. It’s already Green’s second suspension this season.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Devin Booker scored 22 of his 47 points in a phenomenal first quarter, and the Phoenix Suns won their first playoff series since 2010, eliminating the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers with a 113-100 victory in Game 6 on Thursday night.Jae Crowder scored 18 points for the second-seeded Suns, who won three consecutive games to send LeBron James to a first-round series loss for the first time in his 18-year NBA career.

Attorney Michael Avenatti, who was arrested by the Southern District of New York for alleged extortion late last month, continued his crusade against Nike. The attorney accused Nike of paying college basketball’s top stars and already listed two players who he alleges Nike paid before they were college stars. Avenatti accused former Arizona star DeAndre Ayton, of the Phoenix Suns, of accepting payments from Nike before he committed to the school. Not long after, he went after another Pac-12 star. Avenatti says that Nike also paid former Oregon player Bol Bol. Late Friday night, Avenatti dropped the biggest name in...

Phoenix Suns president and CEO Rick Welts, in an effort to breach what he sees as the tiptoed-around topic of homosexuality in men's team sports, recently met with friends, associates and a newspaper reporter to reveal he is gay. Welts, believed to be the first man in a prominent position in men's sports who has declared his homosexuality, says he wants to now mentor other gay people who seek to pursue a career in sports, according to The New York Times.

SNIP...After Arizona passed the law one Robert Sarver, the owner of the Phoenix Suns thug .. er ... basketball team spouted off in opposition of the bill. That ... according the legend ... prompted this response from Governor Jan Brewer: "What if the owners of the Suns discovered that hordes of people were sneaking into games without paying? What if they had a good idea just who the gate-crashers are, but the ushers and security personnel were not allowed to ask these folks to produce their ticket stubs, thus non-paying attendees couldn't be ejected. Furthermore; what if Suns' ownership was...

A certain sector of the male populace fantasizes about women like me. You see I'm a certifiable sports fanatic. I'm a card-carrying member of the Where Were You When the Americans Beat the Russians Club. I know the answer to the Trivial Pursuit question, "Who was the 1973 Triple Crown Winner?" Duh. I only needed a few weeks of therapy to get over Romo's botched field goal snap. When play-offs in any sport start, I get that Chris Matthew's thrill up my leg sensation. In other words, I L-O-V-E sports. And the crème de la crème for me is basketball....

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ESPN: The Phoenix Suns will wear "Los Suns" on their jerseys in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals on Wednesday night, owner Robert Sarver said, "to honor our Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation." "It really damages our civil liberties, I think that it opens the potential for racial profiling [and] racism," Suns guard Steve Nash said.

Imagine thousands of people were sneaking into Phoenix Suns games without tickets. The management would quickly crack down on the "undocumented spectators." Security personnel would engage in "profiling" - singling out younger male fans wandering around without obvious seats. They would want to see some "papers" - ticket stubs. Those lacking documentation would be deported out of the arena, or, in some cases, arrested.... So while millionaire athletes become walking billboards for a political cause, the state of Arizona might want to review the terms of its relationship with the Suns. If Mr. Sarver wants to use his team to...

If you've paid any attention to political news lately, you have probably heard about the new law in Arizona that allows authorities to stop and search people under the belief that they may be illegal immigrants. In short, Latinos (since these are the immigrants people care about in the state) must now carry identification at all times, in some cases even birth certificates. It's a controversial law that's prompted serious outcry on both sides of the issue, but especially from activists who've deemed it an infringement on civil rights. The law has also been discussed in the basketball blogosphere, by...

PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns will wear "Los Suns" on their jerseys in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals on Wednesday night, owner Robert Sarver said, "to honor our Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation." The decision to wear the jerseys on the Cinco de Mayo holiday stems from a law passed by the Arizona Legislature and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer that has drawn widespread criticism from Latino organizations and civil rights groups that say it could lead to racial profiling of Hispanics. President Barack Obama has called the...

PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns will wear "Los Suns" on their jerseys Wednesday for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals, owner Robert Sarver said, "to honor our Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation." The decision to wear the jerseys on the Cinco de Mayo holiday stems from a law passed by the Arizona Legislature and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer that has drawn widespread criticism from Latino organizations and civil rights groups that say it could lead to racial profiling of Hispanics. President Barack Obama has called the law "misguided."

The Suns dominated All-Star Saturday Night in Denver. Phoenix's Quentin Richardson heated up when it counted most, hitting his last nine shots to finish with a final-round score of 19 and win the 2005 Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout. Current Suns All-Star Shawn Marion and former Suns All-Star Dan Majerle joined the Mercury's Diana Taurasi to win the RadioShack Shooting Stars competition and Phoenix guard Steve Nash defeated Denver's Earl Boykins in the finals of the PlayStation Skills Challenge. Suns center Amaré Stoudemire wrapped up the night by placing second in the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk.

Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Former Phoenix Suns head coach Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons died Saturday night due to complications of lung cancer. He was 72. In 21 seasons, Fitzsimmons compiled a 832-775 overall record with the Suns, Atlanta Hawks and Kansas City Kings. He is currently tied with Phil Jackson for 10th place in the NBA's all-time victory list. A two-time NBA Coach of the Year (1979 with Kansas City and 1989 with Phoenix), he retired from coaching following the 1991-92 season after guiding the Suns to four straight 50-plus win seasons and consecutive trips to the Western Conference Finals...

<p>The Phoenix Suns are embroiled in a battle between a conservative religious group and some Valley churches over anti-gay-marriage literature that accompanied invitations to "Church Night" at a March basketball game.</p> <p>The Suns dropped the Center for Arizona Policy as its "Church Night" sponsor for the March 19 game after several Valley clergy members complained about invitation packages sent by the Suns and the center.</p>

<p>The Phoenix Suns are embroiled in a battle between a conservative religious group and some Valley churches over anti-gay literature that accompanied invitations to "Church Night" at a March basketball game.</p> <p>The Phoenix Suns dropped the Center for Arizona Policy as its "Church Night" sponsor for the March 19 game after several Valley clergy complained about invitation packages sent by the Suns and the center.</p>

To: CAP board members and friends of CAP From: Len Munsil, President URGENT ACTION ALERT – HOMOSEXUALS HIJACK SUNS’ “CHURCH NIGHT”! Statement of Len Munsil, President, on behalf of the Board of Directors of The Center for Arizona Policy The Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) was featured in the lead story of two biased Channel 5 reports last week regarding a controversy created by gay activists. (More on the Channel 5 reports tomorrow.) Because we were working behind the scenes to avoid conflict, I have been unable to write about it until now. The Phoenix Suns approached us last year...