Thursday, June 07, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
More Cameo Appearances
First we hooked up with our number one jump-off Matt of WithLeather.com for a picture about everyone's favorite NBA off-season sport: high school pole-vaulting. (And look for the picture during this FOX NEWS interview of super-smooth Matt the web-logger).
Then this morning it was a Kobe Bryant portrait on mjd's daily column The Debriefing over at the FanHouse. (Ummm it looks better if you step a few feet away from your computer...)
Much love to Enrico's vacation away from The 700 Level for starting the whole guest-star trend. Who got next? Holler at us.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Chillin' Out, Maxin', Relaxin'
Friday, May 18, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Suns v. Fakers at Hype's House
Did you click? Oh yeah, sorry, very little related to the game there. Just a bunch of yimmer-yammering between your girl Miss Gossip and brother-from-another-mother Howie (aka TheHype).
The conversation is Phoenix-phriendly: we deleted all comments made by Lakers ball boy Nate Jones (aka... Nate Jones).
Monday, April 02, 2007
Say 'Hi' to Ball-Hi...ype
Ballhype is the faster, stronger, younger cousin of lowpost.net (which we at SunsGossip were already obsessed with). Ballhype is for anyone interested in sports. If you're a sports reader you can use it to find the most hyped up content from over 1,600 sports blogs (not just bball!) plus news sites and YouTube and such. If you're a blogger you can use it to see who's linking to your stuff and who's voting it up (you can even put little badges at the bottom of your posts like this to encourage readers to hype them up). If you're a social butterfly, you can use it to make online friends and join groups.
But the best part, in our opinion, is the Picks section. Basically you can gamble on games without losing anything (well, without losing any money -- your pride is another matter). You can follow the scores of your picks on the scoreboard and compare your performance with other Ballhype members. As of this writing, your girl Miss Gossip is a Suns-hot #10 on the Picks Rankings. But that's not likely to last long. We were able to claw up the rankings during the closed beta testing phase, but ever since Ballhype's public launch earlier today the number of people competing seems to have skyrocketed. For real, everyone is doing it. It! Ballhyping. Forreally.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
STAT!!!!!!!!!
One for the ages.
UPDATE: watching the re-broadcast right now. Because it was that good. Nash has iced koolaid in his veins.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
Call for Shawn Marion Material
So please, send us your favorite Shawn-Shawn moments (or leave them in the comments). Videos, pictures, descriptions, articles, personal locker room stories, whatever. At the rate this blog is going, we should have something together by about 2009.
Meantime, make sure to keep up with your Suns analysis over at The Rising Suns. Lucas has fools working for him now, what! We finally caught up and are mad salty to have missed a Sean Marks dunk while on vacation. Also, don't sleep on your girl Miss Gossip, who has been posting some Suns stuff over there at the FanHouse (Pat Burke bloody face anyone?).
Friday, December 22, 2006
Out of Office Auto-Reply
Also check out MINORITEAM!, our side-hustle blog. Warning: contains racial humor (of the funny variety). Below are a few archive highlights to get you started. Happy New Year!
From your girl Dominikimchee:
-Dateline-style supermarket exposé: Racial Stereotypes in the Cereal Aisle
-Hard-hitting historical reporting: How Dark Was "Separate but Equal" Plessy?
-Everyday eyerolls: Talking ATL with a White Lady
From Boris-stalking accomplice LaTowna:
-Oakland police department blotter: Getting Pulled Over
-Workplace woes: Trying Not to Go Ethnic
-Borderline cartoon copyright infringement: The Palo Alto Bubble
From Nuggets enthusiast Nigeri-Negro:
-Advice for young black men: Nigeri-Negro's Guide to Making a Dinner Reservation
-Learnings from late-night studying: Infomercial Reviews
Peace!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Interview with the Suns Mascot
Instead of working on number 16 of the winning streak tonight, the Suns were stuck in Denver making snow angels (the Nuggs game was postponed because of blizzard conditions). Well, this is just the kind of slow news day that begs for an interview with the affable Phoenix Suns mascot!
Suns fans know "Go" as the goofy gorilla that gets the home crowd going. But behind that plastic smile is a complex and sometimes troubled soul. SunsGossip sat down with the dark fellow a few months ago for a look into the personal side of being the Phoenix Suns Gorilla.
SunsGossip: You were rumored to have been involved with veteran Suns dancers and resident hottie Gina. Is she a possible Mrs. Go?
Go: No... sadly, she dumped me. Towards the end we were just fighting too much. She had a hard time handling my addiction.
SunsGossip: What was your problem? Alcohol? Drugs?
Go: No, I was a fiend for the yellow mouth-candy! Banana splits, banana yogurt, banana bread, you name it. I go "ape" for bananas!
SunsGossip: Go "ape"? Aren’t you a gorilla?
Go: Gorilla, ape... same difference. We’re all party primates.
SunsGossip: Moving on....What has been your most memorable moment as the Suns mascot?
Go: I would have to say it was a year ago when I met Magic Johnson. Not only is he a basketball legend, but he’s done so much in life. I got my picture taken with him that night after the game. This picture is my most prized possession – I carry it everywhere.
SunsGossip: This is a picture of you and Charles Barkley.
Go: I love you, Magic!
SunsGossip: Right...um, so, what has been one of the low points of your mascot career?
Go: Having to ride onto the Suns court on a motorcycle with Tara Reid. That bitch was a hot mess.
SunsGossip: That’s not very nice!
Go: But it’s true. Even Scorch the Phoenix Mercury mascot wouldn’t hit that. And that fool is always "in heat."
SunsGossip: You’re killing us with these puns.
Go: What can I say, I’m one "punny" son of a bitch!
SunsGossip: Yes you are.
Go: Make sure you spell that S-U-N... “Sun of a bitch.”
Saturday, December 16, 2006
3D for 3D...Plus a Poem by HERD
Highlight stat of the game is the triple double for our boy 3D aka Boris Diaw (Diaw Diaw). That's his first one of the season, although he came very close in the last meeting with the Warriors.
In other news, loyal reader HERD has got it bad for the Suns and sends this:
I just love SUNS
Music- John Lennon
So this is Xmas,
And wadda you know
The Suns are the best ones
And the season just began
So this is Xmas,
Suns best in the West
"Whatever we'll do with
Steve Nash and the rest?"
The answer is nothing
The answer is nil
Don't even attempt it
Or you in for a kill.
You can be monstrous (Shaq)
And you can be tall (Yao)
But Stevie is the best one
And he's the best of them all
(and humble too)
Love , HERD (little drunk)
Sunday, December 10, 2006
We're Nestle When It's Crunch Time
Friday, December 08, 2006
318 Points = 318 Free Tacos
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Pretty Fly for a Pat Burke
Following are our highlights from tonight’s 127-102 home win against the Kings. The Kings were playing without Ron-Ron Artest, who allegedly had an “ailing back” but clearly was just afraid of getting on the floor with Raja Bell (who had released that caustic diss track after their last encounter)...
1. Nash tries to sweet talk the lady ref and she promptly hands him a tech. D’Antoni comes to Stevie’s defense and gets a technical himself. Hot!
2. End of the first quarter, Shawn Marion hits an ill buzzer-beater -- then runs through the tunnel high-fiving fools. He thinks it’s halftime. Jalen Rose clowns him.
3. Raja Bell makes his third trey of the night. He’s trying to tie the record of seven straight games with four or more three’s. D’Antoni takes him out of the game. Hater!
4. Late in the fourth, the Suns are up by about a zillion points. D’Antoni clears the bench and throws all the “team” players on the floor. Plus Raja. Someone gave Coach the word. How embarrassing.
5. The Kings are wondering why every single play is setting Raja up for a three. Unfortunately Ra-Ra is not able to complete.
6. Ice-cold Pat Burke, who is seeing his first minutes since about the Clinton era, hits three three-pointers in the span of 1:20. The crowd goes nuts. Everyone loves the heartwarming story of a white boy off the bench!
Friday, December 01, 2006
Someone Impersonating SunsGossip on NBA FanHouse
All good times. But then the 10th NBA FanHouse member is this B who is totally biting on our SunsGossip style. She's even calling herself Miss Gossip. Wiggity wiggity wack! We'd say more, but folks are probably overloaded with intellectual property talk today. We'll see you in court, Miss Gossip!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Apology to Boris Diaw
We were somewhat following along on the mobile ESPN tip, but our focus was in the Oracle Arena for the Warriors-Pacers game. It was a heart-breaking loss for the Dubs, but the highlight of the night was running into the good guys at Golden State of Mind (four of the five of them, anyway). They were gracious enough to stop to sign autographs for us. Loved them! They even posed and let us snap a portrait. Check out their full recap of the game to see the full picture.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Blazers knife found at Portland gun fight
Something got lost in the translation of "sniper" for Diaw.
Hope everyone had a good holiday or regular weekend. We at SunsGossip spent the time eating cranberry sauce and collards, reading "Seven Seconds or Less," watching the Suns beat the Nets on mute at a sports bar, and scouting future (W)NBA stars at a high school tournament. (For real, this one shortie was a little female Iverson -- she even wore the number 3.)
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Miss SunsGossip talks to Boris Diaw about "the quote"
We retreated. We took a twenty-second timeout to reset. And then we ran a sick play on those fools. LaTowna darted to the right and drew Guard #1 deep into the fifth row. Oakland Gurl started kicking game to Guard #2 to divert his attention. And then Sir J.O. set a screen and Miss SunsGossip blew past Guard #3 and ran to the court. Guard #4 materialized out of nowhere and launched a surprise "LET'S GO" attack, but Miss SunsGossip was unstoppable.
The resulting conversation with Bobo was memorialized in audio form. Boris' end of the discussion is hard to hear because old girl Guard #4 started pulling us back and Boris' handlers were tugging him away towards the locker room. But Mr. Diaw was gracious enough to deliver a super-smooth answer to our somewhat out-of-pocket question. The topic was Jack McCallum's new book "Seven Seconds or Less" in which Boris is quoted as saying "I do not date American women. I have them." Jason at lowpost and Henry at TrueHoop first broke the story -- and our heart.
Boris' response? Well, you can take it with a grain of pastry salt, but the fact that he even responded to our maniacal screaming gets him clear out of the doghouse. We still got love for you, Boris! We'll see you March 29th when the Suns come back to Golden State, but we'll be sure to cop a scalped media pass so we can have a civilized conversation.
[We have a clearer copy of the audio, but Atma Brother #1 from Golden State of Mind hacked in and performed some sabotage on the upload. You might need to follow along with the transcript. ]
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Miss SunsGossip: Boris!Guard #4: Keep it moving, let's go!
Miss SG: Boris! Boris! BORIS!!!
Guard #4: [physically restraining Miss SG] LET'S GO!
Miss SG: Boris -- let me holla at you! Ay, why did you say -- in the book -- why did you say you don't date American women, you only have them? What was that about?
Boris Diaw: I didn't say that!
Miss SG: That's what it said in that Jack McCallum book.
Boris: Ah no, he's lying.
Miss SG: He's lying? Ok, that's good to know.
Boris: No, no, no. I meant "date" like not "dating." Like friends who only date and not somebody else.
Miss SG: [unconvinced/confused] Okaaay... Thank you!
Boris: [smiling and waving] You're welcome.
Miss SG: [heart melting]