Adam Beechen’s playoff beard died Tuesday night at 9:34 pm in San Antonio after a brief, painful and familiar illness. It was thirteen days old. Read more

My Playoff Beard and I are not pleased. Read more

It’s really much more of a tradition in sports like football, baseball and hockey. Every year, once the regular season ends and the “second season” begins, hardy warriors on teams that remain in the hunt opt to not shave their whiskers until their team either wins it all or is eliminated. Read more

Monday's game against Denver had everything you always wanted to see from a Phoenix Suns team. At least for the last quarter and a half. Read more

“I’m Adam Beechen’s mother, and I approved this message…because Adam promised me he’d come home for Passover if I did. Don’t forget the matzo, honey!” Read more

My friend Dino e-mailed me from New York yesterday. "Shaq is done," he wrote. "Sorry, but he is." I wrote back, "Obviously, you didn't watch the Spurs game Sunday," in which Shaq had 14 points and 16 rebounds against one of the better defensive teams in the league. Read more

I was unable to attend the press conference at which Shaquille O’Neal was introduced as the newest member of the Phoenix Suns (I was out with a bad hip), but I had all my questions ready to go. It’s my hope that, by posting them here, he might read them and respond. Read more

When the dust cleared yesterday and the Shaq-for-Shawn deal was finalized, many of my friends checked in with me to see if I was all right, mentally and physically. I admit it, I spent the first part of yesterday feeling confused and unsure. Read more

The Suns cannot win tonight against the San Antonio Spurs. Read more

So the Suns are tied for the best record in the West at 26-11, they have the lead in the their division, they have the fourth-best road record in the NBA, and Phoenix fans are inching out on skyscraper ledges like stock brokers on October 29, 1929, waiting for the final bell from Wall Street. Read more

Yesterday, I witnessed a Christmas Miracle. No, three wise guys didn’t show up at my door, having been given directions from some celestial GPS. Read more

The 2007-08 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans is fast approaching, and ballots can be found online, at the arena, just about everywhere. It’s speckled with Suns players, as it should be, and come February, I expect to see Planet Orange thoroughly represented on the court. Read more

In recent weeks, Suns forward-center Brian Skinner has attracted almost as much attention for his stellar defense and timely offense as he has for his distinctive two-tone goatee. Read more

Every time I walk into a hardware store, among the Leathermen, utility sets, adjustable wrenches and multi-head screwdrivers, I expect to see a new, versatile product on the market, "The Amazing Boris." Read more

As some of you may have heard, there’s a strike going on here in Los Angeles. The writers of film and television have stopped working for the studios and production companies as they try to hammer out a fair and equitable working agreement. Read more