They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the world was round. They all laughed when Edison recorded sound. Those are lyrics from a tune written by George Gershwin,…
Jeff Munn
In 1984, legendary football coach George Allen worked out of a tiny office at the former East Phoenix High School, where the USFL Arizona Wranglers practiced. Above the doorway to…
Story by Jeff Munn So many questions, so few answers. It’s been that way for college football fans for the past few months. But how about the coaches? The simple…
In February, 1983, Arizona State’s baseball program was celebrating its 25th anniversary as a varsity sport. The annual Alumni Game would be more than just the regular gathering of the…
By Jeff Munn In the early 1980’s, a Phoenix TV station did a feature on Suns Head Coach John MacLeod and his young son Matthew. The last pictures had MacLeod…
The greatest compliment I’ve ever received as a broadcaster came as a result of my lack of knowledge. I had admitted to a caller on the Suns post game show…
In previous columns, I have, to the angst of many, defended and supported the most hated man in hockey, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. I get it, you hate him and…
There’s a bar and grill in South Tempe where, on most Saturday nights, people gather to either sing or listen to karaoke. To those people who were upset that they…
It happened in nearly every school basketball court, or at pickup games in city parks around Phoenix. At least one young man taped his middle and ring fingers together. Another…
Thursday evening, it starts again. For the 30th consecutive season, an NFL team that calls Arizona home will take the field, in this instance, the Hall of Fame Game in…