Are we, as a community, being too hard on Mark Grace the man? I look back when Jerry Colangelo got Mark Grace to come here, for a reduction in salary, with a mutual vision of being World Series champion. Was Mark a great leader on the field, in the locker room, and in our community? Was he an integral part of getting the Diamondbacks to the World Series? Did he and Curt Schilling keep their untested and underdog team motivated and loose playing against the established and mighty N.Y. Yankees? You can feel Mark’s passion, spirit and understanding of the game of baseballl when he was broadcasting the D-Back games to us.

Curt LeBlanc, football coach the past nine years at Queen Creek High, was fired and informed his players of that on Friday.

The Coyotes have cut ties with the only remaining link to the organization’s inaugural NHL season.

PRESCOTT VALLEY -  All season the complaints were that two of the Division I sectionals were overloaded with power teams while the other two weren’t nearly as strong.

It was an all-day, all-night adventure Tuesday for Curt Sather, and he accomplished only one thing — performing the complete works of composer Johann Sebastian Bach on the church organ.

One of the good guys is back in tow.

Queen Creek intercepted four passes to catapult to a 35-10 win over visiting Phoenix Moon Valley Friday night in the first round of the 4A-II state playoffs.

When the Coyotes return to the ice this season, they will not only be playing a new brand of hockey, they’ll also have new color analysts in the TV and radio booths.

NEW ORLEANS - During baseball’s winter meetings the next four days, the Diamondbacks will probably spend more time talking to agents than other teams.

Curt Schilling is now a former Diamondback.

TUCSON - The Diamondbacks decided Friday to have Miguel Batista open the season as a reliever, all but solidifying their starting rotation.

PRESCOTT VALLEY – The big-school wrestling championships had a familiar look to it.