The Arizona Cardinals got their future quarterback in the first round of Saturday’s draft, after the perfect storm of events in the nine picks ahead of them dropped former Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart into their laps with the 10th selection. “We really look at this as a gift,” coach Dennis Green said.

July 25, 2004

A bartender at a popular Scottsdale bar died last week from rare complications of bacterial meningitis, just 36 hours after developing symptoms.

A bartender at a popular Scottsdale bar died last week from rare complications of bacterial meningitis, just 36 hours after developing symptoms.

After finishing their spring semester at Ohio’s Cleveland Institute of Music, Ashley Buckley and Yun-Ting Lee decided to get some of their old friends together for a jam session.

At a news conference the Cardinals held after Kurt Warner re-signed last month, vice president of football operations Rod Graves smiled when a reporter suggested Vince Young might still be available in the draft for Arizona.

At a news conference the Cardinals held after Kurt Warner re-signed last month, vice president of football operations Rod Graves smiled when a reporter suggested Vince Young might still be available in the draft for Arizona.

LOS ANGELES - Everyone has to start somewhere, but no one — Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds — has started like Diamondbacks center fielder Chris Young.

The positive vibes have finally returned. It's been six years since the Coyotes came off a regular season feeling as good about themselves as they do these days. And while they don't have a date with the playoffs as they did in 2002 (their last postseason appearance), the progressive steps taken this season have Phoenix believing such an engagement is only a year away.

CABARET, Haiti - Matt Damon kept his cool as he helped distribute food from a truck that got stuck in the mud in a western Haitian town where Hurricane Ike left hundreds of people homeless and hungry.

Matt Damon has plans for the evening, and he’s dreading it.

Gorgeous but damaged, conceited yet self-loathing, Charlize Theron dares you to like her in “Young Adult” — and the movie itself dares you to stick with an anti-heroine who makes no apologies for her deplorable behavior.

The Coyotes lost some depth at the center position Tuesday when rookie Joel Perrault was claimed off the waiver wire by the St. Louis Blues.

The Coyotes lost some depth at the center position Tuesday when rookie Joel Perrault was claimed off the waiver wire by the St. Louis Blues.

HORIZON HUSKIES

Leftover thoughts now that I’ve picked my jaw up off the floor . . . As brilliant as Texas quarterback Vince Young was Wednesday night — he delivered the greatest single individual performance I’ve ever seen in a bowl game — he would have been an afterthought had USC not self-destructed in the first half.

Team-wise, the Suns ended the Vegas Summer League on a positive note, using a 30-6 explosion in the fourth quarter Sunday to rally for an 88-69 win over Washington and finishing with a respectable 2-3 record.

GLENDALE - Three young Glendale children were hospitalized yesterday after they became ill at their home.

SEATTLE - Besides their college graduation, their first ‘‘real’’ job and their first new car, we can add another common milestone to the list for young single adults: buying a home.

Matt Young hasn’t started a game at quarterback since Desert Vista’s final junior varsity game in 2010.

Matt Young hasn’t started a game at quarterback since Desert Vista’s final junior varsity game in 2010.

On numerous occasions this season, Desert Vista coach Dan Hinds said quarterback coach Matt Young as a student of the game and how it was like having another coach on the field.