Brandon Falkner Murder Trial Begins

ASU football player Brandon Falkner was killed outside a Scottsdale nightclub in March 2005. Falkner's killer, Loren Wade, gunned down the star athlete after finding his girlfriend with Falkner in da club. His guilt in not in question. What jurors will need to consider at the trial just getting underway is whether the murder was premeditated. Here's a statement from the murderer's attorney Ulises Ferragut:

“Wade took out the gun. He went to punch Falkner with the gun in his hand. The evidence will show (the murder) was an accident.”

An accident? You must be kidding. Hot-tempered Wade called his girlfriend over a dozen times that night. Unable to reach her and upset that he was being blown off, Wade brought his gun to the popular nightspot and killed the man he saw hanging out with her. Yeah, that's an accident.

Group of Valley Women Protest Lingerie Bowl

A group of nearly 40 women has authored a letter to Scottsdale Mayor Mary Manross protesting the Lingerie Bowl proposed for downtown Scottsdale during the week of the 2008 Super Bowl. The women come from different walks of life and different parts of the Valley but they have a unified message: no Lingerie Bowl in Scottsdale. Calling the proposed panty pigskin game "disturbing" and "inappropriate," the group goes on to say:

"A Lingerie Bowl is not a celebration, it is an exhibition of the worst sort because it degrades all women, not just those who participate in it."

My guess is that none of these gals have been to downtown Scottsdale on any given Saturday night. If so, then they would know that many outfits on display over the weekend in Scottsdale will show much more skin than those Lingerie Bowl uniforms - never mind what this group of 40 women would see inside a downtown club.

Busted in Scottsdale, Jerramy Stevens Going to Tampa Bay

Jerramy Stevens was picked up in this weekend's NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Just last month, Stevens was picked up in Scottsdale for suspected DUI and possession of marijuana. Sounds like Stevens will get along fine in Tampa Bay...as long as he doesn't drop too many more crucial passes in the Super Bowl for the Bucs!