Bill Goodykoontz

6 days ago | azcentral.com | Reia Li |Felicia Campbell |Endia Fontanez |Bahar Anooshahr |Monica Navarro |Bill Goodykoontz

Reia Li Felicia Campbell Endia Fontanez Bahar Anooshahr Monica Navarro Bill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicMesa is a suburban foodie paradise. These seven restaurants, chosen for The Arizona Republic's annual list of the 100 essential restaurants across the Valley, showcase the breadth and depth of this east valley city's cuisine. Downtown Mesa features a moody Mexican cocktail bar run by a James Beard-semifinalist chef and the second location of a beloved artisan ice cream shop.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Bill Goodykoontz

Where is Sheinelle Jones? Jones, a third-hour co-host of the "Today" show, hasn't been on the air since the end of December. In January, she posted an explanation for her absence on Instagram. "I sincerely appreciate all of you who have reached out while I've been absent from the show," she said. "I want to share with you that I'm taking time to deal with a family health matter. It's not lost on me how lucky I am to have not only the support of my Today show family, but to also have all of you.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Bill Goodykoontz

Ryan Coogler has a lot of ideas for “Sinners,” his gothic vampire exploration of race and freedom and acceptance and the liberating effects of music, plus a few other things that I probably left out. And he puts them all on the screen. It is possible to see the film as trying to do too much, to weave together too many threads. It’s also possible to see it as brilliant, as the work of an ultra-confident director and bold cast unafraid to take big swings — and who connect on almost all of them.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bill Goodykoontz

Maybe the next time I am tempted to write about the Masters golf tournament, I should just sit down and shut up. I mean, I won’t. But maybe I should. I have chronicled more than once how, in 1997, I predicted that Tiger Woods, playing in his first Masters as a professional, wasn’t ready yet — maybe in a few years, but not then. Naturally, he went out and won by 12 strokes, a tournament record. Oops.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Bill Goodykoontz

Maybe the next time I am tempted to write about the Masters golf tournament, I should just sit down and shut up. I mean, I won’t. But maybe I should. I have chronicled more than once how, in 1997, I predicted that Tiger Woods, playing in his first Masters as a professional, wasn’t ready yet — maybe in a few years, but not then. Naturally, he went out and won by 12 strokes, a tournament record. Oops.