About

Arizona Sports Fans Network (ASFN) has been around since 2002 and has roots even further back. The ASFN community was born at Rivals.com early in 2000 and from that evolved a few Arizona sports sites which ended up being what you see here today.

Jim Skane is the owner and financier of ASFN and has been a fan of the Arizona Cardinals all his life. He attends training camp every year and has season tickets. He’s been with the community here since it’s inception on Rivals.com.

Mike Olbinski is the webmaster of ASFN and was the man responsible for the Rivals.com beginnings. He helped carry the community with him when Rivals went bankrupt and started AZProSports.com. He took a break in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks until Jim asked Mike for some help on creating this site. Thus ASFN was born out of the communities that came from the failed Rivals experiment.

The fans are the real story of ASFN. It’s amazing to witness a community of Arizona sports fans who have stuck together for a long time almost solely online. There are groups that are real life friends, have tailgate parties and poker nights as well.

No matter what Jim and I accomplish here, we will always appreciate the real heart and soul of ASFN:

You.