Your Texas Rangers Have Money! And Vladimir Guerrero!!

If you can’t beat ’em, sign ’em? For years Vladimir Guerrero tormented the Texas Rangers. Now, in a sign that new owner Chuck Greenberg has money and moxy and motivation, the Rangers will this week sign the free-agent slugger to a one-year contract. While Tom Hicks, Jr. has some fun with…

Welcome to a New, Bizarre World, Cowboys Fans

The sun rose in the east this morning. But don’t kid yourself, it’s a vastly different planet for your Dallas Cowboys. A world, that is, free of monkeys, gorillas, primates, mandrills, King Kongs and, most imporantly, playoff pratfalls. In what will surely be referenced for years to come, owner Jerry…

Wowboys 34, Eagirls 14: My Top 10 Observations

10. Spit Happens. So do three-game sweeps that finally, unequivocally bury memories of 44-6. 9. Cowboys at Vikings next Sunday at noon. Get ready for a week of Tony-Romo-is-a-younger-Brett-Favre comparisons. One thing’s for sure: Cowboys are as hot as anyone. During their four-game winning streak they have never trailed. 8…

Tex-Cess. Why the Dallas Longhorns Aren’t Quite Good Enough.

As I didn’t back in 2006, I still don’t get Dallas’ obsession with the University of Texas. I know there’s tons of alumni and it’s the big state university and lone star pride and yadda, yadda and more yadda. But it’s Commerce Street, not Sixth Street. It’s Reunion Tower, not…

Cowboys on the Cover: Justification or Jinx?

Miles Austin has overcome being from Monmouth College. Miles Austin has overcome being an undrafted free agent. Miles Austin has overcome being buried on the bench until Week 5. Miles Austin has overcome playing receiver opposite Roy Williams. But … …

Only Jerry Stackhouse Could Go to China

Hat tip, of course, to Mr. Spock for the headline suggestion — what, you’ve never heard the ancient Vulcan proverb? Shame. Anyway. Yes, looks like the former Dallas Maverick is headed to China, if this crudely interpreted Web site is any indication. Jerry Stackhouse, who said in October he wasn’t…

Spit Happens: An Eagle Desecrates Cowboys Stadium

It all started with a phone call to 105.3 The Fan’s Sybil Summers. A tip that the Philadelphia Eagles’ web site was posting something or other about Cowboys Stadium’s sacred star. A little investigative digging and – voila – Cowboys-Eagles III just got more interesting. The Bounty Bowl. Randall Cunningham’s fake…

Cowboys-Eagles III Not Exactly a Hot Ticket

Temperatures Saturday night in Arlington could dip into the teens. If local ticket brokers are any indication, the mood inside Cowboys Stadium might be a tad chilly as well. With tickets and party passes still available through the Cowboys and TicketMaster and almost 10,000 seats floating around StubHub, Cowboys-Eagles just…

NFL Quarterback Rankings: 2009 Final

Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…

BCS Playoffs: Quarterfinals/Semifinals

See, that’s the problem with the current bowl system. Even though they’re 12-0 and good enough to beat any team in the nation, a TCU team playing for nothing but a bag of Tostitos shows up unmotivated and loses, 17-10, in the Fiesta Bowl. If last night’s game was a…

Cowboys-Eagles III: Lingering Questions

As I said last week on 105.3 The Fan, the winner of Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles II would be the favorite entering the NFC Playoffs. No reason to alter that after Dallas’ dominating 24-0 victory. The Cowboys have a hot quarterback, a Super Bowl-caliber defense and a home game looming. They’re also…

Wowboys 24, Beagles 0: My Top 10 Observations

10. Uh oh, Shaun Suisham misses a 30-yard, chip-shot field goal from right between the hashmarks. Okay, so the victory over the Philadelphia Eagles wasn’t perfect. But it was dang close. 9. I respect Eagles’ head coach Andy Reid, but I also question his strategy. He’s taken Philly to five NFC…