Mark Cuban to Ross Perot Jr.: Well, Allow Me to Retort

Just received an email from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban regarding the lawsuit filed against him by former owner Ross Perot Jr. I’ve covered the Mavs during both regimes and just let me say unequivocally that in any fight – fist, financial or basketball IQ – I’m siding with Cuban. In my earlier post I…

Mark Cuban: Out of the SEC Frying Pan … Into the Hillwood Fire

Just as Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban is finishing his jig in the wake of beating an insider trading charge from the Securities & Exchange Commission, today comes another legal pothole. This one from the guy who sold him the Mavericks. Hillwood Center Partners, which is controlled by Ross Perot Jr., filed…

Neftali Feliz: Deal or No Deal?

While Ian Kinsler’s bat — the first player with both a lead-off and walk-off homer in the same game — last night gave the Texas Rangers a momentary pulse, let’s talk about the future of a dominant arm down on the farm. On his blog yesterday, ESPN’s Buster Olney made…

Cowboys On The Verge of Signing New Receiver

Now that Tony Romo is done with his girlfriend, his golfing and his goofs, hopefully he can start concentrating on his gift: A new wide receiver. While I was out on vacation, the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback dumped Jessica Simpson, created a buzz with this extremely unfunny video and finished second in…

If It’s Dallas Desire You Want, Grand Prairie’s Still Got It

Funny, we’d just been thinking we hadn’t heard from our local Lingerie Football League franchisees in a while — especially with the ABA throwing its weight around Dallas last week — when the Dallas Desire sent an invitation out to catch the team at scrimmage Friday morning.Friday’s media day –…

The New York Times Goes to Jerryworld

A condensed version of Richard Sandomir’s visit to Cowboys Stadium, which appears in this morning’s edition:Jerry Jones, tour guide, was showing off. Lost in the excitement of the show and tell, Jones trampled a couple of traffic cones and nearly flattened two fans walking to the $15-per-person stadium tour. He…

Tony Romo Attempts to Sell the Comedy

Tony Romo: Product Spokesman from Tony RomoVia Just Jared, we find this brand-new Funny or Die exclusive: Tony Romo as a pitchman for “over 50,000 products,” among ’em yarmulkes, gas that tastes like chocolate and something called a “ball-pen hammer,” sigh. In short: The Dallas Cowboys quarterback is no Peyton…

If Tony Romo’s Vince, Who’s Turtle?

In this photo, I mean, apparently taken last night near the Key Club on Sunset Boulevard, scene of the Dallas Cowboys quarterback’s Metal Skool performances with Mr. Belding and Jessica Simpson, awwww…

BREAKING NEWS: Brad ‘n Babe Back For More

I put a Dallas Cowboys’ source in a Happy Hour headlock last night in an attempt to – as promised – try to get a name on the new P.A. voice of Cowboys Stadium. No luck. “Just remember,” the source cautioned, “CBS owns more stations than just The Fan in this…

RIP: VOTS

Didn’t hear this myself, but several P1s are telling me today that ol’ buddy George Dunham announced yesterday on The Ticket that he is no longer the public address voice of the Dallas Cowboys. Long the P.A. voice at Texas Stadium, Dunham said he was personally relieved of his duties…

Sure Enough, Your Texas Rangers See First Place Again

On the heels of being one-hit by somebody named Chad Gaudin and losing the opener of a series in Arlington, I wondered aloud if the Texas Rangers would ever see first place in the AL West this season. Answer: Yes. Since then they have won seven of eight, including last…

A Transaction Sure to Inject Optimism Into Your Mavericks Thinking

Take the White Out to yesterday’s speculative depth chart and dust off Laura Miller’s old parade plans, your Dallas Mavericks just signed … drum roll … Quintin Ross! Starred at Kimball High School. Starred at SMU. Starred at Bounced around the NBA. I’ll let the Mavs trumpet his arrival: Ross…

Rangers Win Game, Lose Potential Owner?

Talked yesterday afternoon to David McDavid , he of the best odds to buy the Texas Rangers from Tom Hicks. Nothing definitive, but the auto tycoon has cooled slightly on the idea of owning our baseball team to the point where he said he is – for now – “leaning against…

Your 2009-10 Dallas Mavericks?!

I’s aren’t dotted. T’s aren’t crossed. Some negotiations aren’t finished. Others haven’t even started. But let’s assume smooth sailing and peer into the crystal basketball. With the Dallas Mavericks eyeing Shawn Marion, this could be their opening-night roster: Point Guard: Jason Kidd/ J.J. Barea Shooting Guard: Josh Howard/ Jason Terry/Antoine…

Glass Halfway Full? Or Empty?

With one All-Star back in the lineup and another shoulda-been All-Star on the mound, the Texas Rangers began their crucial three-game series in Anaheim last night by promptly taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. The next time there was good news for Josh Hamilton, Kevin…

Mavericks’ Free Agency: Kidd Returning, Polish Hammer Looming

We can no longer confuse the Dallas Mavericks’ silence with inactivity. Let’s hope we never confuse Marcin Gortat with the franchise’s legacy of Great White Nopes. The Mavericks last night agreed to re-sign 36-year-old point guard Jason Kidd to a three-year, $25 million contract and inched closer to landing a new starting…

Yet Again, Quincy Carter Throws Away a Job

It’s awfully difficult at this late date to recall when last we heard the name Quincy Carter — he was either getting arrested or signed to yet another team, hard to say. But this much is certain: The former starting quarterback for Your Dallas Cowboys is no longer an Abilene…

Tennis, Anyone?!

Sunday’s instant classic Wimbledon final was one of those magical moments that only sports can provide. As Roger Federer and Andy Roddick battled past four hours and into the longest fifth set in Grand Slam history, you forgot about the second wife and the third mortgage and those post-Fourth of…