Josh Howard, You Have a Lovely Crib

Josh Howard’s Cribs segment was on MTV last night — the Mav showed off his Cantoni, his Vitamin Water, his “lazy river” pool, his tricked-up ’73 Chevy Impala and what appears to be the world’s largest collection of caps. And his degree from Wake Forest, because “I’m an educated black…

Another Reason For Dallas Sports Fans To Be Pissed Off

You’d be mad. Pounding your fist into an open palm. Mumbling under your breath about a lack of respect, unfair popularity contests and skewed reputations. You’d do all that. That is, if you’d only been paying attention to the Mavericks’ suddenly successful season. But to most Dallas sports fans still…

Tom Hicks is Now a Global Billionaire Bozo

It’s a pea soupy kind of Saturday. Damp, frigid, foggy. The kind of day fit for jolly ol’ London, not the Texas Rangers’ Fan Fest in Arlington. Baseball caps ‘n’ gloves are replaced by the winter variety. Cold beer is finishing second to hot chocolate. The field—splotched with hideous hues…

Chris Bosh’s All-Star Smash Hit Video

Brian Harkin Bosh, back at Lincoln High School in 2006 Dunno if you’ve seen Lincoln High School grad Chris Bosh’s YouTube sensation, in which the Toronto Raptor begs you to send him to the NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans on February 17. Turns out, some 447,300 have peeked at…

The Second Comings? (Applause.)

Do you really wanna see Jason Kidd as a Maverick again? Depends on what Dallas has to give up, doesn’t it? While one familiar face is departing, two more may be returning. President Bush delivered his seventh and final State of the Union last night, prompting interruptions for applause a…

Turns Out, Terrell Owens Owes His Former Team Close to $1 Million

Terrell Owens might be a Dallas Cowboy, but according to The Philadelphia Inquirer today, he owes the Philadelphia Eagles about $800,000. Turns out an arbitrator ruled Friday that the Eagles could indeed collect on some of that signing bonus Owens’ former team claimed he forfeited in 2005, when he was…

Your Texas Rangers Are Bidding on Hosting the 2015 All-Star Game

The program from the Ballpark’s sole hosting of MLB’s All-Star extravaganza Spent a cold, damp, freaky foggy Saturday at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for the team’s annual mid-winter Fan Fest. Biggest news: A li’l baseball birdie told me the Rangers are in the process of officially bidding to host the…

HKS and Tom Hicks Will Partner on a New Stadium for Liverpool FC

Is it me, or does HKS’ new Liverpool stadium look like a flattened Texas Stadium? Now that Tom Hicks and his Canadian partner in Liverpool FC have secured the dough with which to refinance their investment in the storied franchise, it’s on to building that long-promised £300 million Stanley Park…

Cowboys’ and Mavericks’ Premature Evacuations Disappoint

What have we done to deserve this? I mean, other than subsisting as a shallow, materialistic glob of humanity more obsessed with fake boobs than genuine heart. Other than being soulless, choking off Deep Ellum, tearing down the historic Hard Rock building and orchestrating Trinity River genocide. Other than being…

Some Encouraging Words for Choke City

Toothpaste for Dinner As I wrote in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park, something’s going on here. And it ain’t good. Just like that, “Happy New Year” has dissolved into “Same Old Shit.” Our sports rut is deeper and dryer than ever. South Oak Cliff High School has forfeited…

Kicks Against the Hicks

This has become the iconic image concerning Liverpool FC fans’ sentiments toward Tom Hicks. Tom Hicks and his Canadian padnuh in Liverpool FC are, at long last, close to finalizing their refinancing of the storied franchise — much to the chagrin of Liverpool fans, who want the Texas Rangers and…

Don’t Duet, Tony Romo!

Been a few days since there’s been any Jessica Simpson … uh … “news,” but here’s a tidbit worth a mention: Today comes conflicting word concerning her new country album, which she’s set to record in Nashville. One source says Yoko Romo wants nothing more than for Cowboys QB Tony…

How Mark Cuban Would Fix SMU (No, Not Like That)

Speaking of local sports team owners, in the February issue of GQ, Mark Cuban sits down for a Q&A inside his Dallas office — “a room filled with pictures: Cuban playing rugby; Cuban in front of his private plane; Cuban presenting an award to Don Nelson, the former Mavericks coach…

Man, They Really Hate You in Liverpool, Tom Hicks

Until Friday, Richie’s June 27 item about a Fox Sports Network TV special on Tom Hicks hadn’t received a single comment; now, there are eight nine 10 a bunch, and they keep rolling in. And most of them are written as open letters to the owner of the Dallas Stars…

See There, The Grass Ain’t Always Greener

Jason Garrett had second interviews with the Baltimore Ravens and Atlanta Falcons about their head coaching jobs. But, come on, he never really had second thoughts about actually leaving the Dallas Cowboys. Garrett’s decision to stay in Dallas and become the team’s unofficial head-coach-in-waiting shocked absolutely no one with even…