Life After Dirk: Who’s Next Up as the Face of Dallas Sports?

The king is dead, so who’s next in line? That’s the question facing Dallas sports fans following Dirk Nowitzki’s pitch-perfect Mavericks denouement two weeks ago. Since dragging the Mavs to the franchise’s only championship in 2011, Nowitzki has been the undisputed face of professional sports in the city he’s called…

Texas Tech Loses in Final, Lubbock Avoids Being Reduced To Ashes

In some ways, maybe Lubbock dodged a bullet. Things were, by all accounts, pretty subdued there Monday night after Texas Tech’s heartbreaking overtime loss to Virginia in the NCAA national championship game. That’s not to say that everyone took the loss with grace. Currently in Lubbock, Texas: Call out “Fuck…

What Should the Rangers Do About John Wetteland?

Last week, a Denton County grand jury indicted former Dodgers, Rangers, Yankees and Montreal Expos pitcher John Wetteland on three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14. Wetteland is accused of forcing a child to perform oral sex three times between 2004 and 2006 at…

Cowboys Defensive End Randy Gregory Suspended Indefinitely

The NFL suspended Dallas Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory indefinitely Tuesday afternoon. It’s the fourth time the 2015 draftee has been pinched by the league for violating its substance-abuse policy. Gregory has previously admitted to using marijuana to help cope with chronic anxiety. The Cowboys have been here before with…

As Sports Boom in Frisco, the RoughRiders Reboot to Stay Competitive

When the Texas Rangers’ Double-A minor league affiliate threw its first pitch in Frisco 16 years ago, it was from the ground floor of an impending phenomenon. In its infancy, Stonebriar Centre offered vacant spaces and ample parking. The “$5 Billion Mile” was just a twinkle in some developer’s eye…

Cowboys Cut Ties With Wide Receiver Terrance Williams

According to multiple reports, the Dallas Cowboys are moving on from one of their chief headaches, Terrance Williams, having decided not to pick up the wide receiver’s 2019 option. Williams will become an unrestricted free agent. The Cowboys drafted Williams out of Baylor in 2013, hoping he’d be the speedy,…

Hope Is a Dangerous Thing: Rangers 2019 Spring Training Preview

Monday, the 2019 Texas Rangers are going to take the field for their first full-squad workout in Arizona, kicking off the rituals that mark the return of spring, and baseball. At the end of the week, they’ll play their first spring training games and begin the process of figuring out…

Surviving the Football-Free Doldrums in Dallas: A Guide

You, my football-fiending friend, have just survived the toughest weekend of the year: the first with no NFL games of any kind, and the one that stands the longest from training camps in July and the 2019 season’s first weekend in September. The Mavericks aren’t going to make the playoffs,…

Bob Stoops Reportedly Set to Be Named Head Coach of Dallas XFL Team

Dallas’ XFL franchise is set to make a far bigger front-office hire than anyone could’ve expected when Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment announced plans to revive its football league in December. According to multiple media reports, the league will announce that former University of Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops will be…

Let’s Revel in What the Mavs Pulled Off Thursday Afternoon

It’s hard to overstate what the Dallas Mavericks pulled off Thursday afternoon. In exchange for disgruntled point guard Dennis Smith Jr., Wesley Matthews and DeAndre Jordan and two future first-round draft picks, the Mavs acquired center Kristaps Porzingis, Courtney Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr. from the New York Knicks. Porzingis,…