To begin with this Friday morning, a tip o’ the ballcap to the Dallas Angels of the Home School Athletic Association, who spent the week cruising through the Homeschool World Series Association 2009 World Series Championships in Pensacola, Florida, besting the Augusta Crusaders, the Montgomery Saints and the Concord Stallions…
Well, you were warned. Actually, the Texas Rangers played decent baseball in Detroit this week despite a three-game sweep. Just not so sure they played smart baseball. Especially in this afternoon’s 4-3 loss to the Tigers, their franchise-record 11th consecutive defeat in Detroit. Nursing a 3-3 tie in the bottom…
Before switching on the enormous new video board hanging above the Cowboys Stadium field, Jerry Jones made it clear — as only Jerry can — just what the new board would mean for fans sitting in the stands: “You’re not gonna know whether you saw it happening directly on the…
While the Dallas Cowboys held this week’s minicamp at their temporary home (Carrollton’s Standridge Stadium), their new home is about to become a really cool home. Cowboys Stadium will today officially debut as the world’s biggest media room. This afternoon owner Jerry Jones will press the power button on Jonestown Coliseum’s 60-yard video boards. (Having…
There’s a man buried under your jokes. In the wake of the Dallas Cowboys’ Valley Ranch practice facility collapsing during a thunderstorm on May 2, you’ve heard them. Perhaps repeated them: The Dallas Cowboys don’t implode only in December. God really hated their draft. Hello, wind column! I come today…
In light of Cristal Taylor’s first comments since being arrested at Dirk Nowitzki’s house earlier this month, I’ve heard reactions ranging from “Wow, this is getting juicy!” to “I wonder how Brad Townsend would feel if we started digging into his life?” The saga reads as if ripped from the grocery-store tabloids:…
As we prepare to watch the Lakers turn the Thuggets (L.A. in 7) into mere mortals in the Western Conference Finals, let’s ponder what the Mavs can do to get back into the NBA’s final four. *Re-sign Jason Kidd? *A sign-and-trade with Kidd? *Trade Erick Dampier and Jerry Stackhouse to…
Was watching the Orlando Magic dethrone the Boston Celtics last night and it re-dawned on me that the Mavericks need a savvy, veteran player who can create – and make – his own shot. Who’s not afraid to initiate a physical confrontation. Who’s fearless. A player like the Magic’s Hedo…
On this glorious morning of May 18, 2009, I hereby pronounce that your Texas Rangers are champions legit magical contenders. Look, I’ve been a Rangers fan since I witnessed Frank Howard whistle a homer out to center in old Arlington Stadium back in April of 1972. Like you, I’m happy and…
Check out this slideshow for more photos from the party.For the first time in a long time, the Dallas Cowboys are actually acting like a unified team. In the wake of the Valley Ranch practice facility collapse on May 2, last night’s premiere of Spike TV’s new reality series Fourth…
The body was still warm. The emotions, still raw. But when it comes to the Dallas Mavericks, Charles Barkley doesn’t give a damn. “They got problems,” the rotund, ridiculous TNT analyst said last night in the minutes after Dallas’ elimination by the Denver Nuggets. “They gotta get younger and more physical…
After the jump, Michael Irvin’s appearance on FOX News yesterday, where it took Sean Hannity all of one minute and 48 seconds to bring up “drugs, adultery.” Irvin, of course, was on to talk up — sort of — his new SpikeTV series 4th and Long, wherein a dozen pro-football…
Before we hop onto the bandwagon of your first-place Texas Rangers, let me chunk one more rock at Alex Rodriguez. And myself. Back in 2004 – in the couple months between leaving the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and joining the Dallas Observer – I got word that A-Rod twice frequented the Dallas…
Hindsight, they say, is 20/20. Sometimes, unfortunately, so is foresight. On Friday, May 1 I picked the Denver Nuggets to eliminate the Dallas Mavericks in five games. Last night it came to pass, in the form of Nuggets 124, Mavs 110. Dirk Nowitzki was as gritty as he was great…
If things go badly in Denver, the Dallas Mavericks have lost this series. But Dirk Nowitzki should’ve won your heart. Despite being sucker-shoved by Kenyon Martin, lambasted by TNT’s chorus of critics, privately duped and publicly humiliated by his former fiancée, screwed by the referees and frustrated almost to tears…
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We all know the NFL’s ultimate game will be played at Jonestown Coliseum on Feb. 6, 2011 – or 633 days from now. But, after yesterday’s grand gala in Arlington, here’s the roster of Super Bowl XLV’s other coming attractions: NFL Headquarters: Hilton Anatole Hotel NFC Team Hotel: Omni Mandalay, Las Colinas…
Since we’re too skeered to be in Denver’s volatile Pepsi Center tonight, noted Mavs expert Mike Fisher and I decided it’d be a good idea to watch the game “together”. Just the four of us: Him, me and our computers. The result: Live Mavs-Thuggets Game 5 in-game blogging commencing right here on this…
Let’s keep this short and sweet, as I’m scurrying off to Las Vegas this morning to accept a CLIO Award. (No, check that, they’re whispering in my ear that my schedule actually calls for an Observer staff meeting in Uptown.) Guess the awards will have to live with appearances from Mavs…
I was waiting for Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to apologize. But to CBS 11 camerman Bill Ellis, not Kenyon Martin’s mom. He issued an “I’m sorry” to her? For what exactly?! As you probably know by now, I detest peer-pressure, politically correct apologies. I’m not suggesting Cuban’s cyber-sorry to Lydia…
The North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee this morning issued this joint media release, along with the National Football League, announcing venue selections for “16 key events” that’ll be associated with Super Bowl XLV. Dallas and Fort Worth each get five; Arlington, four (including, ahem, the game); Irving, two…
This morning, the Toronto Star finds an economics prof who specializes in moneyball tomes to speculate that Your Dallas Stars may well wind up in Chapter 11. Because, after all, it was but one month ago that Tom Hicks willingly defaulted on $525 million in loans related to the Texas…
