Four Ways the Cowboys Could Replace Dez Bryant

Dez Bryant is gone. The Cowboys released the big wide receiver, one of the most talented and most divisive players in team history, Friday morning. It was an abrupt end to a tumultuous, co-dependent relationship, one that seemingly had to happen but stings nonetheless for Bryant, the team and their…

Dallas Cowboys Release Star Wide Receiver Dez Bryant

Sometime Friday, provided he doesn’t elect to skip the meeting, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant is going to get together with team owner Jerry Jones. The news, from Bryant’s perspective, doesn’t figure to be good. Barring an unexpected turn of events, Bryant will face a pay cut, something he’s…

Nerlens Noel’s Strange Trip With the Mavericks Could Be Over

The NBA announced Tuesday afternoon that Mavericks center Nerlens Noel has been suspended for the remaining five games of the 2017-18 season. According to the league, Noel violated the NBA’s anti-drug policy. The league didn’t disclose details of Noel’s violation, but the policy mandates a five-game suspension for a player’s…

Joey Gallo Versus the Shift Is MLB’s Most Interesting Sideshow

It didn’t take long Thursday afternoon for the Astros to debut their killer app for 2018. Houston broke out their new shift, designed to beat the Rangers’ best hitter and a century-plus of baseball conventional wisdom all at once, two at-bats into their season opener at Globe Life Park in…

DFW’s 10 Biggest Sports Events Ever

The Men’s NCAA basketball tournament is in Dallas this weekend. It’s a big, but not huge, deal. The games being played are just first- and second-round contests, and Texas Tech, trying to advance to its first Sweet 16 since 2005, is probably the biggest draw. Barring an unforeseen miraculous performance…

Cowboys Take a Big Risk With Budding Defensive Star David Irving

Heading into the 2017-18 offseason, the Cowboys faced several large predicaments. They needed to sign DeMarcus Lawrence. They needed, and still need, to do something about Dez Bryant’s contract. They needed to do something to shore up the team’s linebacking corps and offensive lines after a series of disastrous games…

Jerry Jones Reaches Agreement With NFL Over Ezekiel Elliott Legal Fees

Finally, finally, the Cowboys’ long battles with the NFL over Ezekiel Elliott’s 2017 domestic violence suspension and Commissioner Roger Goodell’s new contract seem to be coming to an end. Wednesday, as first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones agreed to fork over nearly $2 million in legal…

The Rangers Should Stick to Sports

Rangers broadcaster C.J. Nitkowski’s social media-inspired comeuppance couldn’t have come as a shock to anyone who’s paid much attention to the former big league vagabond. Since giving up on his Major League dreams and becoming a broadcaster in 2013, Nitkowski has frequently shown himself to be thin-skinned, reactionary and generally…

What to Watch for As the Rangers Ease Into Spring Training

This week the Rangers kick off the long road toward what appears to be an inevitable also-ran finish with the beginning of spring training in Surprise, Arizona. The team’s pitchers and catchers showed up last Wednesday, as required, with position players trickling in over the rest of the week before…

Heeeeere’s Johnny: Manziel Announces Goal of Returning to NFL

Former Heisman Trophy winner and Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel announced his return to football Wednesday, spurning a potential offer from the Canadian Football League for a spot in the Spring League, a four-game showcase of mostly former NFL players in Austin in late March and early April. “Football has…

5 Things the Cowboys Need To Do To Get to Next Year’s Super Bowl

Mercifully for Cowboys fans, the 2017 NFL season is over. Like seemingly every Cowboys team with high expectations over the last decade — here’s looking at you, 2008, 2010, 2015 — this year’s team crashed and burned thanks to regressions from key players — hello, Dak Prescott and Dez Bryant…