The Pony Express Rides Again. At Least, When It Comes to Unis.

Just got this from a Peruna-proud Friend of Unfair Park, concerning the football team’s uniforms for the upcoming season: The SMU football team will don new uniforms in 2008, it was announced today. SMU will return to white helmets and white pants and will have three jerseys to choose from:…

Dousing the Olympic Flame

Could you take this dude? Do you even care? At the risk of getting my ass kicked by a 106-pound 19-year-old, Luis Yanez should shut his pie-hole and follow the rules. That is, if like he says, his dream is to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. Duncanville’s Yanez,…

The Mavs and the Mav-Nots

Deja Diop? DeSagana Diop? Matt Barnes? Shan Foster? Be still my bouncy basketball heart. Because the Dallas Mavericks are apparently going to next year look a lot like they did last year. Or, come to think of it, a lot like they did in 2006. NBA free agency started with…

Your Rangers Officially Don’t Suck

Two games over .500! Where’s Laura Miller when we need her?! When Ian Kinsler snagged a pop-up for last night’s final out, Texas Rangers’ TV voice Josh Lewin screamed “Got it! Got it! Got it! The Rangers beat the Yankees!” This morning on The Ticket, co-host Craig Miller made a…

Human Rain Delay: Part Deux

If this ball went foul, we’d be waiting another three minutes for a pitch. I see your Texas Rangers continued to hover around .500 in my absence. Which is a good, amazing, frustrating thing. Tonight they try (again) to get two games above .500 for the first time in the…

Modano, Cuban and Irvin Gather For Charity Game That Looked Like Baseball

Sam Merten Willa you sign these? Mike Modano and the missus in Frisco Saturday, during that celeb charity baseball thing. Temperatures hovering around 100 degrees and the slight chance of rain were likely causes for the lackluster attendance at Saturday night’s Reebok Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game. But it didn’t stop…

So, I Miss Anything?

Back to the grindstone. Ok, so where were we? First, a review of my week-long sabbatical: Dad’s house: Painted. Guadalupe River: Cold. Hootie & The Blowfish: Eh. As for sports, I’m playing catch-up today. The thing that has first struck me is that the Mavs nabbed a nice player with…

Kidd and Nash, Like Caine and Stallone

Flickr photo: themikelee The Intern notes of this photo: “He’s gorgeous! Think he’s seeing anybody?” Yes, Spencer, I do. The Steve Nash Foundation, always raising dough to keep the kids healthy, played a little footsie yesterday on the Nike Field at Sarah D. Roosevelt Park in Chinatown NYC. Among those…

R.I.P. Reunion

Let us not weep at the death of Reunion Arena, but rather rejoice in its life. For it was a splendid stadium, elegantly framing unforgettable moments for a generation of sports fans and bolstering a city’s image with its… Oh, who are we kidding? As an awkwardly flat and rectangular…

Training With T.O.

Terrell Owens’ football camp runs July 9-10 at Duncanville High School. Only, if you go, kiddies, “Don’t ask me about my shoes, my money, because that’s not what it’s all about,” says the Dallas Cowboys’ wide receiver in one of a handful of promos his peoples have posted to the…

Clearance! Josh Howard Prepares to Restore his Rep

Dude’s reputation has taken a hit. Despite his horrible post-season and his humiliating pot statements, Mavericks forward Josh Howard is ready to show his face around town again. Fittingly, at a discounted rate. His stock and his image are at all-time lows. I won’t be able to attend the first…

Bend Over Terry. You’re on the Receiving End.

Terry Glenn’s leverage is running on empty. It’s preposterous to think the Cowboys will release veteran receiver Terry Glenn. Why? First of all, they need him. Secondly, they have him. As in, over a barrel. Before pondering anything else about Glenn’s trials and tribs during minicamp, remember this: Last year…

Duck For Cover

Sure they’ll score tons of points, but are you convinced? The Cowboys are having a mini-camp. Terrell Owens is making headlines. And, a sure sign that football season has indeed arrived in the middle of the June, this morning I got my grubby little hands on Dave Campbell’s 2008 Texas…

Summer = Bummer

Tiger Woods: 3 minor knee surgeries, 14 major championships. With news today that he needs another knee surgery and time to heal a broken leg, Tiger Woods’ U.S. Open victory just became even more miraculous. In conjunction, Dallas golf guru Hank Haney just got jiggy with the “clear” button on…

You Gotta Pay to Play, Say SMU’s President and Head Football Man

Observer contributing photographer Brian Harkin contributes the photos for USA Today’s stories today on SMU and head football man June Jones, who figures he can get the Mustangs to a BCS bowl within the next five years. (Optimism tastes just like pineapple!) There’s also the piece headlined: “SMU spends big…

Boston Three Party

In retrospect, last night’s title was won last summer. Three things I guarantee after last night watching the Celtics, not surprisingly, beat the Lakers for the NBA Championship: 1. Kobe Bryant isn’t, in fact, Michael Jordan. In the clincher, he went 22 minutes between baskets. 2. Coaching, I repeat, coaching…