It won’t get the buzz that landing Lamar Odom or Vince Carter will, but last night the Mavericks made what will easily be their most interesting move of this abridged off-season, signing guard Delonte West to a one-year deal. ESPN summed West up as “a tenacious defender,” which is a…
For as much screen time as he gets, and for as much as analysts fawn over his “exotic” blitz packages — He throws everything but the kitchen sink! And sometimes he even throws that! He must be strong! Sinks are generally quite heavy! — Rob Ryan can’t be a very…
Dallas Stars President Jim Lites says: No, this was not his idea. He wants to be clear about that. Interim team president Tony Tavares was already working on a plan to lower Stars ticket prices, Lites tells Unfair Park. But, of course, he could do no such thing — not…
What you see at right is the artwork currently decorating the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’s website: side-by-side pics of Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, both of whom are now Angels. The now-former Cardinal’s deal is for 10 years and worth between $250 and $260 million, and is said to…
Update, 3:42 p.m.: This could get awkward. Yahoo! is now reporting that several sources are saying June Jones will not be ASU’s next coach, because — well, basically because of all those Tweets below, or whatever the big-money-booster equivalent of bitching on Twitter is. Original item: After rescuing the SMU…
Likely bracing for the departure of free-agent hurler C.J. Wilson, the Texas Rangers have already inked former Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan to a two-year, $14.5 million contract and announced Neftali Feliz’s move to the starting rotation. But the efforts of general manager Jon Daniels and his staff to improve…
Shortly before word began circulating that the immortal Billy Graham has been hospitalized for the second time this year due to pneumonia, Athletes in Action posted to Vimeo the extraordinary artifact you see above: Graham teasing Explo ’72, which Time called The Jesus Woodstock, that brought some 80,000 Campus Crusaders…
Juan Gonzalez and Rafael Palmeiro made their debuts on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s 2011 Hall of Fame ballot — and didn’t even come close to finishing near the Top 10 vote-getters. Raffy, poor Raffy, came closest with 64 votes; Juando trailed just behind Palmeiro with 30, two ahead…
In mid-August, the Texas Rangers said that come Opening Day 2012 the team hoped to have near the Home Plate Gate of the Ballpark in Arlington a statue of Shannon Stone and 6-year-old son Cooper as a tribute to the 39-year-old Brownwood firefighter killed at the Ballpark on July 7…
Editor’s note: Rob Mahoney writes about the Mavericks on his ESPN-affiliated blog The Two Man Game and about basketball for The New York Times’s Off the Dribble blog. Presumably his New York Times bio will henceforth note that he now writes about the Mavericks for Unfair Park. Hark: The NBA…
Almost two months ago to the day, Mike Modano retired from the National Hockey League as a Dallas Star, after a single ill-fated, injury-shortened season with the Detroit Red Wings. So, then: What now? For the longest time he’s made no secret of his desire to move into the front…
My bad. Been meaning to get back in here and post something, anything, of note, and there’s been plenty in recent days. And as Josh’s Broken Groin notes, it’s been way too long. So then, to today’s Breaking, or Broken, Rangers News: The club has offered salary arbitration for next…
Yesterday Major League Baseball sent word that it has a new labor agreement in place with the Major League Baseball Players Association — this one, good for five years. It hasn’t been signed yet; Tuesday’s announcement, which follows, details the memorandum of understanding that will formally replace the current collective…
I almost hate to tell you about this auction; I’d like these balls all to myself … wait, that didn’t come out right. But I’ve been watching ’em for the past, oh, week or so, and the prices aren’t climbing like they oughta for such rare commodities as these: signed…
As expected Tom Gaglardi was awarded ownership of the Dallas Stars in a Delaware bankruptcy court this morning; and, as expected, the Canadian has brought back the great Jim Lites, the one-time team president and CEO moved in ’07 to run Hicks Sports Marketing Group, poor fella. And it didn’t…
A couple of days back a Friend of Unfair Park shot me a note: “Thought you might want a look at this, seems pretty exciting!” Below was this link, which takes you to something called the Texas Lone Star Grand Prix scheduled to take place March 17-18 at Fair Park…
An old friends passes along this story from the Associated Press: Former SMU great Forrest Gregg — Birthright, Texas’s own, and a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection in 1954 and ’55 — has disclosed that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Gregg, a first-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers…
Don’t think for a second this small attempt to resurrect a sports blog is an afterthought. We’ll get there … sooner than later. But on a day like today: Where to begin? Penn State, no doubt, far from home for most but not for all, and certain top of mind…
For the last year, my 8-year-old boy’s had a morning routine that involves watching SportsCenter and reading SportsDay over breakfast. Today he wanted to watch highlights from last night’s Stars win over the Capitals, 5-2, making Dallas tops in the NHL — big news ’round our house in the absence…
Yesterday over on Unfair Park, a few folks asked if maybe we could go ahead and re-open the Sportatorium, if only to give y’all a place to chit and chat in an open thread. To which I said: Sure, let’s do that.Moments ago Huffington Post a Q&A with one Captain…
For sports bootleg collectors, this is pure gold: six minutes of motivational cursing from the Texas Rangers’ locker room in the moments before Game 7 World Series. Dozens of copies, all from Joe Sports Fan, landed in the Unfair Park in-box overnight, and for most the takeaway is skipper Ron…
Wilonsky won’t say it, but I will: One week after the World Series title slipped from grasp, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is a sad, sad place. It was quiet this afternoon, empty, and the weight of Texas hope had all but evaporated.Instead of announcing an $11.5-million upgrade on the heels…
