Whether you’ve reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End:*Only at a Cowboys’ training camp can you look on the sidelines one day and see the guys from Deadliest Catch and the next find a dork in an ill-fitting suit and bow…
10. To accommodate the veterans who will practice with the team for the first time tonight and to give those fans who get off work later a chance to see their ‘Boys, the team has moved its 2:30-5:30 practice this afternoon to 6:30-9:30 tonight at The Alamodome. Players like Doug Free…
The Cowboys’ biggest loss of the season started with a fist bump. While attractive free-agent defensive backs such as Eric Weddle, Dawan Landry and Johnathan Joseph were plucked by NFL teams during the first frantic days of post-lockout training camp, Dallas sat inexplicably idle. Fans who remember last year’s defense…
10. Impressed yesterday that — on a players day off — 6th-round draft choice and receiver Dwayne Harris was running sprints and routes. All by his lonesome. 9. Mat McBriar isn’t exactly Rob Ryan, but he’s departing pudgy and heading toward fat. McBriar pulled his hamstring running in last Wednesday’s conditioning…
This is what happens when, for the first time in a long time, the Cowboys have no sexy new faces at training camp. Seems every player Dallas signs has already played with Dallas. The hottest topic in San Antonio is … Tony Romo Dez Bryant Jay Ratliff’s weight the Dallas…
The Titanic. Waterworld. Joey Galloway as a Cowboy. The Dallas Wave. And now, finding his sheepish spot among the worst debuts in the history of ever: Mike Adams, Texas Ranger. Ugliest opening act on our baseball team since waaay back, well, actually, since Cliff Lee stunk it up by allowing three…
Still, long after we’ve realized that humans are no match for heat and that even football players aren’t indestructable super heroes, people are dying on football fields. Last week 14-year-old Tyquan Brantley collapsed and died in South Carolina and yesterday in Plano a football assistant coach died, apparently of heat exhaustion…
For a couple of anxious minutes last Friday the Cowboys thought they’d signed Nnamdi Asomugha. Then on Monday for a curious second we thought they’d acquired Bears’ receiver/returner Devin Hester. Huh is right. DallasCowboys.com sent out a text/Tweet yesterday announcing “Cowboys Sign Hester!” Hey, look, we all make mistakes. I make…
My 8-year-old has himself a new hobby: collecting baseball cards, which now involves semi-regular trips to Nick’s, where, last week, they told him the signed Curtis Wilkerson he found in an old box of Topps commons was real, all right, and worth a good … what … 25 cents? Ah…
Per the new collective bargaining agreement, the Cowboys are tweaking their San Antonio schedule. Today’s padded practice ends at 4:15 p.m. instead of 5:30. Off day is moved from Wednesday to tomorrow. Plan accordingly. 9. Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan keeps calling cornerback Orlando Scandrick “special.” As in, “He’s a special player.” Scandrick’s…
We’ve got the Mavericks dancers, the Cowboys cheerleaders and now — starting today — tryouts to be one of Texas Motor Speedway’s Great American Sweethearts. Like drivers of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TMS is on the chase this summer, searching for the newest member of the Great American Sweethearts…
Your Rangers lost two of three in Toronto over the weekend, and came out of it a distinctly better team. How’s that? Texas was handcuffed by (again) Brett Cecil Friday night and by Brandon Morrow Sunday afternoon. But more importantly, GM Jon Daniels pulled off two trades that instantly have transformed…
*Look for first-round draft pick Tyron Smith to be signed in time for this afternoon’s practice. He might be signing as we speak. *But as for Stephen Bowen, I hear he’s talking to the Redskins. *Even though Tony Romo and Kevin Ogletree wore backward caps, Dez Bryant donned a headband…
10. Was it just me and Fox 4’s Mike Doocy, or was owner Jerry Jones choking up a bit yesterday when talking about the voyage that was lockout negotiations? “We took the boat out into a perfect storm and got the boat back home.” The older he gets, the more…
You think the NFL lockout made you crazy? I submit to you the mind-set of Cowboys linebacker Victor Butler, who last week was so discombobulated that he inexplicably claimed to go eight hours without checking his phone for lockout updates, said he’d almost forgotten his July 29 birthday and developed…
Arrived in San Antonio this morning and will attend owner Jerry Jones’ State of the Franchise press conference at 3 p.m. in The Alamodome. (After an off-season of relative silence and so many topics to cover, this baby could go 90 minutes.) In the post-lockout NFL, the Cowboys have hit…
While the Cowboys cut familiar faces in an attempt to reshape their team on the field, the organization has also decided to give its stadium an audio makeover. Out as Cowboys Stadium public address announcer is Jody Dean, to be replaced by local award-winning sports reporter Roger Emrich. And for the…
I was sure Cash Sirois was behind RetroMavs.com. But, no: He sends word that Ken Bonzon and Steve Chavera, the webmasters for Your Dallas Mavericks, are behind the champs’ new flashback site, which made its bow yesterday and, so far, features a few video flashbacks (including Popeye Jones and Tony…
This morning the United States Postal Services announced it’s looking at some 3,700 retail offices that may be in need of shuttering to save dough. Because, per the release, “As more customers choose to conduct their postal business online, on their smart phones and at their favorite shopping destinations, the…
The NBA is locked out. Dirk Nowitzki is preparing to play for his home Germany in Olympic qualifying. League stars are pondering playing overseas in Turkey and Italy and Spain and such in preparation of missed games next season. But, alas, the tireless work of a dance team never ceases…
With their first practice in San Antonio’s Alamodome in about 48 hours, the Cowboys are scrambling to piece together a roster. The first step in that process is signing undrafted free agents, which can begin today per the post-lockout NFL rules. Who knows, maybe Cowboys director of scouting Tom Ciscowski and college scouting…
The record. Still intact.And you thought trying to figure out the new post-lockout NFL was tricky. Try getting a handle on your Rangers. Good news: In their last five games they’ve out-scored opponents a whopping 37-16. Bad news: In those games they’re only a mediocre 3-2. That’s what happens when one…
