With Three Consecutive Losses, Dallas Mavericks Going Nowhere Fast

And over here — in the opposite corner from your red-hot Texas Rangers — sit your Dallas Mavericks. Bruised. Bloodied. Slump-shouldered. Ready for the NBA Playoffs? At a time when they should peaking, the Mavs are pratfalling. After winning the first three games on their western road trip they lost the…

Rangers 26, Red Sox 11: My Top 10 Observer-ations

10. That, my friends, was about as thorough a three-game sweep as you can produce. The Rangers out-scored Boston by 15 runs and slugged 11 homers. And that wasn’t the Royals, remember — it came against the team most experts predict will represent the AL in the 2011 World Series. 9…

Now Seems Like As Good a Time As Any To Re-Visit Dez Bryant’s Story

Last September I penned a cover story in the Observer about you-know-who, better known as Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant. Looking back at it now, there are some interesting, relevant points that may shed some light on the receiver’s current “dark place,’ according to adviser David Wells. My lead to…

Mavericks v. Lakers: Who’s No. 2?

The Dallas Mavericks say tonight’s showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers isn’t a statement game. The Dallas Mavericks are lying. Beating the Timberwolves, Warriors, Jazz, Suns and — last night — the Clippers doesn’t mean diddly poo. If the Mavs don’t beat the Lakers tonight at 9:30 in Staples Center…

Remember That Time You Went to a Fight and a Hockey Game Broke Out?

  With last night’s shootout loss to the Phoenix Coyotes, the Dallas Stars remain on the outside looking in at the NHL’s Western Conference playoffs. Nonetheless, everyone is watching hockey in Texas today. Reason? The ugly brawl between Arlington Martin and Keller High School in the closing minute of their…

Dallas Mavericks in L.A.: Tonight the Salad; Tomorrow the Steak

Over the past decade the Dallas Mavericks have been the NBA’s best team at winning games they were supposed to win. In building a legacy of 11 consecutive seasons with 50+ wins and playoff appearances, the Mavericks rarely lose against inferior opponents. It’s the toss-up games or underdog ventures in which…

Bad News for Fiesta Good News For Cotton?

Following yesterday’s release of that damning, mammoth report about all flavor of fiscal shenanigans at the Fiesta Bowl, the question immediately became: Well, what about the Cotton Bowl taking its place in the BCS rotation? But Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports explained, initially, Not so fast:If there is an immediate…

BREAKING NEWS: Arrest Warrants Issued for Okolo and Aqib Talib

This just in, stemming from this, and this. From the Garland Police Department: Garland investigators have obtained warrants for Aqib Talib and Okolo Talib in connection with a disturbance police responded to on March 21 in the 900 block of Green Pond Drive. On Monday, March 21, just before 7:30…

Garland Police: Aqib Talib Decision Coming This Week

In the wake of yesterday’s news that former Richardson Berkner star and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ stud cornerback Aqib Talib is a “person of interest” in a shooting in Garland last week, a couple of things have been cleared up but many more questions remain. Questions, say the Garland Police Department, that…

When Underdogs Rule We’re Left With March … Badness

I picked exactly one team of March Madness’ Elite Eight and I long ago lost all of my Final Four (Pittsburgh, Louisville, San Diego State and Washington). But after a weekend of shocking upsets don’t tell me your bracket isn’t likewise busted. CBS cherishes a Cinderella and Americans love the underdog,…

Former Texas Rangers’ Co-Owner Chuck Greenberg Talks

Talked to former Texas Rangers’ CEO and managing general partner Chuck Greenberg yesterday. You know, the guy who helped usher Tom Hicks out of the franchise, who dragged the team out of bankruptcy, who spearheaded the out-bidding of Mark Cuban in court and who hand-picked Nolan Ryan as a crucial…

March Madness, NFL Style: DeMarcus Ware a Madden Cover Boy?

While in the midst of a lockout, the NFL owners and players these days can’t even agree on what they disagree on. What to do for a football junkie? I know, let’s have a March Madness-style tournament, the winner of which gets as his prize: The cover of the Madden…

Stars Lose What Felt Like a Playoff Game to Dastardly Ducks

If the Dallas Stars wind up missing the NHL playoffs they’ll have a crazy bounce and crotch-kick, 4-3, loss on March 23 to blame. I don’t watch a lot of hockey but last night’s tilt had a post-season atmosphere at American Airlines Center. The Stars were seconds away — literally — from…