The media hath spoken in regards to the 2010 Big 12 Conference football season and the winners are … Oklahoma. And Nebraska. We’ll get to the full pre-season predictions after the jump, but in picking OU over Texas in the South apparently the Big 12 media thinks Landry Jones will…
As promised, Sam just phoned in from outside the Fort Worth federal courthouse where, moments ago, Judge Michael Lynn sneak-peeked at where he’s leaning concerning the proposed August 4 auction of Your Texas Rangers. We’ll get to that in a moment, but perhaps the biggest revelation from the morning’s to-do…
Sam’s back in a Fort Worth courtroom this morning, where Judge Michael Lynn’s trying to decide just when to auction off Your Texas Rangers. Among those in attendance: Chuck Greenberg, Nolan Ryan and, for whatever reason, Rangers GM Jon Daniels and skipper Ron Washington, who, from the looks of a…
The Texas Rangers have a five-game lead in the American League West. Tonight they begin a four-game series with the second-place Anaheim Angels in Arlington. (And over the next 11 days they’ll face the Angels seven times. How the West was won, anyone?) In other words, time for new pitching…
Dallas Cowboys’ rookie receiver Dez Bryant may start once the NFL regular season starts. But he’ll be on the sidelines when training camp begins Friday in San Antonio. Almost assuredly. Barring an 11th-hour contract agreement, Bryant will be one of many NFL rookies to miss the official start of their…
For the last couple of days the Unfair Park in-box has been filling up with missives subject-headed “Mayor Mike Moncrief and Ed Bass to Make Announcement.” That announcement came this a.m.: ESPN will not only set up its production HQ in Sundance Square, but ESPN the Magazine will also plant…
I’m amazed that Texas Rangers’ pitcher Dustin Nippert is alive, much less well. When I initially saw Austin Jackson’s line drive hit Nippert in his right temple and carom over Michael Young’s head into left field for a double, I thought the worst. Didn’t you? The worst, as in, you…
Tuesday’s testimony in the Texas Rangers bankruptcy case from the court-appointed chief restructuring officer and one of the lenders revealed four potential competitors to the ownership group led by Pittsburgh lawyer Chuck Greenberg and Rangers president Nolan Ryan, whose bid for the team is $520 million, according to Chief Restructuring…
For the second time in 2010, Dallas Cowboys’ receiver Miles Austin has made the cover of Sports Illustrated. A sign of stardom? Or a jinx waiting to strike? Austin is on this week’s cover curiously wearing a No. 2 jersey (as a Yankees fan, he was honoring Derek Jeter during…
The answer to the headline is, obviously, yes. But how much better? Since their collapse in the 2006 NBA Finals, the Mavericks have won one playoff series. After last spring’s first-round loss to the San Antonio Spurs, another 55-win regular season amounted to nil. And now, another off-season has prompted…
At this very moment in a Fort Worth courtroom, all those involved in the bankruptcy and sale proceedings of Your First-Place Texas Rangers are trying to convince Judge Michael Lynn to auction off the team — or not — on August 4. Sam’s there too, and during this lunch break…
Their manager was in the clubhouse, ejected. Their pitcher was in the hospital, knocked woozy. Their future was in the courtroom, bankrupt. And, worst of all, their 5-hour, 14-inning game was in Detroit, at the House of Horrors known as Comerica Park. But in a season that feels more special by…
A year ago former Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith shoved aside his diamonds and poo-pooed all over the team, predicting a 7-9 record because, in part, they lacked leadership. Yet there was Smith last January, sitting in owner Jerry Jones’ suite at Cowboys Stadium and leading the towel-waving during…
Hope Mark Cuban enjoyed his love, because now comes a dose of reality. As much as I was excited by the Texas Rangers’ trade for pitching ace Cliff Lee, I was disappointed by the Dallas Mavericks’ big summer shocker: Erick Dampier and his long-coveted expiring contract for … A backup center?…
What was it Tom Hicks said Tom Hicks said Saturday night? Ah, yes: The sale of Your Texas Rangers — to Chuck Greenberg, Jim Crane, Mark Cuban or The Still-Living Ghost of Brad Corbett — is a “complex proceeding.” (What’s wrong with the family-friendly “clusterfudge”?) But those needing some summing…
Say it is so. And, I’ll be damned, it is. Taking three of four at Fenway for the first time in 15 years is impressive and acquiring Cliff Lee is intriguing, but the Texas Rangers luring Mark Cuban as a potential new owner is down right life-changing. (All I had…
Seldom is Tom Hicks drawn offside. There’s been hardly a peep from Hicks whilst attorneys battle it out over the auction, or not, of Your Texas Rangers — even after JPMorgan Chase filed a separate suit yesterday contesting Hicks Sports Group’s right to sell Rangers Ballpark as part of the…
Amid grumblings throughout its coaching staff, disappointment among its recruits and an uprising from its alumni, SMU football found itself under duress last week. As two incoming freshmen were denied admission to the school despite having the academic qualifications to play at almost any other NCAA program, coaches wanted answers,…
The Dallas Mavericks have lost out on another one. They couldn’t get within intentional-fouling distance of LeBron/Wade/Bosh, the Miami cartel. No go on Joe Johnson. No thanks on Al Jefferson. Udonis Haslem turned them down. So did Al Harrington.Go back to the drawing board for one more swing at…
Michael Irvin is back working on the radio. Michael Irvin is back working on the radio in Dallas. But the Dallas Cowboys legend and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer isn’t back on the radio in Dallas. It’s always been Michael’s hope to “re-invent” sports-talk radio; we’ve discussed the subject many times (sometimes…
The Texas Rangers are frequently at their very best when real baseball is not being played. Last night’s All-Star Game in Anaheim isn’t “real baseball.” In a sport where nothing much ever changes (I swear some of the Lords of Baseball would just as soon not have bothered getting the…
Now it’s the Texas Rangers owner’s turn to appear on HBO’s Entourage. Who do they call to line that up? Mavericks owner Mark Cuban taped an appearance on the hip hit two weeks ago. Last Sunday night, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made his slightly-more-than-a-cameo appearance after having taped his work…
