Big 12 Football: OU over UT

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…

Okay Cliff Lee, Show Us Your Stuff

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…

The Cowboys Will Kick Off Training Camp Without Dez Bryant

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…

I Thought Dustin Nippert Was Dead

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…

Miles Austin on the Cover of Sports Illustrated. Uh-Oh.

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…

Your Dallas Mavericks Are Different. But Are They Better?

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…

The Top 5 Texas Rangers Victories of 2010 … So Far

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…

Emmitt Now Believes in Cowboys. Do You?

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…

The Mavs Finally Make Their Move, and the Rangers Trump Them?

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?…

Mark Cuban, Owner … Texas Rangers?

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…

Michael Irvin Has a New Talk-Radio Gig–Only Not Here

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…