Friend of Unfair Park PeterK shares yet another unusual eBay find: a 1903 cabinet card featuring one William Doyle, who, best I can tell, played for the mighty Dallas Giants of the Texas League from 1903 till 1905 — during which time he counted among his teammates one Branch Rickey,…
Let the branding begin as we transition from Super Bowl ads to NBA All-Star Week advertisers. Here’s a sneak peak at what to expect over the next few days as Dallas (and some place called Arlington?) becomes a city-sized billboard hawking everything from T-Mobile to Gatorade to Foot Locker to…
20. Some of us picked Saints 33, Colts 31, so we’re not terribly surprised. 19. Of all the things on my to-do list today, calling Barney Stinson – whoever the hell he is – isn’t one of them. 18. Entertaining, electric game. Two things that jumped out at me in…
Yes, yes it is Sportsy Thursday. So, then, from arena football to actual football …Late last night I was futzing around on eBay looking for something related to something else I’m working on when I came across this odd collectible: the contract allowing the Dallas Cowboys to hold their very…
Looks like it’s Sportsy Thursday ’round here. So, then, from puck to ball …Back in December we broke the news that the Dallas Desperados were on the comeback trail, along with the rest of an Arena Football League sidelined during the ’09 season. Turns out, the team that’s scheduled to…
It took a while, but Lisa LeMaster just sent a statement addressing The Hockey News’s report that Tom Hicks, fresh off closing a deal to sell the Texas Rangers, is also looking for someone to either invest in the team or take the Dallas Stars off his hands altogether. In…
[jump] Three thumbs up from me. Why? No cowboy hats … or spurs … or horses … or rope … …
I just returned from an out-of-the-office interview to find in the in-box the logo for next year’s Super Bowl in Arlington. I asked Super Bowl XLV communications director Tony Fay who designed this. He responded: the National Football League. Coulda sworn Jerry did it…
Tom Hicks has twice denied reports that he’s selling the Dallas Stars — in May of last year, when he first acknowledged that he was considering putting the Texas Rangers on the market, then again in October, when a report surfaced in the Globe and Main that lenders wanted him…
It’s a no-brainer that Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith will get voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami. The question is, will he enter Canton as the NFL’s all-time best running back or simply the running back with the most…
If the Dallas Cowboys can do it, why can’t the Texas Rangers? Win a playoff game, that is. In case you’ve been too fixated on Wade Phillips’ contract, Jay Leno’s limbo or American Idol’s “Pants on the Ground” to notice, the Cowboys broke a 13-year post-season drought last month. The…
In case you haven’t noticed I’m a bit of a cynic. A skeptic. A glass-half-empty kinda guy. Okay, I can be an a-hole. But I’m genuinely fired up for the 2010 Texas Rangers. Why? New owner Chuck Greenberg. Met him for the first time last night at Jamey Newberg’s shindig, which…
Stay tuned later today for my interfacing with new Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg and details of a romantic moment that went horribly wrong. (And no, smartass, those are two separate stories.) But for now, in recent losses Dirk Nowitzki has taken one and zero shots in the fourth quarter…
Word out of Major League Baseball HQ is that yesterday’s meeting among the creditors concerned about Tom Hicks’s deal to sell the Texas Rangers to Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan yielded little of note. In short: “no deal killer,” says here, which means the $530-$570 million transaction is still on…
The Dallas Mavericks fell apart in the fourth quarter last night in Utah. In the last 12 minutes they had more turnovers (7) than baskets (5). Not good. A lead vanished into a four-point deficit and, ultimately, a blowout loss to a Jazz team playing without Carlos Boozer. Yikes. That’s…
Mavs man Matt Miller sent word this morning: Tomorrow at the American Airlines Center, before Mavs-Warriors, the team will debut a “a one-of-a-kind, life-size Dirk Nowitzki bobblehead.” And it can be yours: The Dallas Mavericks are raffling off the sucker at five bucks a pop; tickets go on sale beginning…
Jay Novacek was always a unique dude. Okay, I’ll say it, he was a little weird. During my time covering the Dallas Cowboys for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram he was always friendly, yet sorta edgy. For example, one year on the eve of training camp at St. Edward’s University in Austin Novacek…
We all know Jerry Jones’ grandiose vision: For the Dallas Cowboys to play in Super Bowl XLV. Furthermore, to be the first team in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl in its own city. Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the dreams. But odds – and next season’s schedule -…
Here’s the most up-to-date list of NBA All-Star Weekend parties I’ve seen to date — though there are some notable no-shows, among them John Singleton’s “Black Hollywood Red Carpet” throwdown with Vivica A. Fox at the Fashion Industry Gallery on February 14. That’s because that particular event isn’t included on…
It was 28 degrees. Sky was gray. Grass was morose mustard. Calendar said Super Bowl more than Opening Day. But, hey, it was baseball. Spring can’t be far behind. I’ve been to several Rangers Fan Fests out in Arlington and Saturdays certainly had a different feel. As in, positive. Gone…
At 2:22 this afternoon, we turned west on Northaven Road off the N. Central service road headed toward the Jewish Community Center. In the distance, police lights and a traffic snarl — must be quite the accident ahead, said the missus. Only, no: The boy, in the backseat and on…
I trust Bloomberg. I trust BusinessWeek. Put them together and, sorry, I don’t trust their b.s. Their b.s., as in their latest list of The 100 Most Powerful Athletes. They’ve put out their list and, despite his sorta newsy fall from grace, Tiger Woods is still No. 1. Really? And Phil…
