I’ve called him Stumbledoofus. I’ve labeled him Dead Man Coaching. I’ve questioned his moves, his non-moves, his dumpy demeanor and his illogical explanations for everything in between. But I am not calling for Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips to be fired before sundown. That will happen soon enough: As…
Dear Oklahoma, I am indeed a bitch. Sincerely, Karma Last year the Oklahoma Sooners were whipped by the Texas Longhorns in their annual mid-October showdown in the Cotton Bowl. Both teams lost one game all season, yet somehow—inexplicably—it was Oklahoma, through a discombobulated national computer ranking, that was awarded the…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
The Rangers season is over. The Rangers’ hitting coach career is also kaput. Not saying it he’s a bad coach. Just saying it’s time. The official release …..
Seems like the Texas Rangers season ended months ago doesn’t it? Don’t look now, but the cool kids are still playing baseball. The League Championship Series start this week with Angels-Yankees and Dodgers-Phillies. According to national TV ratings, you’re not looking at all – as Dallas/Fort Worth ranked 54th out…
Was chatting up Michael Johnson the other day about the relative impact of the looming Super Bowl XLV in comparison to what he’s seen happen to Olympic cities. Economic impact, enduring legacies, improved infastructures and whatnot. Johnson, a five-time gold medalist and Dallas’ most decorated Olympian, had two interesting points. 1…
Eight-year-old Kendall Tubbs, a second grader who’s had type 1 diabetes since she was 3 years old, managed to upstage appearances by Dallas Cowboys tight end Martellus “MartyB” Bennett and former Heisman Trophy winner and Woodrow Wilson High School grad Tim Brown at this morning’s second annual Passport to Health…
With Humble Billy Hayes no longer the Dallas Mavericks’ voice at American Airlines Center, the team has whittled 175 candidates down to its Top 10 finalists. You waste time voting for Dancing With The Stars, might as well cast a vote for something that actually matters: 1. Rodney Blue 2. Doug Branch…
Since I’m usually on 105.3 The Fan as part of the Dallas Cowboys pre-game show, I no longer get to partake in Fox NFL Sunday. My reaction: Praise Allah. Because after seeing this video and learning that this “The King and Us” series is now a weekly staple, I’m embarrassed for Curt,…
Seems strange timing to bemoan the Dallas Cowboys’ receiving corps in the wake of Miles Austin’s record-setting day, but let’s face it – the trade for Roy Williams a year ago has been a gigantic flop. My first reaction to news that the Cowboys had acquired Williams and a 7th-round pick in 2010…
Don’t really get U2 so I’m not live on the scene in Arlington, but one of my faithful Sportatorium readers sends word (and the above photo) from Cowboys Stadium that U2’s monstrosity of a stage wouldn’t exactly fit under JumboJerry so it had to be, um, moved to one of the end…
It featured overtime. It was won by underachievers. Do you exhale in relief? Or boast with satisfaction? Glass-half full guys say a win is a win is a win. That Tony Romo found his smile and Miles Austin at just the right time. That 3-2 is heck of a lot…
This was the plan: Cowboys will trounce the sorry ass Chiefs, so I’ll sneak off with friends to the Fair on Sunday afternoon and let TiVo leisurely give me the highlights when I get home. During a Cowboys game Fair Park shouldn’t be too crowded. And the weather will be…
10. Say what you will about the Cowboys’ lack of execution, their enthusiasm and effort was impressive. Keith Brooking. Jay Ratliff. Tashard Choice. They didn’t always play well, but you can’t say they didn’t play hard. 9. I even liked – for a change – the report just before halftime by Fox’s…
In the midst of a pennant race into mid-September for only the fifth time in 37 seasons, the Texas Rangers promptly lost 13 of 19 games. Their uncharacteristically punchless offense failed to score at least 800 runs for the first time in 14 years. Star outfielder Josh Hamilton crashed back…
You ask for it, you got it. The Dallas Cowboys owner tells me and Newy Scruggs this morning on 105.3 The Fan that he not only accepts criticism of his team’s play this season, he desires it. Demands it, even. “I knew when we walked outta Denver with that loss that we…
The NBA thought so much of Jeff “Skin” Wade’s discourse on Dirk Nowitzki’s new-look old-school haircut (” … that is like late ’70s basketball, it’s got a lot of flavor, no one’s rockin’ it like that …”) from Monday night’s Channel 21 broadcast that it turned locks-talk into a minute-long…
Even if European soccer owner Tom Hicks convinced Major League Baseball to inject the same screwy tables that govern soccer into America’s pasttime your Texas Rangers wouldn’t be a playoff team. But, alas, they wouldn’t be relegated, either. If baseball were run according to European soccer standards–top teams earning international…
On Tuesday, Nolan Ryan and Jon Daniels said that, well, it is possible that Tom Hicks could maintain a majority interest in the Texas Rangers, despite his efforts to sell the club since April. But how, with all that debt here and abroad? Well … who knows. But you probably…
Flipping through my Avid Golfer magazine this week I came across the most interesting of tournaments. A media tournament. A fantasy media tournament. Who knew? Seems the boys over at Avid couldn’t herd all us cats into actually playing a tournament, so they produced a speculative tournament won by 106.1…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
So, yeah, I was only kidding, far as you know, when I mentioned that, oh, maybe I’d try out for The Voice of The American Airlines Center. As you’re no doubt aware by now, Mavs man “Humble” Billy Hayes has moved out of town to tend to personal business, and…
