Coulda swore the National Hockey League never returned from its 2005 lockout. No, wait, don’t I sorta remember a hip little hiccup back in 2008? Honestly, they tell me there will be a Dallas Stars game down at American Airlines Center tonight. Marc Crawford is the new coach. Brenden Morrow is…
Buddy of mine took his 9-year-old to the Rangers game Monday night in Arlington. Kid, not surprisingly, wanted some ice cream. In one of those cool, plastic Rangers helmet cups. One problem: “They didn’t have any Rangers helmet cups,” my buddy tells me. “They had run out. They told us…
I raised the white flag a while back. Apparently you guys finally gave up, um, last night. With the Texas Rangers in the middle of a pennant race for only the fourth time in their 37-year history and Cy Young candidate Scott Feldman pitching against a very beatable opponent, an announced crowd of…
This may be the craziest, saddest, best, coolest photo I’ve ever seen posted. The good news: Tom Landry’s statue is being re-erected today in front of Gate A at Cowboys Stadium. The bad news: Kinda creeps me out that it reminds me of …..
Week 1 receiving stats: Terrell Owens, Buffalo Bills – 2 catches, 46 yards, 0 touchdowns. Loss. Miles Austin, Roy Williams, Patrick Crayton, Dallas Cowboys – 8 catches, 263 yards, 3 touchdowns. Win. My reaction? …..
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…
Uh-oh, another faceplant by Derek Holland. After a doubleheader split the Rangers trail Boston by 4 in the Wild Card and Anaheim by 6 in the West with 20 games remaining. If the Red Sox (who swept a doubleheader) and Angels (who never ever never lose) maintain their .600 paces they’ll each go…
Not really a local, Dallas-y angle here. Other than the fact that I know you guys appreciate sports greatness when you see it. And since this moment happened in the U.S. Open tennis semifinals while y’all were probably still high-fiving Cowboys 34, Bucs 21, perhaps you didn’t see it…
10. I admit, I had doubts when the Cowboys drafted a kicker in the 5th round back in April. But after one game and three touchbacks by kickoff specialist David Buehler, it looks genius. 9. Dear Raheem Morris: You are not a player. Please stay off the field. 8. Combining…
I have no idea who or what Omega El Fuerte is. But if it’s good enough for Texas Rangers’ fireballin’ phenom Neftali Feliz, it’s good enough for me. When the ridiculous rookie enters a game over the weekend in a crucial series against the Seattle Mariners, he’ll be serenaded by…
Even if you’ve never heard of the Fan Cost Index, the name is pretty self-explanatory: It’s what a family of four could expect to spend at a sporting event, simple as that. Factored into the costs, per Team Marketing Index’s arguable equation: the price of two adult average price tickets,…
By now we’ve come to expect it from Dallas Cowboys’ larger-than-life owner Jerry Jones. The man does everything grande: Signings. Stadiums. Expectations. The works. He is, after all, Jumbo Jerry. So last week when he says “I have a hope and feel” that the Cowboys are good enough to win a Super…
First off, let’s settle the debate: His name is nef-tah-LEE. Second, let’s identify the pitch: It’s not his 100 mph fastball, it’s a 77 mph curveball. Last, let’s punctuate the speculation: His talent is as authentic as it is bountiful. No doubt about it, Neftali Feliz is the most mysterious,…
Two words: Dynamic. Pricing. That, per today’s announcement, is how Your Dallas Stars have chosen to sell seats this season — beginning this very Saturday, matter of fact, when regular-season single-game seats go on sale for October and November. And what, you may be asking, is dynamic pricing, other than,…
Back in June, Mark Cuban tweeted that the American Airlines Center’s scoreboards were due for a high-def makeover over the summer. (Maybe you recall that video sneak peek of “the First and Only 1080 HD Video Scoreboards in the NBA or NHL.”) From the looks of this photo graciously provided…
At this point don’t fear the valleys, just enjoy the roller-coaster. Just when – yet again – it seemed your Texas Rangers were going to fall out of playoff contention by not scoring a single run in their last 15 innings in Baltimore, this happens. The resilient Rangers, playing without big…
So, let’s say Jack Ruby’s hat doesn’t do it for you. Fine. In that case, Heritage Auction Galleries has another option for your noggin: one of Tom Landry’s old fedoras, this one circa 1980-something. Heritage’s Noah Fleisher sends word that the trademark hat’ll be amongst a handful of Dallas Cowboys…
The Rangers’ past is sucky and their future is murky. There are frightening skeletons in the closet and financial potholes down the road. The present, however, smells delicious. That’s why Derek Holland should be taken out of the starting rotation and replaced by Dustin Nippert. Love Holland. He’s 23 with…
Back in 1971 a genius named Tom Landry decided it was a swell idea to alternate quarterbacks Roger Staubach and Craig Morton – on every friggin’ play. But after his Dallas Cowboys bumbled along at 4-3, the coach decided on Staubach full-time and, well, you know, the rest is Super Bowl…
For the most part, the Dallas Cowboys’ pre-season was smooth. Drama and injury free. Productive. Refreshing. There were only a couple surprises when the final 53-man roster was set Saturday afternoon. (For what it’s worth, my pre-camp roster projections had a whopping 11 errors. Oops.) Mainly, this year’s draft class…
Remember back in San Antonio, when the Dallas Cowboys started training camp with lowered expectations? Um, nix that. Then: “As you know, I’ve drawn back a lot of nubs after reaching out there with some pretty high predictions. I think we’ve learned something about lofty expectations.” Now: Super Bowl or…
In a word: Seeyalater. I get lots of emails and/or phone calls urging me to root for reality-show winner Jesse Holley to make the Dallas Cowboys’ roster. In the name of Rudy, Rocky and Vince Paple, don’t I believe in feel-good, underdog miracles?! In the movies, absolutely. In the NFL, um,…
