Lufkin High School’s Jamarkus McFarland, a highly coveted defensive tackle, committed to the University of Oklahoma yesterday; Merry Christmas, Sooner Nation. And it’s a double kick to the Longhorns’ pants: The University of Texas had hoped to land the 6-foot-3, 280-pounder, but instead a post-Texas-OU party in Dallas helped McFarland…
Standing in the world’s most famous sports tunnel last Saturday night, the symbolism smacked me like the arctic north wind howling up from Texas Stadium’s frigid field. In a chaotic clash of eras—smack dab in the middle of the Astroturf-lined walkway where championships were celebrated and legends were born—the present…
One of the greatest games in the history of football was played in our back yard recently. Consider it the pigskin version of It’s A Wonderful Life. Merry Christmas, sports. – Richie Whitt…
Say what you will about Jason Kidd being no Devin Harris, but the point guard’s no Grinch either: Last week his foundation took 40 kids from the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center on a shopping spree at a local Toys “R” Us. Each child received a $300 gift card — a…
Know Your Dallas Cowboys, apparently, has an endless supply of videos from the Dallas Cowboys Christmas ’86 album. This one, featuring some old-timers, is particularly appropriate, given Texas Stadium’s tepid adios on Saturday night. And, in other local football news — actual news — in the spirit of Christmas, may…
Danny Bollinger’s the man who documents the moves of your Dallas Mavs; if you’re not following his fantastic photog blog, which goes more behind-the-scenes than the Wizard of Oz, you’re missing out. A week after this festive photo of Dirk Nowitzki snapped at a charity event made the rounds, Danny…
In news that should surprise no one, Michael Crabtree’s last college game will be Jan. 2 in the last Cotton Bowl played in Dallas. No official announcement, but I hear the Texas Tech All-World receiver and two-time Biletnikoff Award winner is making plans for the future. And they include more…
That’s what The Oklahoman is speculating this afternoon: OU and Brigham Young will kick off the 2009 college football season at Jerryworld in Arlington. And Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops didn’t do much to stifle the speculation when asked for a comment today. Said Stoops, “Has that been released? All…
Lowlights from the final night at Texas Stadium: *I know the Buccaneers and Eagles lost yesterday and there’s still hope for the Cowboys making the playoffs. But what happened Saturday night was inexcusable. *Safety Ken Hamlin, who played in the Pro Bowl last January, was unblocked and had both hands on…
Editor’s note: Dave Lane, co-host of KTCK-AM’s Saturday-morning The Orphanage reports from Texas Stadium last night:Texas Stadium always looked better on TV. In person, it was a concrete-and-chain-link craphole with tacked-on suites and suspect pools of standing water. Still — as I was reminded yesterday, as early arrivals for the…
I never claimed to be a great writer. Even a worse photographer.Nonetheless, armed with an iPhone and a life’s worth of memories, I’d be honored if you’d allow me to take you on a tour of Texas Stadium’s final night. Follow me. Right this way. Here it is. The house…
I’d totally forgotten about this. Now I know why. Jeff Rohrer. Steve Pelluer. Mike Saxon. And, yes, even Herschel Walker. A true Christmas classic. – Richie Whitt …
As we mentioned yesterday, Jon Daniels is entering his fourth year as Texas Rangers general manager. He started off with a bang in year one, trading Alfonso Soriano in his first move and dealing Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez less than two weeks later. Unfortunately, he received very little in…
Your Dallas Mavericks are hosting some kind of karaoke contest — free tickets to Vegas, year’s worth of Coke (wait — you sure this isn’t a Dallas Cowboys contest? Hi-yo) and other spoils to the victor. But the promo video proves that we’re all winners. –Robert Wilonsky…
Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, who spent most of last week his colleagues in Las Vegas for baseball’s Winter Meetings, has been relatively quiet as the offseason reaches the halfway point. Thus far, he has dealt Gerald Laird to the Detroit Tigers and Wes Littleton to the Boston Red…
I grew up reading Tank McNamara. In accordance, I grew up believing sports cartoon strips were ridiculously unfunny. Lo and behold, today we get another early Christmas present. My ol’ buddy Mike Fisher over at DallasBasketball.com just crafted this beauty. It’s local. It’s clever. It’s topical. And, like his initial offering, it’s…
Your hints: *His next NFL interception will be his first. *I had to drive 250 miles to interview him. *He’s a good guy who made a really bad decision. *One of the major players in his life story has a mangled left leg, resides in Israel and refused comment for…
Fittingly, the stadium with the hole in the roof – so God could watch his favorite football team, duh – was christened by a 10-day Billy Graham crusade. A month later – Oct. 24, 1971 – Texas Stadium opened for Cowboys’ business. Come Saturday night, the ol’ joint at Loop…
The Dallas Cowboys’ Pro Bowl representation dwindled from 11 players last year to 5 this afternoon. Will their win total similarly decline from 13 to 11? … 10? … 9? Tight end Jason Witten, center Andre Gurode, nose tackle Jay Ratliff, linebacker DeMarcus Ware and right guard Leonard Davis were…
T-Minus five days until the final Dallas Cowboys’ game at Texas Stadium. I have a vague recollection of climbing atop Dad’s shoulders and watching Don Meredith toss bombs to Bob Hayes at the Cotton Bowl, but basically my life’s screenplay starts in Texas Stadium. Section 12. Row 24. Seat…
One more sportsy note this a.m. — a follow to last week’s item concerning the fate of the Arena Football League, in which Your Dallas Desperados play. Or played, rather, as this morning the league has announced that there will be no 2009 season, which shorts the American Airlines Center…
This morning, I sort of casually mentioned that Your Dallas Cowboys had come up with one of the worst ideas in the history of goodbyes: allowing fans to choose the last song ever played over the Texas Stadium public address system following the Ravens game. That’s the ballot pictured above…
