As first impressions go, this one sucked. On a dreary Saturday in late January, a couple hundred baseball fans packed a theater at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington to listen to the team’s latest and potentially greatest center fielder. But the last thing Josh Hamilton wanted to talk was baseball. First…
Think he’s nervous yet? With the Rangers bobbling along around .500, manager Ron Washington’s job safe for at least another month and tonight’s game against the – vomit – Royals, there must be something sexy in our baseball world. Can I interest you in a 23-game hitting streak? Shortstop Michael…
Below, a video getting a lot of play on the YouTube today, in light of former NBA ref Tim Donaghy’s allegations that league officials had a hand in the outcome of certain games — including the Houston Rockets-Dallas Mavericks playoff series in 2005. “Go look at the tapes,” Mark Cuban…
On second thought, this wasn’t a foul. Wait, that was our first thought. With only a 1.7 percent chance of winning, the big-market Chicago Bulls stole the NBA Lottery. Pushing the NBA Finals back to relevancy, the league got lucky enough to have the Lakers and Celtics this summer. And…
Now, where’d we put that embalming fluid? If you sense a light blogging day, you’re very perceptive. 1. Not a lot of stimulating sportsiness in the air. 2. I’m chin-deep penning a cover story about you-know-who. So, in a very transparent attempt to be both dismissive and productive – I’ll…
Sure, now you get up. In news even more shocking than Big Brown finishing last or Roger Federer getting bagled in a Grand Slam final, this morning I came across this line: “R.A. Dickey pitched two scoreless inning for the win.” What the %$#@*&?! The way ex-Rangers are chunking the…
What, you mean most 34-year-olds don’t look like this? According to this story just posted on ESPN.com, Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens has been placed in the NFL’s “reasonable cause” testing program for performance-enhancing drugs. Which means? Owens, who recently botched some telephone calls to set up off-season drug tests, can…
Yep, him again. This item pinged to me from Sportatorium superfan Clay Swartz (hey, us former UTA Shorthorn sports editors gotta stick together), who kept tabs on Tony Romo’s attempt to break 100 on the U.S. Open golf course in Torrey Pines, San Diego over the weekend. Romo and his…
Tommy Urbanski Fund Tommy Urbanski There are at least two Sunday New York Times pieces worth a look, far as locals are concerned. One’s a story about Tommy Urbanski, the Las Vegas strip-club manager on duty February 19, 2007, when then-Tennessee Titan Adam “Pacman” Jones made it rain at Minxx…
At the bottom of this bad-news story concerning cutbacks, on staff and actual news, at Tribune Company-owned newspapers, among them The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune , it also mentions the Trib’s impending sale of the Chicago Cubs. It notes that the books will be sent to prospective…
The sooner he gets here, the better. My in-depth analysis of Rangers’ first-round draft choice Justin Smoak goes something like this: Can he be here by 7:05 p.m.? By most accounts, the switch-hitting first baseman from South Carolina is the next Chipper Jones or Mark Texeira. For damn sure he’s…
Squint hard enough and you can see these two in Mavericks’ blue. Well, not really. But we can dream. And, as nightmares go, how’s this? The Mavericks almost made three separate trades for guys who will figure prominently in what should be a scintillating, fascinating NBA Finals between the Lakers…
Really, we were just looking for a reason to run a Dallas Tornado jersey. George Henderson is more or less the minor-league version of John Lanzillo Jr. — Zonk, to you long-suffering Texas Rangers fans. Krazy George, who’s beaten his own hand drum for the likes of the Houston Oilers…
The publicity has died. But quietly, meekly, barely—Ron Springs lives. That is, if you call this living. Lying in a vegetative state at Medical City Hospital in Dallas since a simple surgery to remove a tiny cyst turned catastrophic last October, the former Dallas Cowboys running back is permanently on…
At last, the perfect Father’s Day gift. Assuming it’s the real deal — and there are copious references to a “Letter of Grading and Authenticity” — one of Tom Landry’s fedoras is currently up for grabs on eBay, courtesy a San Antonio-based seller who’s not sure whether he ever wore…
Batters couldn’t hit him. Pitchers can’t catch him. You know how you know when you’re a badass? When you own a 1,000-strikeout lead on every other baseball pitcher ever – and you haven’t thrown a pitch in 15 years! No worries, Nolan Ryan. No worries. Sure the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Randy…
Gotta live like Jesus? Might as well dress like him. The dreadlocks are gone. So is the dread. Not that we’re surprised, but Pacman Jones getting out of NFL commish Roger Goodell’s dog house on parole means – barring a flood at The Men’s Club – the Cowboys can count…
Mark Cuban’s a genius right? Invented Broadcast.com and all that. I went in to journalism, so that proves I’m dumb. But here’s what I don’t get. Sports Illustrated just released its Fortunate 50, a list of the 50 richest stars in sports, and Cuban’s got two players in the top…
Come for the offense. Stay for the fireworks. Leave when the pitching commences. The Texas Rangers’ offense is stunning. Josh Hamilton leads the planet in everything, will likely be an All-Star starter and is the American League’s first player to win consecutive Player of the Month awards to start a…
Terrell Owens is already an actor — far as you know. Now, you can add to that burgeoning list of potential future professions “stand-up comedian.” Because yesterday, round the time NFL commish Roger Goodell said he was partially lifting Adam “Pacman” Jones’ suspension and allowing him to practice with the…
Like our apologies, our popcorn is ready. Terrell Owens, gulp, team leader? Despite his flabbergasting drops and simmering potential for volatile locker-room destruction, T.O. has proven he deserves his new four-year, $34 million contract. And you know what else? He deserves our apologies. I’ll start with mine…
Sad that the proud ol’ joint is being saddled with Division II football. Seems every week we’re learning what $1.1 billion (with a B) will buy. A Super Bowl here. An NBA All-Star Game there. Throw in some classic college football rivalries and a Big 12 Conference Championship Game. But…
