Not only is Jason Witten’s wife Michelle an E.R. nurse, but she also has 20/16 vision in both eyes. Scattershooting while wondering what ever happened to legendary, old-school press like Bud Shrake, Dan Jenkins and, of course, Blackie Sherrod. Cool, they’re right here. Hold a sec while I find my…
Dear Norm Sonju, Please don’t read this column. Trust me, you don’t wanna know. As a founding father and general manager of the Dallas Mavericks through the mid-1990s, Sonju was, um, a tad conservative. He once, for example, required Reunion Arena employees to take a safety course detailing how to…
As Richie mentioned yesterday, Terrell Owens signed copies of his epic tome Little T Learns to Share yesterday out at the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop at Grapevine Mills Mall. And from the looks of it, about two million people showed up — more or less, bad at math — so…
Jim Lites now gets to build soccer stadiums in England. Better than running the Stars, sounds like. The Dallas Stars Web site has the news: Jim Lites, who’s been both president of the hockey club and the head of Hicks Sports Marketing Group, is moving over to HSMG. Which means…
Doug Armstrong’s still the Stars’ GM, far as the team’s Web site is concerned. So, Tom Hicks finally figured out what the rest of hockeydom’s known for ages: The Dallas Stars need a change. So he’s fired general manager Doug Armstrong, which is a start. But folks who know hockey…
As we predicted a while back, Terrell Owens is happy. Something about the disappearance of Bill Parcells magically removing accidental overdoses, narcolepsy and shouting matches with assistants from his daily diet. Weird, the Fat Fish’s departure did the same trick for me too. If you’ve been paying attention, T.O. is…
Because it totally makes sense to announce the schedule for the 2008 baseball season on November 13, the Texas Rangers today released next season’s schedule and game times — so, really, no pushing or shoving as you line up for season tix. For them’s so interested, the first regular season…
There appeared this morning the story that Tom Hicks was looking to score yet another soccer team — AS Roma, to be precise. Hicks, of course, already owns Liverpool’s famed club with fellow American businessman George Gillett. So it kinda made sense he’d want to keep growing his football portfolio…
OK, color me convinced. And consider the NFC East captured. Barring a complete implosion, possible only should Tony Romo get injured, the Dallas Cowboys won their first division championship since 1998 yesterday in New Jersey. After dominating the New York Giants 31-20, the Cowboys have a three-game lead and the…
Football wagering ain’t easy. It’s more difficult than trying to make sense of Rick Gosselin’s “From the 50” photo snapped “From the End Zone.” More confounding than the Cowboys yesterday selling out an entire upcoming season — for only the first time in team history. And, let’s face it, even…
So, I had the bright idea to go out to Carrollton tomorrow for a sportsy column about Dallas’ Blue Angels, the only varsity football team of home-schooled students in the state of Texas. It’s their, um, homecoming? But now I’m not going. Why? Not invited. Not even allowed. “We don’t…
The Basketball Jones Baron Davis almost killed the Mavs again last night. Musta left the bullets in the fedora. That’s it? That was the Dallas Mavericks’ statement game? Needing desperately to swagger into Oakland and blow out the depleted, winless Golden State Warriors, the Mavs instead turned back the calendar…
Dave Mirra will be in town this weekend to see if Dallas’ gravitational pull is enough to weigh him down. Doubtful. The perfect remedy for Trinity River tired head? Spend a weekend with thousands of dudes who don’t give a damn about our new toll road unless it includes a…
I thought that was Wilt Chamberlain. Hi-yo. Regardless, in case you missed it, here’s Mike Modano last night scoring points 1,232 and 1,233 against the San Jose Sharks, breaking Phil Housley’s record for most points raked up by a U.S.-born pro hockey player. Notes Deadspin this morning, “Wayne Gretzky finished…
So, you want a piece of Tony Romo’s fortune? If you’re a Hollywood starlet, get in line. If you’re the least bit Web-savvy, get to crackin’. For as little as $9.99 you can be at least an ancillary part of the Romo Empire, as proud owner of Internet sites such…
Last week’s death of The Sports Fan 990 AM was a total surprise. Or. Not. The struggling radio station with the questionable leadership and the meek signal failed to see its first birthday, pulling the plug and forgoing its all-sports format for what – last I checked – sounded like…
Another season, another first-round flame-out. Thanks to FC Dallas’ come-from-ahead loss to the Houston Dynamo Friday night, our teams’ playoff pratfalls continue to continue. Let’s see, the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Desperados and now FC Dallas all failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs in their most…
“That’s … that’s … heroic,” I said last night, more than a little tipsy. “Heroic?” said the missus. “‘Uh-oh, I have the ball, and they’re chasing me — guess I’d better keep running.’ What’s heroic about that?” Fine. –Robert Wilonsky…
Tomorrow marks a major holiday — at least according to the folks at the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. Some four years back, the Cotton Bowl folks decided to commemorate the first Saturday in November as National College Football Day, so designated because on November 6, 1869, Rutgers defeated Princeton by…
WFAA-Channel 8 Sorry to disappoint, but I’m talking about this deceased equine, not that one. As I wrote in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park, Dale Hansen’s role in the 1980s SMU pay-for-play scandal made him more pariah than Peruna. He broke the story, which, coupled with the death…
For his role, Dale Hansen got death threats, extortion ploys and a dead bird. “It was a black crow delivered right to our office,” recalls Hansen, WFAA-Channel 8’s sports anchor. “It had a note pinned through its body: ‘You’re next.'” For its part, SMU football received even worse. A two-year…
What, you were expecting “Happy Halloween”? In the timeless words of Stuart Scott: Boo. Yah. It’s basketball season, damn it! The NBA actually tipped off last night, but Your Dallas Mavericks begin their 2007-’08 season tonight against the Cleveland LeBrons. I know, I know. Hard to get your basketball jones…
