Seven-year-old Caroline Turns, who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric cancer Not sure what’s more mind-blowing to Kelly Howell these days. the fact that a precious 7-year-old girl can get pancreatic cancer. Getting up at 5 a.m. to run 13 miles. Or the kindness of total strangers…
It was the feel-good story of the year: In late February, Everson Walls donated a kidney to his former Dallas Cowboys teammate Ron Springs. The two became, as the Associated Press reported in March, “the first former U.S. professional athletes to undergo an organ transplant.” Springs said Walls did it…
After the jump, Richie reviews — minute by painful minute — yesterday’s Dallas Cowboys-New England Patriots game at Texas Stadium, the highlight of which was an alleged Tom Cruise sighting, no sign of his hostage. Ah, well — to quote another visiting celebrity, “The rain on my car is a…
We doubt Quincy Carter’s rookie card is worth as much as Tony Romo’s. My old pal Jaime Aron, a longtime sports writer for the Associated Press, notes that tomorrow, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will turn 65 — and, yes, expect big doings during halftime of the Cowboys-Patriots game on…
According to Beckett Media, Leaf only made 75 Tony Romo rookie cards in 2003 — which is why they’re worth $150 apiece. Two ways to deal with going 0-2 and coughing up a cool $385, thanks to closer-than-expected wins by Oklahoma and the Cowboys last weekend. One, I could take…
So, lesse — yesterday we featured a Zimbabwe-born Brookhaven College student about to become the biggest thing in rugby, and today we have a Zambian-born University of Texas at Dallas grad about to become the biggest thing in chess. How international of us — as in Newsweek International, which this…
Um, Terrell Owens, we found at least one “original 81” who ain’t you, pal. Response to last week’s homage to Blackie Sherrod was, well, yummier than a plate of scratch biscuits and red-eye gravy. So, yes, in fact, I’ll make this a weekly staple. Riddle me this: Buffalo’s Terrence McGee…
Takudzwa Ngwenya, just your average radiology student at Brookhaven College Remember the name Takudzwa Ngwenya. Fine, try to pronounce it, then remember it, because the Zimbabwe-born Dallasite is about to become the biggest thing in rugby. It’s more or less because of the one play below, which comes from the…
With minimal upgrades and a fragile psyche, this season could stroll off in any ol’ direction A. June 19, 2008—Inspired by a whiff of the trophy in ’06 and fueled by a colossal collapse after a record-setting regular season in ’07, the Dallas Mavericks tonight ultimately persevered and won their…
Gregg Eklin was one of the only guys on the Rangers’ payroll who did his job well. So of course Tom Hicks had him canned. Terrell Owens’ humility coach. Marion Jones’ image consultant. Lindsay Lohan’s liver. And at the top of the list of the world’s most difficult jobs: Senior…
The Washington Post reports this morning that the NCAA’s “death penalty” is dead — thanks to what it did to SMU, which hasn’t been to a bowl game since 1984 and is a woeful 1-4 this season. Coach Phil Bennett, who is 17-42 during his six years on the Hilltop,…
Hate to be the continual bearer of bad news regarding horse racing, a sport I truly do love and grew up around, so consider this a public service announcement to all you degenerate gamblers out there: Jockey Roman Chapa, who has been one of the top 10 riders at Lone…
Just 11 months ago, Arizona’s Nick Folk was named Pac-10 Football Player of the Week. Now, he’s a burgeoning NFL legend. Five interceptions. Three freak touchdowns. Two Terrell Owens drops. And, finally, after a crazy Cowboys game that will rank alongside the Hail Mary on the list of cliffhanger climaxes,…
Especially this morning. Tony Romo’s QB rating might have been a woeful 49.9 against the Buffalo Bills, what with his throwing the ball away five times and fumbling it away once, but his Q rating’s clearly much, much higher. But, c’mon — Rowdy? –Robert Wilonsky…
Know how you know you’re not gay? You’re so damned hot and successful you can get away with asking your friends if they’re gay. On your own radio show. On his weekly “Inside the Huddle” show, broadcast live from the Gaylord Texan each Tuesday night on KLLI-FM (105.3), Dallas Cowboys…
Blackie Sherrod, you have not been forgotten. Never. Never! I grew up waiting, waiting, waiting for the afternoon Dallas Times Herald to hit our driveway so I could spread it out on the living room floor and devour it as an appetizer before supper. At the time, columnist Blackie Sherrod’s…
The guy in the mohawk, that’s Devean George. The big dude dragging his injured shoulder, Erick Dampier. The two with longer hair since the last time you saw them, they’re Dirk Nowitzki and Avery Johnson. And the team that’s walking around and reacting to last spring’s colossal collapse with a…
Dawdling in the dugout before his team’s final night home game of the 2007 season, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington is asked to give himself a grade for his rookie year. “I don’t have time for that kind of stuff,” Washington says with a smile. “I’ll let you guys do…
Every year when the State Fair of Texas rolls around my optimism somehow reboots. This is the year, I surmise in my most naïve tone. The year I finally conquer my nemisis, the frustrating, impossible game where the goal is to tilt an empty beer bottle upright using a fishing…
For those wondering how to fill their Texas-OU game week schedule, this morning’s Austin American-Statesman has the complete rundown of events, beginning with Thursday’s “Run to Dallas” at 11 a.m. Says the Statesman, “Coach Mack Brown hands game ball to NROTC students at Royal-Memorial Stadium to start fundraising relay run…
Another season, another last-place finish, another shrug, another yawn. In the wake of an obscure 75-87 disappointment that has already camouflaged itself alongside the other 22 losing seasons in franchise history, you’d like to hear something drastic or at least different from the Texas Rangers. Maybe, “Shit’s gonna change!” Or,…
Because that’s when we’ll all be in Glendale, Arizona, watching the Cowboys win Super Bowl XLII. Right? While you’re booking your reservations, a little perspective on Dallas’ 4-0 start, punctuated by Sunday’s 35-7 dismantling of the St. Louis Rams. The Cowboys haven’t started a season this awesome since Don Meredith…
