Full disclosure: I don’t follow Major League Soccer, and I’ve never been to an FC Dallas game. The one and only time I’ve been to Frisco was when my future wife dragged me to IKEA. So, when I say that the coming season doesn’t look promising, I’m not passing judgment…
Fort Worth’s new “signature” West 7th Street Bridge may lack the flash of Dallas’ Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, but the pavement is perfectly serviceable for driving over and, as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s video from this weekend shows, the concrete arches are perfectly sized for bicycles. The rider in the…
Dude Perfect, for those who are still unaware, is a quintet of A&M grads who found YouTube stardom after posting a clip of themselves hitting absurdly difficult basketball shots in a Texas backyard. Their few dozen encores have followed a similar pattern: make an elaborately conceived trick shot, celebrate it…
With Tony Romo sidelined, a last-in-the-league defense and an innate inability to deliver in the clutch, the Cowboys’ chances against the Eagles on Sunday aren’t looking good. So, rather than lose money betting on Dallas, we thought it would be more productive to wager on how the Cowboys will lose…
All week, ever since he re-injured a herniated disk in his back against the Redskins, Cowboys fans have waited for final word on whether Tony Romo will play in Sunday’s season-deciding matchup with Philadelphia. Now we know. Despite some brief glimmers of hope — vague pronouncements from Jerry Jones, a…
It started on Sunday in the closing minutes of the Eagles’ 54-11 shellacking of the Chicago Bears when Philly fans filled Lincoln Financial Field with chants of “We want Dallas!” The taunts have only increased in scope and volume as Sunday’s season-deciding Cowboys-Eagles grudge match has neared. Call it trolling…
The Washington Redskins got their comeuppance Sunday afternoon thanks to a near-miraculous fourth-quarter drive by the Cowboys. This Redskins fan, clad in a classy “Dallas Sucks” sweatshirt, got his just desserts some time before that at the hands of a Washington security guard. Deadspin provides some context. The man and…
On the bulletproof compound of the formidable College Sports Cartel, no one enjoys life quite like the football bowl executive, that shadowy Good Ol’ Boy who plans one football game a year in exchange for a mid-six-figure salary and fringe benefits fit for a Florida congressman. And in recent years,…
Jerry Jones talked to KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan this morning, making about as much sense as the Fake Jerry Jones who no doubt graced KTCK-FM 96.7 The Ticket’s airwaves sometime yesterday. Here he is on why — despite his team’s unflagging mediocrity, total draft-day ineptitude and other traits with the…
The debate over who is most at fault for the Cowboys’ second-half collapse against the Packers will continue to simmer until Sunday, when fans and the media will presumably have a new debacle to grouse about. On YouTube, at least, the debate has been settled. Judging by the way the…
With thousands of fans expected to flood Arlington in April for the NCAA Final Four, there couldn’t be a better time for you to finally open that ticket-scalping business you’ve always dreamed of, sell your famous canned chili dogs to random people on the sidewalk or try hosting an Occupy…
Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy this weekend, just over a week after the Florida state attorney announced that state would not be pressing charges against him in connection with an alleged rape. On Friday, The Dallas Morning News’ Tim Cowlishaw penned a column about the…
Dallas Cowboys fans should know better by now. Whatever cheerful confidence is inspired by an impressive quarter or two of play is destined to be crushed, swiftly and without mercy. So, the team’s late-game collapse Sunday afternoon to an Aaron Rodgers-less Green Bay Packers squad was less shocking than it…
Every winter, Major League Baseball teams engage in what’s called the Rule 5 Draft, where they poach minor leaguers from their fellow competitors. It’s complicated, and typically doesn’t make much of a splash, which why it was especially confusing to read this morning that the Texas Rangers had selected Russell…
It’s like clockwork. Each October, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announces that Eric Nadel, the longtime voice of the Texas Rangers, is a finalist for the Ford C. Frick Award. And every year, the award goes to someone else. Not this time. This morning, the hall of…
I don’t even know where to begin, so let’s start at the beginning. Today the Texas Rangers traded Josh Lindblom and Craig Gentry to the Oakland A’s for outfielder/native Texan Michael Choice and infielder Chris Bostick. Objectively speaking, this looks like a solid trade for both teams. Why? I don’t…
This Saturday, for the first time in a quarter century, the University of Connecticut football team will come to Dallas to face off against SMU. The Mustangs are expected to cruise to an easy victory over the winless Huskies, which is a must if they hope to keep their slim…
At the beginning of the year, Lance Armstrong sat down for an exclusive, one-on-one interview with Oprah in which he tearfully copped to doping. At that point, it was little more than a formality, seeing as a mountain of evidence had already proved as much, but it was supposed to…
The Dallas Morning News is reporting this morning that the Mavericks’ 477-game sellout streak, the longest in the NBA, could end at tonight’s season opener versus the Atlanta Hawks. We can only assume the piece was written before Dirk & Co. unveiled their secret weapon: a one-minute video parody of…
If wide receiver Lance Alworth isn’t in the pantheon of Dallas Cowboys legends, it’s because he spent the nine of his 11 Hall of Fame seasons with the San Diego Chargers. But it was with Dallas that he made the two most important catches of his career — one to…
To be fair, Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant wasn’t trying to say he was better than Calvin “Megatron” Johnson. He was just rattling off some pro-athlete intensity-and-toughness boilerplate in a radio interview when he uttered the fateful line “I believe I can do whatever he can do.” Thus, a narrative…
Let’s step back in time for a moment and revisit one of the key story lines going into the Texas Rangers’ ultimately disappointing 2013 season. Here’s how ESPN put it: And The Dallas Morning News:…
