It’s not often I stay up late to watch a duel between J.J. Barea and Samuel Dalembert, but last night’s 102-100 victory by the Dallas Mavericks over the Sacramento Kings was special. It kicked off the Bob Ortegel-less era with a win. And was the Mavs’ 10th consecutive victory. To which…
Packers 31, Steelers 25, North Texas 0. This pains me to write because I know a lot of good people did a lot of great work in preparing for Super Bowl XLV coming to the metroplex. But as the thousands of visitors left our towns in the wake of last…
It’s been a whole two months since last we contemplated Tom Hicks’s threat to sue for $1.6 billion over the sale — pardon, “epic swindle” — of Liverpool FC to New England Sports Ventures way back in October. But right on schedule, Paul Girolami, a barrister repping Hicks and George…
I was flattered when the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee approached me late in 2009 to help construct and singularly author its prodigious Century in the Making project. What started with 250 of the greatest moments in Texas football history — high school, college and pro — was whittled,…
Coming: Roddy Beaubois. Going: Bob Ortegel. While the Dallas Mavericks got a familiar face back at practice yesterday via their athletic French guard, they also said goodbye to the only TV analyst we’ve heard over the last 23 years. Beaubois, who broke his foot in August and hasn’t played this season,…
On the other side you’ll find the 11-page complaint filed yesterday in Dallas federal court titled STEVE SIMMS and MIKE DOLABI, individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, vs. JERRAL “JERRY” WAYNE JONES, NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL CLUB, LTD., JWJ CORPORATION, COWBOYS STADIUM, L.P., COWBOYS STADIUM…
He’s been the face of the franchise for a decade, the team spokesman who was left to explain a lot of horrible Texas Rangers baseball. He’s been a batting champ, an All-Star Game MVP and a Gold Glove fielder with a sparkling image. He’s moved from second to short to…
I covered the Dallas Mavericks in the early 1990s when they won 11 and 13 games in back-to-back seasons. It wasn’t fun. For anyone. In ’93 the Mav-wrecks lost 20 consecutive games, so I can imagine the despair these days with the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the wake of losing LeBron…
As workers cleaned up the aftermath of Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium across the street from Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, the Texas Rangers equipment truck headed out this afternoon to the team’s spring training facility in Surprise, Arizona. Shortly before Josh Hamilton and Darren Oliver unveiled a banner to…
No doubt you’re well aware of the snafus that threatened to turn the most-watch-anything-ever Super Bowl XLV into The Game That Made a 9-Year-Old Boy Cry when he and his father were among the 1,200 denied access to those temporary bleachers that weren’t. And maybe you noticed: After being everywhere…
At a record $3 million for 30 seconds, seemed like most of the Super Bowl XLV ads were cars and movies and Fox promos. As I watched a run-of-the-mill On The Border commercial, I had to wonder if those folks really see $3 million in increased chips ‘n hot sauce ‘n margaritas…
I know Super Bowl XLV was all about Southern hospitality and all, but Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway may have went a tad far. Gene Simmons getting a key to our city is one thing, but Michael Friggin’ Vick? For what exactly?! Meanwhile, our ol’ pal Richard Hunter almost…
10. Can’t believe I just watched Troy Polamalu play like Alan Ball. And James Harrison like Anthony Spencer. I know Harrison had a sack, but for the most part those playmakers were non-factors. 9. Biggest play of the game was Rashard Mendenhall’s fumble at Green Bay’s 36 on the first play…
Crawled back out of downtown a few minutes ago just as a “Let’s! Go! Packers!” chant got started on Main Street. We started with a couple beers at City Tavern — where else? — and moved on to Walt Garrison’s Rodeo Bar and later the Magnolia Hotel. Two out of…
We know how Sports Illustratred’s Peter King feels about the situation — as opposed to, say, The Situation. Below, a Friend of Unfair Park directs us to a Q&A conducted with ESPN’s beloved Sports Guy, Bill Simmons, in which he provides a Top 10 list of things every city should…
In case you were wondering, yes, that is the Situation. Richie forwards this photo along from his broadcast table at Radio Row, where he no doubt was comparing abs. Why are we gazing upon the Situation? Well, he’s in town for a “Super Super Weekend Kickoff Party” which began at…
The Green Bay Packers were supposed to practice at SMU. Yeah, not so much. Instead, they wound up using the Highland Park Scots’ relatively new indoor practice facility, which, from the looks of this glowing press pack, is worth every penny of the $4.5 million spent. From The Packers’ Official…
Seven hours later and … impressive. Unless you’re, say, Sports Guy Bill Simmons, who shoots up this virtual flare: “20 degrees and snowing in Dallas. We need more sand on the streets!!! MORE SAND!” Salt too. Though one must admire my old friend — and Super Bowl XLV North Texas…
In 1989 Dallas Carter High School stud Derric Evans signed his letter of intent to play college football at the University of Tennessee. While in a hot tub. That’s the day I lost interest in National Signing Day. It’s all hoopla and hype and rarely does a four-year college football…
10. Never really listened to Little Texas before last night’s bash at Fair Park’s Centennial Hall, but they do a pretty good rendition of KISS’s “Detroit Rock City.” Even Master of Ceremonies Gene Simmons was bobbing his head. 9. This just in: Nothing goes better with a cold shot of…
I know it’s all about Super Bowl XLV around here this week. I can tell by the way my eyes are drooping and feet are dragging. But while we were partying and footballing last night, the Mavs’ Dirk Nowitzki did it again. He reminded us how damn good he is…
Dodging tumbleweeds as we ride our horses to work: Not guilty. Favoring style over substance and championships as much as character: Very guilty. As almost a quarter-million visitors descend upon Dallas, Arlington and North Texas for Super Bowl XLV, we’d love to shine up and roll out a recent history…
