Two sports items with which to begin your Friday, starting with the news that the NBA’s looking into comments Mark Cuban made earlier this week to CNNMoney’s Poppy Harlow concerning his interest in LeBron James. That’s the interview in question above. But, in short: Was the Mavs man tampering by…
No Tiger. No problem. Phil Mickelson won’t be at today’s opening round of the HD Byron Nelson Classic out in Las Colinas. Neither will Tiger Woods or past champs like Sergio Garcia or Adam Scott or, really, anybody you’ve ever heard of outside Vijay Singh and maybe defending champ Rory…
No way it will be bigger than last summer when UFC took over American Airlines Center, but Mixed Martial Arts – in the form of Bellator – invades the metroplex again tonight. The BFC XIX will hold seven fights at the Nokia Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie, headlined by lightweight…
Michael Young is crushing the ball. That’s nothing new. He’s also playing flawlessly in the field. Again, nothing new. And last night he sparked a Texas Rangers’ 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles with first his bat, then his hustle. Want something else not so new? We underappreciate him. I’ve…
Psst! Hey buddy, wanna buy a used watch? No? Then how about a broken, if not broke, local professional sports team? Plenty in stock. Last December on HBO’s failed Joe Buck Live, guest and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was asked about his confidence in spending—amidst the worst economic crisis…
Loves me some Dez Bryant. So does Dallas Cowboys cornerback Mike Jenkins. And tight end Jason Witten. And even, yep, NBA analyst Charles Barkley…
Surprised by the reaction to Tuesday’s item about Girls Gone Wild: Search for the Hottest Girl in America. There was a computer hiccup in the afternoon, so comments were disabled for a while. But via text, in my email inbox and through calls to 105.3 The Fan most folks are…
Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels took a lot of crap early in his career. Altogether now … Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez to the San Diego Padres for who?! If you remember the answer is Adam Eaton, you have an idea of just how far Daniels has progressed…
Your bucket list should never include kicking the bucket. An 87-year-old World War II Navy vet was being honored for his generous blood donations out at Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend when an accident on the track resulted in his death. Don Krusemark was a passenger in a corvette…
Finally got around to watching HDNet’s Girls Gone Wild: Search for the Hottest Girl in America last night. In a word: HolyHellWowzaI’mHooked. Couple of people have told me HDNet is struggling, that’s why proprietor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is desperately partnering with GGW founder Joe Francis. Another skeptic…
It took all of three plays – without pads, mind you – to see the full Dez Bryant package. As last season officially melted into this season, the Dallas Cowboys held OTAs (Organized Team Activities) out at Valley Ranch. Their rookie receiver, as expected, dazzled. A burst of escape off the…
What the what? I was listening to the Texas Rangers Friday night against the Toronto Blue Jays and I left them in what I thought was good shape. Up 9-3 in the third inning. Rich Harden on the mound. Bats seemingly alive. Done. Then, yesterday afternoon, I got back around…
Granted, he’s a better player. Better defender. Better passer. Yeah, a better player. But after last week’s second-round playoff flameout by the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James isn’t a more accomplished player than our own Dirk Nowitzki. Consider: Both have MVPs. Both have led teams to the best record in the…
So, the Friends of Fair Park only jumped the gun by three months when they sent out that tweet concerning the any-time-now announcement “that could really ROCK Fair Park.” Friend of Unfair Park Barney Gumble was right all along when he was the first to write in the comments: “I’m…
For no apparent reason, other than this marks the 47th anniversary of when Parade magazine began naming players to its All America High School Football Team, the Sunday supplement today has listed its The Top 10 High School Football Programs. The ranking process was simple enough: They just tallied up…
Still no word from Major League Baseball concerning its imminent seizure of Your Texas Rangers in order to expedite the sale to Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan’s Rangers Baseball Express. But, finally, there’s been direct contact with Monarch Alternative Capital, the main lender holding up the deal with Hicks Sports…
View more news videos at:http://www.nbcdfw.com/video. In 2007 Leonard Davis pulled a horse out of the mud. In 2010 he answered my musical inquiries without crushing me like an empty beer can. And Wednesday, he helped some ducks out of a sand trap. Yeah, I know. All you care about it is…
Way back in January Dallas made the cut of 18 cities that could maybe possibly fingers-crossed hold-your-breath host the Federation Internationale de Football Association’s World Cup in 2018 or 2022. We’re still months away from a final decision — that won’t happen till December 2 — but tomorrow, the USA…
Well, just because I keep Major League Baseball’s press-release page up-and-at-’em at all times, and I just noticed this: MLB commish Bud Selig was just presented the first-ever Taylor’s Award — so named for Plano West Senior High School baseball star Taylor Hooton, whose suicide in July 2003, at the…
Let’s face it, Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams pops off like a No. 1 but produces like a No. 3. Latest example: Asked yesterday at the team’s golf outing at Cowboys Golf Club about incoming rookie receiver Dez Bryant, Williams was defiant, if not in total denial. I know people…
Another weird game at Rangers Ballpark last night: *Something I’ve never seen: With Ian Kinsler caught dead along the third-base line during an aborted steal of home, Oakland A’s starter Gio Gonzalez panicked and half-balked, half-wild-pitched him home with a crazy ass throw well wide of the out-of-his-crouch catcher. Saw…
One arrived from Minnesota in 1993, the other from Germany in 1999. In the spring of 2010, they both played what may have been their last games in Dallas. In between, Mike Modano and Dirk Nowitzki not only carved national Hall of Fame legacies, they altered the way we locals…
