Texas Stadium: Rest in Pieces

  You know it’s a weird week when Mike Modano’s final home game as a Dallas Star is only the second-saddest story. Went out to Texas Stadium Sunday morning for a funeral and – hate to admit this – but I cried. For a building. I know, silly. Or is it?…

Lone Star Park: And They’re Off!

The crack of the bat. Allergies. Longer days. Bluebonnets. And, ah yes, the trumpet. Spring has definitely sprung. Tonight in Grand Prairie Lone Star Park kicks off another horse racing season with its $50,000 Premiere Stakes. The 6:30 post time will officially begin the track’s 65-date season which will run…

The Top 5 Coaches in the History of Your Dallas Mavericks

Mavs got a no-brainer, must-win last night over the Memphis Grizzlies to remain tied for second place in the NBA’s Western Conference with four games remaining. While Dallas jockeys to stay out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ bracket and while owner Mark Cuban fired a strange, but strong warning shot over…

Is This the Last Game in Dallas for Mike Modano?

Don’t know what you’re doing tonight, but if you want to say goodbye to the face of Dallas hockey you’d better head down to the American Airlines Center. Because tonight’s game against the Anaheim Ducks will likely be the last home appearance in the star-studded career of Mike Modano. He…

Are You Ready for Some (College Bowl Game) Football?!

While Cowboys Stadium is a greedy, event-eating monster and Texas Stadium is an icon about to be reduced to novelty-act rubble, the Cotton Bowl is still a living, breathing attraction. Barely. Later this month in Phoenix the NCAA will likely grant certification to the start-up Dallas Football Classic, a bowl…

Tony Romo’s Quiet Off-Season Just Got Louder

Watched an episode of The Golf Channel’s Being John Daly last week and almost came to this conclusion: Tony Romo has become boring. Almost, I said. Romo played a couple Pro-Am rounds with Daly and the mix was – yawn – barely worthy of TV. Even when alongside one of…

Rangers 5, Blue Jays 4: My Top 10 Observations

10. Nothing better than seeing Roger Staubach and Nolan Ryan interacting before the game. Kind of gives us hope that – Ron Washington and Tiger Woods be damned – there are great role models who don’t, in fact, make mistakes. 9. Typical Scott Feldman, huh? Made a couple of mistakes,…

Let’s Put an End to the Madness, Shall We?

Long after Tiger Woods stops talking and the Texas Rangers have finished beating the Toronto Blue Jays, March Madness will finally end tonight at 8 when Butler plays Duke for the National Championship. (Smells like a Duke blowout to me.) Show of hands: Whose bracket has Butler in the final…

Texas Rangers About to Take the First Steps of a Championship Journey

This is no longer the year before the year. This, finally, is the year. After Neal McCoy’s National Anthem and the obligatory military flyover and Roger Staubach’s ceremonial first pitch, Texas Rangers’ starter Scott Feldman will at 1:07 p.m. officially launch against the Toronto Blue Jays what I believe will be…

BREAKING NEWS: Wayne Gretzky Interested in Buying Your Dallas Stars

The greatest hockey player ever is teaming with two of the sport’s most iconic local faces in an attempt to buy the Dallas Stars, according to two sources familiar with the organization’s current business landscape. With long-time owner Tom Hicks intent on selling the team, a group led by Wayne…