If the Dallas Cowboys can do it, why can’t the Texas Rangers? Win a playoff game, that is. In case you’ve been too fixated on Wade Phillips’ contract, Jay Leno’s limbo or American Idol’s “Pants on the Ground” to notice, the Cowboys broke a 13-year post-season drought last month. The…
In case you haven’t noticed I’m a bit of a cynic. A skeptic. A glass-half-empty kinda guy. Okay, I can be an a-hole. But I’m genuinely fired up for the 2010 Texas Rangers. Why? New owner Chuck Greenberg. Met him for the first time last night at Jamey Newberg’s shindig, which…
Stay tuned later today for my interfacing with new Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg and details of a romantic moment that went horribly wrong. (And no, smartass, those are two separate stories.) But for now, in recent losses Dirk Nowitzki has taken one and zero shots in the fourth quarter…
Word out of Major League Baseball HQ is that yesterday’s meeting among the creditors concerned about Tom Hicks’s deal to sell the Texas Rangers to Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan yielded little of note. In short: “no deal killer,” says here, which means the $530-$570 million transaction is still on…
The Dallas Mavericks fell apart in the fourth quarter last night in Utah. In the last 12 minutes they had more turnovers (7) than baskets (5). Not good. A lead vanished into a four-point deficit and, ultimately, a blowout loss to a Jazz team playing without Carlos Boozer. Yikes. That’s…
Mavs man Matt Miller sent word this morning: Tomorrow at the American Airlines Center, before Mavs-Warriors, the team will debut a “a one-of-a-kind, life-size Dirk Nowitzki bobblehead.” And it can be yours: The Dallas Mavericks are raffling off the sucker at five bucks a pop; tickets go on sale beginning…
Jay Novacek was always a unique dude. Okay, I’ll say it, he was a little weird. During my time covering the Dallas Cowboys for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram he was always friendly, yet sorta edgy. For example, one year on the eve of training camp at St. Edward’s University in Austin Novacek…
We all know Jerry Jones’ grandiose vision: For the Dallas Cowboys to play in Super Bowl XLV. Furthermore, to be the first team in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl in its own city. Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the dreams. But odds – and next season’s schedule -…
Here’s the most up-to-date list of NBA All-Star Weekend parties I’ve seen to date — though there are some notable no-shows, among them John Singleton’s “Black Hollywood Red Carpet” throwdown with Vivica A. Fox at the Fashion Industry Gallery on February 14. That’s because that particular event isn’t included on…
It was 28 degrees. Sky was gray. Grass was morose mustard. Calendar said Super Bowl more than Opening Day. But, hey, it was baseball. Spring can’t be far behind. I’ve been to several Rangers Fan Fests out in Arlington and Saturdays certainly had a different feel. As in, positive. Gone…
At 2:22 this afternoon, we turned west on Northaven Road off the N. Central service road headed toward the Jewish Community Center. In the distance, police lights and a traffic snarl — must be quite the accident ahead, said the missus. Only, no: The boy, in the backseat and on…
I trust Bloomberg. I trust BusinessWeek. Put them together and, sorry, I don’t trust their b.s. Their b.s., as in their latest list of The 100 Most Powerful Athletes. They’ve put out their list and, despite his sorta newsy fall from grace, Tiger Woods is still No. 1. Really? And Phil…
You know it’s bad when your biggest, best contribution to the team is an injury. This season Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams disappeared for long stretches, dropped passes in crucial situations and yet continually, defiantly insisted on his No. 1 role and his peerless pair of hands. But hey, it…
Mavericks 108, Bucks 107 last night. Partly thanks to coach Rick Carlisle’s meticulous end-game sets, and sometimes because they’ve just been lucky, the Mavs have won 10 consecutive one-point games. The feat ties the NBA record set by the St. Louis Hawks in 1960. Against the Bucks the Mavs improved…
Don’t freak out. T.O.’s visit here in a couple weeks isn’t to replace Roy Williams as a Dallas Cowboys’ receiver, but rather to inject his unqiue persona into NBA All-Star Weekend. Owens, a two-time Most Valuable Player of the All-Star Celebrity Game, will be back to further embarrass the wanna-be…
Don’t remember if the Texas Rangers have ever had an owner with as grand of a vision as Chuck Greenberg. Have no idea if it will help them pitch, hit or finish better. But, regardless, it’s nice to hear an owner recognize where he is and what his should strive…
Wade Phillips is back. Miles Austin will be (fingers crossed) back. The Dallas Cowboys will enter the 2010 season with momentum, eight Pro Bowl players and high expectations. But how high? This year they won a division title and their first playoff game in 13 years. Next year … …
Perhaps I missed this elsewhere, but in the wake of Saturday night’s announcement concerning Tom Hicks’s having hammered out a deal with Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan — otherwise known as the Rangers Baseball Express — there’s news that the deal’s anything but done. It comes from the…
I know you know better, still …This morning, a good Friend of Unfair Park forwarded along an e-mail he received from a rather legit-looking company based up north promising that it can take care of all your ticketing and hotel needs for the Super Bowl when it comes to Cowboys…
As if to underscore the fact that he’s a guy who can do it all for the team, Dirk Nowitzki took a seat in the American Airlines Center ticket booth this afternoon to sell the first tickets to next month’s NBA All-Star Jam Session.After contributing 20 points to the Mavs’…
10. Pierre Garcon > Roy Williams. Cool that he and his AFC Championship Game-record 11 catches are from Haiti. But what’s with the cocky little tail under the C in his last name? 9. Any old French garson > Roy Williams. 8. Is it just me, or does CBS analyst…
I know exactly what Mavs owner Mark Cuban means when he says that when it comes to parties, the upcoming All-Star Weekend “will make the Super Bowl look like a bar mitzvah.” Because I had my bar mitzvah at AMPM in the Mosaic on North Akard downtown, and hip-hop comer…
