So says list-lovin’ Forbes in its round-up of The Best (And Worst) Teams of the Decade, assembled using franchises’ win-loss record during the ’00s, playoff appearances, titles won and the value of the franchise (which, in the Mavs’ case, has more than doubled since Mark Cuban bought the team in…
Norv Turner. You know, the guy who coaches the San Diego Chargers. The guy whose team has won seven in a row this year and is 10-0 in December under him. The guy who is 4-2 in the playoffs. Ring a bell? Dallas Cowboys fans, you heard your head coach…
Actually, it’s not confounding defeats to the Memphis Grizzlies and Atlanta Hawks that has Cuban peeved, but more so tonight’s American Airlines Center invasion by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). (This is, after all, a blog named after an old rasslin’ barn.) Cuban, never one to turn down some theatrics or a spotlight,…
Ironic, isn’t it, that last year Texas was a great, sympathetic team that got rejected, and this year the Longhorns are a good, criticized team that’s getting the royal treatment? Colt McCoy lost the Heisman Trophy last Saturday night in Arlington. Does Texas still deserve a chance to win the National…
10. This, my friends, is exactly why I wouldn’t have Wade Phillips back as my head coach next season or any season. Simply put, he’s just too soft. Nick Folk misses a field goal in three straight games and Wade just shrugs and says “I ain’t worried.” Says he won’t…
The gentleman, referred to as “The Cornman” by Texas and Nebraska fans alike crowding Section 308 of Jerry Jones’s EnormoDome, sat directly in front of me during last night’s Big 12 Championship. He was friendly and funny — not a big taunter, he let the costume do the heavy lifting…
This just-posted video of the Dallas Mavericks performing “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” is fairly self-explanatory. Step aside, 1986 Dallas Cowboys. But where’s the downloadable MP3?…
I have great parents. As a kid, they provided for me and poured the foundation for me to grow into a decent – I said decent – human being through principles, rules and accepted boundaries. My parents raised me. But Bjorn Borg molded me. I’d be home by my 10…
Simple: Do you want Wade Phillips back as the head coach of your Dallas Cowboys next season? And beyond? I’ve asked owner Jerry Jones several times in several different ways about Phillips’ job status. The coach’s 3-year contract expires at the end of the season. Jones has an option to extend it,…
At long last, football season has arrived. The draft? Organized team activities? Training camp? The NFL schedule’s first three months? Bah humbug. As far as Dallas Cowboys fans are concerned, it’s all one big glob of coagulated, repetitive foreplay without any hint of climactic payoff. Once upon a time Debbie…
Not, that is, if online fan voting is any indicator of things to come. In NFL.com’s online voting that ends Dec. 21, only one Dallas Cowboy leads his position – linebacker DeMarcus Ware. Jay Ratliff, Tony Romo, Miles Austin and Jason Witten? Not among the top two of their respective…
Oh shit. Yeah, it’s bad. And it’s true. Tiger like you’ve never heard him. Hey Elin, if you need a shoulder to cry on. Call me. Unfortunately I have very recent experience in this field…
[jump] Former Mavs’ No. 1 draft pick and assistant coach Kiki Vandeweghe is the new man in charge of the worst team in hoops. You’ll also notice more Dallas connections, in the form of Trenton Hassell, Eduardo Najera and new assistant coach Del Harris. And, of course, Devin Harris. The cat-quick…
Drove to work this morning and – swear – it was is snowing like a mutha. Can’t confirm that a frost warning has been issued in Hades, but seems like as good a day as any to try and fix the broken, busted, bad BCS. My Observer bloggin’ buddy Dave Faries…
Dennis Gilbert’s emergence as the “surprise favorite” to shag Your Texas Rangers, as Sports Illustrated puts it this morning, is no surprise to the Friends of Unfair Park who took a break from Thanksgiving break and stopped by Friday. Former New York Times baseball writer Murray Chass wrote the very…
For the first Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium it’s going to be … Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi. Wait, haven’t we seen Ole Miss in the Cotton Bowl recently? Like, um, last January?…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
What happens in Vegas … shouldn’t happen during the stretch drive of the playoffs. That’s not some dorky sportswriter talking. That’s the gold-standard opinion of a guy possessing two Super Bowl rings, a bust in Canton and the best reputation of any athlete to ever play in Dallas-Fort Worth. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo jets…
Fame. Fortune. Females. Ah, the life. Tiger Woods has it all. Except as of last week, of course, he needs a new driver. I’d love to hit a 210-yard 6-iron. I’d love to win a Major or 14. Truth to be told, I’d love me some Elin, too. I’d love…
Okay, I’m confused. No, even more than usual. I suck at math. I’m the guy who – when trying to figure out how many years it’s taken the Texas Rangers to win their one playoff game – has to use fingers, toes and those rudamentary IIII IIII marks. My abacus tells me…
My folks have gone to most every single SMU home game this year, and they’re all ready to pony up for 2010 season tickets following this evening’s 26-21 win over Tulane. Big Hersch, who enjoyed the extra legroom during this less-than-sold-out Saturday, is a Mustang Class o’ 66; his good…
There’s at least one person reading Unfair Park this morning: the Friend who sends along this piece by longtime New York Times baseball columnist Murray Chass, who wrote on Wednesday that now way in hell should Tom Hicks be able to sell Your Texas Rangers to Tom Hicks. Writes Chass,…
