It wasn’t exactly as declarative as when Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones injected his all-or-nothing expectations into the season a month ago, but Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban believes his team is as good – actually, better – than the one that went to the NBA Finals in 2006. “The feeling…
All this hubbub over those feisty Minnesota Twins and those dramatic Detroit Tigers and the dawn of the baseball playoffs slapped me sober this morning. Ponder this, Rangers fans: Texas’ 87 wins would’ve been enough to win the American League Central Division. As I detail in this week’s column in your friendly Dallas Observer print…
Thanks to this video shot by our good friend Larry Rodriguez over at Fox4, we have to question not only Tony Romo’s play late in the game at Denver – but also his mind-set. You tell me, did Romo think it was third down? Was he telling the refs he had…
Your Dallas Cowboys will someday get a new quarterback and will sooner rather than later be gifted with a different head coach, but Jerry Jones is and always will be the franchise’s general manager. Not surprising at all – he’s said it before, repeatedly – but today it just got punctuated. With…
Something’s up with the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. Tony Romo’s not the frolicking, free-wheeling player we fell in love with back in 2006 and ’07. These days he stays in the pocket. He sulks on the sideline. Most importantly, he sucks in the game. It’s different. And it ain’t better. It’s like…
Some news that will surely soften Broncos 17, Cowboys 10. Would you believe: R.I.P., Rowdy. Well, the obnoxious, foam, giant-noggin’ed Cowboys’ mascot isn’t exactly dead. But I heard over the weekend that at least we won’t be subjected to his stupid shenanigans any longer at Cowboys Stadium. I guess we were…
10. Fox’s Pam Oliver stinks. While she was busy reading some shallow, pre-orchestrated featurette, we went three series before learning that Gerald Sensabaugh was out with a bum thumb. And though Marion Barber played just one snap in the second half, we never received an update. 9. Not only is Kyle…
A colleague in Miami thought we might find this interesting: “The Consummation of Dirk,” penned by one Jonathan Callahan. It comes from the latest issue of something called The Collagist, an online literary journal. Right. You know the drill.At first, I thought maybe it was a chopped-and-screwed variation on Jesse…
On our midday show at 105.3 The Fan, I nervously asked Jerry Jones this morning if he had, um, seen the video of two fans “christening” Cowboys Stadium last Monday night in Arlington. After joking that he had called several committee meetings to investigate the situation, Jones simply said: “Yes. …..
But that’s just because the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals doesn’t want the Rangers’ shortstop to become a bullfighter. Oh, you missed that? Yeah — a couple of days back, the former Indians great said bullfighting is “one of my things on the to-do list.” That’s only because…
Let’s see, your Dallas Mavericks have a star with longer hair and a lighter mood. They have a free Fan Jam Friday night at 7 at American Airlines Center. And, lookie here, they have an opening at a key position – public address announcer. With long-time voice Humble Billy Hayes moving…
Catch the ball. Shut your mouth. It’s really not that difficult. Cowboys’ receiver Roy Williams is becoming a Terrell Owens starter kit, in every way. First he dropped what should have been a touchdown pass in last week’s win over Carolina. And now he’s questioning his role on the team. Oh…
If you need me between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, I’ll be at the American Airlines Center auditioning to be The New Voice of Your Dallas Mavericks. So. Not. Kidding. But, let’s see … what do I need to do? Oh, here it is: “Registered applicants…
Okay, that’s long enough. Now, what happened? A season that began with that three-game sweep of Cleveland way back in April and held our interest until mid-September is closing with an all too familiar whimper – meaningless games in October for the 10th consecutive year. With their loss to the…
Yesterday, Tom Hicks’s PR peoples sent word that, yes, he and Liverpool FC partner George Gillett were indeed evaluating “the possibility of new investors injecting equity into LFC,” but that no deal was on the table despite reports that Gillett was close to inking a deal to sell to a…
A Friend of Unfair Park just shot me a link to the Dallas Stars’ latest “Ice Girls” promo. Seriously, he couldn’t have done that before Yom Kippur? En. Joy…
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…
10. Welcome to the NFL, Victor Butler. Mind if Anthony Spencer borrows your directions? 9. Despite playing without Marion Barber and losing Felix Jones early in the second half, the Cowboys and Tashard Choice (82 yards) rushed for 212 yards in the 14-point win. They’ve now produced consecutive 200-yard-plus rushing…
Nolan Ryan wants Your Texas Rangers, and word is Tom Hicks is this close to having a new partner in Liverpool FC: Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Saud. At least, that’s what the Saudi’s sayin’: “We are looking forward to acquiring 50 percent of the club’s stake.” And the…
As he’s done (almost) every year since 1977, Brad Sham will tonight show up before kickoff to call a Dallas Cowboys game on radio. But Sham has never arrived quite like this. The only “Voice of the Cowboys” I ever remember will be accompanied by a police escort en route…
So says former Observer’er Matt Pulle, who shares my obsession with state Senator Royce West. Pulle forwarded along a nice bit of reporting by ESPN’s Elizabeth Merrill regarding the holdout of former Texas Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree, in which West is identified as a member of Crabtree’s “inner circle.”…
Former Dallas Morning News Cowboys beat writer Gary Myers’s new book doesn’t look like the easiest read for longtime fans of the home team: The Catch: One Play, Two Dynasties, and the Game That Changed the NFL. (And, with a foreword by Joe Montana!) Early word is good: Publishers Weekly…
