This picture is not from north Texas. Hard to fathom with our temps again flirting with triple digits, but over at the British Open at Royal Birkdale in Lancanshire, England it looks like December. It’s in the ‘50s with rain, 40 mph wind, guys hitting 9-iron from 205 yards and,…
Weird little story circulating in the nether regions of the Interwebs concerning well-known (almost legendary, matter of fact) con man Fred Brito and his claim that, yesterday, he became the “owner of Troy Aikman’s 1993 Super Bowl Dallas Cowboy’s Championship Ring.” The folks over at The Landry Hat, a Dallas…
Anthony Kim Through four holes at The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, Anthony Kim’s one stroke off the lead. And it probably doesn’t surprise the California native and current Dallas resident that he’s at par and near the top (and, sure, it’s early): He tells the U.K. Independent in a…
Things are looking up? The sky’s the limit? Corny captions notwithstanding, the Cowboys are gonna be a kick-ass team this season. The Cowboys re-signed Pro Bowl safety Ken Hamlin this week. Translation: It’s official, Super Bowl or bust. Not that Hamlin is that valuable, but his signing means one less…
The Texas Rangers’ plans have gone to shit. Ain’t it grand? Last winter, the franchise had designs on hosting the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2015. Then arose the sudden proliferation of proposed new ballparks around the league, the Glory Park development stagnation in Arlington and— poof—the issue is…
Another in a long line of shining, yet ultimately hollow moments. Another American League All-Star Game victory. Another significant Rangers contribution to the win. But in the big photo, does it really matter? Texas shortstop Michael Young provided the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 15th inning of last night’s 4-3…
Flickr photo: BenYankee Before we let Josh Hamilton’s record-setting appearance at the Home Run Derby last night disappear from today’s topics of conversation, let me direct you to Peter Gammons’ column on the subject — the headline of which reads, “Hamilton an inspiration in so many ways.” A sampling of…
Wow. Babe Ruth may have built the house, but Josh Hamilton brought it down. I’m not much into Home Run Derbys – or baseball, for that matter – but the Texas Rangers’ slugger last night provided one of those goose-bumpy moments that remind us why we watch sports. In one…
After the jump, the official ESPN wrap-up of the Home Run Derby — during which, in the first round, Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton hit a record-setting 28 dingers, good God. And, sure, he didn’t win — Minnesota’s Justin Morneau did, feh — but, once again in the span of a…
One’s into women and wedges and the other’s coming back after a four-month retirement. You decide. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo finished third in a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe over the weekend. He also fell into a lake when he lost his balance hitting a shot, hosted a party…
Thursday night’s Rangers-Angels game was the final game of one of the more entertaining series in recent memory at the Ballpark in Arlington. The series finale featured Josh Hamilton’s second two-run homer in as many nights and Brandon Boggs nailing Torii Hunter at home plate with Max Ramirez holding on…
Nope, don’t wanna see this again. Not with the game on the line. Okay? That, ladies and gents, was the most scintillating, entertaining four-game split in the history of The Ballpark. What we saw: The Rangers almost rally from down 8-0 in Game 1. A surprisingly stellar start by rookie…
Tony Romo seldom looks unhappy. Quite the company Tony Romo’s keeping these days — Michael Jordan, nice. The twosome were, no doubt, awesome yesterday during their practice round at the American Century Championship celeb golf tourney in Lake Tahoe; the celeb-am just got underway. And, really, quite the guest list…
I know we’re all immersed in Ticket talk, but after watching last night’s Josh Hamilton walk-off homer I had two thoughts: 1. Wow. 2. Are we starting to believe this team is special?– Richie Whitt…
My favorite comment on Deadspin this morning, concerning Josh Hamilton’s home run last night off Los Angeles Angels reliever Francisco Rodriguez, comes from Hustler of Culture: “No joking, hiting a walk-off homerun while fireworks go off and the theme to the ‘Natural’ is played must be a fucking amazing feeling.”…
Jerry Jones is our Pied Piper. The Dallas Cowboys’ owner has passionately hypnotized us into ditching Tom Landry, embracing Terrell Owens, believing Pacman Jones and, coming soon, leaving Texas Stadium. Not surprisingly—considering his unique combination of money and moxie—Jerry Jones has also marched straight to the top of the Dallas…
We wouldn’t mind seeing her around town, though. The Yankees and Madonna can have Alex Rodriguez. Evidenced by last night’s exhilarating 3-2 win over the Angels , the Rangers and their “24 kids” are doing just fine. You do remember A-Rod telling ESPN Magazine back in ’04 that he would’ve…
I like the way the Associated Press leads its story about Jerry Jones’ latest way to pay for his billion-dollar-plus Jerryworld in Arlington: “Fans of the Dallas Cowboys who might not be able to get tickets to the team’s new stadium in Arlington can leave their mark — underfoot.” In…
Hope Solo Had no idea till this morning that Dallas was getting yet another pro sports franchise: a Women’s Professional Soccer team, matter of fact, beginning in April 2009. Only reason I know about it is this morning the WPS announced how it’d be filling its franchises here and in…
The greatest current one-on-one battle in all of sports. As a stupid guy once famously said in a super movie, “Sorry I had ta fight in da middle of ya black pantha pawwty,” but I can’t let another day pass without opining on the greatest tennis match I ever did…
Speaking of amazing video … over the holiday weekend, I came across this snippet of a documentary shot during Super Bowl X at the Orange Bowl in Miami, where Tom Landry’s Dallas Cowboys lost to Chuck Noll’s Pittsburgh Steelers 21-17. It was done for pioneering SF-based collective TVTV; and, yes,…
Sean Avery and his ex, Elisha Cuthbert Really, the Dallas Stars’ acquisition of Sean Avery last week will go down as the Best Thing to Happen to Local Sports since, oh, Alex Rodriguez got married here in 2002, aw. Today, the Canadian National Post ran a Q&A with the Stars’…
