Jerry Jones is an ego-maniac. A cold-blooded, bottom-line businessman. A ruthless competitor hell-bent on acquiring the biggest, baddest toys on the planet. And, lest I forget, a friggin’ genius. Exhibit A is yesterday’s announcement of the pricing for about 50,000 reserved, season-ticket seats at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in…
Steiner + Associates This rendering of Glorypark’s about as close as you’ll get to the real thing for a long, long while. Just nine days ago, the new CEO for the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau — Jay Burress, still a senior veep at Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau for…
One more time for all the old times. I was wrong. And, perhaps for one last night, the Dallas Stars were right on. Stars 3, Red Wings 1 needed its share of luck. Detroit hit a post early and had a goal disallowed via a horrible call. But give Dallas…
There are those gullible enough, stubborn enough and warped enough to believe the Dallas Stars can rally to defeat the Detroit Red Wings. Hillary Clinton. DISD bookkeepers. Guys convinced that chicks actually go to bars with bacon in their purses. For the rest of us—the Stars included—reality and resignation formed…
Rick Carlisle can be the same. Long as he’s different. Us media dorks get our first chance to meet ‘n greet new Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle this afternoon down at American Airlines Center. Honestly, I’d have rather landed the entertaining and up-tempo Mike D’Antoni or persuaded general manager Donnie Nelson…
Hmm. Take another cross-check to the ribs or chase the Mrs. around the house? Decisions, decisions. Face it, tonight’s Game 4 could be the last game of Mike Modano’s Stars-studded career. I know! It’s not a guarantee, just a frightening possibility. With Detroit having sucked the drama from the series,…
Owner Tom Hicks admits he almost asked for Ron Washington’s jersey back There’s a contingency list for if and when the Texas Rangers’ season goes south. General manager Jon Daniels and president Nolan Ryan admit the team might revisit Ron Washington’s job status in July. And, as if the manager…
Dookie Stick, we hardly knew ya. Former Cowboys starting tailback Troy Hambrick was sentenced today to five years in prison after pleading guilty to selling crack cocaine in Florida. Hambrick, if you remember, started all 16 games as Emmitt Smith’s successor in 2003, rushing for 972 yards and five touchdowns…
The dream is all but dead. Well, that’s what it feels like, eh? For three games and 180 minutes over five days in two rinks your Dallas Stars have hurled their unyielding will at the Detroit Red Wings’ superior skill. It’s not that they haven’t won a game. They have…
Still a good guy. Still a good player? Story goes something like this: Roy Williams sucks. The end. No, wait, actually there’s more. A lot more. The Cowboys’ safety sucks in coverage, blames the media for picking on him, tells teammate Greg Ellis last year in training camp that he’s…
From a most curious Associated Press piece concerning the dead and their desire to posthumously watch their favorite teams, this note concerning the Dallas Cowboys no-ashes policy at Texas Stadium: “It probably happens and we sort of turn a blind eye if people are discreet,” said Rich Dalrymple, spokesman for…
We’ve been anxiously awaiting Terrell Owens’ acting debut since last month, when it was announced T.O. would guest on Flavor Flav’s new sitcom Under One Roof — which, as one Friend pointed out, sounds a whole lot like The Fresh Flav of Bel-Air. Well, guess what? Wednesday’s the big night:…
For the Stars to keep playing, he needs to stop slashing and start scoring, eh? Good news: Dallas Stars catalyst forward Mike Ribeiro will play in tonight’s Game 3 of the NHL’s Western Conference Finals at 7 p.m. in American Airlines Center. Bad news: Lose tonight and the Stars might…
Eastern Illinois grad Tony Romo, what in the hell were you thinking? Because going to the Chicago Cubs game yesterday was so not a good idea. Unless you liked singing in the key of M and getting booed whilst tossing out the first pitch. In which case, great success. –Robert…
Thanks to Ozzy Osbourne and Mike Ditka, this is not the worst 7th inning stretch in the history of the friendly confines. — Richie Whitt…
Putting down galliant fillies like Eight Belles is only one of horse racing’s serious problems Tomorrow, Lone Star Park holds one of its biggest days of the year, and after a disastrous and embarrassing Kentucky Derby, horse racing could use some good news. Maybe that’s why Lone Star Park is…
Luis Yanez Last time we saw Dallas boxer Luis Yanez it was a week before Christmas, and Yanez was hardly in the mood for peace on earth. Instead he was dreaming of wreaking havoc on the Chinese, the Cubans — the entire world. Since then, Yanez has been in Colorado…
Lotta questions about last night’s bench-clearing brawl between the Rangers and Mariners, after the “gutless” Richie Sexson charged Kason Gabbard for no good reason t’all. But, first and foremost, what the hell’s going on between catcher Gerald Laird and Milton Bradley at the 1:24 mark of this nearly seven-and-a-half minute…
In sorting through the rubble of a series, a season and an era that totally and hideously imploded, Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson is discombobulated. How else do you explain him awkwardly giving a vote of confidence to his team’s wayward pot-head while leaving a crack in the door…
On deck? According to two baseball sources I trust way farther than I could throw them, your Texas Rangers are making plans for when – not if – manager Ron Washington is fired this season. The Dallas Observer – via this here The Sportatorium sports blog – has learned from…
DallasCowboys.com Tony Romo, missing out on the U.S. Open cut last year at Hackberry Creek Country Club in Irving Tony Romo can’t seem to make the cut for the U.S. Open; he’s tried for years, and just yesterday shot a 75 at a local qualifier to miss out making the…
This joint is already jumpin’. Okay, it’s not that cool. Unless you’re a fan of Arizona State or Notre Dame, that is. But it is a sporting event. And, no, it ain’t coming to Dallas. In a deal announced just moments ago, the Sun Devils and Fighting Irish have agreed…
