Tony Walter, a columnist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette, discovered during last Thursday’s Cowboys-Packers game that Texas Stadium is a dump — gee, ya think, Tony? Turns out, he had to wait in a long line — “of at least 2,000 people (no exaggeration)” — to get a cab after…
It’s 4:37 p.m. Thursday. Fans that already successfully navigated the traffic jam outside Texas Stadium have begun tailgating. Inside, Brett Favre is jogging around Texas Stadium in his shorts. Let the post-game play-by-play commence…
We all know how Tony Romo’s tried to downplay his adoration of Brett Favre. And how watching tonight’s clash between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers will be difficult today and expensive tomorrow. And how, considering NFL Network is available in only one-third of the country, the national draw…
Got four primo season tickets on the 35-yard line to see the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers? Lucky bastard. It’s an epic showdown between elite 10-1 powers. The fabled rivalry that brought us the 1967 Ice Bowl and the 1995 NFC Championship Game, on Thursday night is providing the…
Poor Tom Hicks. Guy’s hated overseas. At least he is today. And has been for a while, by fans of the football club he owns — Liverpool FC. Today, before the club’s Champions League group match with FC Porto, some 2,000 Liverpool fans rallied in support of the team’s manager,…
A cell phone with Sprint TV service, that is. Go to Sprint’s Web site today and sign up — it’s free — for Sprint NFL Mobile, a service that will allow you to view live game footage on your cell phone. Sprint customers need merely text “NFL” to 7777. The…
Fred — the guy who owns the World’s Best Burger joint, located at the corner of Highway 11 and 36 in downtown Burlington, Wisconsin — doesn’t know for whom to root Thursday night. Like, should it be Green Bay Packers’ QB Brett Favre? Or Dallas Cowboy Tony Romo, the hometown…
I am a MFFL through and through, but I have to get this off my chest: Mavs Man, now in his seventh season (!), is safely the creepiest, scariest, grossest, most disgusting, weirdest, most terrifying mascot this world has ever seen. Ever. (And that includes the Dallas Cowboys’ universally loathed…
C’mon, you know Tony Romo has a picture of Brett Favre hanging somewhere in his locker. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is unofficially dating everyone. But, turns out, he was never really in love with Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. Or was he? “I was more of a basketball…
If you couldn’t make it to the American Airlines Center on Wednesday night, when the Dallas Stars feted Mike Modano for becoming the league’s all-time leading American-born scorer — and, man, that asterisk is a mouthful — someone has kindly posted to the YouTubes the JumboTron video tribute screened during…
So, Mike Sherman’s the new coach down at Texas A&M. Sure, fine, whatever. This morning’s Houston Chronicle has the potentially bigger story concerning the Aggies, at least as far as most locals sans Aggie ties are concerned: Sunday’s Dallas Morning News story that reported A&M and Arkansas are “close to…
The Ice Bowl, about which you might hear one or two things over the next week Go ahead, be thankful. The Dallas Cowboys ripped the New York Jets to improve to 10-1 for the first time in the franchise history. Even better, they jumped to a 21-0 lead to prevent…
The Hardline has never been sane. After this, it may never be the same. On Friday, October 12, the most popular sports talk radio show in the history of Dallas prepared for a routine remote broadcast at Addison’s Blackfin Pub. KTCK-1310 AM The Ticket afternoon co-host Mike Rhyner arrived on…
UT-Arlington UT-Arlington guard Cardell Hunter, a sophomore playing, well, like a junior, at least Though it would make total sense, this isn’t a writers-strike retread posting from the days of Snake LeGrand, Bill Blakely and peach baskets. Believe it or not, it’s true: UT-Arlington will host North Texas tonight at…
Far as I know, there’s no ESPN the Magazine cover curse. Hell, far as I knew till a couple of minutes ago, there was no ESPN the Magazine — gave it up a while back, after my five-year free subscription finally ran out. But in a few days, three of…
Charles Hatley, world champ Oak Cliff’s Charlie Hatley may not be headed to the Olympics, but he now has another title to add to his resume: world champion. Over the weekend, Hatley won the Golden Gloves World Championship, and he couldn’t have done it in more impressive fashion. He knocked…
I won’t pretend to know whether this is The Real Deal, but an eBay’er with much positive feedback is selling — for the low, low price of $2,000, so far — what he says is a football signed by the entirety of the 1967 Dallas Cowboys roster. Which means, yes,…
Looks like you are paying for the new Cowboys stadium after all. If you’re a Dallas Cowboys season-ticket holder, you’ll soon be getting in the mail a silver envelope, the contents of which will be seat pricing for the new stadium. Warning: Before opening, please sit down. Got my grubby…
Exactly a month ago we mentioned how the folks who owned the domain name Cowboys.com thought they’d sold the moniker to the Dallas Cowboys — only, not so much, as Jerry Jones’ team wasn’t about to fork over $275,000 for the domain name. Especially not when the Cowboys thought they’d…
Ever wonder how many QBs have thrown at least one regular-season pass for Your Dallas Cowboys? The answer’s 33 — though, sure, you already knew that. And I have no doubt you can name ’em all. If not, “phishon99” has posted to the YouTubes a tribute to the entire squadron…
Anybody else out of popcorn? As instructed, I had mine ready. But after yet another amazing, dominating, downright delicious performance by the Cowboys receiver, looks like we’re gonna need another bucket. This is getting good. Shocking us all by continuing his high-production, low-drama season, T.O. scored all four of the…
You think when Tony Romo was at Eastern Illinois, he thought he’d wind up in People or the Post every other week? Tony Romo’s dating an older woman from New York who’s got her own dough, thank you very much, and who used to be Derek Jeter’s gal pal not…
