Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reilly goes Troutt fishing in this week’s issue. Last summer came word that local billionaire Kenny Troutt was spending a small chunk of his estimable fortune to bankroll two youth AAU basketball teams, both called the Texas Titans. (One’s made up of third-graders; the other, fifth-graders.) And…
Photo courtesy the University of North Texas The Mean Green of UNT are Sun Belt Conference champs and, go figure, headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988. Like you, I didn’t win $370 million last night. But I did get to witness something that happens about…
Charles Hatley scored a weekend win over state boxing champ Jose Orozco. We’re late on this, but since we wrote about our man Charles Hatley last week in this space, we thought an update was in order. In case you’ve forgotten, Hatley is the local boxer we’ve written about before…
Yeah, we were smiling before the season too. Then Matt Doherty rolled out the rock, and that was that. In the middle of his desk at Moody Coliseum, SMU basketball coach Matt Doherty displays a large cinder block inscribed with “RTC” and signed by every member of his team and…
To this point our interaction has been limited to her staring at me during a backyard pool party, no doubt her thought bubble filled with, “Who’s that old man?” But today I’m officially claiming Haley Day as my own. I know, you’d also like to claim a close, personal relationship…
Charles Hatley’s not giving up on his quest to join the U.S. Olympic boxing team. Here’s what you need to know about Charles Hatley: The dude’s got a punch named after him. It’s a step back cross to the chin, says here. Ever since that story came out, we’ve been…
We always felt bad for then-Mavs coach Gar Heard, who deserved better than to coach an 11-win team–and get replaced by Quinn Buckner. In you case you were too distraught over Drew Bledsoe’s departure or the current bad karma of Mercury to notice, your Dallas Mavericks won their 14th consecutive…
Michael Young will probably be a Ranger for life. Poor rich guy… Sorry I’m late to the birthday bash. Seems my mouse, a Trojan horse and my hard drive were waging civil war and…anyway, if you’re getting me a belated gift, do not — I repeat, do not — get…
This shit’s crazier than Martin Scorsese’s eyebrows. I mean, there is a pre-game show, albeit hosted by failed Roy Firestone successor Chris Connelly. No. 1 Lakers fan Jack Nicholson is in the crowd alongside Sports Illustrated cover girl Beyoncé. And hostess Ellen DeGeneres seems to be wearing Michael Irvin’s garish…
That’s what Radar Online is reporting, so we’re taking it with a pillar of salt. Nonetheless, says here that “the tech entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner is set to offer $625 million to buy the Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co., according to a source familiar with the matter. ‘Mark is…
As Robert points out a couple clicks down, there’s plenty blame to go around for the Cotton Bowl leaving Dallas, which became official this afternoon. But there shouldn’t be one iota of surprise that it has come to this: The stadium is old, the game is tired, and lethargic city…
We’re not sure what’s worse: getting traded to the 22-win Hawks or having to wear their godawful unis. A toss-up, seems like. One day you’re getting your finger sized for a championship ring; the next, you’re on a plane headed down the standings into the lottery. Anthony Johnson, traded from…
This ain’t no Craigslist (oh, how we wish), but after the jump, a British scribe writing a book about Manchester United has an intriguing request for help. And, amazingly, it concerns my favorite soccer team ever: the Dallas Tornado. (Side note: Former Manchester United goalkeeper, Alex Stepney, played for Dallas…
Assorted notes, quotes and anecdotes from a Thursday night at American Airlines Center that ended in a Mavs blowout win over the Miami Heat, an effortless season sweep and this sobering thought: How the hell did we lose to that team in The Finals? Playing against a marquee opponent in…
Richie doesn’t believe Dwyane Wade’s injury is real, but he does believe Minnie Mouse is a highly undervalued hottie. Ah-ha! Turns out karma is indeed a bitch. And, apparently, part German. Less than 24 hours before Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was to show his mug in Dallas to face…
Hmm, let’s see. How shall I put this? Delicately? Politically correct? Or, better yet, just say it like it needs to be said: Dwyane Wade, shut the fuck up! Since karma is indeed a basketball junkie, the Miami Heat guard with the misplaced “y” in his name and the misguided…
Jim Sundberg will always be our fave Rangers catcher. Pudge who? Yeah, you heard us. You’d think with three of baseball’s all-time 50 greatest fielders having passed through Arlington, the Rangers would’ve won something by now. Using that line of thinking, seems Dane Cook would’ve told a funny by now…
Somewhere in this picture, Andre Gurode’s having his face stomped on by Albert Haynesworth. Andre would love for you to ask him about that tonight. I know, let’s give up football for Lent. (Psst, since the NFL draft isn’t until April 28, we won’t miss a thing.) Luckily for us,…
The greatness of Mel Renfro will be at a McKinney Ave. lunch today highlighting the problems facing pro football’s old-timers. Dead presidents? Hardly. On this most special of days, when we take time to remember and celebrate the men whose talents helped shaped our lives and whose posters help cover…
So, would you exchange your current job for, let’s say, immortality? Not exactly the deal on Michael Irvin’s table, but according to the New York Post, the recent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee may be on the way out the ESPN door. According to the article — OK, more…
Herb Adderley, a former Cowboys great, is suing the players’ union for licensing fees. Herb Adderley’s in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a Green Bay Packer; appropriate, as he was the Packers’ first-round draft pick in 1961. But he ended his career as a Dallas Cowboy, playing cornerback…
Four minutes. That’s how long it took new Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips to accomplish what his predecessor couldn’t in four years. Namely, make us all feel comfortable. Relaxed. Like we’re somehow connected, if not on the same team. “Feels good to have these cowboy boots back in Texas,”…
