We head into 2007 knowing this much: Bobby Knight still doesn’t have the record, SMU still doesn’t have legitimacy, the Texas Rangers still don’t have a free-agent star and, most inexplicably, the Mavericks still don’t have respect. Even after last year’s glorious run to an almost-championship. Even after last night’s…
You know who we’re sick of watching? Roy Williams, shown here, as usual, chasing a guy with the ball. Look, it can’t all be T.O.’s fault. A big part, most def. If the Cowboys paid Owens for every touchdown (12) and Owens paid the Cowboys for every drop (14), heading…
A couple of months ago there was that New York Times story about Bill Parcells, in which the Cowboys’ coach was depicted as a guy who was just kinda, well, pathetic — a man who lives alone in what amounts to an Irving hotel room with little more than a…
Wait…how much is the city gonna spend on refurbishing the Cotton Bowl? Yeah. That’s an awesome idea. Psssst. Hey, buddy, wanna buy some watches? No? OK then, how about a sweet deal on some Cotton Bowl tickets? I know, I know — Nebraska vs. Auburn doesn’t exactly hit close to…
The Rangers offered Barry Zito $80 million. He said, “Thanks, but no thanks.” Surprise, surprise, surprise. T.R. Sullivan, former Rangers beat writer for the Startlegram, is reporting over at MLB.com that Barry Zito, the Oakland Athletics pitcher Texas was wooing, has opted to go elsewhere. Sullivan’s been told that Zito…
Josh Howard is a big part of the Mavs’ early-season success. Must be his magic headband. Remember earlier in 2006 when a certain local basketball team started 0-4 and a certain local sports columnist cautioned fans not to panic? You’re welcome. In case you’ve been too busy riding the Cowboys’…
T.O. must go. Because the only justification for stomaching Terrell Owens is a championship. And, after another egregious home loss in which their egocentric receiver dropped another key pass, the Dallas Cowboys aren’t going to win the Super Bowl. Selling your soul to Beelzebub for an NFL title is a…
Adios, John Danks, we hardly knew ya. No, seriously. We don’t even know if this is a picture of John Danks. We’re just taking a shot in the dark here. I’d swear during baseball’s winter meetings earlier this month I heard Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels say something to…
Till yesterday, I was going to suggest you visit these folks to fill any post-Christmas gift needs you might have missed; nothing says ho-ho-homer better than a “Romosexual” T-shirt. But after yesterday, no way does that seem like a good idea. The Cowboys QB played like the big-league rookie he…
Bill Parcells takes the blame for last night’s loss to the Eagles. Takes a big man — a very big man. Lemme see…nope, not there. Um, not there either. Maybe…uh-unh. Look for a shred of positivity from yesterday’s game at Texas Stadium, and you’ll come up emptier than Terry Hornbuckle’s…
Saw Matt Pinto’s Dallas Mavs-L.A. Clippers preview and noticed this listed among Pinto’s “Five Things to Know About the Dallas Mavericks”: “Rapper Joe Budden mentioned Josh Howard’s error in Game 5 of the 2006 NBA Finals in the remix of Gnarls Barkley’s ‘Crazy.'” News to me, but, yup, he’s right;…
Matt Doherty’s turning the Mustanks back into the Mustangs. Is it the holiday yet? Can we go home? First, a fancy library. Now, a legit basketball program? As Grandpa Bill Parcells says, it’s not time to get out the anointing oil just yet. But first-year head coach Matt Doherty at…
Don’t know about you, but there’s one former Dallas coach I miss more than any other: Ken Hitchcock, ex of Your Dallas Stars. And, from an interview he gives in a forthcoming issue of Canadian general-interest mag Macleans, it would seem Hitch also misses Dallas — at least, those glory…
This is Desmond Howard before his brain fell out of his head. Where’s the helmet when you need it? I take it back. Female sideline reporters are not the biggest wastes of time on TV. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Desmond Howard. Yes, that one. Won the Heisman…
Suhhhhhnnnaaaap! With a bold, brilliant pop of its fingers, the University of North Texas placed its football program in good hands. Great hands. Skilled, innovative, virtuoso hands. Todd Dodge’s hands. “I believe we can win, win consistently and win big here,” Dodge said to a beaming, buzzing Mean Green Athletic…
Amos Lee is playing the NHL All-Star game at the AAC? There’s one more reason not to like hockey right there. Robert Randolph and The Family Band? The Wreckers? The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus? If your name isn’t Robert Wilonsky, stop me when you’ve heard of one. Amos Lee? Mary McBride?…
Who knew the Dallas Cowboys helmet actually features the star of Bethlehem? It was almost two years ago that Sports Illustrated’s Steve Rushin first wrote about then-14-year-old Tyler Kessler, whose life pretty much consisted of chemotherapy to treat his cancer and kidney dialysis necessary because his kidneys were failing. Tyler…
Tony Romo’s in the Pro Bowl, along with QBs Drew Brees and Marc Bulger. That’s a sack lunch for ya. If you saw this day coming, you’re clairvoyant. And you should’ve cashed in. Tony Romo’s remarkable emergence was validated today as the quarterback was one of four Dallas Cowboys named…
I do believe the NFL’s due to announce its Pro Bowl roster shortly; Richie will chime in at the appropriate moment. Till then, here’s this football related nugget from north of the border, where the cold air apparently does strange things to people. Dig this: Terrell Owens had the best-selling…
And, I’ll give you one guess who lobbed the loogie in Saturday’s Cowboys-Falcons game. Yep. Your hero and mine: Terrell Owens. I should be applauding Dallas’ gritty victory in Atlanta, acknowledging the Cowboys’ clinching of a playoff berth and previewing the Christmas Day showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles that will…
Just in case you somehow managed to miss all the coverage of the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington this week, here’s perhaps the best perspective yet: a silent video prepared by the Dallas Cowboys and HKS Architects and provided by the folks at Cowboys Football. It’s kind of like…
Quick guess: Is this moment the happiest in Jerry Jones’ life or, uh, not so much? This just in: Terrell Owens admits he isn’t Superman. Yathink? Gawd. If you’re not going to Saturday’s titanic Southlake Carroll-Allen High School semifinal at Texas Stadium or eschewing mainstream menus and taking in America’s…
