One of the easiest lines to draw between eras of sports history is before and after free agency in each of the U.S.’ four major leagues. Before free agency, players were stuck with the team that drafted them or signed them out of high school until they retired, were traded…
At some point far into the future, it’s possible that a Dallas Maverick will mean as much to the franchise, and to the city of Dallas, as Dirk Nowitzki. It’s possible, in the same way that it’s possible that Dak Prescott could finish his career with more Super Bowls than…
Dallas Cowboys legend and NFL Hall-of-Famer Emmitt Smith announced Tuesday that he’s leaving the real estate brokerage he helped start in order to start — get this — a new real estate company. Four years ago, Smith founded E Smith Realty Partners with partners Sharon Morrison and Brant Landry. Landry left the…
It’s that time of year again. Early July brings with it one of the deepest lulls on the sports calendar — the days surrounding the MLB All-Star Game are the most barren of the year for sports fans. The only relief is ESPN revealing the athletes they chose for their…
After the Dallas Mavericks’ worst season in 19 years, the team had a top 10 pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night. The Mavericks didn’t get cute with their selection, either, opting to stay at No. 9 and select the best player available rather than trading their pick, as…
On Wednesday Jerry Jones met the Pope. He was one of a group of NFL Hall of Famers who met Pope Francis in what the Pro Football Hall of Fame is calling The Vatican Huddle. The photos and social media coments are vintage Jones. “Teamwork, fair play and the pursuit of…
For a variety of reasons, Major League Baseball’s annual draft takes place with considerably less fanfare than those of the country’s three other major sports leagues. While the NFL, NBA and NHL drafts are offseason showcases, MLB’s takes place with little pomp and ceremony every June, with picks announced as…
The Rangers made a move Friday afternoon that would’ve been unthinkable at the beginning of the season. The team, reeling from the effects of seven losses in nine games, elected to designate Sam Dyson, one of the cornerstones of the team’s 2015 and 2016 division championships, for assignment, giving it…
On Tuesday afternoon — two months before training camp — the Dallas Cowboys 2017 defense suffered a huge blow. The NFL has suspended David Irving, perhaps the Cowboys’ most physically gifted pass rusher, for the first four games of the upcoming season. Irving, according to the league, violated the NFL’s…
One of the more telling sets of numbers that comes out before any given NFL season is the list of expected win totals for each NFL team set by, as Brent Musberger calls them, our “friends in the desert” in Las Vegas. This year, most sports books have elected to set…
Tony Romo finally won something. On Wednesday, he’ll get his thanks from the Texas Legislature, which will honor the old gunslinger with House Resolution 1464. The resolution, sponsored by Laredo House Representative Richard Raymond, and co-sponsored by local Reps Jeff Leach, Jason Villalba, Matt Krause and Victoria Neave, praises Romo for…
Heading into the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday, the Cowboys faced a simple yet daunting task: rebuilding their defense. Between the Cowboys devastating playoff loss to the Packers on January 15 and the beginning of the draft, seven members of the Cowboys 2016 defense caused gaping holes…
No matter what happens over the next three days, the Dallas Cowboys 2017 NFL Draft will not be better than the team’s 2016 draft. Last year, the Cowboys picked up a game-breaking running back in the first round (Ezekiel Elliott), a franchise quarterback (Dak Prescott) in the fourth round and…
“Sorry I’m sweaty,” Mark Cuban says, shaking hands with the ESPN China correspondents waiting for him outside the Mavericks locker room at American Airlines Center. He’s wearing shorts and a sleeveless shirt, just minutes removed from the stair machine he habitually exercises on while taking pregame questions from basketball beat reporters. The two-person…
If the Rangers finish the season behind a competitor by a single game, Sunday’s outing in Seattle against the Mariners will lilt be one fans will wish they had to do over. Somehow, in the span of four hours at Safeco Field, the Rangers managed to cough up both a…
Over the past week to week and a half, as the Rangers have muddled their way through the first nine games of the 2017 season, a sense of despair has settled in among some of the team’s less faithful. Despite the fact that the team hasn’t even played at home,…
Turns out, New Year’s Day against the Eagles wasn’t former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo’s last day in a Dallas sports uniform. On Tuesday the Mavericks made Romo point guard for a day, allowing him to take part in the team’s morning shoot-around, as well as layup lines before the…
According to reports from ESPN’s Adam Schefter and several Cowboys’ beat reporters, Tony Romo’s separation saga is over. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, held in limbo for almost a month following the team’s decision to hold onto his rights in order to pursue a trade after deciding to release him, will…
The Rangers begin their 2017 regular season Monday night. That’s a good thing. After bowing out of the 2016 playoffs in the minimum three games to the Blue Jays, the 2016-17 offseason, thanks in no small part to the World Baseball Classic, has been interminable. Now, finally, after nearly six…
For most of the afternoon Friday, Southern Methodist University’s men’s basketball team looked on par with the 2016-2017 season; in other words, one of the very best teams in the United States. Led by star wing Semi Ojeleye and athleticism, the Mustangs leveraged into a 53-43 lead with 11:36 remaining…
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is in trouble again after video surfaced Monday of his pawing and exposing a woman’s breast during Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dallas. There are two videos, both obtained by TMZ. One shows Elliott exposing a woman’s left breast after the woman points…
SMU’s men basketball team won Sunday. It wasn’t a surprise. The Mustangs’ win over Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference Tournament final is their 30th this year and 16th in a row. With the win, they are officially guaranteed a berth in the NCAA Tournament that was already a foregone…
