The Cowboys’ 27-7 pasting at the hands of the Seahawks was about as brutal as the final score indicates. From the opening kickoff (literally!), Seattle simply played with a level of physicality that the Cowboys could not match. Every Dallas ball carrier was getting plowed, while Seahawks running back/prehistoric torture…
David Sierra isn’t quite sure why the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department stopped allowing hunting in Dallas County. He’s not even sure when. He’s only been the agency’s director of Region 5, which includes Dallas, for 21 years, after all. He does know that, come September 29, you’ll be able…
It nearly broke the internet last week when, during the Cowboys-Giants game, cameras caught what appeared to be Jerry Jones’ manservant dutifully cleaning his boss’ glasses. The manservant turned out to be Jones’ son-in-law, Shy Anderson, who immediately saw a way to parlay his brief moment in the spotlight into…
Sean Payton is cooling his heels at his home in Westlake while he takes an NFL-mandated break from coaching the New Orleans Saints, but as Deadspin notes, he’s not banned from all football. In an interview last week, Payton, suspended for the year for his role in the NFL’s latest…
With the start of the NFL season this week, Forbes has been in something of a football-list-making frenzy. We were reminded, for example, that Drew Brees is the league’s highest-paid player and that you’re very own Dallas Cowboys is the most valuable team in football. This afternoon, Forbes gave America’s…
What a win for the good guys. The Bi-Ringed Mouth Breather from the Bayou finally got his comeuppance, Tony Romo executed like a champ when it mattered, DeMarco Murray was DeMarco Murray, and the defense held up its end of the bargain by keeping the Giants’ offense at bay much…
With the NFL season set to kick off with tonight’s Cowboys-Giants matchup in New York, it’s easy to be distracted by debates about who has the better team or who will score the most points and lose focus of what really matters in professional football: money. By that measure –…
If you watch a Rangers game on TV for more than about five minutes, you’re bound to encounter manager Ron Washington telling you wonderful things about Ace Cash Express. If you can ignore the glare from Washington’s shiny pate — he often appears sans baseball cap, even though he is…
Lance Armstrong’s decision last week to stop fighting the doping charges leveled against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wasn’t an admission of guilt, though it sure seemed that way: The next day was the deadline for contesting USADA’s evidence at an open hearing complete with a parade of witnesses…
I’ve never played fantasy football. I like to catch a Cowboys game from time to time, but actually joining a league and drafting players and obsessively tracking them throughout the season seems like a lot of work and not a lot of fun. So I’d never really wondered or cared…
Justin Bitner is a local freelance writer. He last wrote for the Observer about FC Dallas. Oh, and sandwiches. As expected, the starters were firmly entrenched on the sidelines last night, having no intention of taking the field until postgame bro-hugs. The third and fourth deep, though, had to give…
Jerry Jones owns the Dallas Cowboys. He also really likes/has an endorsement deal with Papa John’s. That goes some ways in explaining the existence of the above video, titled “Hip Hop Jerry,” in which Jones proclaims his love for the pizza chain via a rap song. It’s about what you’d…
Somewhere deep in your blackened heart you’re rooting for Dez Bryant. Like a lot of his colleagues, his childhood was packed with a miniseries’ worth of drama and heartbreak, in and out of homes while his mom peddled crack. Then came the leaches, both men and institutions ready to exploit…
Update at 10:55 a.m.: It’s now officially official. The USADA has formally instituted a lifetime ban against Armstrong and erasing all competitive results since Aug. 1, 1999. That includes his seven Tour victories. From the USADA’s statement: Numerous witnesses provided evidence to USADA based on personal knowledge acquired, either through…
Arlington Grace Prep Academy has established itself as a basketball powerhouse of late, rolling easily last year to its second consecutive TAPPS state title. But the team looks like it might have trouble making it a three-peat, not only because 7-foo-1 center Isaiah Austin and Jelon Hornbeak are off to…
In the heady days of early 2007, then-Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks added another major sports franchise to his portfolio with the £435 million purchase of Liverpool F.C. He and his partner, George Gillett, promised to deliver grand things, first-and-foremost a brand-new stadium, but what they did…
Both my parents went to SMU, and I even went to a few sporting events growing up. But I claim total ignorance of SMU’s apparently proud tailgating tradition. Er, I mean Boulevarding tradition. Either way, the school does it well, according to Southern Living, which ranked SMU as one of…
In March, with the U.S. playing El Salvador for a spot in the London Olympics, Brek Shea coughed up the ball late in the game, setting up a game-tying goal that cost his team a trip to London. He wasn’t called back up to the national team, marking, as Greg…
At some point last week, the Dallas Cowboys surpassed five million “likes” on Facebook. They’re the first NFL franchise to hit the mark, which I suppose is worthy of a Tweet, or maybe a Facebook post. But during Garrett’s daily press conference on Friday, Cowboys beat writers, apparently out of…
It was uncomfortably warm inside the Maple Avenue Boxing Gym on Friday afternoon, and the air wasn’t moving despite the industrial-sized fan rattling loudly in a corner. No one noticed. They didn’t pay any mind either to the bags hanging motionless from the ceiling or the or the TV news…
Some consider Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest cricketer of all time. For others, it’s Sir Donald Bradman. But for my money, none can hold a candle to Sunil Gavaskar. As an opening batsmen, no one came close. There’s a reason he set world records for the most Test runs and…
What a week for Your Texas Rangers. Nolan Ryan and Ron Washington took turns publicly ripping Josh Hamilton for the alarming lack of discipline he’s displayed at the plate, increasing the likelihood that he’ll be headed elsewhere this offseason. Fans booed the slumping slugger at home for the first time…
