Only 19 days until the Cowboys kick off the 2011 NFL season against the New York Jets at Meadowlands Stadium. Even more imminent, a week from today Dallas will trim its roster down from 90 to 75. By September 3, we’ll be down to the final 53. After two weeks in San…
Sure, let’s get greedy. In June, Mavericks fans were presented with a utopian climax: Sweep the hated Lakers and then rally to beat the even-more-despised Dwyane Wade and the Heat in the NBA Finals behind an MVP performance from long underrated, underappreciated star Dirk Nowitzki. I’ve pretty much given up…
I’m not going to argue the merits of Charles Haley’s football career. As one of the most fierce pass-rushers of his era, he won five Super Bowl rings. The dude belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, just not the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor. Here’s why: Simple, he’s not one of…
What started so promising … ended with a whimper. The Rangers won the first six games of the 10-game road trip. Late last Thursday night they were three outs from an eight-game lead in the AL West. Then Mark Trumbo took Mike Adams deep, Texas’ offense evaporated in Chicago and,…
[jump] 5. Talked to head coach Jason Garrett in the locker room about Tony Romo’s interception. Sure enough, it was half-bad read (he thought Eric Weddle was latching onto Bryant and not Kevin Ogletree) and half-bad throw (too flat to get over the safety). 4. Bryant dropped a first down…
If you’ve got little to do this morning, and you missed it the first time ’round in the fall of ’09, might I suggest you spend a little time with “The Consummation of Dirk,” penned by Jonathan Callahan, an American living in Japan. “Batshit insane,” declared Deadspin upon its mysterious…
Jerry Jones has scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference here at Cowboys Stadium. As I’ve said all along, Drew Pearson is in. Question is, will he have company? Larry Allen, you still in town? Pretty sure he is. Four chairs up on the stage for the presser…
Is Felix Jones the man? Or just the man until DeMarco Murray becomes the man? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said this week on his weekly radio show that he considers the fourth-year running back one of the keys to Dallas’ season. “I expect Felix to have a really good season,” Jones…
Seven games up with 38 games remaining. Magic number down to 32 (smallest in baseball along with the Brewers and Phillies). Three of the first four in the bag already in Anaheim, with a chance to sweep tonight. For those of us who make a living bitchin’ and moanin’ about…
A Texas A&M Aggie, a Texas Longhorn and an SMU Mustang are handed blindfolds and cigarettes. Asked for their last words, the Longhorn attempts to distract the firing squad by screaming “Earthquake!” The Mustang yells “Tornado!” Shrieks the Aggie, “Fire!” Here’s all you need to know about the nauseating jealousy…
I’m sure the theme of the backlash toward Tony Romo in the wake of this interview will be a continuation of the ridiculous “real men don’t wear their hats backward” bullshit. But even as a staunch backward-cap guy myself, I must admit that hide-‘n-seek at a bachelor party in West Virginia seems pretty…
It’s August. But after watching the Rangers clobber the second-place Angels the last two nights it sure feels like October. As in, the West is all but won. On to the playoffs already. For the second consecutive night the Rangers’ offense pounced on an overwhelmed Anaheim starter and staff. Monday night…
10. Backup quarterback Jon Kitna didn’t practice for a second consecutive day on Tuesday because of a sore back yesterday. Move along, nothing to see here. (Fingers crossed.) 9. Owner Jerry Jones thinks running back Felix Jones is the key to the season: “If he’s real good, we’ll be real…
I appreciate what the Rangers are trying to do with the announcement of a Shannon Stone statue at the Ballpark in Arlington. By all accounts he was a great guy and a good dad and loyal firefighter who simply made a questionable decision that turned fateful on July 7. I…
10. Eerie. On July 19 the red-hot Rangers went into Anaheim with a 4-game lead and — with Alexi Ogando on the mound — got back-to-back homers (from Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre) in a series-opening rout. And on August 15 the red-hot Rangers went into Anaheim with a 4-game…
The July 7 death of Shannon Stone at the Ballpark in Arlington continues to impact the Texas Rangers, who moments ago announced that a statue will be commissioned by the ball club to pay homage to the 39-year-old Brownwood firefighter. According to the release from club spokesman John Blake, the…
We know one of these days in the next two weeks Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is going to call a press conference at which he’ll announce his intent to induct former receiver Drew Pearson into the team’s Ring of Honor. Good. Not a more deserving candidate. But … not so fast?…
Like a lot of Aggie traditions, how is their nonsensical, yet sacred War Hymn going to sound in the SEC? Good bye to Texas University; So long to the orange and white Imagine the curious looks in Florida’s Swamp when the Aggies, trailing 42-7 in the third quarter, start singing about about…
We know the Rangers are better than the crappy Mariners and A’s. Now can they put away the AL West’s second-best team, the Angels? Fresh off a sweep in Oakland that improved them to 19-7 against the division’s two cellar-dwellers, the Rangers tonight can begin winning the West. But, come to…
Whether you’ve reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Just stop it with the calls for Stephen McGee to get more playing time, or even be elevated to No. 2. Watch the game. He’s horrible. He can overcome sloppy footwork,…
10. When could you tell it was preseason? Late in the first half Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow scrambled across field, broke two tackles and eventually threw a pass down to Dallas’ 5. However, there were three — count ’em three — penalties on Denver. On the play safety Danny McCray injured his…
The grand ol’ Southwest Conference lived to be 80. The Big 12 Conference may die a teenager.Only 17 and just a year removed from turmoil that left it with just 10 teams but supposedly unity and cohesion, the conference is again this morning reeling with the news that Texas A&M…
