Before I serve as an honorary pit crew member on his NASCAR team Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart gives me a word of advice. “Most importantly,” he jokes, “don’t get killed.” My retort? “And you don’t run out of gas.” Somehow I live up to my end…
Dear San Antonio Spurs,Eff you.Sincerely,Dallas Mavericks With a chance to beat the reeling Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night and go a long way toward securing the No. 2 seed in the NBA’s Western Conference Playoffs for the Mavericks, the Spurs decided to rest stars Tony Parker, Manu Ginobli and Tim Duncan…
If the Dallas Cowboys have a training camp this summer, they’ll spend it in San Antonio’s Alamodome. That’s great news for critics who reasoned that last year’s 1-7 start that got head coach Wade Phillips fired was a product of a marketing campaign of a preseason that saw them play…
Not that we care too much, considering the Mavericks are on the verge of the playoffs and the Rangers are in panic mode, but I’m not exactly sure why the Dallas Stars fired head coach Marc Crawford yesterday. Did the Stars underachieve in 2010-11? They amassed 95 points and were in playoff…
Speaking of disputes between Texas Rangers ownership past and present …Courthouse News has the lengthy lawsuit filed Monday in Tarrant County District Court, in which the current ownership team (Rangers Baseball Express) is suing the former owner (Tom Hicks’s Ballpark Real Estate) over 11,679 parking spaces around the Ballpark in…
10. With Josh Hamilton it’s always when, not if. And now you know why a lot of us were cringing and complaining when we saw him sliding on the rain-delay tarp in Baltimore last Friday night. He’s one of the best players in baseball, but also one of the most…
There’s a 3 p.m. presser scheduled with local media members. Till then, this and only this is all the Dallas Stars’ front office has to say about the immediate adios of head coach Marc Crawford, who yet again couldn’t get his team to the post-season:Head Coach Marc Crawford Relieved Of…
While the NFL lockout storms toward mediation, the Dallas Cowboys are proceeding with business as usual.At least when it comes to business. Season-ticket holders this month were mailed invoices for the 2011 season, requiring balances paid in full by May 1. The bill comes with a caveat, of course: “In the unlikely event…
Jason Terry is lying. Watched Mavs 98, Rockets 91 last night at a local watering hole in McKinney’s downtown square, and it’s obvious that he thought the score was tied when he stepped to the free-throw line with 1.5 seconds left in regulation. Problem: It wasn’t. Dallas actually trailed by…
The Rangers are 9-1, their best start in franchise history. They’ve outscored their opponents a ridiculous 60-26. They’ve beaten the aces of Boston (Jon Lester), Seattle (Felix Hernandez) and now Detroit (Justin Verlander). They’re hitting homers, getting immaculate starting pitching and winning despite slow starts by sluggers Adrian Beltre (who’s…
The bad news: Tony Stewart had a pit-road collision, was dinged for speeding and ran out of gas during Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. The good news: Somehow he still managed to finish 12th. The better news: I had very little to do with any part of…
Two more homers. Another win, this one 3-0 over the Baltimore Orioles. Three consecutive series victories. Everything, it seems, is going boffo for the Rangers. With 18 dingers, 58 runs, splendid starting pitching and an 8-1 record, they are both the talk of baseball and the best team in the sport…
So who crumbled worse Sunday: Rory McIlroy at Augusta or your Dallas Stars in Minnesota? Hours after McIlroy ruined a four-shot lead with an 80 at The Masters, the hockey team fanned on a tap-in and missed the NHL Playoffs. After the Chicago Blackhawks lost at home to Detroit earlier…
One day, perhaps later than sooner, there will be a resolution over how much, if anything, Tom Hicks or the present owners of the Texas Rangers owe over that failed Glorypark development that was to have been built next to the Ballpark in Arlington. But for now, that case remains…
As you guys have probably figured out, I’m not a big fan of NASCAR the sport. But I dig NASCAR the scene. During this weekend’s annual spring visit to Fort Worth — capped by Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 — there will be female roller derby, pig races, white trash, blue…
The weather. The ring ceremony. The attendance. And oh, by the way, the results.When the Rangers beat reigning AL Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez 7-3 yesterday, it capped the perfect start to their encore season.They’re now 6-0, joining the Cincinnati Reds as the only undefeated teams in baseball. Texas has…
Remember waaaay back when the Mavericks were salivating over somehow catching the Spurs for the best record in the NBA’s Western Conference and homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs? Don’t look now, but after last night’s home loss, the goal is to somehow hold onto third place.Or is it?A four-game losing…
Whether his angle is salient or not, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban isn’t afraid to talk. And it seems veteran guard Jason Terry is popping off every other week about the Mavs catching the Spurs or having the best bench in the NBA or something else equally daft. But, as…
Long ago I used to run into Eric Nadel — The Voice of Your Texas Rangers — all the time in the music section of the Borders in Preston Royal, which should tell you how long ago that was. First time I saw him, I’ll never forget, he was schlepping…
I don’t trust Mark Lowe. Mason Tobin doesn’t yet belong on a Major League mound. And Julio Borbon makes me a little nervous in center field.But that’s it, the extent of my minuscule Texas Rangers concerns through five games. 5-0, headed to 6-0 and beyond?Reigning AL Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez…
And you thought I was actually going to blab about women’s basketball? Okay, here goes: Texas A&M beat Notre Dame for the National Championship last night. Love coach Gary Blair, who cut his coaching teeth at South Oak Cliff High School. But, let’s be honest, their star player — Danielle…
Well, it seems like it. If you’re counting at home — and I know you are — after last night’s 6-4 win over the Seattle Mariners, that’s 13 homers in 32 innings for the Rangers. At this rate they’ll … man I’m really bad at math be really hard to…
