You hear that Josh Hamilton has been hospitalized with pneumonia and what’s the first thing you think? Yep, relapse. Can’t help it. A guy with that kind of history of drug abuse who fell violently and infamously off the wagon two years ago and who still can’t partake in a celebratory beer…
Marshawn Lynch’s amazing touchdown run last weekend got me to thinking about the best runs I’ve seen by a Dallas Cowboy. I found three, by three very different running backs. (Though none of them tops Earl Campbell’s doozy.)…
Texas Rangers – Jim Thome. The left-handed slugging free agent would, I assume, join Michael Young for a righty-lefty platoon designated hitter. I know Thome is a sexy name with some pop left in his bat, just not real sure where he fits in. Dallas Mavericks – Dirk Nowitzki. The signing…
10. Cam Newton = Overrated. I take it back. He ain’t better than Vince Young was at Texas. 9. Sure he’s corny at times, but I love me some “Big Game” Brent Musburger. 8. Props to Auburn coach Gene Chizik for running a play to wind the clock down and…
Carmelo Anthony Sasha Pavlovic. The former first-round draft pick of the Utah Jazz is far from the answer for the reeling Dallas Mavericks. He’ll likely just get a shot via a 10-day contract after the team last week cut role player Steve Novak. Word today is that if the New Jersey…
A year ago I was correctly predicting Alabama over Texas in college football’s national championship game. In tonight’s Oregon-Auburn clash my heart says Ducks but my head says no way the Tigers don’t prevail. Why? 10. Oregon usually wins with its speed, but no conference is faster and more athletic than the SEC. 9…
After a wildly entertaining weekend of the NFL playoffs, the following will not be playing in Arlington on February 6: *Michael Vick *Peyton Manning *Who Dat?! *The Dallas-born Kansas City Chiefs Despite intriguing story lines being buried, that was some damn skippy football. Three wins by road teams and the 7-9…
An old friend of mine who has better things to do, like get his kid ready for a bar mitzvah tomorrow morning, just called to ask: Why are there Dallas police cars parked on every North Dallas Tollway overpass? He got on at Northwest Highway heading north to Plano, and…
When Vince Young singlehandedly beat USC in the 2005 BCS National Championship Game, he climaxed a sparkling college legacy and seemingly paved his way to NFL stardom. But with yesterday’s announcement by Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams that Young would be traded or released, Young officially became a bust. As…
So now that the Texas Rangers have a hitter (Adrian Beltre) and a pitcher (Brandon Webb), they’ve got one more important hole to fill this off-season: Television play-by-play voice. Remember just before Game 5 of the ALDS, the Rangers announced they weren’t bringing back nine-year veteran Josh Lewin. Not just saying…
Press conference at Cowboys Stadium will make it official at 1:30. Think he, like Wade Phillips did in 2007, will walk up to the podium and say, “Surprise, I’m here!”? …
On the short list of Dallas Cowboys’ highlights this season: Dez Bryant. Mat McBriar. And, yes, Jon Kitna. After not playing a single snap in 2009, there were concerns about Tony Romo’s 39-year-old backup. We all remember the disaster that was Brad Johnson. But after being pressed into duty after Romo’s October 25…
… except maybe knee surgery. Or a mild knee sprain. Or a broken foot. But other than that, nothing…
As we speculated on the night Cliff Lee agreed to his contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, the Texas Rangers shifted their offseason focus to Adrian Beltre in an attempt to mitigate losing Lee, signing the free agent third baseman to a six-year, $96 million contract. Team officials refused to release…
You’ve heard it. Hopefully you haven’t repeated it. It goes like this: (Spoken with a slow, twangy, red-necky, eternally frustrated drawwwwwl) “Jason Garrett sabotaged Wade Phillips. He didn’t start coaching all good ‘n stuff until he got Wade fired. On purpose!” While we breathlessly await a Valley Ranch press conference…
When Tony Romo broke his collarbone on October 25, the Dallas Cowboys’ season was kaput. When Caron Butler tore a tendon in his knee on January 1, it may not have ended the Dallas Mavericks’ season but certainly the bar has been lowered. What ended as such a promising 2010 has now given…
The race is on today. Which big announcement/press conference will arrive first: The Dallas Cowboys hiring Jason Garrett or the Texas Rangers signing Adrian Beltre? Let’s go with Beltre, as the free-agent third baseman and agent Scott Boras arrived in town last night and agreed to a five-year, $80 million contract…
So me and Charles Barkley call the Dallas Mavericks the best team in the NBA, but when I come back from vacation the whole thing’s in shambles. What the what?! I believe when I left they were 23-5 and had just completed a season sweep of the Miami Heat. Now? Entering tonight’s home…
You can say I botched my 2010 NFL prognostications. But you can’t say I ran and hid from my errors. There’s hope for me surviving this thing, as I have Big Ten Buffoonery dough coming in, tonight’s Megamillions jackpot is up to $330 million and I actually sneaked by with a profit…
Your Texas Rangers whiffed on Cliff Lee and Zack Greinke, instead settling for Brandon Webb and Arthur Rhodes. I don’t mind the signing of Webb because he’s another low-risk, high-reward guy. He only costs $3 million, and what if he – 18 months after a reconstructive shoulder surgery – returns…
Garrett Top. Unless of course, Jason Garrett pulls a Cliff Lee and spurns the metroplex. Make no mistake, the Dallas Cowboys’ interim head coach is suddenly a hot commodity as other NFL teams’ permanent head coach. In the wake of a 5-3 second half he has some real leverage now. How’s…
How about a nice round of applause for Sam Merten? Nice job, Sam. Splendid actually. Thank you. And with that … we now return to your regularly scheduled Sportatorium. 10. A year ago the Cowboys finished the regular season with a win over the Eagles. This year the Cowboys finished…
