The new/interim head coach of the Dallas Cowboys made some changes on his first day in charge at Valley Ranch. Mostly, players were met by this message — in all caps, and in red — on the daily grease board when they arrived: FULL PADS. “I was like ‘Whoa’,” says linebacker DeMarcus Ware. “That…
When he left in 2000 his going-away party was thrown at Sipango, because the guy with the red hair would never venture into the “white house.” When he returned in 2007 he was a 40-year-old virgin who’d never called, much less crafted, a playbook. And now—in a crazy, capricious 2010—he’s…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback ratings. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings — if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here — the…
After talking with a couple embedded folks I trust out at Valley Ranch, this is how I see it all going down: The next permanent head coach of the Dallas Cowboys will come from one of four corners. Owner Jerry Jones is as conflicted, confused and confounded as at any time…
I thought Elvis Andrus got ripped off last year when he didn’t win American League Rookie of the Year. But it’s nothing compared to the travesty of him not winning a Gold Glove yesterday. Think of it this way: With your life at stake and a grounder hit in the hole,…
Clips from Josh Hamilton’s Interview with Dr. Robert Jeffress from First Dallas on Vimeo.Josh Hamilton, who is second, was First Baptist Dallas’s special guest speaker this weekend. The result is the Q&A above, in which the Rangers’ center fielder talks about getting this close to a title, how he got…
10. Jerry Jones wants tangible improvements. Is that simply Jason getting the Cowboys to play harder? Or does he need to go 3-5 down the stretch? Either way, you can bet Bill Cowher’s number is handy. 9. Garrett played behind Troy Aikman and was coached by Norv Turner and Sean…
Can’t remember the last time Erick Dampier had 12 points on perfect shooting and 13 rebounds in a win over an elite opponent. I’m sure it happened, but not nearly enough. That’s why, in part, Dampier was traded in the off-season for Tyson Chandler. The positive effects for the Dallas…
10. Good to the last drop, hours after being fired Monday, Wade showed up at Cowboys Stadium for a previously scheduled charity event. He’s a better man than me for dang sure. 9. Lose some games? Jerry Jones has been down that road. But lose gobs of TV viewers? Heads…
Back in April we ran that Dirk Nowitzki film festival alluded to in the headline. Cute stuff, especially Dirk as The Dude. Tonight at the AAC, when Your Dallas Mavericks take on the Shaq-less Boston Celtics, debuts another addition to the filmography starring Dirk as Steve Martin as The Jerk…
Dallas Cowboys players at Valley Ranch have been told today that head coach Wade Phillips has been fired…
Wild weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. I saw girls in checkered-flag bikinis, monkeys selling programs, a rare pit-crew substitution and even a NASCAR fight. Delicious…
A year ago the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles bowed the do-it-yourself personalized-plates-maker known as MyPlates, and only a few weeks it rolled out some proposed plates that include one for Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. Well, just this morning MyPlates sent word that it’s introducing two new Dallas…
10. As of now, Wade Phillips has his regularly scheduled press conference today at 4 p.m. from Valley Ranch. But stay tuned. 9. Nose tackle Jay Ratliff vomited near the bench in the fourth quarter. Fans beat him to it hours earlier. 8. Seven points. Four turnovers. A 38-point defeat…
No doubt it’ll return; hell, maybe you can see it now. But I just went to look for something on the team’s official website and instead came up with what you see above, courtesy Network Solutions. WhoIs.Net shows it expired November 3, and that it was updated only today. When…
10. First play of the game in College Station, Oklahoma snapped the ball over quarterback Landry Jones’ head and out of the end zone for safety. Iconic Aggie radio voice Dave South’s peculiar call: “Touchback, Aggies!” What the what? 9. For a supposedly dumbass coach, LSU’s Les Miles sure gets…
Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels and skipper Ron Washington hopped on a conference call late this afternoon to discuss Wash’s two-year contract extension — “a formality as much as anything,” as Daniels put it. The general manager said it was “clearly the first order of business” in the post-season, “making…
For the last month we’ve all been – gladly, of course – buried up to here in the Texas Rangers. Don’t look now, but the other sports in our city didn’t shut down. Let’s play some catch up, shall we? FC DALLAS – In the Major League Soccer’s Western Conference…
Not yet ready to let go of the 2010 season, Your Texas Rangers held that rally Wednesday evening in the Ballpark’s parking lot. We dispatched Intern Conner Howell to cover the wingding, attended by the team’s owners, the about-to-be-contract-extended skipper, much of the starting line-up, Lil’ Wash and a guesstimated…
Witnessed lots of folks outside Rangers Ballpark last night who believe in their baseball team. The Rangers Rally was a warm hug on a chilly night and the theory goes like this: The present belongs to the San Francisco Giants, but the future belongs to the Texas Rangers. You buyin’ it?…
One of our sports teams is super. The other one sucks. One team has validated hope, lifted spirits, bonded communities, dispensed goose bumps and reminded us how great sports can be. The other team has us eschewing common courteous greetings for “FML.” One team won nine games in October, pushing…
There was a time — 12 years ago, say — when I could have named each man in this photo by sight. Even, at the far right in the middle row, PR man Jerry Doggett, ex of WRR and, after his stint in Dallas, the longtime voice of the Brooklyn…
