Alex Rodriguez

The Whore's Return: Before the Rematch, A LeBron Hater Rekindles His Love of Dallas

​My relationship with Dallas before June 12, 2011, was tenuous. I got tattooed there with Dennis Rodman during the summer of 1994 and stayed for a week, but I was shit-faced the whole time. I visited for a few days during baseball's winter meetings in 2000, when A-Rod signed with the Texas Ran ... More >>

My Top 21 Texas Rangers in the History of Ever

​C.J. Wilson was superb in last night's much-needed win over Seattle. Pedro Strop is gone. Mark Lowe is back (uh-oh). Tommy Hunter and Nefali Feliz are getting close. And dazzling Cuban defector Leonys Martin is fast-tracking our way.In the middle of a very transitory Rangers season I was ... More >>

So, Matthew Morrison, Tony Romo and Erin Andrews Walk Into a Dinner Party ...

WireImage​No doubt you were too busy to attend last night's Super Bowl shindigs. So once more into the breach -- or WireImage, which has invites to all the best parties. Like, once more, the private Audi Forum dinner party at the Rachofsky House, where Glee's Matthew Morrison found himself amongst ... More >>

Whitt's End: 10.22.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End:*Roger Staubach to Tony Hill to beat the Redskins in '79. Alvin Harper running free against the 49ers to clinch the NFC Championship Game in '92. Dirk Nowitzki's long 3-pointer to secure Game 2 of ... More >>

About Last Night, The Texas Rangers Feel Really Bad About ... the Overpriced Parking Problem?

Rally towel or the white flag of surrender?​For seven innings, the guy wearing the Alex Rodriguez Texas Rangers jersey in Section 314 taunted the young man in the Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees jersey sitting but one row back. A lot of: "Yankees suck! Yankees suck!" And: "You're on steroids! You' ... More >>

Whitt's End: 10.15.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *There's probably some heart-over-head at work here, but I'm picking Rangers in 7. If Neftali Feliz doesn't blow a save and if the Rangers can avoid letting the Yankees' mystique force a mis ... More >>

Cowboys vs. Bears is ... Affordable?

​If you want to go to Sunday's Dallas Cowboys'  home opener against the Chicago Bears, good news: Over at StubHub there are more than 2,000 tickets available. And, get this, they are cheaper than 2009. The current average ticket price is $209, actually down from last year's $222. Pa ... More >>

Lookie Here, There Is a Silver Lining to the Texas Rangers' Bankruptcy

Here's hoping he never gets her or his money back.​Always said A-Rod was a tool. Now, according to the Texas Rangers' ongoing bankruptcy auction in Fort Worth, he's also an elevator. At least the New York Yankees' third baseman is aligning himself with a Kone Inc., an elevator company that ... More >>

An All-Star Game Tradition: The Rangers Make 'Fake-Baseball' News

​The Texas Rangers are frequently at their very best when real baseball is not being played. Last night's All-Star Game in Anaheim isn't "real baseball.'' In a sport where nothing much ever changes (I swear some of the Lords of Baseball would just as soon not have bothered getting the flannel u ... More >>

Everything the Texas Rangers Want You To Know About The Team's Bankruptcy In One Spot

When you're owed $25 million by a bankrupt ballclub, you get to sit at the head of the creditors' committee table.​I'm sitting here doing what I do every Saturday -- catching up on my Texas Rangers bankruptcy docs -- when I notice this buried in a hearing order filed by the court at week's end: "C ... More >>

'Roid Rage: Mark McGwire - Yawn - Apologizes to Baseball

​I guess the question at this point is, do you give a crap? About baseball players and their steroid use? During the 1998 Major League Baseball season I went to Houston a couple times as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to cover the magical home-run chase between the St. ... More >>

October = Baseball Bummer

​Seems like the Texas Rangers season ended months ago doesn't it? Don't look now, but the cool kids are still playing baseball. The League Championship Series start this week with Angels-Yankees and Dodgers-Phillies. According to national TV ratings, you're not looking at all - as Dallas/Fort ... More >>

One Last Time, With Feeling: A-Fraud

Before we hop onto the bandwagon of your first-place Texas Rangers, let me chunk one more rock at Alex Rodriguez. And myself. Back in 2004 - in the couple months between leaving the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and joining the Dallas Observer - I got word that A-Rod twice frequented the Dallas ... More >>

Batters' Uppers

DTC goes out on a juice run

Shropshire Still Reliving Seasons in Hell With Your Texas Rangers. Now, With Extra 'Roids!

My favorite sports book of all time is Mike Shropshire's Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and The Worst Baseball Team in History -- The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers. We excerpted the book in 1996, and Michael Hogue's original artwork accompanying the piece still hangs in my office -- tha ... More >>

Your Texas Rangers: The Steroid Sluggers

Wow.Part of the shrapnel from the *A-Roid bombshell: Not that it manifested itself in any sort of team success, but there's no denying that the Texas Rangers now have more big-name stars linked to performancing-enhancing drugs than any professional team this side of a European cycling club. R ... More >>

Rodriguez 'n Romo: Two Guys Who Don't Get It

After attending the Mavs' shootaround this morning and before heading back to American Airlines Center tonight for the showdown contest victory over the Sacramento Kings, I watched and re-watched this week's interviews with two of America's biggest sporting dufuses. Sorry, but Tony Romo and Ale ... More >>

*A-Roid

  In light of this weekend's (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I'll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athl ... More >>

Alex Rodriguez Would Like to Apologize to All Texas Rangers Fans. Awesome!

So says A-Roid -- that'll never get old, unlike this song called "A-Roid"  -- in an interview with Peter Gammons just posted on ESPN.com. But why, Alex, why?"When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day. Back ... More >>

Alex Rodriguez Wasn't Even "Tempted" to Juice. Except, This One Time, at Band Camp ...

In light of yesterday's revelations that Alex Rodriguez was juicing during his MVP tenure with Your Texas Rangers, a Friend of Unfair Park remind us of A-Roid's appearance on 60 Minutes at the end of '07, when he repeatedly told Katie Couric he'd never enhanced. Below, one video highlight among many ... More >>

God Bless America. And Sports.

Hump Day for the Rangers? Almost.

"Forget About Eli Manning When You and Jessica Are Tanning."

A-Rod? A-gain?

Cuban Dancing

Cheaters Never Win?

Don't whisper a word to the children, but hell yeah, of course they do

A Famous Pro Athlete in a Local Topless Bar? Say It Ain't So!

A-Rod Hits a Home Run

A-Rod = A-Fraud

Everybody's Getting Birthday Presents Today!

Go Yanks!

Wild Pitch

MLB 2K6 throws more chin music than strikes.

Curveball

Kenny Rogers and his favorite cameraman reach a settlement--and common ground

Just Forget It

Move on folks, there was nothing to see in an ugly 2004

Monkey Business

Buzz picks a few nits with the year that was

Best Ranger

Buck Showalter

Now Boarding

Hop on the bandwagon

Rained Out

No refunds, Rangers fans, even though the dark clouds of the A-Rod trade threaten the entire season

Young's Town

Texas' popular new shortstop is the man of the moment

Sweet Tees

Plus: Tight Wad; Hit Me With Your Best Shot

'Boys Gone Wild

And other tall tales of 2003

Thanks for Nothing

The return of Gonzilla, and other literary concerns

Best Sign for the Rangers' Future

The young infield

Best Unintentionally Funny Sports Moment

Alex Rodriguez

Dog Days

Summer is here, which means the Rangers must be in last place

The Buck Starts Here

New Texas Rangers manager Buck Showalter makes the team much better. Problem is, he can’t hit leadoff, play center field or pitch.

Best Dumbass Rich Sports-team Owner

Tom Hicks

Best Way for A-Rod to Earn His Keep

Learning a curveball

The A-Team

Love it when a plan comes together? Not so fast. Sure, they've got A-Rod and I-Rod, but what about Rusty Greer hitting leadoff, Tim Crabtree closing, and Johnny Oates acting human? John Gonzalez goes to Texas Rangers spring training to look for answers.

The Home Stretch

From A-Rod to Z-routes, the year that was in Big D sports