Barry Switzer

Commit or Quit

Seattle Swan Song

Pity Parcells

Silver and Gold

We're No. 3! We're No. 3!

In Bill We Trust?

Aw, Hell -- Barry Switzer Takes His Damn Act to XM Satellite Radio

A Giant Myth

If You Miss Barry Switzer Like I Miss Barry Switzer ...

BeloWatch

Barry blew it

Switzer's casual approach caught up with the Cowboys

Letters

Switzer's casual approach caught up with the Cowboys

Buzz

Switzer's casual approach caught up with the Cowboys

Events for the week

Switzer's casual approach caught up with the Cowboys

The bloody truth

Barry Switzer testifieson booze, black men,and red wine

How low will they go?

Barry Switzer testifieson booze, black men,and red wine

Dallas doll

Barry and Jerry's place offers good food and a touch of their idea of class

Buzz

Barry and Jerry's place offers good food and a touch of their idea of class

Aural Sex

Holly Mullen meets Dunham and Miller, the radio jocks whose sports talk show leaves Dallas women panting for more

Buzz

Holly Mullen meets Dunham and Miller, the radio jocks whose sports talk show leaves Dallas women panting for more

Losing it

When things go bad for the Cowboys, they go Barry bad

Letters

When things go bad for the Cowboys, they go Barry bad

Passed up

Cowboys QB Jason Garrett doesn't deserve to be a backup all his life

Pssst...

Want to know what's going on at Valley Ranch? Ask an unnamed source.

The madness of King Jerry

What a surprise--the owner of the Dallas Cowboys is nuts

Grand hotel

The Adolphus' French Room offers courses in dining elegance

Out Here

The Adolphus' French Room offers courses in dining elegance

Lord, help him

In Chan Gailey, Jerry Jones has God, the shotgun, and, maybe, a little Tom Landry

1998 Best of Dallas

Sports

At a Toad's pace

No, the Toadies haven't broken up. They're just taking their own sweet time

Letters

No, the Toadies haven't broken up. They're just taking their own sweet time

Anywhere but here

1998 was a great year for sports...just not in Dallas

Look back in confusion

Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

Staked

It's now all meatloaf

The Other White Meat

New restaurant is a prime place for pricey steaks

America's Ticket

The NFL's most popular team hops in bed with a most peculiar teammate

Alphabite

There's everything from bull's-eyes to wild tosses at restaurant "a"

Dry Spell

At Piccola Italia, the only hooch is in the rigatoni.

Letters

At Piccola Italia, the only hooch is in the rigatoni.

One angry man

After a long history of public drunkenness and allegations of slashing two men's throats, it is time to examine the troubled practice of Dr. John Hargett

BeloWatch

After a long history of public drunkenness and allegations of slashing two men's throats, it is time to examine the troubled practice of Dr. John Hargett

As Bud Shrake Once Wrote, "Birth is Real, Death is Real, and All Between is a Game."

Edwin "Bud" Shrake, the Fort Worth native and former Dallas Times Herald and Dallas Morning News sportswriter, died this morning in Austin at the age of 77. He wrote a lot of essential books, including the best-selling sports tome of all time, but longtime fans will fondly recall his Willie Nelson a ... More >>

The Dallas Cowboys: Seven Coaches and a Baby

​In this week's Dallas Observer column in which I surmise that Wade Phillips is entering his last season - win, lose or drawl - I tell the story of riding up a training camp elevator with the Dallas Cowboys' head coach. Sounds riveting, I know. But wait, there's more! Watching Wade ... More >>

Chargers 20, Cowgirls 17: My Top 10 Observations

​10. Now you believe me? Norv Turner > Wade Phillips. 9. Safety Gerald Sensabaugh picked a horrible time to have his first terrible game as a Cowboy. It was his oops that led to both Chargers' touchdowns: Interference at the 1 on a reverse pass set up San Diego's first touch ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV: New York Jets Over Dallas Cowboys

Super Bowl XLV preview?​Good news: Your Dallas Cowboys will play in Super Bowl XLV right here in our back yard, Feb. 6, 2011 in Arlington. Bad news: They'll lose to the New York Jets and - giggle - quarterback Mark Sanchez. So sayeth The Sporting News in its 2010 Pro Football Yearbook, whic ... More >>

The Top 5 Best Games in the History of Texas-OU

​Here's hoping that Saturday's Texas-OU game at the Cotton Bowl is better than last year's yawny 16-13 Longhorns' victory. The memorable 45-35 game in 2008 was a little more like it. Still, with pedestrian quarterbacks Garrett Gilbert and Landry Jones and what I think are two medioc ... More >>

Oct. 1, 1996: Where Were You When the Rangers Won Their Playoff Game? Their Only One.

​The defending Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys were 2-3 under Barry Switzer and on their way to a playoff loss to the Carolina Panthers. The Dallas Mavericks were embarking on a season that started with head coach Jim Cleamons and the Three Js -- Jason Kidd, Jim Jackson and Jamal Mashburn ... More >>

Texas Attorney General Goes After Okie Payday Lending Firm Pretending to Be Dallas County

​Why, lookie there -- former Dallas Cowboys head coach Barry Switzer's the face of Federal Cash Advance. Makes sense: The payday lender's Oklahoma-based. But, see, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott doesn't take to kindly to the way it runs its bidness down here. Says the AG in a lawsuit filed tod ... More >>

A Tourists Guide to a Dozen Dirty Deeds by Dallas Cowboys

​Why, lookie there -- former Dallas Cowboys head coach Barry Switzer's the face of Federal Cash Advance. Makes sense: The payday lender's Oklahoma-based. But, see, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott doesn't take to kindly to the way it runs its bidness down here. Says the AG in a lawsuit filed tod ... More >>

Why can't Anglos Pronounce Spanish Words?

And why the love for UT?