Conference USA

Larry Brown Had to Beg SMU to Hire Him

When SMU announced in April that it had hired Larry Brown, the only man to have coached teams to both the NCAA and NBA championships, to lead the Mustangs, a lot of head-scratching ensued. It was hard to fathom why SMU would put its basketball program in the hands of a 72-year-old known for changin ... More >>

Larry Brown is SMU's New Basketball Coach

Larry Brown has agreed to coach SMU's Mustangs, ESPN reports. The 71-year-old coach was inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame in 2002 and has coached in college, the NBA and the Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the 2004 games. He's coached pretty much every NBA team, and even though his last ... More >>

Best of Dallas 2011: Sports (Director's Cut and Deleted Scenes)

​Some are good. Some are getting better. But only a select few are the best. When it comes to our annual Best of Dallas issue I've made it easy this year. For those of you too cheap to "buy" a paper that's absolutely free, just sit back in your boxers and click, click, click away. ... More >>

For Your Easter Sunday Listening Pleasure: R.E.M. Sends One Out to the Grads of SMU

Via.​Speaking of great shows at Moody Coliseum ...Floating out in the ether, all by its unmarked lonesome, is this resonant echo: R.E.M. at Moody Coliseum on November 18, 1987 -- a stop along The Work Tour in support of that year's Document, the band's fifth and final album for I.R.S. Records. I w ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV Also Gave Us ... The Greatest Moment in Texas Football History?

​I was flattered when the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee approached me late in 2009 to help construct and singularly author its prodigious Century in the Making project. What started with 250 of the greatest moments in Texas football history -- high school, college and pro -- ... More >>

Pony Excess, Doc About SMU's Life After Death Penalty, Set to Debut on ESPN Next Month

Cafe Press​Way back in May, before the filmmakers yanked the trailer from YouTube, we sneaked a peek at something called Article 19, a doc-in-progress by two Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas grads about the events leading up to and immediately following SMU's football program receiving ... More >>

Yes, North Texas, There Will Be Madness in March!

​While SMU and disappointing head coach Matt Doherty look for their first Conference USA tournament win tonight at 8:30, the Metroplex last night was assured of a dog in the hunt during next week's March Madness when the University of North Texas captured the Sun Belt Championship. Saw t ... More >>

It's time for the Dallas Observer’s annual list of the 50 Most Powerful People in Metroplex Sports. Cool.

SMU's Good For "Three to Five Wins" in '09

A bit of a sportsy morning, sure, but it's hard to resist pointing out this lengthy New York Times sneak peek at Your SMU Mustangs, which are ranked No. 102 on The Quad blog's countdown to the top college team in the country pre-season. Last year, The Quad aimed a little too high based on the hire o ... More >>

Lawsuit Alleges SMU Women's Basketballers Told They Weren't Doing Their Personal Best

The Fab 50

Half a hundred power brokers who sculpt our local sports landscape

Monday Morning Meanderings

June in April: Catching Up With the New SMU Head Coach

No Joy for This Ode|Rope-a-Doped|We Want McGovern!|Spanky Gets Spanked

The Best Coach at SMU You’ve Never Heard of But Should Totally Admire

June Jones: Must Be the Carpet

SMU Can't Pony Up a Single Coach Willing to Take On Its Football Program

Cotton Pickin’ Crazy

I Thought They Were Cracking Down on Heavy Drug Use on the SMU Campus

Get Your Nikoloff

Rudy Giuliani Will be at Victory Plaza Tonight. We Suggest At Least One Question.

The Lean Green

Tom and Rudy, Sitting in a Tree. Or: We Think We Now Have Boone Pickens' Phone Number.

Welcome Back, Earthlings

Got Balls?

Cold Stove Rangers

No, I Said Mustang

Mess on Mockingbird

The Battle for Metroplex Mediocrity

Matt "D'Oh" Doherty

SMU Basketball! Live! In Austin?

Clean Up, Aisle Two!

A Taxing Sports Equation

SMU Wins!

Street Cred or Straight Creep?

Hapless on the Hilltop

The SMU...Cowboys?

Spring Senility

Bet on Black

Glory Road relives the season college hoops smashed the color barrier

Alone No More

Forgiving the past opened Sandora Irvin's future

Kidding Around

Mavs avoid the Nets gain

Best Team We Never Watch

Dallas Diamonds

NFL Loves SMU CB

In this corner, pro football finds a hidden gem

Oopsie

It's not easy selecting the Best of Dallas

QB&A

Plus: Breakin' the Law, New Entries in the Dallas Dictionary, El Norte TV

Taking the Field

SMU quarterback trades in his cleats for a bass guitar, and we've got our eye on the ball

Pony Up

Mustangs star Jeryl Sasser is back at SMU to increase his net worth

Spiel of Dreams

SMU brags about its new stadium, but coach Mike Cavan knows it won't make fans pay to see a loser

Buzz

Untitled; Those who can't, teach; You say it's your birthday

Feeling Lucky?

You'd better be. Even in the predatory world of towing companies, they don't get much nastier than Elite Towing, Inc.