Joe Avezzano

Remembering Coach Joe Avezzano: Cowboy and Music Fan

So many got to know former Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Joe Avezzano as a hard-nosed, foul-mouthed, award-winning special-teams coach during his days roaming football sidelines, which began in 1968 and ended yesterday, after Avezzano died of an apparent heart attack while in Italy coaching the Sea ... More >>

Joe Avezzano, the Cowboys' Beloved Former Special Teams Coach, is Dead at 68

There aren't many special teams coaches whose names or faces we recognize. But Joe Avezzano, who choreographed the Cowboys' kicking and return games from 1990 to 2002, was a memorable face and name. And now he's gone: Dead at 68, several outlets are reporting, after suffering a heart attack on a tre ... More >>

Watch: Saille Branch & the Big Benders' "29 Days"

Back in 2010, I was privileged to be a regular judge for that year's edition of the Shiner Rising Star contest. The band that won the very first round I helped judge, Saille Branch and the Big Benders, went on to convincingly win their second round match-up and almost took home the overall prize aft ... More >>

Beth Hart Talks Redemption, Addiction and Star Search

Beth Hart understands the hand she's currently playing consists of the cards she's dealt to herself. After winning some cash on a latter-day version of Star Search in the '90s, the Los Angeles resident tasted fame after her 2000 hit, "L.A. Song (Out of This Town)," found its way onto prime-time show ... More >>

With a Little Help From Hat Tricks' Friends...

Cowboys Aren't on the Field This Super Bowl, but Maybe Fans Can Find One at Dinner.

Saints 30, Cowboys 27: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. The end of the modest two-game winning streak also means the end of the disappointing season. At 3-8 the Cowboys are officially dead. Tony Romo should be put on injured reserve today. 9. Down 20-3 there was no way the Cowboys were going to win. Then up 27-23 with Roy Williams headed towa ... More >>

The Will Callers Overcome Deaths, Win Shiner Rising Star Competition

Your newest Rising Star winners.​Shiner Rising Star Competition FinalsLove & War in Texas, PlanoOctober 21, 2010After 14 weeks of competition between 24 bands that cover the entire, vast realm of country music, the Shiner Rising Star contest ended last night at Plano's Love & War in Texas. ... More >>

Dear Ines Sainz, Joe Avezzano Would Like to See You in the Locker Room. Tonight.

​Hey you. Over there. Yeah, you. The chick with the hair and the lips and the things and the big, bodacious, bountiful booty. What if you could get into an NFL locker room with your brains instead of your beauty? Interested? If so, no better place to start than Football 101 and no b ... More >>

Whitt's End: 8.27.10

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *By no means am I an alarmist, but we need to see something positive from the Cowboys' first-team offense Saturday night in Houston. One long drive that ends in a touchdown. That's all. Give me that ... More >>

Whitt's End: 8.6.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Since you guys salivate over local radio news, here's a zesty taste: Starting August 16 the new program director at 105.3 The Fan will be Bruce Gilbert. Yep, the same Bruce Gilbert who helped buil ... More >>

A View From The Judges Table At Week Three of The Shiner Rising Star Contest

​If week two of the first round for this year's Shiner Rising Star contest--hosted by KHYI 95.3 and Shiner Bock Beer--was solid, last night's, week three performances were a ten foot-thick slab of concrete and steel. In short: It was an outstanding display. Feel free to add to the list of North Te ... More >>

Ladies in the Locker Room. With Coach Joe?

​So Coach Joe lures all these women into the locker room and then ... Actually, no, it's not a scene-setter for the most bizarre porn on the planet, it's Football 101 for Ladies. And it's not a bad idea. Not bad at all. The premise is that Joe Avezzano and his three Super Bowl rings know ... More >>

Attn: Ladies Looking To Score

Fourth and Long: A Premiere With Purpose

Jerry McClureIrvin to Rich Behm's family: $40,000For the first time in a long time, the Dallas Cowboys are actually acting like a unified team. In the wake of the Valley Ranch practice facility collapse on May 2, last night's premiere of Spike TV's new reality series Fourth and Long at Sting matured ... More >>

Coach Joe Swears Michael Irvin's SpikeTV Series Won't Be "Some Slapdick Operation"

The kind folks at SpikeTV have passed along this sneak peek at Michael Irvin's Fourth and Long, his limited-run series featuring a bunch of washed-out Dallas Cowboys wanna-bes set to debut on The Dude Network next month. The series was shot earlier this year at the Cotton Bowl and features several n ... More >>

Peter King on Terrell Owens's Release: Toldya. Also, Irvin Moves Into the Cotton Bowl!

Perhaps Terrell Owens can now concentrate on his acting career.The Sports Illustrated scribe was among the first to predict that Jerry Jones would cut Terrell Owens, even as Jones hemmed and hawed in recent days about what he was going to do with the wide receiver. Why come? A gut feeling, he writes ... More >>

Didn't Take Zach Thomas Long to Get His Fill of the Cowboys

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Zach Thomas. Unlike Brad Pitt in the movie, Zach didn't exactly grow younger as he got older. But boy did he grow sick and tired in a hurry. This is how it was supposed to work: After a successful, yet ultimately unfulfilling career in Miami, Zach Thomas ret ... More >>

Whitt's End

 Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week - even the end of the year -  welcome to Whitt's End: *Hold your horses if you thought tonight's concert by Russ Martin and his band at Joe Avezzano's joint up in Frisco was going to A) turn into a bashfest o ... More >>

"Big Dick" Still, um, Expanding

Back to my real job (sports) after some quick tinkering with my hobby (radio). As I heard on Monday, management at Live 105.3 105.3 The Fan has not only fired controversial/comment-creating (350? You shittin' me?) Russ Martin but also agreed to pay him through 2011 just to keep his ass of ... More >>

Say It Ain’t So, Joe

Stay Classy, Dallas

That ’70s Show

Sunday School – Handing Out Grades To Our Weekend Wrap-Up Shows

Say, “Cheeeeeeeese”!

Liquor in the Front Still Available at Suede Bar & Grill's Web Site

Are You Ready For Some More Football (Reading)?

Into the Arena

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Arcadia Fire, Part II

Avi'ng a Nice Day

Flagrant Fouls

Copping an Attitude

Nothin' Feels Good as Suede

Ugh, My Head

DOMA! DOMA! DOMA!

All Net

The Mavs gets Jazzed

Me and My Beaver

Plus: Where's Newy?

Mill Around

Dallas Blooms goes Dutch

Whacked

Goodfella Joe Avezzano is no longer a made man with the Dallas Cowboys

Tuna Casserole

My recipe for a tasty tenure as Cowboys coach

Desperate Measures

Welcome (again) to the Arena League, where Desperados are kind, giants are invisible and rock concerts turn into football games

Pssst...

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