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April 25, 2012
Inspired by The Yu Dog, 25 More Dishes to Honor DFW Sports Stars
The Yu Dog at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington has created a food media circus. But he's not the only DFW sports icon worthy of his own dish at The Ballpark in Arlington, Jerryland and the AAC. Here are some others. 1. Tom Landry Enormous fedora filled with chili. Feather garnish optional. 2. Nolan ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Leon Lett Finally Apologizes for His Cowboys Blunders. Sorta. With a Snickers.
Got this letter the other day, from "The Desk of Leon Lett": Even though I have three Super Bowl rings, made two Pro Bowl appearances and recorded 22 sacks during my 10-year NFL career, I'm only remembered for two mistakes. Including one monumental mistake I committed on an icy Thanksgivi ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
NFL Films, Snickers Get Leon Lett to Seek "Redemption" For '93 Thanksgiving Eff-Up
No doubt you recall where you were at the exact moment Leon Lett cost the Dallas Cowboys a Thanksgiving Day victory over the Miami Dolphins in 1993. Me? I was icebound in Farmersville, cooped up with out-of-town family convinced it would be just fine to drive up to Collin County during a sleetsto ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Jets 27, Cowboys 24: My Top 10 Observer-ations
10. Tony Romo negated some great throws -- you'll never see a prettier pass than the 64-yarder to Jason Witten -- with some bone-headed plays. His interception to Darrelle Revis should've never been thrown and how was everyone except the quarterback ready for the snap with :08 ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Whitt's End: 8.19.11
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End:Talked to the family of Shannon Stone for next week's Observer column. Wait until you hear their other sad story involving a souvenir ball from a Rangers' game. Sorry, you have to wait.Not ... More >>
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August 2, 2011
2011 Dallas Cowboys Training Camp Day 7: My Top 10 Observer-ations
10. For a couple of anxious minutes last Friday the Cowboys thought they'd signed Nnamdi Asomugha. Then on Monday for a curious second we thought they'd acquired Bears' receiver/returner Devin Hester. Huh is right. DallasCowboys.com sent out a text/Tweet yesterday announcing "Cowboys Si ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Whitt's End: 7.22.11
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dear NFL owners, you're a slimy lot. Signed, Everyone. Basically on Thursday the owners ratified a proposal, not an agreement. They made a deal with themselves. Then -- with darting eyes th ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Even for Ex-Cowboys who barely played a down on Super Bowl Sundays, the memories don't fade
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dear NFL owners, you're a slimy lot. Signed, Everyone. Basically on Thursday the owners ratified a proposal, not an agreement. They made a deal with themselves. Then -- with darting eyes th ... More >>
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February 1, 2011
Rain or Shine or Sleet or Snow or Holy Hell ... It's Super Bowl Media Day!
As I write this it's sleeting, raining, snowing and - what the what? - lighting-ing in Collin County. With any luck I'll be out at Super Bowl XLV Media Day later this morning. It's Media Day, of course, that's giving us such dramatic moments in the past such as Leon Lett suffering a pan ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Packers 21, Bears 14: My Top 10 Observer-ations
10. Awesome. In this microwaved society of information, I learned Bears' third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie -- thanks, Twitter -- was a former Forney Jackrabbit before Fox TV viewers. 9. Personally, I don't find Pam Oliver attractive. But when it's like 15 degrees outside and she's wearing ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
The Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving: My Top 10 All-Time Turkey Games
It was 16 years ago today that a red-headed backup quarterback from Princeton authored one of the most amazing holiday scripts in Dallas Cowboys' history. Thanksgiving Day, 1994. With Troy Aikman and Rodney Peete out with injuries, Dallas' third-stringer stepped in and promptly fell behind t ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Texas Rangers Fans: Let's Go Yankees! Clap ... Clap ... ClapClapClap!!
I've seen Mavericks' forward Popeye Jones inadvertently tip a jump ball into his own basket, giving the Cleveland Cavaliers two points. I've seen Cowboys' defensive lineman Leon Lett inexplicably attempt to recover a blocked field goal on an icy Thanksgiving field at Texas Stadium, handing t ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
Numbers With Friends: The All-Time Cowboys' Fantasy Roster
I grew up with Drew Pearson, covered Michael Irvin and have the highest hopes for Dez Bryant. But should the Cowboys' rookie receiver from Oklahoma State be allowed to wear the sacred No. 88? The Cowboys revere uniform numbers, but they don't retire them. Should they? You don't see No. 8 or ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
Dallas Cowboys Legends and Winspear Save Glory Days Taping From Disaster
Photos by Sam MertenAn eclectic mix of folks packed the Bill and Margot Winspear Opera House last night as a jaw-dropping group of former Dallas Cowboys players reminisced during the taping of Glory Days, a television pilot scheduled to debut January 30 on KTVT-Channel 11 prior to finding a n ... More >>
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December 11, 2009
Whitt's End: 12.11.09
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *You heard it here first back in October as a sorta be-on-the-lookout rumor. Now it's more solid, as in, Michael Irvin's days on 103.3 FM ESPN are numbered. Radio industry sources keep telling me h ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
The Top 10 Most Memorable Cowboys' Thanksgiving Day Games
The turkey. The dressing. The relatives and the heartburn, neither of which will leave. The red kettle. The grandiose halftime show, this year featuring Daughtry. The - usually anyway - Cowboys' victory. Ah, Thanksgiving. The elements are similar, but tomorrow will be the first Thanksgi ... More >>
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August 25, 2009
Dallas' Fantasy Roster
No. 12 in your football program ... No. 12 on our fantasy roster.When I say No. 22, who comes to mind? Do you immediately think of the Dallas Cowboys' all-time best runner? Or their all-time best rusher? Or perhaps instead the second-leading all-time scorer in the history of the Dallas Mav ... More >>
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June 25, 2009
The French Disconnection
Though I'm always skeptical when a head coach drafts a player 24th overall and then contends he "pin-pointed" the kid all along - see: Jimmy Johnson on 7th-rounder Leon Lett, circa 1991 - I'm willing to forge into the Rodrigue Beaubois Era with an open mind. Well, I lied. I won't sit well with ... More >>
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June 2, 2009
What's In My Closet? Horrible Ideas Edition
Was just over on Unfair Park reading Schutze's take on the latest missle fired into the hull of the Trinity River Toll Road Waste Of Time Project. From the city that gave us the CueCat, plastic dividers on HOV lanes and P.C. Cobb Stadium downgraded into an InfoMart, this might be our dumbe ... More >>
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May 8, 2009
Life After Football: Good for Leon Lett
Speaking of players addressing the media in the most uncomfortable of predicaments, my I re-introduce one Leon Lett. Everyone remembers the former Dallas Cowboy's all-time gaffes - at Super Bowl XXVII and in the snow against the Miami Dolphins in 1993. But afterward - unlike Dirk Nowitzki - Let ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
Texas Stadium Deserved a Fonder Farewell Than This
Speaking of players addressing the media in the most uncomfortable of predicaments, my I re-introduce one Leon Lett. Everyone remembers the former Dallas Cowboy's all-time gaffes - at Super Bowl XXVII and in the snow against the Miami Dolphins in 1993. But afterward - unlike Dirk Nowitzki - Let ... More >>
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November 26, 2008
The Top 10 Most Memorable Cowboys' Thanksgiving Games
I could get my premature Scrooge on and predict that Pacman Jones showing up at last night's Mavericks-Pacers game is a precursor to him - surprise! - eschewing voluntary house arrest to ultimately find more trouble. But I won't do that. Not today. On Thanksgiving eve let's ... More >>
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October 9, 2008
Seventh Heaven
I could get my premature Scrooge on and predict that Pacman Jones showing up at last night's Mavericks-Pacers game is a precursor to him - surprise! - eschewing voluntary house arrest to ultimately find more trouble. But I won't do that. Not today. On Thanksgiving eve let's ... More >>
News
September 18, 2008
The Great Digit Debate
Just which local players have earned the right to be eternally identified with their uniform numbers?
Blogs
August 23, 2008
Former Cowboy Frank Cornish Dead at 40
Just which local players have earned the right to be eternally identified with their uniform numbers?
News
May 29, 2008
Cowboys Must Protect 'Marion the Barbarian'
The team invested in its ruffian running back and must now find a way to protect him
Blogs
May 22, 2008
Three Dots … and a Cloud of Dust …
The team invested in its ruffian running back and must now find a way to protect him
Blogs
November 30, 2007
Say, “Cheeeeeeeese”!
The team invested in its ruffian running back and must now find a way to protect him
News
April 27, 2006
Mocking the Draft
Don't look now, but it's sports' biggest waste of time
Culture
November 16, 2000
Sliding Downhill
Forget Cincy--our experts say the Boys will get a lot worse before they get better
Culture
July 23, 1998
Lord, help him
In Chan Gailey, Jerry Jones has God, the shotgun, and, maybe, a little Tom Landry
News
September 25, 1997
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
News
August 21, 1997
Payback Time
How two hacked-off Cowboys scored on Channel 5 and Marty Griffin
News
June 19, 1997
Big man, big mouth
Nate Newton holds forth on race, whores, and getting along with reporters
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January 30, 1997
How low will they go?
Nate Newton holds forth on race, whores, and getting along with reporters
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November 28, 1996
Events for the week
Nate Newton holds forth on race, whores, and getting along with reporters
News
August 15, 1996
Daddy dearest
As Michael Irvin tries to scrub his image, it just gets weirder and weirder
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January 18, 1996
Evil's triumph at Texas Stadium
Blesses are the Cheeseheads - even if they didn't make it to the Super Bowl

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