Matt Doherty

Larry Brown Has SMU Basketball 7-1, Which is Good Enough for the Wall Street Journal

For more than two decades now, SMU's men's basketball program has languished in mediocrity. It saw moderate regular-season success during the Mike Dement era of the late '90s and early '00s but made the postseason only once, and that was a berth in the lowly NIT. Its last trip to the NCAA tournament ... More >>

Why Did SMU Really Fire Steve Orsini?

You don't shoot the goose that laid the golden egg. You just don't -- not unless you really, really have to or the goose stops pooping out gold. Which is why SMU's firing of athletic director Steve Orsini yesterday was so perplexing, and why the non-explanation offered by school President Gerald Tur ... 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 >>

SMU Advances in the CBI While the Final Four Comes to SMU. Wait, What?

​Last night the SMU Mustangs quietly tip-toed into the semifinals of something called the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) with a seven-point win at Northern Iowa. It's not exactly March Madness - more like March Mediocrity - but considering the Mustangs and head coach Matt ... More >>

SMU Guard Gets Drafted By a Team That I Didn't Know Needed a Draft

​I saw the Harlem Globetrotters not long ago but I'll admit, I had no idea they had a "draft." You? The world's most famous basketball team yesterday drafted the "Club Trillion" founder, a college slam dunk champion, a husband-wife couple and - lookie here - a dude from SMU. That's right, SMU ... More >>

SMU Hoops Losing its Point Guard, and its Hope?

​If this Spring is any indication of where things are headed, SMU basketball's March Madness drought is likely to hit 18 years next season. That's because star point guard Paul McCoy - once thought of as the Mustangs' light at the end of the tunnel - is transferring from SMU. In his plac ... More >>

If SMU Has Grown Tired of Matt Doherty, I Got a Name For You

​Make it 17 years and counting that SMU won't be invited to March Madness. With head coach Matt Doherty's rebuilding program on a pace that's as slow as refrigerated honey - or is it simply a treadmill? - is it time for a change? SMU's latest losing season was buried last night in a disappoin ... 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 >>

Your Newest Dallas Cowboy: Michael Irvin II

Jesse Holley: Legitimate longshot or laughingstock?I guess there was some drama involved, but don't tell me you're totally surprised that the winner of Spike TV and Michael Irvin's 4th and Long is - ta-da! - a Michael Irvin clone. Jesse Holley has the size (6-foot-3), speed (4.5) and smi ... More >>

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

SMU Basketball Leads the Nation ... in Tweets?

Matt Doherty hasn't done much to put SMU back on the college basketball map. He is, however, powering the Ponies to the top of the Twitterverse. SMU urges its coaches to connect to its community. Events. Fund-raisers. Handshakes. Blogs. But you get the feeling Doherty Tweets not because he has ... More >>

Whitt's End: 5.8.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Looks like The Ticket's parent company - Cumulus Media - is asking forcing employees to take five unpaid days off before June 30. Ouch. Maybe not a big deal to on-air talent with six-figure ... More >>

Despite Its Big-Time Coach, SMU Basketball Remains Small-Time

SMU Basketball = March Badness

New Crum Center. Same crummy results. In Matt Doherty's first season as SMU basketball coach back in 2006-07, the Mustangs started 9-1. A victory at Oklahoma would've likely propelled the Ponies into the Top 25. Instead, SMU was humbled in Norman by 27 points, and it's been all drastically ... More >>

The Fab 50

Half a hundred power brokers who sculpt our local sports landscape

Pony Up. Or Pony High?

Monday Morning Meanderings

It’s March. So, By All Means, Commence With the Madness.

SMU and June Jones: They're Both Back From the Dead

Hoops Du Jour, With a Side of Pigskin

The Fab Fifty

Or, half a hundred folks with way better seats than you

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

Prince Peruna

Knocked off his high horse, Matt Doherty tries to whip SMU back into the race

Between His Rock and a Hard Place

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

Welcome Back, Earthlings

Mustang Mania?

Matt "D'Oh" Doherty

SMU Basketball! Live! In Austin?

Clean Up, Aisle Two!

The Fab Fifty

Where would we be without these powerful peeps? In the fetal position, craving sports.

Street Cred or Straight Creep?