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January 13, 2012
No, WrestleMania Is Not Coming to Cowboys Stadium (At Least, Not In the Next Two Years)
This morning a few Friends of Unfair Park asked: Is WrestleMania really coming to Cowboys Stadium? Um ... I dunno? Kinda looked like it, maybe: Several popular wrestling websites, including this one, keep saying that WWE's signature event, which is closing in on its 30th anniversary, is scheduled ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2011
NCAA Antitrust Case Hits Dallas Federal Court After Conference USA Won't Turn Over Docs
Via.Yesterday's massive drop-off at the Earle Cabell is but a pit stop. Sooner than later, more than likely, it will head back to Oakland, where, in July 2009, former UCLA basketball great Ed O'Bannon filed the shot heard 'round the sports world: the antitrust suit alleging that the NCAA steals ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
The Director of Pony Excess Comes Full Circle With New Promo For SMU Football
Speaking of great eyes ...Surely you've seen the ESPN 30 on 30 offering Pony Excess, about SMU receiving the NCAA's death penalty in 1987. If not, you must. It was directed by Thaddeus Matula, a Jesuit alum -- who, as it so happens, is also responsible for this short SMU football promo I just stumbl ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2011
It's About Time We Pay College Athletes and Get Them Off the NCAA's Plantation
Texas schools earn a couple of mentions in Taylor Branch's explosive article "The Shame of College Sports" in the current Atlantic Monthly. Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-wining civil rights movement historian, piles shame upon shame in calling for an end to the ludicrous fraud of amateur athle ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2011
Why We Love Sports in America: 2011
Since I'm out on vacation next week let me get to this Fourth of July tradition a little early: Happy Birthday, America. Our country turns the ripe old age of 235 on Monday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I'll make time this weekend remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to have a ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
NCAA Delays Reupping TicketCity Bowl License
The NCAA's Postseason Bowl Licensing Subcommittee met today in New Orleans, where it okee-doke'd bowl licenses through 2013-'14 for 32 out of the 35 game played during college football's post-season. (Really? Only 35? Coulda swore it was more like 98.) Anyway. Two of the no-go's were already fo-s ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
Dez Bryant Intent on Keeping It Real: The Latest Installment(s) in a Continuing Series
Dez Bryant's customized pendant, part of the stuff he allegedly hasn't paid forLying to the NCAA while at Oklahoma State. Bucking NFL tradition and not carrying Roy Williams' shoulder pads. Blaming the media. Cutting in line at The Apple Store. Being, according to Dallas police, invol ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
SMU Men's Basketball Program Slapped With Two Years Probation For Text Messages
SMUSure, it's not the death penalty, but the NCAA just released a statement saying it has accepted self-imposed sanctions by Southern Methodist University on its basketball program. SMU's recommendations included two years probation (March 10, 2011, through March 9, 2013), a reduction of 15 recru ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2010
These Clips From ESPN's SMU Doc Should Be Enough To Get You to Watch Pony Excess
When Patrick recounted his trip to the Lakewood last week for that sneak preview of Thaddeus Matula's Pony Excess, the 30th of ESPN's 30 for 30 docs, he also posted the trailer for the film about the events leading to SMU's receiving the NCAA's death penalty on February 25, 1987. Since then ESPN has ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2010
SMU and "Pony Excess": The Scars Remain
No one from the 1980s pay-for-play scandals remains at SMU, but the stigma - and the residue from the NCAA's Death Penalty - remain on the Hilltop. Those wounds may not be re-opened, but they'll certainly be re-visited Saturday night when ESPN presents its latest 30 for 30 documentary: "Pony Exces ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
At the Lakewood Last Night, A Home-Field Look at SMU Football Doc Pony Excess
Patrick MichelsDirector Thaddeus Matula introduces his film.Mustangs young and old turned out at the Lakewood Theater last night, for a very special screening of Pony Excess -- or "Exce$$," if you prefer -- Southern Methodist film-school grad Thaddeus Matula's ESPN-bound documentary about SMU foo ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Rookie Receiver Dez Bryant Has The Talent To Take The Cowboys To The Championship. But Does He Also Possess The Temperament To Push Them Into Chaos?
Patrick MichelsDirector Thaddeus Matula introduces his film.Mustangs young and old turned out at the Lakewood Theater last night, for a very special screening of Pony Excess -- or "Exce$$," if you prefer -- Southern Methodist film-school grad Thaddeus Matula's ESPN-bound documentary about SMU foo ... More >>
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July 5, 2010
Why We Love Sports in America
Happy Birthday, America. Like tonight's July 5th fireworks show in Dallas, it's better late than never. Right? Our country turned the ripe old age of 234 on Sunday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I tried to spend some time remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to ha ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
With Dez Bryant, The Dallas Cowboys Catch A Break In The NFL Draft And Inch Closer To The Super Bowl
Happy Birthday, America. Like tonight's July 5th fireworks show in Dallas, it's better late than never. Right? Our country turned the ripe old age of 234 on Sunday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I tried to spend some time remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to ha ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
It's Official, Finally: Coming to a Cotton Bowl Near You, the Dallas Football Classic
Dallas Football Classic officials were in Arizona this week making their final pitch-presentation to NCAA officials. You remember that game, right? New Year's Day? 11 a.m. kick-off? Beginning this January? At the Cotton Bowl? Pits the No. 6 team in the Big Ten against a rotating cast of cast-offs ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Are You Ready for Some (College Bowl Game) Football?!
While Cowboys Stadium is a greedy, event-eating monster and Texas Stadium is an icon about to be reduced to novelty-act rubble, the Cotton Bowl is still a living, breathing attraction. Barely. Later this month in Phoenix the NCAA will likely grant certification to the start-up Dallas Footbal ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
Doc About Life After Death Penalty at SMU Gets Held Up. "In a Good Way."
Untitled from DLP Entertainment on Vimeo.A Friend of Unfair Park directed our attention yesterday to the trailer for a documentary called Article 19, about events leading up to and immediately following SMU's football program receiving the NCAA's death penalty in February 1987. I recalled having rea ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2009
SMU's Turner: College Football Doesn't Need Playoffs. It Needs "Sensible Fiscal Reform."
R. Gerald TurnerAn op-ed, co-written by SMU President R. Gerald Turner, has been circulating through the nation's newspapers in recent days; here's yesterday's pit stop in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in which Turner and William Kirwan, chancellor of the University of Maryland system, argue that ... More >>
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December 24, 2009
SMU in a Bowl Game, a Christmas Miracle
Robert Bobo/SMUThe SMU contingent stationed in Waikiki this holiday week appears to be having a fine time, judging by director of media relations Robert Bobo's ecstatic Aloha SMU blog. Tonight's the big game: the Hawaii Bowl, kick-off 7 p.m. Maybe not big to most, but huge to some -- say, SMU alu ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2009
If Joe Barton's BCS Bill Is All About Making Lobbyists Some Dough, Then Good Work
For more than a year, Smokey Joe Barton's been trying to kill the Bowl Championship Series -- most recently, of course, with H.R. 390: College Football Playoff Act of 2009, which would ...... prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, the promotion, marketing, and advertising of any po ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
BCS Playoffs: Round 1
With our alternative to the BCS offered up, nothing else to do than to let it play out. Food expert/football junkie Dave Faries, take it away ... Given its record in other matters, it's unlikely Congress can solve the BCS mess and put in place a viable playoff system. And it's very clear the ... More >>
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December 4, 2009
Whitt's End: 12.4.09
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Ho hum, another month of Arbitron PPM ratings and another month of dominance by 1310 AM The Ticket. In the November ratings for the precious Men 25-54 demographic, The Ticket is No. 2 in the Metro ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2009
Yes, But Does a "Classic" Bowl Game Really Involve Conference "Also-Rans"?
God knows the city's been talking about it since forever -- you know, finding another bowl game to stick in the Cotton Bowl, since the actual New Year's Day Cotton Bowl Classic will now be played at the EnormoDome in Arlington, which is about 389 shades of ain't-right, but, whatever. So, maybe yo ... More >>
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May 13, 2009
Dave Bliss Still Alive. Praise Jesus?
Thanks to the tip from loyal Sportatorium reader, Luca: If you're not busy Sunday morning and you always wanted to barf on a pew, head down to Ovilla's First Baptist Church. Now appearing at the pulpit: David Bliss. Yep, that one. Actually, the church's website boasts a speaking ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2008
It's a Final (Four): Jerryworld in 2014
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2008
Scooch a Bit SMU, You (May) Finally Have Company
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2008
March Madness? A Great Time For Sports Music
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2008
Items of Interest, Far As You Know
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
News
November 1, 2007
Like Zombies, SMU football Plays on Without a Pulse
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2007
SMU Can't Cheer Up or Pony Up
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2007
Justice Is, Um, Served? Everything Else, Not So Much.
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2007
Green Means Go
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Calendar
December 28, 2006
The Touch, The Feel
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2006
Football vs. Futbol
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2006
Clean Up, Aisle Two!
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2006
The Texas Tornadoes
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2006
Street Cred or Straight Creep?
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2006
Close Shave
The NCAA just posted to its Web site a list of host cities for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Men's Final Fours -- and, no surprise, Jerryworld is indeed included among the sites. The dates: April 5-7, 2014. The host city, incidentally, is listed as "North Texas," with the following parenthetical: " ... More >>
Film
January 12, 2006
Bet on Black
Glory Road relives the season college hoops smashed the color barrier
Home Entertainment
January 5, 2006
Full Court Pressure
College Hoops 2K6 will bring out your inner Bobby Knight.
Calendar
September 15, 2005
Slow Ride
College Hoops 2K6 will bring out your inner Bobby Knight.
Calendar
December 18, 2003
Make a Run for It
Bikers give kids some toy joy
News
March 20, 2003
The Back Page
I would tell you about the Big 12 tourney, but my stomach hurts
News
September 26, 2002
Oopsie
It's not easy selecting the Best of Dallas
Culture
December 7, 2000
Pony Up
Mustangs star Jeryl Sasser is back at SMU to increase his net worth
News
February 19, 1998
Not as dome as you think
Dallas attorney Darrell Jordan wants to cover the Cotton Bowl--anyone got $150 million to spare?
News
January 12, 1995
Fast Times at UTA
Ryan Amacher says he's leading the University of Texas at Arlington into a glorious future. But his critics fear his passion for pomp and party will run it into the ground.
News
November 24, 1994
BeloWatch
Ryan Amacher says he's leading the University of Texas at Arlington into a glorious future. But his critics fear his passion for pomp and party will run it into the ground.
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