Subject: Rafael Nadal

• Political Football

  September 4, 2008

• Our Cups Runneth Dry

  September 17, 2008

• The World's Top 10 Left-Handed Athletes

  Right is wrong and left is ... right? Seems to be. It's not exactly a bass-ackward revolution, but left-handers are doing okay for themselves in sports these days. Or are they? The idea struck me last week when I saw highlights of college quarterbacks Josh Heupel and Matt Leinart winning BCS National Championship Games. They disappeared = Bad. Then I watched this year's game and saw Florida's Tim Tebow will his Gators to a title. He's one of the best players in the history of college football&n

  January 14, 2009

• Whitt's End: 1.30.09

  Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *The Cowboys fined Martellus Bennett one game check for an obscenity-laced and offensive rap video. Interesting to see what they'll do to Anthony Spencer, who actually broke the law and got arrested. *So who you rootin' for in the Super Bowl: The Steelers, who have former Cowboys' safety Ray Horton on their coaching staff? Or the Cardinals, who have former Cowboys' assistants Clancy Penderga

  January 30, 2009

• Devin Harris: NBA All-Star

  Welcome to Mavs' fans' nightmare.Sorry I'm a little late this morning. Been glued to one of the greatest, longest tennis matches ever. The Fernando Verdasco-Rafael Nadal Australian Open semifinal that started at 2:30 a.m. our time just ended. In other news ... Devin Harris is an NBA All-Star. Jason Kidd isn't. Ouch. For Dallas Mavericks' fans, that stings. A year ago some of us were warning the Mavs not to pull the trigger on the trade. Remember? But, admittedly, I didn't expect Harr

  January 30, 2009

• 43 Observations About Super Bowl XLIII

  To the victor go the spoils. Right, Hines?Steelers 27, Cardinals 23: Best Super Bowl ever? Santonio Holmes' tip-toe TD: Best Super Bowl catch ever? The Boss: Best Super Bowl halftime show ever? Better late than never, I've got XLIII thoughts about Super Bowl 43: 43. Gotta make it snappy. My free Grand Slam at Denny's is calling. 42. If you watched the Australian Open final, you saw Roger Federer break down into tears after losing to Rafael Nadal. Which begs the question, "After

  February 3, 2009

• Whitt's End: 2.6.09

  Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *So Jerry Jones wanted Dan Reeves to pledge working X amount of hours per week. Maybe it's part of the owner's new get-tough policy, but isn't that ridiculous? I seem to remember a head coach around here trying to force players to punch a time clock. Goes by the name of Dave Campo. *He totally sneaked in and out under the radar, but Yankees' pitcher Andy Pettite was in town last week speaking at T

  February 6, 2009

• Whitt's End: 6.5.09

  Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Might Michael Irvin's days at ESPN Radio be numbered? This isn't sourced "breaking news", but more so a simple putting two-and-two together and arriving at a common sense conclusion. And, no, it has nothing to do with Irvin getting sued for allegedly stealing his Fourth and Long concept or the mysterious disappearance of that gun-pointing incident he reported last January. Consider

  June 5, 2009

• The Top 10 Best Current Rivalries in Sports

  Tonight's the next chapter in one of sports' best rivalries. That's right, I said best.To be a true sports rivalry - more than just a plethora of games between teams in close proximity (see Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals) - the meetings between opponents must: *Take place at an advanced level, with championships on the line. *Feature sustained excellence by both teams over a period of time. *Include some form of contentiousness, be it physical alternations or trash-talking

  February 24, 2009

• A Systematic, Somewhat Sane Ranking of the World's Most Athletic Sports

  Holding up my arm during this photo? 'Bout as athletic as Dale Earnhardt's driving.In this week's column in the dead tree version of Sportatorium I maintain that NASCAR drivers aren't athletes. Conversely, Texas Motor Speedway grand poobah Eddie Gossage counterpoints that not only are drivers supremely athletic, but more fit than even soccer players. Got me to thinking: Which sport truly has the world's best athletes? We could peruse this Superstars list or, better yet, come up

  April 2, 2009

• Pete Sampras Returns to Royalty

  The tennis king makes pit stop in, um, Frisco?

  September 27, 2007

• Tennis, Anyone?!

  In '04 Federer-Roddick gave me this ball. In '09, they gave me a classic.Sunday's instant classic Wimbledon final was one of those magical moments that only sports can provide. As Roger Federer and Andy Roddick battled past four hours and into the longest fifth set in Grand Slam history, you forgot about the second wife and the third mortgage and those post-Fourth of July plans. Federer's 16-14 survival - and ascension as tennis' all-time king - was one of those spine-tingling images that

  July 6, 2009

• Because I'm Better Than Bitter, 20 Things I Love

  I love sports and stuff and, oh yeah, freaky things like, say, baby heads in glass vases.​No, no, no. You got me all wrong. Am I skeptical? Cynical? Inquisitive? Smart-assy? Guilty. But bitter? Hardly. I consider myself more tell-it-like-it-is realistic rather than jump-off-the-high-five negative. I don't think the Rangers will make the playoffs. I think Josh Hamilton should've come clean before he was caught. And I absolutely despise squirrels. But, honestly, I'm general

  August 13, 2009