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Jerry Jones on Salary Cap, CBA Negotiations: "It Doesn't Always Be The Way You Want It To Be"

And here you thought the NFL lockout was over. Not hardly: As Peter King puts it this morning, yesterday's Sure Thing turned into Sour Grapes rather quickly, with the players refusing to sign off on the owners' done deal. Jerry Jones, in the SI.com piece, had no comment about the new-but-not-signed ... More >>

NFL Players Really Don't Find Jerry Jones All That Intimdating. Hilarious, Maybe.

​On the other side, for those who haven't read it, is the class action complaint filed on Friday by the National Football League players (among those named: Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Payton Manning and homegrown Aggie Von Miller, who's yet to be drafted) presently locked out by the team owners in the ... More >>

Jerry Jones Puts On a Show During NFL Labor Negotiations, and Gets Panned

​You've waited for this moment all your life. Practiced. Rehearsed. Trained. Sacrificed. Compromised. Even went to college class, some of the time. But now, on the eve of a major company extending you a lucrative dream job, veteran workers at the company are suddenly urging you not to ac ... More >>

The Top 10 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Covers in the History of Ogling

​Whether her name is Irina Shayk or Iwanna Shake, we've fallen for it again. Every year I hear the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is about to hit stands and my initial reaction is to yawn. We don't have harsh winters in Dallas plus, don't know if you've heard, but you can find women i ... More >>

Now It's "A Debacle"?

​While I was writing the DART item below, about 29 Friends of Unfair Park forwarded along the freshest of hot-off-the-press tweets from Sports Illustrated's Peter King:I'm telling you: I-30 between Dallas Fort Worth is a plow-less, snow-windswept moonscape. This is officially a debacle.At this v ... More >>

Don't Be Surprised If You See a Lot of Folks Who Look Like Tom Landry Next Month

​This morning Sports Illustrated launched a site allowing folks to vote on the Most Decisive Super Bowl Moments, which coincides with a list that appears in the issue hitting stands today. One moment -- a "game-changing play, player's leadership or coach's decision" -- from each Super Bowl is pull ... More >>

What Do the Mavs Have to Do to Get You Invested?

​I'm in. After watching the Dallas Mavericks win seven in a row and vault to the NBA's second-best record I've officially got my basketball Jonesing. ESPN believes, as they have the Mavs ranked No. 4. So does Sports Illustrated, who shoves Dallas all the way to No. 1. I know a win over the lo ... More >>

Does Josh Hamilton Have a Chance to Be Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year?

​Let's see, he's won a batting title, an American League MVP, multiple Ginger Ale showers, our hearts and - almost, sorta -  a World Series. Today Texas Rangers' outfielder Josh Hamilton goes for another coveted honor - Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year. Little deb ... More >>

Packers 45, Cowboys 7: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. As of now, Wade Phillips has his regularly scheduled press conference today at 4 p.m. from Valley Ranch. But stay tuned. 9. Nose tackle Jay Ratliff vomited near the bench in the fourth quarter. Fans beat him to it hours earlier. 8. Seven points. Four turnovers. A 38-point defeat that fel ... More >>

Dallas Mavericks Pick a Really Bad Night to Start the 2010-11 Season

​Poor Mark Cuban. With his billions and success, seems weird to type that. But think of his plight: In August he came this close to buying the Texas Rangers. Now not only are those same Rangers on the verge of winning the World Series, they're taking a big steamy, stinky one on his Dallas Ma ... More >>

Whitt's End: 9.17.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Of all the teams that lost in Week 1 of the NFL season, betcha there's only one that spent the last couple days explaining and defending their organizational flow chart: Your Dallas Cowboys. *On ... More >>

SI Cover Jinx: University of Texas?

​Not sure I get all the hype over Texas this year. I know the Big 12 media picked Oklahoma to win the South, but Texas is ranked No. 4 by Sports Illustrated and - uh-oh - on the cover this week. Last time I checked UT lost a quarterback named Colt McCoy and a receiver called Jordan Shipley an ... More >>

Miles Austin on the Cover of Sports Illustrated. Uh-Oh.

​For the second time in 2010, Dallas Cowboys' receiver Miles Austin has made the cover of Sports Illustrated. A sign of stardom? Or a jinx waiting to strike? Austin is on this week's cover curiously wearing a No. 2 jersey (as a Yankees fan, he was honoring Derek Jeter during a minicamp practi ... More >>

The Top 10 Hottest TV Women in Dallas/Fort Worth: 5.11.10

Iola Johnson - The Original.​Tony Romo, you've been warned. In the spirit of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx, the first two winners of The Sportatorium's Hottest TV Women in the Metroplex are, um, gone. Yep, Erin Hawksworth (to Boston) and Megan Henderson (to L.A.) packed up and left ... More >>

Is Manny Pacquiao Coming Back to Cowboys Stadium in November? With Mayweather?

Patrick Michels​Manny Pacquiao performing after his March 13 fight at Cowboys Stadium​That's what promoter Bob Arum suggests to Sports Illustrated today: Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring November 13, and right now, says Arum, "I have reserved the date and both the Dallas Cowboys Stadium an ... More >>

Whitt's End: 3.19.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Randy Galloway - who's forgotten more Rangers' baseball than I'll ever learn - says a disgruntled former employee blackmailed the organization and ultimately&nbs ... More >>

Ron Washington Apologizes, and We Talk to MLB About "Drugs of Abuse"

Before posting anything about Sports Illustrated's breaking story about Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington's positive test for cocaine last July, I wanted to clarify one question: How often are managers tested for drug use? Because initially, the SI story didn't say, though now it's been updated t ... More >>

Whitt's End: 2.12.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *The combo of weather and injuries and chicken shits is diminishing NBA All-Star Weekend. No Kobe Bryant. No Allen Iverson. No LeBron James in the dunk contest. Silver lining: Mavs' icon Dirk Nowit ... More >>

Snow Balls: Not Surprised Dennis Gilbert Leads Pack of Potential Rangers Owners

Dennis Gilbert​Dennis Gilbert's emergence as the "surprise favorite" to shag Your Texas Rangers, as Sports Illustrated puts it this morning, is no surprise to the Friends of Unfair Park who took a break from Thanksgiving break and stopped by Friday. Former New York Times baseball writer Murray Cha ... More >>

Peter King: Tony Romo is Good; The Cowboys are Better

​Talked with a guy I really respect this morning. Peter King has been watching and writing about NFL football for years and years. First met him out at Valley Ranch in the early 1990s and have read his stuff at Sports Illustrated ever since and now watch him on NBC's Sunday Night Football. In ... More >>

The Mavs Make Sports Illustrated! Well, Sorta.

Yeah, but can she fill in for JET at two guard?Most years I chuckle at Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue. The blatant pandering. The absolutely non-sports of it all. The shrinking bikini photos that are just this close to being NSFW. But while examining this year's offering I ... More >>

Alex Rodriguez Wasn't Even "Tempted" to Juice. Except, This One Time, at Band Camp ...

In light of yesterday's revelations that Alex Rodriguez was juicing during his MVP tenure with Your Texas Rangers, a Friend of Unfair Park remind us of A-Roid's appearance on 60 Minutes at the end of '07, when he repeatedly told Katie Couric he'd never enhanced. Below, one video highlight among many ... More >>

This Timeout Brought to You By the Good Folks at ... Spring!

Ice schmice. Guess what's just around the corner? Spring training.   Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.     St. Patrick's Day. 

Peter King Doesn't Think Much of Your Dallas Cowboys in New SI

Former Cowboys Share Fond Memories. Peter King Shares Gloom, Doom.

Ex-BaD Radio Intern Mike Bacsik Finds New Way to Kill Time in the Minors

Mark Cuban's Responsible For Two of the Sports World's Most "Fortunate 50"

Just How Did Josh Hamilton Wind Up the Texas Rangers' Savior, Anyway?

The Back of Josh Hamilton's Head Has Never Looked Prettier

Jon Bon Jovi on Fellow AFL Owner Jerry Jones: "It's All Hugs and Kisses."

Items of Interest, Far As You Know

Trying To Make a Warehouse Story Sexy

Crystal Football

I Miss Rick Reilly

The Leaked List from the Mitchell Report -- and Hooray for the Home Team!

Lil' Nellie All Growed Up

A-Rod = A-Fraud

You Better, You Bust

Dismember the Titans

Smuts Illustrated

"Chuckling With Irony"

Santa Jerry

All Good Things Must Come To A Screeching Halt

Silver and Gold

American Hero an American Idol?

Rocket Landing

Best Benchwarmer

D.J. Mbenga, Dallas Mavericks

Brite Idea

Plus: Cover Up; Sack of Kittens; Net Gains

Knockout

PDNB Gallery gives a left hook with The Best of Neil Leifer

Northern lights

Alaska hockey romp is a successful mix of sweetness and irreverence