It was already a bad week for Dez Bryant, after former mentor Deion Sanders reiterated that he is severing ties with the firebrand Cowboys receiver. Now Bryant is on the verge of more legal trouble after standing up a New Jersey memorabilia show. According to organizers of the Collectors Showcase…
Lyle Lovett sang the National Anthem. Nolan Ryan threw out the first pitch. Joe DiMaggio was on hand. Barry Bonds and Cal Ripken Jr. opposed each other. And, in the NL’s 3-2 win at the brand new Ballpark in Arlington, the Marlins’ Jeff Conine was the MVP for his pinch-hit homer…
Not appearing tonight at baseball’s All-Star Game: Derek Jeter, Jose Reyes, Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, C.C. Sabathia, David Price and Albert Pujols.Injuries can’t be helped, but the mid-summer classic needs to be fixed. From last night’s boring home run derby to tonight’s exhibition, which will inexplicably determine home-field advantage in…
Just talked to a National Hockey League source who confirmed what the News reported last week: that former Texas Rangers’ CEO Chuck Greenberg is seriously interested in buying your Dallas Stars. The Stars have been for sale since Tom Hicks’ sports empire went kaput, and for a long time it…
Two of the sweetest words to any man’s ears: Free. Upgrade. Thank you, US Airways. 9. For the life of me I can’t figure out why casinos offer the game of War. It’s the the most balanced, fair game in Vegas. It’s high-card wins, with ties merely forcing the player to double the bet for…
You know what I think of women’s sports. Why watch them when you can see men run faster, jump higher or hit the ball longer? And you know what I think of soccer. A potentially entertaining game is ruined by archaic offsides rules, ridiculous fake injuries and the worst officiating of…
Thursday: The lowest point in the history of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Sunday: The high point of Texas’ baseball season. Was sitting at a blackjack table in Las Vegas when I looked up and saw Nolan Ryan in front of a microphone on TV. As the closed caption scrolled “Josh is…
He’s now the answer to two football trivia questions: 1. Who was the New England Patriots’ top draft choice in 2000, selected four rounds and 156 picks before a quarterback named Tom Brady? 2. Who is the SMU recruiting coordinator suddenly somehow luring blue-chip inner-city players from the West Coast…
Whether you’ve reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Rangers return from Houston today to start a series in Arlington against the lowly Florida Marlins. Did anyone go to the airport to see the Silver Boot as Nolan Ryan triumphantly…
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…
In 65 days there will be football at Cowboys Stadium. And it will be before a sold-out crowd. NFL lockout be damned, LSU and Oregon will play in the Cowboys Classic Sept. 3. With 80,000 tickets already sold, standing-room only seats could go on sale as early as next week. Without the NFL,…
Silver Boot secured? Check. First place in the AL West? Check. Representation in next month’s MLB All-Star Game? Che … Not so fast. While Ian Kinsler’s first two-homer game in almost two years lifted the Rangers over the Astros, 3-2, and gave them an intrastate five-peat, Texas may wind up with no starters…
Put away your worries about the durability of compact discs, squeeze into your acid-washed jeans and let’s go watch the NBA’s model franchise play at one of America’s best sports venues, Reunion Arena. On the way we can fill up our Pontiac Fiero for 91 cents a gallon, mail some…
After Tuesday night’s 7-3 victory over the hapless Houston Astros, we can fit the Rangers for another Silver Boot. Texas got homers from Josh Hamilton, Mitch Moreland and Ian Kinsler and C.J. Wilson cruised against baseball’s worst team. A favorable ump call helped the Rangers in the 6th when Jeff Keppinger beat…
Watched South Carolina win their second consecutive College World Series last night. Their celebration — gloves and hats flying in a giant infield dog pile — got me to thinking: Does baseball over-celebrate? Or, perhaps, do they do it just right? Think about the Mavs’ reaction after a 31-year wait to…
We’ve seen the Rangers in the World Series and the Mavs win the NBA Finals, and on Tuesday I was reminded just how great a Stanley Cup run can be when former Stars’ goalie Ed Belfour and current GM Joe Nieuwendyk were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. They’ll officially be inducted into…
Beats me. Monday I watched both Williams sisters lose at Wimbledon, a week after Andy Roddick bowed out. It leaves as the only American quarterfinalist gentlemen’s 10th seed Mardy Fish, a 29-year-old doubles specialist who will hardly threatening Rafael Nadal’s throne. We heard a buzz for years about Donald Young as American…
Still amazed that the Mavericks won the NBA championship. Still surprised they did it without a playoff point from Roddy Beaubois (who should be ready for 2011-12 training camp in October after another foot surgery). And I continue to be miffed at how little the sports world really knew about…
More than Tony Romo, Jason Witten and, yes, Mat McBriar, the most valuable Cowboy is DeMarcus Ware.Drafted 11th overall in ’05, the outside linebacker has led Dallas in sacks in all five of his seasons and is the only player in the NFL with at least 10 quarterback traps in…
Soon as the Mavericks “drafted” Texas shooting guard Jordan Hamilton, I received texts and tweets and a couple of phone calls from excited fans. Hamilton played for the Longhorns, so he must be good, right? W-R-O-N-G. Not sure if any school has more NBA busts than the one down south in Austin. Rick Barnes’…
His Flamingo Fadeaway on the mound with a basketball was funny. And his cartoonish, exaggerated Max Patkin-like delivery was funnier. Dirk Nowitzki on Friday night was the best thing on a Rangers’ pitching mound in a while. Only thing better would’ve been if Michael Young’s leaping catch wouldn’t have saved Captain…
Alexi Ogando has suddenly produced three consecutive outings of five innings or less. Fourth outfielder David Murphy just went 1 of 9 to drop his average to .233. And the Rangers have lost 12 of their last 19 — including 3-3 on a homestand against the Astros and Mets — in…
