Two wrongs give us a right — to wonder about his future. Sure enough, Josh Howard has learned from his off-court mistakes. Best way to rehab a pothead image and regain the trust of your teammates is by – wait, what? — getting arrested for driving 94 in a 55…
Anyone remember where I live? Okay, let’s see what I missed here on the homefront while vacationing in Canada and “working” in California. Hmm … *Rough week for our beloved Mark Cuban. First, Ron Artest gets traded to the Rockets, dropping his Mavericks to fourth-best in their own damn division…
Time to pull back the curtain on the most vital Cowboys. Get it? After a week in Oxnard – yes, I’m back here in our lovely triple-digit clime – I think I have a pretty good handle on the Cowboys’ flow chart. Somehow I missed you-know-who’s appearance, but I did…
Prepared to be dazzled. Or disgusted. Depends on your perspective, I guess. Pacman Jones is full of … tricks. On Monday the dude caught six punts, storing each ball in a different part of his torso, without ever dropping one. Tuesday he was fielding kickoffs with one hand. And yesterday…
Roy Williams, a Pro Bowler? Horse hockey. You might say. I don’t trust Roy Williams. But I do trust Dave Campo. And Campo, the former Cowboys’ head coach who’s back as the team’s secondary coach, says we’ll see the “old Roy Williams” again this year. “From watching film of him…
Not even a clever caption can negate the putrid aspects of my photography. Whew. Pro Bowl pass rusher DeMarcus Ware left practice early this morning, but it looked like nothing serious. He either tweaked his back or took a blow to the head during full-pads scrimmage. But he walked off…
Better than Brad Johnson, spleen or no. In news that the Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported earlier this month and the St. Petersburg Times touched on again yesterday, the Cowboys are seriously considering a trade for former University of Texas and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Chris Simms. A source…
Who showed up and instantly started haunting my Super Bowl dreams? One guess. The news-making earthquake turned out to be little more than a casual Texas thunderstorm. After a brief “drop, duck and cover”, this is what I survived to see on Tuesday afternoon: *Cornerback Terence Newman’s strained groin will…
Terence Newman has a groin injury. I have a really crappy camera. I’ve received lots of suggestions on what you guys wanna know about Cowboys’ camp – How’s Felix Jones look? Can Zach Thomas still play? What’s up with Jerry’s hat? – so the best way to attack this thing…
Relax, both coaches could be talking to Tony Romo again next season. I’ll serve up a smorgasbord of training camp insights later this morning, but wanted to get to the news of the day first. Contrary to the asinine sentiments of some columnists, this isn’t guaranteed to be Wade Phillips’…
Yeah, but can she make up for miles and miles of ugly? So I’m driving to visit my cousin in a Fort Worth hospital yesterday morning when all the sudden it hits me: Hang your head in shame, Tom Landry. Hang your head. Because, don’t look now – no, really,…
Obviously you guys get turned on by tuning in. I repeat, I’m not an Ed Bark starter kit attempting to become Dallas’ radio beat reporter. But, then again – in the essence of “the customer is always right” – here’s the latest news that filled my email and voice mail…
This just in: No one is flawless. As you read this I’m likely flying to Oxnard, Calif. where – promise – the Cowboys blogging will commence Tuesday morning if not sooner. But first, a little vacation catch-up. While I was braving 80-degree weather in upstate New York and Canada, you…
Super Bowl. Or bust. If the Dallas Cowboys don’t win the NFL championship February 1 in Tampa, it will be a devastating disappointment impossible to ignore. If they don’t at least make it to the title game, it will be an unmitigated disaster improbable to restore. Anything less and Wade…
Capping a rough couple weeks for local radio personalities, try this mug shot on for size. As I’m packing to leave town tonight I get a call from a radio industry source saying Live 105.3 drive-time host Russ Martin was arrested Friday morning in Southlake for assaulting his girlfriend. Sure…
Now where I’d put my barrel? Yeah, I know, feels like I just got back from vacation. But you know what they say in the corporate media world, “use ‘em or lose ‘em”. They do say that, right? While I’m gone you might wanna check out our Dallas Observer Music…
Appearing live next Tuesday at an awards show near you! Since you’ll have to go cold turkey while I’m on vacation next week, thought I’d empty out my Hammer notebook before I skedaddle. Talked to Greggo last night – he was in Decatur serving as executor of his dad’s will,…
This picture is not from north Texas. Hard to fathom with our temps again flirting with triple digits, but over at the British Open at Royal Birkdale in Lancanshire, England it looks like December. It’s in the ‘50s with rain, 40 mph wind, guys hitting 9-iron from 205 yards and,…
Things are looking up? The sky’s the limit? Corny captions notwithstanding, the Cowboys are gonna be a kick-ass team this season. The Cowboys re-signed Pro Bowl safety Ken Hamlin this week. Translation: It’s official, Super Bowl or bust. Not that Hamlin is that valuable, but his signing means one less…
The Texas Rangers’ plans have gone to shit. Ain’t it grand? Last winter, the franchise had designs on hosting the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2015. Then arose the sudden proliferation of proposed new ballparks around the league, the Glory Park development stagnation in Arlington and— poof—the issue is…
Another in a long line of shining, yet ultimately hollow moments. Another American League All-Star Game victory. Another significant Rangers contribution to the win. But in the big photo, does it really matter? Texas shortstop Michael Young provided the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 15th inning of last night’s 4-3…
For those of you still interested, my 20-minute or so interview with Live 105.3’s Big Dick Hunter about “The Hard Lie” will be available on his website at some point today. For those of you who can’t wait, you can download the file here. Happy listening.– Richie Whitt…
