Now the greatest kicker in all of Canada. We know kickers are a weird breed. Not in an immoral FLDS compound kinda way. But just a little off, ya know? Watch them in their natural habitat – isolated from real football – and you come away scratching your head as…
Wonder if SMU AD Steve Orsini has an extra $400k laying around. Just in case. SMU football coach June Jones is going back to Hawaii. Relax. It’s just so he can avoid re-paying his former employer a cool $400,000. The University of Hawaii thinks Jones owes it the cash –…
Sometimes, despite having no punch line or manufacturing no local angle, I stumble upon stories just too good not to share. Like, say, this one. — Richie Whitt…
‘Scuse me, Avery. I believe that’s my chair. With TNT analyst Doug Collins apparently the Chicago Bulls’ choice and former Mavericks player Elston Turner jumping to the front of the line in the Phoenix Suns’ search, it’s looking more and more like Avery Johnson will have to slum it next…
Does part of you think we may never see this again? Me too. Terry Glenn needs a hug. And, as usual, Greg Ellis needs his blanky, his passy and, for good measure, a muzzle. One of the most discernable announcements of football season, Ellis is again unhappy with something or…
Madeja look. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is at it again. Ya know, being everywhere all the time right now. But this time, we’re going to have an awfully tough time working up some criticism. His latest “it guy” project isn’t jetting off to Cancun or jumping on stage or polluting…
It’d be easy to criticize the Dallas Cowboys for making Marion Barber the highest-paid running back in franchise history. The dude has started only one game in his three-year NFL career. He’s never rushed for 1,000 yards. And with a style as subtle as a taser, he’ll be susceptible to…
Last time we saw a Ranger on the cover gas was $1.20 and this guy was a high-school sophomore. You haven’t even made it to your afternoon smoke break and already the Rangers have again failed to summit Mount Mediocrity. For the fourth time in the last two weeks Texas…
The beast that ate Dallas. Is it possible to up and move a river? Because if so, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will slap a “wide load” banner on the Trinity River project and steer it toward Tarrant County any day now. And the JFK museum, and Deep Ellum and the…
Enough with the flirting. Dear Mr. Cuban, Please don’t do it. I know you love baseball and the spotlight and you have more money than Sri Lanka, but don’t buy the Chicago Cubs. I know you’re more than thinking about it. You want it. And I don’t blame you. It’s…
David Stanley When you think Penn State football, it’s Joe Paterno. Texas? Gotta go with Earl Campbell. Boise State? Blue astroturf. Boston College? Doug Flutie’s Hail Mary in the Orange Bowl. SMU? Hmmm. Can I phone a friend? In a confusing-yet-intriguing promo, CBS College Sports TV is somehow, I think,…
Okay, enough grab-ass. On our way back to the grindstone, a little catching up: *Tony and Jessica are apparently the happiest un-couple ever. *Pacman Jones worked out at SMU yesterday and will wear No. 21 as a Cowboy. I guess No. $20,000 was taken. *Former Stars’ architect Doug Armstrong is…
The Top 5 things I command, okay request, you to do over the Memorial Day Weekend. Yes, there will be a pop quiz Tuesday morning. 1. Fly this. 2. Drink this. 3. Eat these. 4. Try to tell this guy from this guy. No wonder the Cowboys landed Super Bowl…
The Texas Rangers just announced that colorful color analyst Tom Grieve will undergo prostate surgery and miss 2-3 weeks of the team’s TV broadcasts. They say these things are pretty common these days — Mavs head coach Don Nelson and Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo come to mind — but…
class=”blogImageCaption”>Longest road trip in Mustangs’ history? If ZZ Top can appear on American Idol, I guess anything’s possible. Even SMU’s basketball team embarking on an African Tour. The squad, led by head coach Matt Doherty, leaves Sunday for a 12-day trip to Senegal and South Africa. Why? Good will. Recruiting…
Rangers’ GM Jon Daniels may have traded for the AL MVP Gotta tell you, my first impression of Josh Hamilton wasn’t so swell. I was out at Rangers Ballpark last January for the team’s annual Fan Fest when Hamilton, the team’s new center fielder and born-again-and-again-and-again Christian, started talking to…
Let’s see, that’s $15, another $15, another $15 … oh, screw it. In the dumbest move since your Texas Rangers decided to fix their first base problems with a guy who has never played the position, American Airlines is announcing it will skip the nickel-and-diming of customers and go right…
In hockey, two heads are better than one. In news that should surprise no one, the Dallas Stars have inked co-general managers Brett Hull and Les Jackson to concurrent three-year contracts running through the 2011 season. It seemed a desperate move when owner Tom Hicks fired former GM Doug Armstrong…
Look ma, no feet?! On a nightly basis you can head down to Victory Park’s plaza and watch Pete Delkus spar with Dale Hansen. And earlier this week it was the Mavericks’ Jason Terry trying to hit golf balls to the moon. Now? Would you believe motorcycle jumping? With a…
More than likely, he will probably, possibly, potentially be a part of the Cowboys’ offense this seson. Maybe, that is. Ken Hamlin (unsigned), Roy Williams (family vacation) and Terry Glenn (gimpy knee) weren’t present at yesterday’s Dallas Cowboys’ OTA (back in my beat writing days we called them “quarterback school”)…
I was totally prepared to be under-whelmed by the new Dallas Mavericks’ head coach, Rick Carlisle. Micro-manager bordering on control freak. Unyielding commitment to defense at the expense of offense. Impersonal. Indifferent. Shoddy communicator. Plodding half-court system predicated on him calling plays every stinking possession. Sound familiar? But after further…
Did the Hammer nail it? Well, we all saw Greg Williams’ appearance on Mike Doocy’s Sports Sunday. It was nice to see him alive and seemingly well. But, like me, you probably weren’t exactly sure what you saw. Greggo? In a snappy suit? Admitting drug use we’ve known about for…
