10. Two-game winning streak be damned, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones isn’t getting too caught up in his team’s re-booting: “I want to say it again: No fan should think I’m happy with the way things are,” Jones said after his team’s win Sunday at Cowboys Stadium. “I’m happy having these two…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Next Tuesday Josh Hamilton wins AL MVP. Right? *The good news: Greggo’s “pus pockets” are gone. The bad: He’s been told not to talk for 10 days. Ten! Means a couple…
On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, the Dallas Cowboys traded for receiver Roy Williams. In exchange, they sent to the Detroit Lions a first- third- and sixth-round draft pick in 2009. Matching him with Terrell Owens, the move was supposed to give the Cowboys yet another elite weapon en route to being…
Texas Rangers’ manager Ron Washington deserves credit. But not a trophy. I was neither surprised nor disappointed yesterday when Minnesota Twins’ skipper Ron Gardenhire was named American League Manager of the Year. While he led his team to 94 wins and a division championship despite major injuries to closer Joe Nathan and…
Love me some Dirk Nowitzki, the most underrated, under-appreciated athlete in the history of Dallas/Fort Worth sports. Behind him and his finesse game of around 25 points and 10 rebounds this season, the Mavs will win 50-55 games and make the NBA’s Western Conference playoffs as the 3-6 seed. But …..
On Sunday the Dallas Cowboys look for their first home win of the season. Manny Pacquiao has already won twice in Cowboys Stadium in 2010. In other words, it’s time to adopt the eight-time boxing champion as our “team.” After all, the bludgeoning he delivered upon the unfortunate noggin of…
Saw Duke’s Kyle Singler on ESPN making a shot at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium. Off the floor. Off the backboard. From the rafters. Having seen and remembered this video of LeBron “making” LeShot, I know what trick ’em-dick ’em photography can do. So, no, I ain’t buying it…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback ratings. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings — if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here — the…
Dwyane Wade in specific. And the Miami Heat in general. Take this lightly if you wish, but consider the career/personal plunges of my previous targets: *Terrell Owens (cut by the Cowboys, irrelevant as Buffalo Bill). *Tiger Woods (lost his wife, reputation and No. 1 ranking). *Brett Favre (no ankle and/or playoff…
Nate Newton has lost almost 200 pounds. His son, Tre, has lost his interest in playing football. Tre, a running back at Texas, decided this week to give up football in part because of numerous concussions. The sophomore missed last week’s loss to Oklahoma State after sustaining a concussion in a loss…
Neftali Feliz is the American League Rookie of the Year. Deservedly so. Cliff Lee’s Arkansas friends can’t imagine him leaving Texas for New York. Fingers crossed. But now Texas Rangers’ hitting coach Clint Hurdle is the new manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. What becomes of Josh Hamilton’s toe-tapless swing? I…
As I’ve said before, I like Jason Garrett. Really do. Got to know him a little bit personally when he was a backup and I was beat writer out at Valley Ranch in the ’90s. I’ve long pushed for him to be Dallas’ head coach in place of Stumbledoofus. What’s…
10. First couple of rounds I actually thought Antonio Margarito had a chance against Manny Pacquiao. Margarito charged ahead and threw bigger punches. But the end result of most of the center-ring skirmishes was him running into a swarm of gnats. The cumulative effect proved catastrophic as he spent Saturday night…
Last month your Texas Rangers finally made it to baseball’s World Series. Hasn’t been quite as long of a wait, but FC Dallas is at last in soccer’s MLS Cup. With a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy Sunday night, FC Dallas won Major League Soccer’s Western Conference and…
10. It took all of one play to smack you in the kisser with the fact that these were not your same ol’ Stumbledoofus Cowboys. Bruised ribs and all, cornerback Terence Newman tackled Mario Manningham for a 2-yard loss after a catch on New York’s first play. Against the Packers last…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *The Dallas Cowboys began the season at 9/1 odds to make the Super Bowl. At the halfway point of the season they are now 500/1. The over/under for wins for interim…
Couple virgin voyages for me this week. Last weekend I went to a motorcycle gang party. (Scary.) And Saturday night I’m going to a championship fight. As in big-time boxing. (Psyched.) I’m more into UFC these days, but I’m looking forward to Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium. Supposed to be…
On Veterans Day we stop — if only for a minute — to thank all those who have served in our military and fought to provide us the freedom to do things like vote, drink beer, sleep in if we want and, of course, blog insanely and/or sharply and anonymously criticize those…
The new/interim head coach of the Dallas Cowboys made some changes on his first day in charge at Valley Ranch. Mostly, players were met by this message — in all caps, and in red — on the daily grease board when they arrived: FULL PADS. “I was like ‘Whoa’,” says linebacker DeMarcus Ware. “That…
When he left in 2000 his going-away party was thrown at Sipango, because the guy with the red hair would never venture into the “white house.” When he returned in 2007 he was a 40-year-old virgin who’d never called, much less crafted, a playbook. And now—in a crazy, capricious 2010—he’s…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback ratings. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings — if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here — the…
After talking with a couple embedded folks I trust out at Valley Ranch, this is how I see it all going down: The next permanent head coach of the Dallas Cowboys will come from one of four corners. Owner Jerry Jones is as conflicted, confused and confounded as at any time…
