I thought Elvis Andrus got ripped off last year when he didn’t win American League Rookie of the Year. But it’s nothing compared to the travesty of him not winning a Gold Glove yesterday. Think of it this way: With your life at stake and a grounder hit in the hole,…

10. Jerry Jones wants tangible improvements. Is that simply Jason getting the Cowboys to play harder? Or does he need to go 3-5 down the stretch? Either way, you can bet Bill Cowher’s number is handy. 9. Garrett played behind Troy Aikman and was coached by Norv Turner and Sean…

Can’t remember the last time Erick Dampier had 12 points on perfect shooting and 13 rebounds in a win over an elite opponent. I’m sure it happened, but not nearly enough. That’s why, in part, Dampier was traded in the off-season for Tyson Chandler. The positive effects for the Dallas…

10. Good to the last drop, hours after being fired Monday, Wade showed up at Cowboys Stadium for a previously scheduled charity event. He’s a better man than me for dang sure. 9. Lose some games? Jerry Jones has been down that road. But lose gobs of TV viewers? Heads…

Dallas Cowboys players at Valley Ranch have been told today that head coach Wade Phillips has been fired…

Wild weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. I saw girls in checkered-flag bikinis, monkeys selling programs, a rare pit-crew substitution and even a NASCAR fight. Delicious…

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…

10. First play of the game in College Station, Oklahoma snapped the ball over quarterback Landry Jones’ head and out of the end zone for safety. Iconic Aggie radio voice Dave South’s peculiar call: “Touchback, Aggies!” What the what? 9. For a supposedly dumbass coach, LSU’s Les Miles sure gets…

For the last month we’ve all been – gladly, of course – buried up to here in the Texas Rangers. Don’t look now, but the other sports in our city didn’t shut down. Let’s play some catch up, shall we? FC DALLAS – In the Major League Soccer’s Western Conference…

Witnessed lots of folks outside Rangers Ballpark last night who believe in their baseball team. The Rangers Rally was a warm hug on a chilly night and the theory goes like this: The present belongs to the San Francisco Giants, but the future belongs to the Texas Rangers. You buyin’ it?…

One of our sports teams is super. The other one sucks. One team has validated hope, lifted spirits, bonded communities, dispensed goose bumps and reminded us how great sports can be. The other team has us eschewing common courteous greetings for “FML.” One team won nine games in October, pushing…

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…

OK, so now what? The Texas Rangers just produced their latest, greatest season. Tonight at 6 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington we’ll toast the 2010 team one last time with not a victory parade, but more so a second-place appreciation party to be shown on Fox Sports Southwest and heard on…

And what a ride it was … 10. After an generous incorrect no-call on a check swing, Michael Young blasts a three-run homer to center field on the next pitch as Texas races to a 5-0 lead in Game 2 of the ALDS en route to a 2-0 series lead in Tampa…

We now return to your regularly scheduled football season where … Oh, dear. If you saw this coming – the Dallas Cowboys at 1-6 – raise your hand. I’m impressed. I’ll also, of course, need proof. Some of us thought the Cowboys would play in Super Bowl XLV. Most of…

10. Not sure what manager Ron Washington was doing going to closer Neftali Feliz in the 8th inning of a game the Rangers trailed 3-1. If the Rangers had forced extra innings it would’ve been an interesting mix-‘n-match bullpen. Unfortunately, Texas’ bats were too feeble to even force a second-guess…

Hey, at least one of our teams won on Halloween. Prediction: Just three games into the season and Jason Kidd’s swish from inside the Clippers’ 3-point line will be the longest shot made in the NBA this season…

[jump] Tonight will be the first November game in Rangers’ history and also the game of the season in Arlington. Even if they win tonight, the Rangers must find a way to win two straight games at AT&T Park, where they are 0-11 all-time. And if the Rangers don’t score…

10. All you Tony Romo haters, how’d that feel? You wanted life without the so-called “celebrity golfer,” you got it. By the way Jon Kitna, perfectly thrown passes tipped into interceptions suck huh? 9. David Garrard is a very mediocre quarterback. The Cowboys made him look like Johnny Unitas. Garrard…

[jump] 5. I’ll ask it again: How the hell can baseball take itself seriously with such horribly incompetent umpiring? Not only was the Game 4 strike zone drastically different from Game 3 – shouldn’t it be universally consistent in every game? – first-base umpire Jeff Kellogg blew two plays. Not…