I know. Too easy. Actually, I’m not about to get all self-righteous and call 1310 AM The Ticket hypocritical. In fact, I’m shocked that producer/host Mike Bacsik’s Twitter posts on Mavs-Spurs Game 4 warranted a suspension and not a gold star. Not because they weren’t, as the saying goes, hot sports opinions: Congrats…
The good news: The Dallas Cowboys likely drafted the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year and a linebacker who will signal the end of the Bobby Carpenter era. The bad news: The Dallas Cowboys still don’t have a play-making free safety or any depth along the offensive line. The Cowboys…
I grew up with Drew Pearson, covered Michael Irvin and have the highest hopes for Dez Bryant. But should the Cowboys’ rookie receiver from Oklahoma State be allowed to wear the sacred No. 88? The Cowboys revere uniform numbers, but they don’t retire them. Should they? You don’t see No…
10. Spurs’ rookie DeJuan Blair is a beast. Sunday he had seven points and seven rebounds in 11 minutes and even placed an elbow in Dirk Nowitzki’s ear to bait him into a technical foul. Roddy Beaubois may grow into the Mavs’ point guard of the future, but some of…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Cowboys fans rejoice. First of all you have Dez Bryant. Secondly, you’re not the Denver Broncos. The same team that traded for Brady Quinn has now traded up to draft Tim…
10. As I wrote yesterday afternoon, the Cowboys talked to the Miami Dolphins about trading up. And Texas safety Earl Thomas was indeed one of their three targets in Thursday’s NFL Draft. The others: Idaho offensive lineman Mike Iupati and Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant. No matter which one of…
Source from Valley Ranch tells me this afternoon that Jerry Jones and Bill Parcells are talking. About? The Cowboys are considering trading their 1st- and 2nd-round picks in tonight’s NFL Draft to move up to the Miami Dolphins’ 12th overall pick, where they would take Texas safety Earl Thomas. Yay or…
Because of Tom Hicks and some rich dudes at Monarch Alternative Capital, Nolan Ryan may no longer be a vital part of your Texas Rangers. As I hinted at earlier this week, there are last-minute problems with the sale of the team from Hicks to prospective new owner Chuck Greenberg…
The NFL Draft gets cocky tonight. It goes prime time, up against the networks’ lineup of must-see CSIs and Grey’s Anatomy and such, and against the NBA’s LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. I’ll be at Cowboys Stadium from 6 p.m. until? … at the 105.3 The Fan Miller Lite Draft Party…
10. Give Spurs coach Gregg Popovich credit. His “dogs” played harder and better than Dallas. In fact, they jumped to a 9-0 lead and basically used the Mavs as a fire hydrant. 9. Watching Erick Dampier and Brendan Haywood, it’s Dallas’ best center duo since Gana Diop was here with…
What if I told you there was a great basketball player? He was an All-Star. A Most Valuable Player. A future Hall of Famer. He was a class act on and off the court, his only transgression being naiveté about a past girlfriend. To him a wild night on the…
As you may have heard, I despise cats. Not extremely found of former President George Dubya Bush either but, hey, given the lesser of two evils I usually side with the human. In this case, thumbs up to the prez. Because apparently his new Bush Presidential Library at SMU is…
I included the Dallas Mavericks-San Antonio Spurs among sports’ Top 10 current rivalries a while back and the hate email started pouring in. Granted the Mavs don’t have a championship. But the rivalry has everything else. Hall of Famers. Unprecedented regular-season success. Playoff throwdowns. Oh yeah and, in case you…
The Cowboys could’ve been in Dallas. For years we’ve blamed former mayor Laura Miller and a group of narrow-minded county commissioners like Margaret Keliher. And for years we’ve been right. Speaking at SMU Tuesday, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed that Miller basically told him “don’t let the door hit you…
You know how I feel about squirrels, but … When I was a kid – thankfully I only have a vague memory of the experience – I underwent this allergy test. A bunch of razor-blade nicks in my bare back to see how I reacted to chemicals and whatnot. Result: I…
Four-game losing streak. Bats are dead. Fielding is iffy. Texas Rangers are 5-7 and in Boston for a series starting tonight. Brace yourselves, it could get worse. Today is April 20, better known as “the week of April 19th”, better known as the week the sale of the Texas Rangers…
Draft schmaft. How about a mock schedule? The NFL will release its 2010 regular-season menu tonight at 6 on NFL Network. We know the Dallas Cowboys’ opponents for next this season, we just don’t when they’ll play where. Without the aid of a hidden cell phone video, allow me to take…
Those of you who bash Dirk Nowitzki – you know who you are – are racial. Not racist per se. But yes, racial. When it comes to our games and the people who play them, first and foremost – above stats or accomplishments or character – is black and white…
I know. It’s early. The Texas Rangers’ season is exactly two weeks old. But there are ominous signs, no? Getting swept by the Yankees in New York isn’t Apocalyptic. But mustering only eight runs in four games is troublesome. More so, the 5-7 Rangers have already blown two wins with their…
10. Asked Mavs owner Mark Cuban on his Stairmaster last night if he was serious about his story of almost imploding the team in late January before finding the Caron Butler trade: “Absolutely the truth. Ask my wife.” 9. In crunch time, it was Jason Kidd on Manu Ginobli. He…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Not only should Dirk Nowitzki be on the first-team All-NBA squad and a legit MVP candidate, he’ll be unstoppable against the Spurs. San Antonio has its nucleus back – Tim Duncan, Manu…
Wednesday night’s Dallas Mavericks’ victory over the San Antonio Spurs wasn’t exactly reason to plan a parade. But definitely reason to throw a party. After the game, players such as Shawn Marion and Caron Butler attended Chris Arnold’s party at Deux Lounge in Mockingbird Station. The atmosphere was as optimistic…
