Long after Tiger Woods stops talking and the Texas Rangers have finished beating the Toronto Blue Jays, March Madness will finally end tonight at 8 when Butler plays Duke for the National Championship. (Smells like a Duke blowout to me.) Show of hands: Whose bracket has Butler in the final…
This is no longer the year before the year. This, finally, is the year. After Neal McCoy’s National Anthem and the obligatory military flyover and Roger Staubach’s ceremonial first pitch, Texas Rangers’ starter Scott Feldman will at 1:07 p.m. officially launch against the Toronto Blue Jays what I believe will be…
The greatest hockey player ever is teaming with two of the sport’s most iconic local faces in an attempt to buy the Dallas Stars, according to two sources familiar with the organization’s current business landscape. With long-time owner Tom Hicks intent on selling the team, a group led by Wayne…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Major Near catastrophic computer meltdown this morning at 8:19 a.m. Outta nowhere, the dreaded blue screen. Bottom line: Whitt’s Dead End. $%^&*$#!! Expect, fingers crossed, re-construction sometime this afternoon right about now…
Is this indeed a Good Friday, Cowboys’ fans? It’s the end of “False Start. Offense. No. 76” as the Cowboys today released starting offensive left tackle Flozell Adams and starting free safety Ken Hamlin. Your starters, for now, are Doug Free at LT and Alan Ball at FS. Adams was a…
Five games. Three time zones. Two training camps. Your Dallas Cowboys are certainly expanding their brand as America’s Team. But is such nomadic pre-season good for them? The Cowboys will travel almost 5,000 miles this summer, compared to only 852 for the New York Giants. I think jet lag is…
Dirk did it. Again. As he’s done for the last decade around here, Dirk Nowitzki snapped out of ugly shooting night just in time to lift the Dallas Mavericks to an improbable, pulsating victory. This time – mired in a 3-for-16 night – he hit two 3-pointers late in regulation and…
*Ron Washington’s first and only experience with cocaine came at age 57? Of course I believe him. Why wouldn’t I? *Okay, I admit it. I secretly, desperately wish I wrote for the Dallas Morning News and talked for 1310 AM The Ticket and admit that my jealously bleeds through into my…
It is February 2, and he’s stranded in baseball’s off-season. His future manager’s shocking drug revelation is still buried under winter’s bitter blanket. Prized off-season acquisitions are weeks away from their first pitch (Rich Harden) and hit (Vladimir Guerrero). In fact, he’s not yet even officially the owner of the…
Sure, the Dallas Mavericks produced an epic victory Monday night. Whipping the Denver Nuggets gave the inside track on the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Western Conference playoffs. But that momentum, that achievement – that seeding – could all be lost in the next 48 hours. Tonight the Mavs…
Jason Witten? Check. Miles Austin? Check. Patrick Crayton? Yeah, okay, check. Roy Williams? Hmm. Dez Bryant? Interesting. Entering next month’s NFL Draft the Dallas Cowboys have needs. At safety. At kicker. At offensive tackle. And, yes, at receiver. But are the concerns there enough to take a receiver with their…
Last Sept. 12, SMU cornerback Derrius Bell suffered a concussion in a game at Alabama-Birmingham. Sidelined for three weeks, he returned against TCU and, on the game’s first play, violently hit a Frog receiver after a reception. The tackle forced a fumble, and gave Bell another concussion. The end. Bell, considered…
When I was out at Rangers’ Spring Training in Surprise, Arizona, I saw Neftali Feliz compliment a 98mph fastball with a 78mph curve. Totally buckled the knees of the forgettable Seattle Mariners’ minor leaguer who struck out looking. Humiliated him. But then Feliz hit a batter, walked a batter, gave up two…
10. Is this really progress? Looked around American Airlines Center in the first quarter last night and seemed like everyone was not watching the game on the court, but rather looking down at the phone in their hands. Texting. In general, we’ve evolved to the point of going to games…
So last weekend Jesuit High School holds its annual athletic banquet fund-raiser thingamabob. Up for auction: Dinner with Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips, which went for a cool $8,500. So how much do you think someone bid on a meal with broadcasters Brad Sham, Babe Laufenberg and legendary NFL voice…
When the Texas Rangers open the 2010 season a week from day in Arlington they’ll have a legendary, championship-winning arm on the mound. If just for one pitch. Former Dallas Cowboy and NFL Hall of Famer Roger Staubach will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Rangers host the Toronto…
Tonight at American Airlines Center is the biggest Dallas Mavericks’ game of the season. In the coming weeks, there will be plenty more. Fighting for the NBA Western Conference’s No. 2 seed and a possible sidestep of the Los Angeles Lakers until the conference finals, the Mavs host the Denver…
Alerted you last week that changes at 105.3 The Fan were looming. As of this afternoon, they’re official. The good news is that ratings are up, now clearly No. 2 ahead of 103.3 ESPN in the market but still well behind 1310 AM The Ticket. The bad news is that it’s…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *While Donovan McNabb is dangled by the Philadelphia Eagles and Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers conveniently avoids talking to the police about possible rape charges, isn’t it nice that Dallas…
I’m not austistic. Neither am I 17. Nor an, um, liar? My March Madness bracket is far from perfect, but I’m still leading the contest at 105.3 The Fan and it’s still worth tuning in to see if Kentucky can win it all for me. If you’re still in the…
Tiger Woods likely won’t play the Byron Nelson or the Colonial this year. But he is playing The Masters and – surprise – he will hold a true press conference. Not a staged, fake 13-minute reading or a controlled, 5-minute session in which the juicy questions are blown off with…
Roy Williams was supposed to be the Dallas Cowboys’ No. 1 receiver. But he sucks. So, despite not starting the first four games last year, Miles Austin ascended into the role and had a breakout season: 81 catches for 1,320 yards and 11 touchdowns. Tony Romo obviously trusts him. The Cowboys…
