I was there in February 1999 in Seattle for rookie Dirk Nowitzki’s first points as a Dallas Maverick. Still can’t believe I was at American Airlines Center last night for his 20,000th. Shortly after then-general manager Don Nelson acquired Dirk in a draft-day trade for Robert “Tractor” Traylor in ’98, the German…
Jerry Jones has had better teams. But not many better moments. Minutes after his team’s 34-14 shellacking of the Philadelphia Eagles last Saturday night in an NFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, the Dallas Cowboys owner triumphantly marched toward the victorious locker room. On one arm,…
Last night I’m in my car, sitting at a light in McKinney. I’m third back in the right lane. Minding my own business, pondering Cowboys-Vikings, wondering where is the best place to buy bulk 5-hour Energy drinks, convincing myself that the “thud” back up the road was a box and not…
Since I predicted the Dallas Cowboys would win a playoff game this year, to me they haven’t over-acheived. Merely achieved. At 12-5 with an NFC East championship and a playoff win for the first time since 1996, is it enough? Two questions:…
Last time we saw Duncanville Olympic boxer Luis Yanez he was mending fences, winning fights and building a professional career while re-building his reputation. Whoops. Turns out the snotty-nose brat who got crossways with U.S. Olympic Boxing is at it again, this time acting the fool enough to get dumped…
I rip (make that ripped, past tense) Wade Phillips all the time, but, um, looks like Minnesota Vikings’ head coach Brad Childress needs a history lesson. On Dec. 28, 1975, the Dallas Cowboys traveled to frigid Metropolitan Stadium for a playoff game against the Vikings. Trailing 14-10 with less than…
In Texas, the old saying goes, there exist only two sports: Football. And spring football. God, after all, decreed Texas Stadium have a hole in its roof so he could look down upon his favorite team. Right? From the old wooden Fair Park Bowl through the Cotton Bowl, Texas Stadium…
I guess the question at this point is, do you give a crap? About baseball players and their steroid use? During the 1998 Major League Baseball season I went to Houston a couple times as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to cover the magical home-run chase between the St. Louis…
If you can’t beat ’em, sign ’em? For years Vladimir Guerrero tormented the Texas Rangers. Now, in a sign that new owner Chuck Greenberg has money and moxy and motivation, the Rangers will this week sign the free-agent slugger to a one-year contract. While Tom Hicks, Jr. has some fun with…
On Friday, January 8 at approximately 5 p.m., I officially started hating Tom Thumb. Seriously? Valentine’s Day is sooo wonderful that it demands a 5-week run-up? Vomit. And to think, some houses in my neighborhood still have their Christmas trees and lights up. And on…
The sun rose in the east this morning. But don’t kid yourself, it’s a vastly different planet for your Dallas Cowboys. A world, that is, free of monkeys, gorillas, primates, mandrills, King Kongs and, most imporantly, playoff pratfalls. In what will surely be referenced for years to come, owner Jerry…
10. Spit Happens. So do three-game sweeps that finally, unequivocally bury memories of 44-6. 9. Cowboys at Vikings next Sunday at noon. Get ready for a week of Tony-Romo-is-a-younger-Brett-Favre comparisons. One thing’s for sure: Cowboys are as hot as anyone. During their four-game winning streak they have never trailed. 8…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Texas Stadium’s last breath will be taken as nothing more than some tween’s mac-‘n-cheese, push-‘n-pulverize, real-life video game? As a whole, we suck. *Alabama > Texas. Toldja. *I will never watch Colt McCoy’s “I…
As I didn’t back in 2006, I still don’t get Dallas’ obsession with the University of Texas. I know there’s tons of alumni and it’s the big state university and lone star pride and yadda, yadda and more yadda. But it’s Commerce Street, not Sixth Street. It’s Reunion Tower, not…
Miles Austin has overcome being from Monmouth College. Miles Austin has overcome being an undrafted free agent. Miles Austin has overcome being buried on the bench until Week 5. Miles Austin has overcome playing receiver opposite Roy Williams. But … …
It all started with a phone call to 105.3 The Fan’s Sybil Summers. A tip that the Philadelphia Eagles’ web site was posting something or other about Cowboys Stadium’s sacred star. A little investigative digging and – voila – Cowboys-Eagles III just got more interesting. The Bounty Bowl. Randall Cunningham’s fake…
It last happened about 4,500 days ago. So far, far in the distant past that the Macarena was the rage, the Internet could barely walk and Tiger Woods had yet to win a PGA tournament. So long ago that the Dallas Cowboys were defending Super Bowl champions. Saturday night in…
2009 was a rough year for Terry Glenn. 2010 apparently none too better…
Andy Reid, the guy who has taken the Philadelphia Eagles to five NFC Championships and a Super Bowl this century? Or Wade Phillips, who doesn’t have a playoff win on his resume but is 33-16 in Dallas and has his defense playing at a Super Bowl level? NBC analyst Rodney…
Temperatures Saturday night in Arlington could dip into the teens. If local ticket brokers are any indication, the mood inside Cowboys Stadium might be a tad chilly as well. With tickets and party passes still available through the Cowboys and TicketMaster and almost 10,000 seats floating around StubHub, Cowboys-Eagles just…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. 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…
Okay, so I did a little experiment. I was waiting for my computer to start up yesterday morning and I thought “Damn, I hate waiting.” You’re familiar with that feeling I assume. I’m not necessarily an impatient person. Traffic doesn’t ruin my day. I’ll let folks with just a few…
