So, Which Starter Can The Cowboys Most Afford to Lose?

Dallas Cowboys’ free safety Ken Hamlin missed practice yesterday with a strained left groin. Bad news? Or good news? To me, Hamlin is the weakest link among Dallas’ 24 starters (including kickers). The drop-off from Hamlin to Patrick Watkins is smaller than from any other starter to any other backup. He…

The Box: My Top 10 Questions.

Sorry, guess again.​What better way to beat Walking Pneumonia than by chilling at the movies, hopped up on Zithromax, Mucinex and Milk Duds? And, dare I say, checking out Cameron Diaz’ box. I love “Would you accept $5 million in exchange for once a day, every day, going into a completely…

The Top 10 Most Famous Hats in the History of Dallas

I can’t believe you people. Yeah, you. The ones who actually spend a millisecond of your precious time on Earth worrying about how a certain Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback wears his cap. Not his helmet, mind you. His hat. I’m all about big hat, no cattle and all, but I’ve actualy…

It Ain’t Hump Day … It’s Sick Day. Mother Effer.

For a couple weeks I coughed and sneezed and hacked and blew and … denied. Last night I gave up and went to the doctor. Sure enough: Swine Flu. AIDS. Walking Pneumonia. Sorry, but today I gotta make this – ahhhhhchooooo! – short and sweet: *Rick Carlisle gets mad and…

Cowboys at the Halfway Point: Who’s Your MVP?

The Dallas Cowboys are 6-2. Your glass of blue Kool-Aid is more half-full than half-empty. Wade Phillips is Coach of the Year, Tony Romo’s in the Pro Bowl, Keith Brooking is Badass of the Decade and you’ve got the Cowboys penciled in for Super Bowl XLIV February 7 in Miami. Question: Who…

NFL Quarterback Rankings: Week 9

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…

Ben & Skin Back on the Air: 103.3 FM ESPN Starting … Tonight!

[jump] If imitation is indeed the most sincere form of flattery, The Ticket should be feel complimented because ESPN is basically The Ticket West. The station had a run with Williams, with Dale Hansen and now employs assistant program director Mark Friedman, Scott and B&S. On Dallas Mavericks game nights – like…

TCU = BCS. WTF?!

Don’t look now, but there’s finally a legit BCS buster. And, even more surprising, the team is right here in our own backyard. Are you ready for TCU in the BCS? For years Gary Patterson’s Horned Frogs have been a power, but just not quite strong enough to win the game that…

Damm Cancer

Hate to bring the room down in the wake of Cowboys 20, Eagles 16, but I’m sitting here crying. Tears streaming down my face. Off my cheeks. Onto my keyboard. I shit you not. A year ago I was introduced to one of the bravest, most courageous men I’ve ever…

Wowboys 20, Beagles 16: My Top 10 Observations

10. Lots of heroes Sunday night in Philly, but the biggest – smallest – play was made by rookie linebacker Victor Butler. With the Eagles down 7 and facing third-and-10 from Dallas’ 33, Donovan McNabb scrambled right into what seemed to be an open field for a good 10 to…

Whitt’s End: 11.6.09

Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Haven’t received a return call all week from Greg Williams, which is weird if not troubling. Something’s up. Maybe he’s merely at his vacation condo in Colorado and temporarily out of…

A Moment of Silence …

Every once in a while – unfortunately – we’re reminded that sports is just a toy-box diversion. And that life, it ain’t fair at all. Our own soldiers killed on our own soil, by one of our own…

Gentlemen, Start Your … 7-10 Splits?

For those of you – both of you – not consumed by Cowboys-Eagles this weekend, NASCAR comes to town in the form of the Dickie’s 500 Sunday at.Texas Motor Speedway. Driving. Racing. Wreckin’. Watching. Drinking. Eating. Bowling? It’s the events surrounding the race that actually make NASCAR more circus than sport…

Roy Williams >, < or = Terrell Owens?

It was just one week ago that – despite his mediocre production – I was publicly defending Dallas Cowboys’ receiver Roy Williams. My reasoning? He was a better teammate than the dearly departed Terrell Owens. “A stand-up guy,” I wrote. “Good character.” Eff me. You guys watch the games. You see what’s…

Guess What I Had For Brinner? That’s Right, I Said Brinner.

So I’m out and about last night/this morning/feels like 20 minutes ago (y-a-w-n), and I realize “Damn, I’m hongree.” Also hit me that I hadn’t eaten dinner. But it was closing in on time for breakfast. A little compromise and – voila – Dinner + Breakfast = Brinner. And what does…

NFL Quarterback Rankings: Week 9

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…

Roy or Romo: Who’s At Fault Here?

Roy Williams is the Dallas Cowboys’ third-highest paid player. And their fourth-leading receiver. So I ask you, what the hell is going on here? It may sound like nitpicking on a team that’s won three in a row heading into Sunday night’s showdown against the Eagles, but to win in Philly…

This Just In: Don’t Drink and Drive

If your name is Newy Scruggs, Laura Dean-Mooney or Jesus H. Christ, you have permission to stop reading. The rest of you, I’d like you to think back to the last time you were driving while drunk, schnockered, intoxicated, tipsy, under the influence or, if you prefer, merely buzzed. Last…