Your 2009-10 Dallas Mavericks?!

I’s aren’t dotted. T’s aren’t crossed. Some negotiations aren’t finished. Others haven’t even started. But let’s assume smooth sailing and peer into the crystal basketball. With the Dallas Mavericks eyeing Shawn Marion, this could be their opening-night roster: Point Guard: Jason Kidd/ J.J. Barea Shooting Guard: Josh Howard/ Jason Terry/Antoine…

D/FW’s Longest-Tenured Duo Finally Breaks Up

I appeared on NBC5’s Out of Bounds Sunday night with Matt Barrie and hosted Monday’s mid-day slot on 105.3 The Fan with NBC5’s Newy Scruggs, yet still was somehow clueless that we’re in the midst of a monumental alteration to our TV landscape. Was watching Channel 5’s newscast last night when…

Glass Halfway Full? Or Empty?

With one All-Star back in the lineup and another shoulda-been All-Star on the mound, the Texas Rangers began their crucial three-game series in Anaheim last night by promptly taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. The next time there was good news for Josh Hamilton, Kevin…

Ben and Skin Out at 105.3 The Fan

As Barry Horn mentioned about an hour ago, as of this afternoon Ben and Skin are no longer your drive-time hosts at 105.3 The Fan. After almost a year of station name changes and philosophical tweaks, in the end their unconventional show – heavy on basketball and hip-hop and unique guests…

Mavericks’ Free Agency: Kidd Returning, Polish Hammer Looming

We can no longer confuse the Dallas Mavericks’ silence with inactivity. Let’s hope we never confuse Marcin Gortat with the franchise’s legacy of Great White Nopes. The Mavericks last night agreed to re-sign 36-year-old point guard Jason Kidd to a three-year, $25 million contract and inched closer to landing a new starting…

Tennis, Anyone?!

Sunday’s instant classic Wimbledon final was one of those magical moments that only sports can provide. As Roger Federer and Andy Roddick battled past four hours and into the longest fifth set in Grand Slam history, you forgot about the second wife and the third mortgage and those post-Fourth of…

Rangers Win Again; Chris Davis Finally Loses

Let’s play three strikes with your Texas Rangers. Your first-place Texas Rangers. Yes, I am surprised. And impressed. Steeeriiiike One – Chris Davis demoted. Davis is a good guy with a great glove, but the Rangers could afford to be patient with him no longer. You can swallow a .200-hitting Gold…

Whitt’s End: 7.3.09

Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Any day now expect 103.3 FM ESPN to announce it has signed Michael Irvin and co-host Kevin Kiley to a new contract keeping them in the 11 a.m.-2 p.m. slot. Considering the…

God Bless America. And Sports.

Happy Birthday! Our country turns the ripe old age of 233 tomorrow. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, let us not forget how fortunate we are to have a variety of sports and the freedom to choose which ones we love and/or loathe. In honor of the Fourth of July…

BREAKING NEWS: Greg Williams, Take III

If you were surprised by Greg Williams’ cameo on with Richard Hunter yesterday afternoon, you haven’t been paying attention. The Hammer, sacked by ESPN Radio in May partly because of a couple of wacky nights he blamed on a change in depression medication, will sit in with Big Dick the next…

The Top 10 Most Notable Sports Deaths of Our Era

I grew up with Michael Jackson. Had his Off the Wall album cover tacked – that’s right, tacked – to my bedroom wall. As a senior member of the 1982 Duncanville Panthers’ basketball team – district 9-5A champs, look it up – I picked “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” as…

NBA Free Agency Commences in 3 … 2 … 1 …

So, the Mavs made a big deal yet? Well, GM Donnie Nelson promised a “very active summer,” so let’s hop to it. Actually, though NBA free agency is just hatching, Dallas may be already making progress. That is, if you consider re-signing Jason Kidd progress. Kidd may not be the…

Tony Romo’s On a Boat!

I admit, I’m rarely on a boat mutha effer! But I did happen to be close to this exact spot on Lewisville Lake over Memorial Day weekend. And unless I’m a dry-dock dork, this looks like one of those trick ’em-dick ’em photos where you try to find all the things out…

Angels 5, Faders 2

The good news: The Texas Rangers got seven more hits and two more runs last night than they did on Sunday. The bad news: They suck. With a 5-2 loss to the Angels, the Rangers – who held a 5 1/2-game lead to start the month – are now 2…

Will Your Texas Rangers Ever See First Place Again?

Notable deaths in the last week: Ed McMahon. Farrah Fawcett. Michael Jackson. Billy Mays. The Texas Rangers? After getting 1-hit last night by someone named Chad Gaudin and losing two of three to a San Diego Padres outfit that hadn’t won a series since Memorial Day, a Rangers’ team that led the…

Russ Martin: Alive and (Sorta) Well

So guess who I bumped into Saturday afternoon? Hmm. Perhaps I gave away a tad too much in the headline? The former Live 105.3 FM shock jock is alive. I’ll let you decide if he’s well. Martin – who gets the Dallas Observer cover treatment in our July 16 issue – took…

Whitt’s End: 6.26.09

Whether you’re at the end of your rope of merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Ventured down to the Mavs’ draft last night and it was … sad. Not the selection of Rodrigue Beaubois – though underwhleming – but more the lack of buzz. I remember…