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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
One. That’s how many foreign players—with a basketball pedigree void of a U.S. college—have excelled for the Dallas Mavericks. Granted, it was a biggie. In fact, the greatest player in franchise history and the best foreigner in NBA history: Dirk Nowitzki. But the number of failed experiments is considerably higher…
The Rangers tip-toed perilously close to a lost season last night. Instead, they wound up jumping all over a won game. I know we’re only two days into July, but coughing up a 7-1 lead and losing to the AL West division leaders last night might have been a kick to the…
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…
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…
To close out a month in which ESPN blowhard Chris Berman somehow received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, guess who’s mad at sports announcers? Would you believe … a sports announcer? I love me some Steve Dennis. I mean, other than the times he puts on…
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…
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…
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…
I got this buddy – let’s call him, let’s see, how about “Anthony”? – who has a fancy schmancy boat out at Lewisville Lake. Probably cost more than my house. Two weekends ago he was putting it into the water when his wife starts yelling out the window of his pickup…
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…
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…
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…
During last week’s minicamp at Carrollton’s Standridge Stadium, Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips was chatting with longtime radio voice Brad Sham. It had come to Sham’s attention that veteran linebacker Bradie James was suddenly likening Phillips to TV’s old Dr. Cliff Huxtable. Compassionate but stern. Fair but firm. Soft…
