In 1990 I finished the White Rock Marathon. And it almost finished me. This year, I get my revenge: Back then I was a 26-year-old flatbelly, just a couple years removed from competitive cross country and a full-speed dork who would precede Saturday morning flag football at The Village Country Club with…
The Dallas Mavericks can clinch a playoff spot tonight. Plain and simple. Leading the Suns by a full four games in the race for 8th in the NBA’s Western Conference, if the Mavs win in Phoenix tonight they’ll own a considerable – insurmountable? – gap heading into the season’s final…
Had a wonderfully weird weekend. On Friday I saw the Fort Worth Symphony’s interpretation of Led Zeppelin. (Thumbs up.) On Saturday I attended a Polish 40th birthday party complete with a full, cooked pig on a skewer, potato vodka shots and, yes, a belly dancer. (Two thumbs up.) On Sunday I…
Considering the Cowboys haven’t won a playoff game in 12 years, the Mavs and Stars are on the brink of missing the playoffs and the Rangers are looking toward 2010, seems a weird time to say it. But say it I must: Atta boy, owners! First Mark Cuban threatens to blow…
When we last left the Dallas Stars they were a mediocre, irrelevant team besieged by injuries, struggling to stay around .500 and in the Western Conference playoff hunt while blaming Sean Avery. This morning – after last night’s 3-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens – the Dallas Stars are a mediocre, irrelevant team besieged…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *If you’re breathlessly waiting to hear Mickey Spagnola’s take on the Cowboys cutting Terrell Owens, you’ll have to go here. Because, alas, The Ticket’s beloved “Ranch Report” is no more. Remember, Mickey was/is…
Give me Emmitt Smith and George Teague in retirement. You can have your active cut Terrell Owens…
While one Live 105.3 alum bites his tongue and cashes his checks, another is on the verge of a return to Dallas radio – and beyond. Big Dick Richard Hunter’s locally based, nationally syndicated show hits our airwaves in drive time – 4-6 p.m. – on KMNY 1360 AM begininning April…
Suitable for framing. PR News Release Header March 5, 2009 Cowboys Release Roy Williams and Terrell Owens The Dallas Cowboys announced the release of veteran safety Roy Williams today. Williams, who was the team’s first round draft choice out of Oklahoma in 2002, earned five Pro Bowl selections in his…
Was enjoying some second-hand smoke from Dale Hansen’s seegar down in Victory Plaza before last night’s Mavs-Spurs showdown. We were discussing this week’s Observer cover story, owner Mark Cuban’s unprecedented outburst, how Dale claims he’s “too shy” to serve as Grand Marshal for the Observer’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on…
We can cross our fingers real hard and go for the trifecta, but I don’t see Cowboys owner Jerry Jones firing Wade Phillips today. Let’s don’t get greedy. But let’s also be realistic. Gone from the roster that lost 44-6 in Philadelphia on Dec. 28 and went 9-7 last year…
Damn, maybe Jerry Jones took Channel 8’s poll to heart. Either that, or the Cowboys owner is suffering from spasms of lucidity and humility. Whatever, less than 12 hours after cutting Terrell Owens, the Cowboys have this morning released safety Roy Williams. Weird, huh? The Cowboys actually making prudent roster…
This is how it all began to unravel. 6:34: 16-foot jumper, Jason Terry— Mavericks 89, Heat 76. On Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at approximately 10:15 p.m. in Miami’s American Airlines Arena, the Dallas Mavericks could taste their first NBA Championship. Already leading their best-of-seven NBA Finals series against the Heat,…
My new hero is Eric. He plays for my new favorite sports team: The special education squad from Dallas’ Conrad High School. Seemingly an odd choice, because this year Eric probably won’t score many baskets and Conrad likely won’t win many games. Utterly immaterial, because they’ve already completed a perfect…
Putcha popcorn down. The failed T.O. experiment is over. Finally. Altogether now: Toldja! It was way back on March 23, 2006 that I warned: “Terrell Owens will catch touchdowns, complain about everything and, ultimately, crater the Cowboys’ locker room without delivering a Super Bowl.” The end – better late than never…
If the Mavericks keep blowing games to friggin’ Oklahoma City, owner Mark Cuban will apparently blow a gasket and blow up his team. Says Cuban, in the most violent finger-pointing of his 9-year regime. “Not only did it look like we had no idea what we were doing, but we…
I did go 10 days without food and I’m committed to finishing this on December 13. But there was a time when I was a real, live thrill-seeker. Found some evidence recently. I wasn’t insane in a Johnny Knoxville way or a one-on-one interview with Charles Haley sorta way, but as in…
Those of you bombarding me with emails and hints and rumors of former Live 105.3 FM talk-show host Russ Martin resurfacing on satellite radio, cool your engines. Not gonna happen. At least for a while. I was reminded by a radio industry source last night that Martin’s split with CBS Radio included not…
Before I run out the door to Arlington this afternoon for a sneak peek at the facelift applied to Rangers Ballpark, thought I’d make a quick to-do list: *Since the Mavs suck and the Stars suck and the Cowboys suck and the Rangers will in all likelihood suck, look into other…
Next time the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback claims he’s spent his off-season working on his scrambling, feel free to roll your eyes. …
Yesterday it was an unexplained noise in my house. Last night it was an inexplicable performance by the Dallas Mavericks in Oklahoma City. Seriously? A 14-win Thunder team missing its top two scorers blows Dallas out in a March game with long-ranging playoff ramifications? And this, of course, on the…
Though the challengers to its throne increase as its working margin idles, 1310 AM The Ticket remains the undisputed champeen when it comes to Dallas-Fort Worth sports talk radio. Even as Arbitron has made the switch from manual diaries to portable people meters, The Ticket has maintained an edge over long-time rival 103.3 FM ESPN…
