While twiddling my thumbs waiting for the Mavericks – or anyone – to make a significant, deadline-beating NBA trade, I wondered just how good Dallas has been this millenium. Calculator + 10 minutes + elbow grease = Yahtzee! Answer: Damn good. Second-best good. From the beginning of owner Mark Cuban’s…
Actually, yes, I do know how lucky I am to be a sportswriter. Every once in a while, I just need to be reminded. Digging through my old box of media credentials usually does the trick. Jump for four of my all-time faves: (Of course, I don’t have a pass from…
Went out to east Dallas last week to spend some quality time with the only Olympic boxer in the history of Dallas, Luis Yanez. The kid is immensely cocky, tiny – would you believe 5-foot-4 and around 118 pounds? – and has the world by the short hairs. You’ll want to…
Had to see for myself about Luis Yanez. Like you, I kinda followed his story last summer. Kicked off the U.S. Olympic boxing team in early July. Reinstated just before Beijing, only to lose in the second round. Then he disappeared. Now he’s turning pro, with his first fight Friday…
A year ago tomorrow the Mavs pulled the trigger on their controversial blockbuster, sending Devin Harris and two first-round draft picks to the New Jersey Nets for Jason Kidd. Lookie who’s in town tonight? It’s those same Nets and a very different Harris, fresh off his All-Star appearance and a…
I interrupt my usual smart-ass sports snarkiness for a serious item: Just a little over a week ago Megan Cherry was a talented teenager with a world of promise. She was a star soccer player for her Dallas Texans club team and Allen High School, with a scholarship awaiting at Iowa…
After almost two months of squirming in relative silence and anonymity, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones poked his head out, saw his shadow, freaked out and decided to give votes of confidence to has-beens George Strait and Terrell Owens and then, just for fun, strip from his head coach the remaining smidge…
Mission Accomplished Impossible. In honor of February’s Black History Month, I set out to pinpoint a pristine list of the world’s all-time greatest black athletes. But using what criteria? Sheer athleticism? Popularity? Accomplishment? Social activism? Transcendence? All of the above? Nothing of the sort? The task, in and of itself, is as absurd as…
Well, that’s my idea anyway. And it’s a damn good one. Think about it. In this crappy economic climate even Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is having trouble luring a 9-figure naming-rights partner out to Arlington. So I say – just for the stadium’s first year, mind you – Jerry…
There’s no breaking news alert. No arrest. Not even a police report. But late last month at The Lodge there was … something. And, surprise, it involved a Dallas Cowboy. This much we know, confirmed by two independent sources: This secondary-level Cowboy and a member of his entourage were asked to leave…
After months of flirting with 105.3 The Fan and coming this close to leaving the phenomenally successful station he almost single-handedly launched 15 years ago, Mike Rhyner tonight reached an 11th-hour contract agreement with Cumulus Media that will keep him at 1310 AM The Ticket for the foreseeable future. Multiple times…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *I know the Mavs have the NBA’s longest sellout streak at 301 games, but the fans at American Airlines Center just don’t get it. Thursday night’s tense game with the Celtics…
For all the lovers. …
If you, like me, were at American Airlines Center last night for Celtics 99, Mavericks 92, you woke up this morning mad enough to spit. If you are head coach Rick Carlisle, you might still be cussing. After watching Boston’s Paul Pierce hit consecutive impossibly tough jumpers over Devean George down the…
What better way to cap our very female-friendly Thursday than with an interview with the No. 3-ranked hottest female athlete on the planet? That’s right, Sasha Cohen is in the Sportatorium. I see it this way: If you selfishly keep Valentine’s Day as yours, go to Purgatory Saturday night at 10 to…
Your Texas Rangers have signed outfielder Andruw Jones to a minor-league contract. Ideally, I wish they would sign guys at their peak instead of with one foot in the grave, but I’m cool with the transaction. If Jones is good, he’ll be the team’s best center fielder since, I dunno, Garry…
Imagine the look on her face … when she sees the look on his face. …
If you’re a hot, young chick with a fit body – who am I kidding? – you probably don’t read this testosterone-saturated blog. But you should. Especially if you also like football. Why? Because it’s right here that I’ll point you toward your big chance in the Lingerie Football League…
Finally. The defining moment. After a 34-year wait—capped by a seven-year posthumous push—former Dallas Cowboys receiver Bob Hayes had at long last earned induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Hayes was one of the NFL’s most transcendent athletes, his blazing speed leading to two Olympic gold medals, a…
Maybe I haven’t been paying attention or maybe, truth be told, I just didn’t miss her enough to notice. Whatever, I thought I had a mini-scoop this afternoon when I found out that Fox 4 had severed ties with long-time sports reporter Nita Wiggins. That is, until I read it here…
My Top 10 observations from last night’s Mavs’ romp: 10. Mark Cuban really really really really loves him some Jason Kidd. “He’s got the most incredible basketball sense I’ve seen in my entire life,” says Cuban. I’ve never liked the Devin Harris-Kidd deal, but apparently – and appropriately – the…
Found these two old pics over the holidays. In the one above I’m 7 at some rinky dink field in Duncanville; after the jump I’m 37 at a home-run contest at The Ballpark in Arlington. In each I’m a Rangers’ fan, consumed not with steroids and HGH but rather batting…
