Not saying Sean Avery isn’t an asshole. Or a horrible teammate. Or, for that matter, a room-wrecker the Dallas Stars should consider dumping.I’m just saying he shouldn’t have been suspended – or worse, pending this afternoon’s meeting with NHL poobah Gary Bettman in New York – merely for his “sloppy…
I hear we’ve matriculated from MySpace to Facebook, right?Well, screw me. I never got around to creating a MySpace page. Was reminded why today.Don’t tell the teens and the ‘tweens – or my wife – but something about the whole deal strikes as, um, ridiculously fraudulent.Like, for example, the fact…
‘Scuse the mess, but this morning I’m rummaging through my closet looking for some stuff for an upcoming Observer cover story I’m working on.But, instead, I found junk. Lots and lots of junk. It’s official, I’m a pack rat. All contained within one spare-bedroom closet. But it’s there. All packy…
You can no longer get your boots at Western Warehouse. Mark Cuban is actually being pursued by a creditor. Oklahoma won a college football beauty contest over Texas. And there is a black man in the White House. Our city—our world—is incredibly inverted. To which the Dallas Cowboys say, rubbing…
I’ve been rough on the Mavs’ J.J. Barea.For being no taller than me. For looking like the runner-up in the Minyard ball boy contest.And for being the miniature version of Shawn Bradley. As in, you can’t take any team seriously that gives him quality minutes.But lookie here, the little fella…
“Sloppy seconds”? That’s all he said? You’re shitting me, right?I could’ve sworn Sean Avery played professional hockey, not pre-school hopscotch.Avery, signed by the Dallas Stars to be a well-dressed, sharp-tongued agitator, was suspended indefinitely by the NHL last night for daring to utter a phrase you can hear on Jon…
Was catching up on some NBA last week and could’ve sworn I saw: *Jason Kidd make two crucial 3-pointers in the final minutes of a Mavs’ win over the Pacers. *Devin Harris swish a late triple to force overtime of a Nets’ win in Sacramento, a couple nights before…
Homer this. Despite missing three games with a broken pinkie, Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo leads all NFL quarterbacks in: *QB Rating (103.2) *Average yards per pass attempt (8.5) *TD-Interception ratio (+13) If you watched his 331-yard, three-touchdown performance on Thanksgiving, there’s no doubt Romo is back to being…
The Dallas Cowboys have already sold 85 percent of the tickets to their new stadium in Arlington. Go ahead, act surprised. But, deep down, did you really think Jerry Jones would have trouble selling out his new Jonestown Coliseum? I didn’t. I went to Circuit City last week…
I don’t love Texas. I don’t hate Oklahoma. But what transpired yesterday in the Big 12 is absolute bullshit. I know life ain’t fair, but college football should be. Or at least it should use common sense trying. Let me apologize to Texas. I posted some of the best…
You’ve probably seen Twilight. You likely watched at least some of HBO’s TrueBlood. And, considering it’s suddenly trendy to be all vampirey, you’ve at least tinkered with the idea of checking out the new Vampire Lounge over on Harry Hines. But, have you ever seen a real vampire?…
*Cowboys 34, Seahawks 9. Toldja. *Isn’t it great to have a quarterback who makes plays when plays aren’t there to be made? I’m thankful, Tony Romo. Very thankful. *Turkey sure was good, but the digestion process and my blowout-induced nap was uncomfortably disrupted by Marion Barber’s right foot and…
Don’t look now, but we suck. There are 120 major college football teams. Only two enter this final Saturday of the regular season with just one win. Grab a barf bag, the autopsies on SMU and North Texas get even more gruesome. As if matching 1-10 records weren’t enough to…
I could get my premature Scrooge on and predict that Pacman Jones showing up at last night’s Mavericks-Pacers game is a precursor to him – surprise! – eschewing voluntary house arrest to ultimately find more trouble. But I won’t do that. Not today. On Thanksgiving eve let’s just be…
My son hates green beans. Faced with a plate of them, he’ll eat a couple, suck on a couple more, tear two or three apart and, ultimately, smash/push his veggies into a pile and pronounce: “Done!” Unless, of course, I consult the Parenting 101 guide and resort to reverse…
If Boot Town can go out of business in Texas and if home builder D.R. Horton can lose $800 million and have its stock price shoot up because it’s not that bad, then in this absurd, quirky financial climate anything’s possible. Even, perhaps, a winning streak? A colossal…
*If you’ve noticed some quirky fonts or crooked pictures this week it’s because Sportatorium is taking a fancy schmancy new software program for a test drive. Cool thing for you customers is that if you see a pic you’d like to see even bigger – like, I dunno, maybe…
Donovan McNabb benched? Matt Cassel with back-to-back 400-yard games? Just when you think the quarterback world has gone crazier than George Clooney, Tony Romo finally returns to being, well, Tony Romo. Moving around in the pocket to produce 341 yards and three touchdowns. Moving up in the rankings to produce…
What I gleaned amidst the crooners and cleavage:*Former Stone Temple Pilots’ front man Scott Wieland is (still) on something. *Paris Hilton is (still) annoying. *Mariah Carey is (still) hot. *Jamie Foxx is cocky with a capital ‘K’. *Kanye West wants to be Elvis. Making the feat even more unlikely, he’s…
I wasn’t at Saturday’s party unveiling this year’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ Swimsuit Calendar at the Gaylord Texan. But, for some reason, the mayor of Nayarit, Mexico was. And now, thanks to our friendly lil’ slideshow, you can be there too. — Richie Whitt…
Okay, not really. But we can dream, right? Because if Pacman Jones did get his own show with The Ticket’s informative and entertaining Bob Sturm and Dan McDowell, the corrupt Cowboy returning to practice at Valley Ranch today would mysteriously fall on hard times and slink quietly…
The good news: Terrell Owens put up. The bad news: Now he’ll never shut up. With the smoke not yet cleared from his obnoxious — but not even a little bit surprising — interview with instigator Deion Sanders on NFL Network, T.O. produced his best day in a Cowboys’ uniform…
