If this doesn’t get you ready for Saturday then nothing can. In fact, Longhorn, Sooner or otherwise, you could probably hear that music at a Briss and bolt out the door ready to tackle somebody. For more Texas-OU inspiration I wrote a column in a fancy advertising section of this…
Nein danke?! Dirk Nowitzki isn’t one of the 10 most popular NBA players in Europe. I know. What gives? Technically, I guess, it’s his uniform that isn’t so loved as Dirk’s No. 41 isn’t among the NBA’s just-released list of most popular jerseys across the pond. Kobe Bryant is No…
I’m thinking about inviting over Michael Buffer and Dr. Ferdie Pacheco to help me score tonight’s Presidential Debate blow-by-blow fight style. But, from where I sit, not even erroneous scoring from the “Let’s Get Ready to Ruuuuummbllllllllllle!” guy and boxing’s most famous corner man can boost John McCain over Barack…
Forgive and forget? Or boo like crazy? In its latest rankings of Best Sports Cities, The Sporting News today pegged our fair burg No. 3. Behind Boston (Duh) and Detroit (What? Oh yeah, hockey). The list, however, is compiled by TSN Chief of Correspondents Bob Hille, whose ass I used…
This week’s Top 5 clash: Romo v. Warner. Two observations from last weekend: Neither Sage Rosenfelds, nor Drew Brees, will ever climb to No. 1 in these rankings. Rosenfelds, because he’s skittish enough to produce three turnovers on his team’s final 10 snaps in a gut-wrenching, come-from-ahead loss to the…
The same. But different. Checked out the front page of SportsDay this morning – resplendent with its, hey, a clever photo of a half-empty/half-full glass! – and it got me to theorizing: a) Dallas’ Only Daily reads Sportatorium. b) Great minds think alike. c) Who am I kidding? Shit happens…
Half-empty or half-full? Since NFL beauty is in the eye of the ticket holder, I was wondering where y’all fall on the Cowboys through five games. Happy? Satisfied? Concerned? Mad? Some seem generally pissy that Dallas had to squeak past the Bengals. Others are convinced the Super Bowl train remains…
Is that lipstick? Nope, just Derian Hatcher’s sweater. In case you somehow missed it, John McCain’s running mate/Saturday Night Live punch line swooped into town last week. But instead of putting lipstick on a pig, Dallas Stars’ owner Tom Hicks gave the world’s most annoying hockey mom a hockey sweater…
After a week in maddening moth balls, his star is re-born. The web site says the sporty truckster is loaded with a “youthful, contemporary spirit.” This here blog says the running back comes fully equipped with “hole-eee-shiiiiiiiiiit.” Felix Jones = FJ Cruiser. In an ugly, 31-22 escape from the Cincinnati…
Somehow, Channel 8 let Erin Hawksworth move to Boston. Damn you, Hansen! Since former Channel 8 sports reporter Erin Hawksworth up and moved to Boston, long-time Mavs’ sideline reporter Laura Green packed her bags for Portland and ESPN’s Suzy Kolber flew the Cowboys’ in-house production coop 15 years ago, it’s…
It’s Friday. I know, let’s implement a new feature. And let’s call it: Video of the Week. To get the party started, how about 10:36 of a Cowboys-Bengals preview featuring “King Solomon”, “concubines” and “the Emperor”? Oh, and “really abrupt editing.” In picking Cowboys 31, Bengals 17, this guy –…
Hey buddy, can you spare a dime? Okay, how about a $700 billion bailout? At this rate – 0-4 on Cowboys’ games this season – I’m going to need it. Wait, I know. I’ll bank on the only thing bigger than our country’s financial crisis: Terrell Owens’ ego…
Going … going … buh-bye. The Texas Rangers are one of only seven Major League Baseball teams to not make the playoffs this millennium. The Texas Rangers are standing pat. Fresh off another losing season, the Rangers are going to keep the owner, president, general manager, manager and most of…
Because nothing says golf like, um, a printer? This just in: Next year’s Byron Nelson golf tournament will be sponsored by HP. Which begs the question, who was last year’s title sponsor? If you’re like me – and I went to the dang thing – you had to think a…
Every once in a while we’re reminded how slimy it is to be forced to root for this guy. This week, for example. Couple observations after a wacky Wednesday at Valley Ranch: *T.O. is a self-absorbed, petulant punk. *Dallas’ Only Daily’s “scoop” about him, however, appears flat out wrong. *Keyshawn…
September 26, 2007. Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington: “We made it real tough on ourselves with our start. But we weathered the storm. We never gave up. We played hard every game, and we’ll be better next year for having gone through this adversity.” The Rangers, en route to a…
For dang sure, it doesn’t involve listening to this moron’s sports picks. In between explaining how “close to seven” players expressed their intentions not to play for Dallas if coach Avery Johnson returned this season, promising to be even more hands-on this season and revealing that he’ll this week go…
John Danks was once a can’t-miss prospect for the Rangers. Now he’s all growed up, for the White Sox. If you’re a Rangers fan that watched the Chicago White Sox win the American League Central Division with a 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins last night, my deepest sympathies. You…
What if the Cowboys would have taken this guy over Troy Aikman. Cringe at the thought, I tell ya. Cringe. So there I was, a snotty-nosed lil’ 24-year-old. Couple years out of college, cutting my journalistic teeth at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. On this particular Sunday – Dec. 18, 1988…
Josh Howard isn’t a bad guy. So says Josh Howard. Josh Howard isn’t Jewish. Nonetheless — on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year — the Maverick’s period of atonement likewise commenced. The marijuana admissions. The crappy play. The defiant birthday bash. The drag racing. The charity softball…
Right this way, sir. To the end of the punt-return line. Jim Leonhard. Brian Witherspoon. Leodis McKelvin. Syndric Steptoe. Michael Bumpus. Buster Davis. Give up? Those, believe it or not, are just a handful of the 45 NFL players that are better punt returners than the Cowboys’ Pacman Jones this…
His arrow is suddenly pointing down. Don’t look now, but just guess who has the best passer rating in the NFL? Not Brady nor Manning nor Romo nor … Would you believe this guy? Believe it. Six touchdowns will do that for you. As for the rest of the NFL’s…
