Here’s an interesting little fact left off the two press releases announcing the city’s efforts to lure the College Football Hall of Fame from South Bend, Indiana, to downtown Dallas: It was all Bob Sambol’s idea. Seriously. But the namesake of Bob’s Steak & Chop House on Lemmon Avenue figured,…
So, this one seemed to sneak past everyone’s radar — the media relations bigwigs didn’t even know about this at Dallas City Hall when we called this morning, though a Friend of Unfair Park did send word that Norm Hitzges made brief mention of this on KTCK-AM ’round 9:50 this…
Aside from the Almighty He/She/It having the audacity to conjure up a downpour and wash out sunrise services across the Metroplex, which Texas culprit laid an egg Sunday and did the leaster for your Easter? 1. Dallas Mavericks 2. Texas Rangers 3. Chad Campbell The evidence:…
I know other columnists disagree, but I think this is it. Tonight’s the final game in the Stars-studded hockey career of Mike Modano. Horrible season. Getting called out. A team-worst minus-14. Only one goal in his last 34 games. Turning 39 in June. Her waiting at home. Just a gut…
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York is hallowed ground. The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is a sacred shrine. The Basketball Hall of Fame is an absolute joke. I realize it’s weird timing, seeing that this year’s class – Michael Jordan, Jerry Sloan, David Robinson and John…
Seriously, who are these guys? With generally the same cast of characters that has face-planted out of the gate the last two seasons, the Texas Rangers are off to a dream start. Granted 2-0 gets only a subtle nod in Boston or New York or Anaheim, but in Arlington it’s cause…
Like the rest of us, Texas Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson admitted to being a little confused during Monday’s Opening Day. “It didn’t look like us out there,” he said after throwing a scoreless inning in his team’s 9-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Of course,…
It’s all well and dandy that Jason Terry is all but guaranteeing a Dallas Mavericks’ victory tonight against the Utah Jazz and that Dirk Nowitzki is welcoming difficult games during the NBA season’s final week. They’re saying the right things. But will they do the right things? Who knows? In…
My old friend Troy Aikman says that if – I repeat, if – Roy Williams doesn’t produce like a No. 1 receiver, then the Dallas Cowboys’ trade to acquire him last season will be “one of the biggest busts in the history of the league.” The screaming headline on the…
Cool that Dallas Mavericks’ guard Jason Kidd was named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week. Last week he passed Magic Johnson for No. 3 on the all-time assist list, dished out 20 dimes against the Suns on national television and generally upgraded his room-with-a-view in the Hall of…
Seriously, who are these guys decked out in red? *The starting pitcher (Kevin Millwood) throws six shutout innings, the first Ranger to do so since Charlie Hough in 1989. *The 20-year-old shortstop (Elvis Andrus) gets a hit in his first at-bat and ranges on the first-base side of second, turning…
How’s this for Elvis Andrus’ Major League debut? A two-out double down the right-field line, with reigning American League Cy Young winner Cliff Lee on the mound and former President George W. Bush in the TV booth offering his thoughts on Fox4. Not bad, I say. Especially for a 20-year-old – third-youngest…
Not exactly the type of skin we’re used to on this blog, but intern Kelly was brave enough to meander through Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend. Her report from the mayhem and mullets … I wearily ventured into the world of NASCAR last Friday, knowing I’d stick out like…
Minutes after two jets shook our loins with a flyover, the 43rd President of the United States strode to the mound – the mound, not the rubber – and fired a ceremonial first-pitch strike to Rangers’ outfielder Josh Hamilton. The Prez, who somehow received nary a boo, then autographed the ball…
First pitch in T-minus two hours … *When I stepped on the field at 9 a.m. it was 39 degrees. Factoring in the northern howl of about 30 mph and it felt, ya know, about 0. *You know it’s a different, bigger day when you get on the press elevator…
No time to dilly-daddle this morning, as I’m headed out to Arlington for Texas Rangers’ Opening Day. Gotta get there in time to beat some traffic, smell the fresh-cut grass and, of course, see former Prez George W. Bush throw out the first pitch. I know it’ll never happen, but wouldn’t…
At long last, the LeMaster Group has sent the long-awaited Official Response from Hicks Sports Group concerning the report that the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars defaulted earlier this week on $525 million in loans. The upshot: Hicks decided not to pay interest due on HSG’s debts…
Where were you for Magic vs. Bird 30 years ago? Some of you were just twinkles. Some of us were already hip-deep in bracketology. None of us, however, envisioned Dick Enberg’s career outlasting Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Al McGuire and Billy Packer…
Only days before the beginning of baseball season, Tom Hicks is, apparently, already down a strike: Something called FINAlternatives, which serves up hedge fund and private equity news, reports this morning that Hicks Sports Group — the holding company for all of Hicks’s sports-related ventures, including the Texas Rangers and…
After all, this is The Sportatorium. Right? I grew up watching Saturday Night Wrestling on Channel 11. While the adults played Canasta the kids were banished to the TV room, where we couldn’t wait for Bill Mercer on the black-and-white Zenith. I remember Blackjack Mulligan and Frtiz Von Erich and…
I’m 44. But I’m about to sound 84. It was a better world when paddling was a part of school. A safer world when “licks” between a teacher and student were punishment rather than perverted pleasure. Hear me out: I’m not condoning the 21 “licks” allegedly applied to the backside…
Okay, now I’m intrigued. For all the Texas Rangers’ promise of a better future, yesterday they made moves geared at providing fans an improved today. I squawked last week about the Rangers not being serious – much less serious contenders – if they trotted out really average re-runs like Frank Catalanotto and…
