The Texas Rangers just announced that colorful color analyst Tom Grieve will undergo prostate surgery and miss 2-3 weeks of the team’s TV broadcasts. They say these things are pretty common these days — Mavs head coach Don Nelson and Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo come to mind — but…
Rangers’ GM Jon Daniels may have traded for the AL MVP Gotta tell you, my first impression of Josh Hamilton wasn’t so swell. I was out at Rangers Ballpark last January for the team’s annual Fan Fest when Hamilton, the team’s new center fielder and born-again-and-again-and-again Christian, started talking to…
In hockey, two heads are better than one. In news that should surprise no one, the Dallas Stars have inked co-general managers Brett Hull and Les Jackson to concurrent three-year contracts running through the 2011 season. It seemed a desperate move when owner Tom Hicks fired former GM Doug Armstrong…
Look ma, no feet?! On a nightly basis you can head down to Victory Park’s plaza and watch Pete Delkus spar with Dale Hansen. And earlier this week it was the Mavericks’ Jason Terry trying to hit golf balls to the moon. Now? Would you believe motorcycle jumping? With a…
More than likely, he will probably, possibly, potentially be a part of the Cowboys’ offense this seson. Maybe, that is. Ken Hamlin (unsigned), Roy Williams (family vacation) and Terry Glenn (gimpy knee) weren’t present at yesterday’s Dallas Cowboys’ OTA (back in my beat writing days we called them “quarterback school”)…
I was totally prepared to be under-whelmed by the new Dallas Mavericks’ head coach, Rick Carlisle. Micro-manager bordering on control freak. Unyielding commitment to defense at the expense of offense. Impersonal. Indifferent. Shoddy communicator. Plodding half-court system predicated on him calling plays every stinking possession. Sound familiar? But after further…
For $45 million, he’d better be able to fly. I’m headed out this morning to Valley Ranch to watch some Cowboys’ OTAs (that’s “organized team activities” for some of you that’ve been mired in hoops ‘n hockey), to see who Tony Romo is fixn’ to shag now and to ask…
Avery Johnson, you’ve got company. On the heels of an embarrassing 5-1 loss to David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy before a record crowd at Pizza Hut Park last Sunday, FC Dallas general manager Michael Hitchcock has just fired head coach Steve Morrow. Morrow will be replaced by fourth-year…
Sleep well, Stars fans. Sleep well. After teasing us with hints of a monumental comeback, the Dallas Stars were finally buried by the better team last night. Red Wings 4, Stars 1 wasn’t as close as the score indicates. Detroit, which advances to a Stanley Cup Finals series against Pittsburgh…
Don’t you wish this guy had baseball’s second-most wins, second-most strikeouts and best ERA in this uniform? I know, the Texas Rangers’ Dec. 22, 2007 trade of Edinson Volquez to the Cincinnati Reds for Josh Hamilton cannot be criticized. Not with Hamilton plugging a center field hole that’s leaked inconsistency…
Who knew there was a fast track from the Frisco RoughRiders to the Green Bay Packers? At 21 I had ambition. I had goals. I wanted to win the sports trivia contest at UTA’s Dry Gulch every Thursday night. I wanted to find the sonofabitch who stole two radar detectors…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have pointed our attention this a.m. to Mitch Albom’s column in the Detroit Free Press, previewing the previously unfathomable Stars-Red Wings Game Six tonight at the American Airlines Center. Albom, the favorite sports columnist of every mother in America, writes that Red Wings netminder Chris…
Goodbye, monkey. Hello, history? The Dallas Stars got their pride. They got the Joe Louis Arena monkey off Marty Turco’s back. Now – believe it or not – they’re trying to get even. For those of you that figured the Dallas Stars were primed for cremation when they fell behind…
Look for this guy’s wife at Ghostbar Saturday night. Just a guess. Remember last summer when David Beckham’s visit to Dallas, er Frisco, was a huge deal? Then, he tweaked an ovary or something and his no-show was even huger? Now, turns out, Mr. Posh Spice will play at Pizza…
Jerry Jones is an ego-maniac. A cold-blooded, bottom-line businessman. A ruthless competitor hell-bent on acquiring the biggest, baddest toys on the planet. And, lest I forget, a friggin’ genius. Exhibit A is yesterday’s announcement of the pricing for about 50,000 reserved, season-ticket seats at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in…
Steiner + Associates This rendering of Glorypark’s about as close as you’ll get to the real thing for a long, long while. Just nine days ago, the new CEO for the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau — Jay Burress, still a senior veep at Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau for…
One more time for all the old times. I was wrong. And, perhaps for one last night, the Dallas Stars were right on. Stars 3, Red Wings 1 needed its share of luck. Detroit hit a post early and had a goal disallowed via a horrible call. But give Dallas…
There are those gullible enough, stubborn enough and warped enough to believe the Dallas Stars can rally to defeat the Detroit Red Wings. Hillary Clinton. DISD bookkeepers. Guys convinced that chicks actually go to bars with bacon in their purses. For the rest of us—the Stars included—reality and resignation formed…
Rick Carlisle can be the same. Long as he’s different. Us media dorks get our first chance to meet ‘n greet new Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle this afternoon down at American Airlines Center. Honestly, I’d have rather landed the entertaining and up-tempo Mike D’Antoni or persuaded general manager Donnie Nelson…
Hmm. Take another cross-check to the ribs or chase the Mrs. around the house? Decisions, decisions. Face it, tonight’s Game 4 could be the last game of Mike Modano’s Stars-studded career. I know! It’s not a guarantee, just a frightening possibility. With Detroit having sucked the drama from the series,…
Owner Tom Hicks admits he almost asked for Ron Washington’s jersey back There’s a contingency list for if and when the Texas Rangers’ season goes south. General manager Jon Daniels and president Nolan Ryan admit the team might revisit Ron Washington’s job status in July. And, as if the manager…
Dookie Stick, we hardly knew ya. Former Cowboys starting tailback Troy Hambrick was sentenced today to five years in prison after pleading guilty to selling crack cocaine in Florida. Hambrick, if you remember, started all 16 games as Emmitt Smith’s successor in 2003, rushing for 972 yards and five touchdowns…
