A Friend of Unfair Park shoots us a fascinating, inside-baseball lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tarrant County. In it, the Texas Collegiate Baseball League, the 4-year-old college summer baseball league, accuses seven of its teams of conspiring to take control of the league or destroy it altogether. It’s a long story…
The September GQ, with Barack Obama on the cover, features the, ugh, “Young Guns” of the National Football League — such QBs as Vince Young, Matt Leinart, Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn and Ben Roethlisberger. But none of ’em gets the spread bestowed upon Tony Romo — whose “exhilarating debut made…
Soccer’s the new poker, if the talk around the poker table last night was any evidence. Seems all the kids wanna talk about is soccer — pardon, “football,” though I am not about to take that shit from a guy born and raised in Dallas who really oughta know better…
Almost one month ago, there appeared in the Florida Times-Union a story I’ve yet to hear or see commented upon locally: Bob Hayes, holder of more than 20 Dallas Cowboys records (including 71 career TDs and 20 yards per reception), is buried in an unmarked grave in his hometown of…
My 10-year-old son: Isn’t that Barry Bonds? Me: Yep. My 10-year-old son: Didn’t he take drugs? Isn’t he a cheater? Me: Yep. My 10-year-old son: Then why is everybody cheering for him? Me: Because he…well…Hmm. Hold that thought… Don Hooton, I need your advice. Your 17-year-old son, Taylor, took steroids…
Remember Drew Henson? C’mon — he was gonna be the next Troy Aikman, before Tony Romo took the mantle. Nine years ago, he was drafted by the New York Yankees — a five-year deal, including a signing bonus worth $2 mil. But instead of going straight into baseball, he opts…
Jamey Newberg sends word this afternoon that should you be heading to the Rangers Ballpark tonight to see Texas take on Tampa Bay — and, really, why would you be doing such a thing? — there’s actually something kinda neat taking place before the first pitch. Jamey suggests getting there…
Texas Rangers lefty C.J. Wilson is already Major League Baseball’s best blogger. Now, he insists he’s Major League Baseball’s Guitar Hero. Unfair Park just got a press release from the Rangers, in which Wilson throws out this challenge: Thirty-two contestants will get the opportunity to strap it on against Wilson,…
Nice story about Mike Bacsik in Dallas’ Only Daily today. But there’s an even better one about him in The New York Times, where Lee Jenkins paints the pitcher as “baseball’s unofficial ambassador” to the record-setting home run Bacsik served up to Barry Bonds Tuesday night. See, Bacsik was everywhere…
I have translated this page from Portuguese to English, but I fear it will not help. Suffice it to say, it has something to do with Dirk Nowitzki: “Set free Nowitzki to dispute Eurocopa.” As in, The best player of season 2006/07 of the NBA was set free to dispute…
How did it take so long for this to finally show up? Richie, you wanted video evidence of Tony Romo performing with Metal Skool at The Palladium in June? Well, here it is, crappy audio quality and all. If this doesn’t get you ready for tomorrow night’s pre-season game against…
A few sportsy items, in no particular order. First, from that venerable sports authority known as The New York Sun comes this story about how Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson’s job is on the line this season; “Johnson Must Succeed To Avoid Texas Boot,” reads the head, and, like,…
Dunno where Bill Ingram gets his info — aside, course, from “various reports cited by a Los Angeles radio station,” which is? — but the month-old rumor that has Chris Webber joining Your Dallas Mavericks is alive and well this morning. Writes KRLD-AM (1080) contributor Ingram, who’s tuned into his…
We couldn’t help but giggle — or wince, maybe, hard to say — at this line in the Dallas Mavericks’ announcement this afternoon concerning the just-released 2007-’08 season schedule: “Dallas begins its 28th season on Wednesday, Oct. 31 in Cleveland as they take on the Eastern Conference Champions.” Really, the…
SAN ANTONIO—He was done signing autographs. Finished glad-handing fans. Complete with his first day of training camp as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. But, refreshingly, Wade Phillips was just getting started. As Phillips jogged into The Alamodome locker room tunnel last Wednesday afternoon, a man desperate for his attention…
So, uh, yeah. The Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) championship event known as “The Art of War 3,” taking place September 1 at the American Airlines Center, is apparently going to be “one of the biggest parties Dallas has ever hosted.” Sure, why not — “cageside” VIP tix are going for…
So, after days of speculation about the state of his poor sore ankle, David Beckham won’t be in Frisco tomorrow night after all, when the Los Angeles Galaxy play FC Dallas in the SuperLiga tournament. “Obviously not going to Dallas with us,” Galaxy coach Frank Yallop said today; so, that’s…
This isn’t on DallasNews.com yet, but Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal is reporting that: The Braves are on the verge of acquiring Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira. The deal is done, pending a review of the medical records of the players involved, according to major-league sources. The Braves will receive Teixeira…
One day after Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleaded not guilty to federal dogfighting charges, he gets the bad news: Nike’s dumping him, and Reebok’s decided not to sell his No. 7 jersey. And closer to home, Arlington-based Donruss Trading Card Company is yanking Vick’s cards from its 2007-’08 football…
Thanks to Eugene Lockhart, more than 500 kids are off the 1,800-long Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas waiting list. That. Is. Amazing. If you listened to KTCK-AM (1310) last week, you no doubt noticed that several of the station’s shows were broadcasting on and off throughout the week…
The sight of Nate Newton, all 340 pounds of him, trying to hide behind a tree would have been funny. If he hadn’t been trying to avoid being spotted and arrested by police. At an illegal dog fight. As Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick prepares for the first of what…
Two days into Dallas Cowboys training camp down the street from the Alamo, and it’s clear that new coach Wade Phillips is folksy and boring and folksy and country and folksy and really, really close to being human NyQuil. Oh, yeah, and, if you pay attention long enough, he’s kind…
