SHREVEPORT, Louisiana—Signs your grand plans have gone slightly askew: You toke your way out of a job as quarterback of America’s Team, shepherded from Dallas Cowboys training camp by the notorious Bishop Terry Hornbuckle. You file a “wrongful termination” grievance against the Cowboys which, when you lose, makes nary a…
Remember when you could count on lazy Sunday afternoons watching the Dallas Cowboys from Labor Day until, oh, New Year’s? Gone. With the release of the NFL schedule today, the Cowboys will play a franchise-record seven games on national TV, but only nine of their 16 games take place on…
Donald Faison is in town this weekend to get coached by some Mavs for a charity event. He’s also the only reason we watch Scrubs anymore. Stacy Keibler won’t be here after all, so, no, I won’t exploit this as a cheap end-around allowing me to post some senseless, skin-friendly…
You gotta love Michael Irvin. No really, you just gotta. Sure, he might have he made the Pro Football Hall of Fame as one of the all-time great offensive players, but there’s nothing better than the former Dallas Cowboys receiver when he’s playing defense. This morning, KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket)…
IGN.com We kinda like the idea of the videogame version of Marty Turco between the pipes rather than the real deal come playoff time. The Dallas Stars are in post-season form. Which, of course, is horrible news. As has become a dreaded spring tradition, they’re again teasing, tantalizing but, ultimately,…
There are those out there who feel the Angels swept our Rangers because, well, they were cheating! Corked bats vs. resin hats. Gotta love baseball. Or do you? –Richie Whitt…
You know who we blame for the Rangers’ 0-3 start. No, not this guy. Why would we do that? C’mon. Three games. Three losses. One reminder: Your Dallas Mavericks started 0-4. But after watching the Texas Rangers get absolutely bludgeoned in Anaheim, my dollar — on second thought, my million…
Doctors took Rudy Jaramillo’s cancer. They couldn’t touch his charisma. On a glorious spring training afternoon in Mesa, Arizona, baseball’s best hitting coach walks into Hohokam Stadium and is immediately mobbed. Chicago Cubs and former Texas Rangers slugger Alfonso Soriano, who last year hit 46 homers and 41 doubles, dances…
I still can’t believe this is how Ed Bark spends his time: watching local TV ratings so, thank God, the rest of us don’t have to. And I do love this tidbit from this morning’s ratings recap: The Mavs’ hardfought, Dirk-less road win over the Sacramento Kings averaged 171,360 homes…
Babe Laufenberg’s back in the Cowboys’ booth, so what does that mean for his TV gig? How ’bout some Cowboys-related issues to chew on while waiting around today for this total waste of time and another Rangers loss in Anaheim? As predicted, Babe Laufenberg will return to the Cowboys’ radio…
Michael Farber at SI.com just posted a great piece about Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco, the amazing regular-season netminder who always seems to choke in the post-season. Love the opening-paragraph anecdote: The food was exquisite, the evening historic. On the March night that Mike Modano became the second U.S.-born player…
At this moment, 836 people want Mark Cuban to own the Chicago Cubs; it’s science, you can look it up. Now you can add to that list Alan Schwarz of The New York Times, who this morning goes where Radar Online’s has gone before: to the Cuban’s buying the Chicago…
The last time the Mavs won a division, the team looked a whole lot different. I know, the Mavericks played like April fools in Phoenix Sunday afternoon. But the day wasn’t a total loss. In fact, it was a major win. How’s that? After Dallas’ ugly loss, the San Antonio…
No, check that, the new PGA Superstore in Plano isn’t just a teasing appetizer, it’s downright orgasmic. If, that is, you get aroused milling around an old Home Depot warehouse filled with sports memorabilia, a gazillion Izods, two bajillion clubs, a tennis court, a putting green, a chipping area complete…
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has come under fire — from, of all places, Congress, which clearly has nothing else to worry about — for Major League Baseball’s $700-mil deal with DirecTV, which airs the league’s “Extra Innings” package that lets viewers get about 60 outta-town games every week for $160,…
Not even the appearance of former Jesuit star Kenny Cooper was enough to make yesterday’s soccer game in Frisco worth attending…or watching. Sounds like yesterday’s soccer game between the U.S. and Guatemalan national teams was a snoozer at Frisco’s Pizza Hut Park. The crowd got up when local star Kenny…
Tony Blei Sammy Sosa was more than so-so this spring. Which doesn’t mean anything, we know. Less’n he can pitch. The Texas Rangers invite you to show up tonight as the team returns from spring training. Especially if you can pitch. I praise the Rangers’ pitching staff one day, and…
Let’s see, Jose Canseco comes to town seeking a pahdnuh to help him announce a new television reality show, and just whom does he seek out? This guy? Splendid guess, but no. Her? What would be the point? No, it’s his old friend, radio talk-show host — and, yeah, former…
This is the controversial film Mark Cuban’s about to distribute. Discuss. You know you want to. Wrap yourself in the flag, slap another “Support Our Troops” magnet on your pickup and crank the Toby Keith, ‘cuz this is gonna test every last drop of your American red blood. Doubly so…
Robinson Tejeda will pitch Your Texas Rangers’ home opener in a few days. Oh…joy? The Rangers’ pitching staff looks decent — which, putting it in perspective, means it’s as good as any time since the late 1990s. Kevin Millwood’s a workhorse ace. Vicente Padilla is a bulldog. And newcomer Brandon…
I dunno, maybe it’s because I’m all baseball-fevering out here at Rangers spring training. Or maybe I’m saving my basketball jones for the Mavs’ playoff run. Whatever, I just don’t have the March Madness this year. Watched some games last night at a crummy little sports bar in Peoria (where’s…
At first glance, it’s cool that a former Dallas Maverick is up for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. What’s that I say? Don’t tell me you forgot that Adrian Dantley played a whopping 76 games here after the trading of Mark Aguirre in 1989. Well, he did. But…
