With an offensive line featuring two rookies and an undrafted free agent, not difficult to see the Cowboys in a transition — if not a rebuilding — season in 2011. Gone from last year’s underachieving team: Roy Williams, Marion Barber, Leonard Davis, Marc Colombo and now Andre Gurode. Next to go:…
First line of my Observer column from May 19: He’ll be here before you know it. Sooner than we all expected. He is Leonys Martin. And the future of Texas Rangers’ center field is now. Trying to remain calm. And I know Martin — though he’ll take the Rangers’ roster spot…
The Aggies are a joke. After a 15-year marriage, they want a divorce. Greener pastures they say, failing to camouflage their hissy-fit jealousy of Texas. Their long-time spouse, the Big 12 Conference, shrugs and begins courting other attractive partners. And now, almost three weeks after we’d all deemed the Aggies…
[jump] 5. David Buehler better get healthy. Fast. Not only did Dan Bailey make field goals of 37 and 41 yards against the Vikings, veteran Shayne Graham made a 38-yarder and sent three of his six kickoffs into the end zone. And, remember, 2009 Lou Groza Award winner Kai Forbath should…
10. Love ESPN’s on-screen strike zone and other unique camera angles and, for the most part, I dig Bobby Valentine’s analysis. But when he says a change-up low and away will get David Murphy out “every single at-bat” it’s just makes him sound silly. 9. Down 4-1 and facing Jered…
This is what happens when you fail to sign Nnamdi Asomugha. Insanity. Out of desperation more than inspiration, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones yesterday gave a five-year, $27 million contract extension (including $10 million guaranteed) to … Orlando Scandrick. I don’t know whether to laugh. Or vomit. On the Top 50…
Well, that didn’t take long. From almost 8 games a week ago tonight, the Rangers’ lead in the AL West is suddenly down to 2.5. The magic number, seemingly tumbling toward the 20s, is now stuck at 30. This is a good thing. Because, seriously, if the lead stretched to…
10. If Wednesday night’s crowd at Rangers Ballpark was 30,000 it killed Cowboys’ practice across the street. I’d say there was 15,000 inside Cowboys Stadium, tops. I guess $1 Hot Dogs > $10 Parking. 9. Early in camp in San Antonio linebacker Keith Brooking intercepted a pass and began sprinting down…
Long before the baseball that was the catalyst to his accidental death at Rangers Ballpark, Shannon Stone grabbed another souvenir in Arlington. This one — a foul ball caught in 1983 off the bat of his favorite player, Buddy Bell — perished when his parents’ house in Johnson County burned…
Not much good to say about the Rangers’ 11-5 loss to the Red Sox Tuesday night. Colby Lewis gave up two more homers, both to Adrian Gonzalez. Texas’ lead in the West is down to 3.5 games with 32 remaining. But … Before the game Mavericks’ head coach Rick Carlisle threw out…
As I’ve written before, nobody throws a party like Texas Motor Speedway grand poobah Eddie Gossage. He added to his legacy again Tuesday night at Gilley’s south of downtown Dallas, unveiling his track’s 2012 schedule with a party featuring Kurt Busch, Kyle Petty, Matt Kenseth, sword swallowers, stilt-walkers, Stoney LaRue…
Already with company in training camp in the form of free agents Dan Bailey and Kai Forbath, David Buehler’s job as Cowboys’ kicker became more tenuous Tuesday when the team signed veteran Shayne Graham. Graham made his name with the Bengals from 2003-09, and last year was 12 of 12 for…
Quite the stink back in April when I opined that I didn’t think Rangers’ pitcher Colby Lewis should miss a start to attend the birth of his second child. I stand by that. I still root for Lewis to be a good pitcher and don’t really give a rat’s ass…
Only 19 days until the Cowboys kick off the 2011 NFL season against the New York Jets at Meadowlands Stadium. Even more imminent, a week from today Dallas will trim its roster down from 90 to 75. By September 3, we’ll be down to the final 53. After two weeks in San…
Sure, let’s get greedy. In June, Mavericks fans were presented with a utopian climax: Sweep the hated Lakers and then rally to beat the even-more-despised Dwyane Wade and the Heat in the NBA Finals behind an MVP performance from long underrated, underappreciated star Dirk Nowitzki. I’ve pretty much given up…
I’m not going to argue the merits of Charles Haley’s football career. As one of the most fierce pass-rushers of his era, he won five Super Bowl rings. The dude belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, just not the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor. Here’s why: Simple, he’s not one of…
What started so promising … ended with a whimper. The Rangers won the first six games of the 10-game road trip. Late last Thursday night they were three outs from an eight-game lead in the AL West. Then Mark Trumbo took Mike Adams deep, Texas’ offense evaporated in Chicago and,…
[jump] 5. Talked to head coach Jason Garrett in the locker room about Tony Romo’s interception. Sure enough, it was half-bad read (he thought Eric Weddle was latching onto Bryant and not Kevin Ogletree) and half-bad throw (too flat to get over the safety). 4. Bryant dropped a first down…
If you’ve got little to do this morning, and you missed it the first time ’round in the fall of ’09, might I suggest you spend a little time with “The Consummation of Dirk,” penned by Jonathan Callahan, an American living in Japan. “Batshit insane,” declared Deadspin upon its mysterious…
Jerry Jones has scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference here at Cowboys Stadium. As I’ve said all along, Drew Pearson is in. Question is, will he have company? Larry Allen, you still in town? Pretty sure he is. Four chairs up on the stage for the presser…
Is Felix Jones the man? Or just the man until DeMarco Murray becomes the man? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said this week on his weekly radio show that he considers the fourth-year running back one of the keys to Dallas’ season. “I expect Felix to have a really good season,” Jones…
Seven games up with 38 games remaining. Magic number down to 32 (smallest in baseball along with the Brewers and Phillies). Three of the first four in the bag already in Anaheim, with a chance to sweep tonight. For those of us who make a living bitchin’ and moanin’ about…
