Martellus Bennett Ruins Texas A&M’s One Shining Moment

And you thought I was actually going to blab about women’s basketball? Okay, here goes: Texas A&M beat Notre Dame for the National Championship last night. Love coach Gary Blair, who cut his coaching teeth at South Oak Cliff High School. But, let’s be honest, their star player — Danielle…

Dennis Rodman = Hall of Fame. Wait, Is It Still April 1?

When Dennis Rodman graduated South Oak Cliff High School he was 5-foot-8 and he’d never really played organized basketball. Years later he wore a wedding dress to marry himself. And he was once suspended for kicking a photographer in the crotch. Throw in two Defensive Player of the Year awards, five…

UConn 53, Butler 41: My Top 10 Observer-ations

10. March Badness: Butler shot 18.8 percent, lowest ever in a National Championship game. Eighteen percent. That’s 12 of 64, including an unfathomable 3 of 31 on two-pointers. 9. I for one am happy. Butler’s will-over-skill routine might have been efficient, but it isn’t a tad entertaining. And, yes, I’m…

With Three Consecutive Losses, Dallas Mavericks Going Nowhere Fast

And over here — in the opposite corner from your red-hot Texas Rangers — sit your Dallas Mavericks. Bruised. Bloodied. Slump-shouldered. Ready for the NBA Playoffs? At a time when they should peaking, the Mavs are pratfalling. After winning the first three games on their western road trip they lost the…

Rangers 26, Red Sox 11: My Top 10 Observer-ations

10. That, my friends, was about as thorough a three-game sweep as you can produce. The Rangers out-scored Boston by 15 runs and slugged 11 homers. And that wasn’t the Royals, remember — it came against the team most experts predict will represent the AL in the 2011 World Series. 9…

Now Seems Like As Good a Time As Any To Re-Visit Dez Bryant’s Story

Last September I penned a cover story in the Observer about you-know-who, better known as Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant. Looking back at it now, there are some interesting, relevant points that may shed some light on the receiver’s current “dark place,’ according to adviser David Wells. My lead to…

Mavericks v. Lakers: Who’s No. 2?

The Dallas Mavericks say tonight’s showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers isn’t a statement game. The Dallas Mavericks are lying. Beating the Timberwolves, Warriors, Jazz, Suns and — last night — the Clippers doesn’t mean diddly poo. If the Mavs don’t beat the Lakers tonight at 9:30 in Staples Center…

Remember That Time You Went to a Fight and a Hockey Game Broke Out?

  With last night’s shootout loss to the Phoenix Coyotes, the Dallas Stars remain on the outside looking in at the NHL’s Western Conference playoffs. Nonetheless, everyone is watching hockey in Texas today. Reason? The ugly brawl between Arlington Martin and Keller High School in the closing minute of their…

Dallas Mavericks in L.A.: Tonight the Salad; Tomorrow the Steak

Over the past decade the Dallas Mavericks have been the NBA’s best team at winning games they were supposed to win. In building a legacy of 11 consecutive seasons with 50+ wins and playoff appearances, the Mavericks rarely lose against inferior opponents. It’s the toss-up games or underdog ventures in which…

Bad News for Fiesta Good News For Cotton?

Following yesterday’s release of that damning, mammoth report about all flavor of fiscal shenanigans at the Fiesta Bowl, the question immediately became: Well, what about the Cotton Bowl taking its place in the BCS rotation? But Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports explained, initially, Not so fast:If there is an immediate…

BREAKING NEWS: Arrest Warrants Issued for Okolo and Aqib Talib

This just in, stemming from this, and this. From the Garland Police Department: Garland investigators have obtained warrants for Aqib Talib and Okolo Talib in connection with a disturbance police responded to on March 21 in the 900 block of Green Pond Drive. On Monday, March 21, just before 7:30…

Garland Police: Aqib Talib Decision Coming This Week

In the wake of yesterday’s news that former Richardson Berkner star and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ stud cornerback Aqib Talib is a “person of interest” in a shooting in Garland last week, a couple of things have been cleared up but many more questions remain. Questions, say the Garland Police Department, that…

When Underdogs Rule We’re Left With March … Badness

I picked exactly one team of March Madness’ Elite Eight and I long ago lost all of my Final Four (Pittsburgh, Louisville, San Diego State and Washington). But after a weekend of shocking upsets don’t tell me your bracket isn’t likewise busted. CBS cherishes a Cinderella and Americans love the underdog,…