The Rangers had a chance to re-sign Cliff Lee, but his demand for more money and years than Texas was willing to offer resulted in his decision to return instead to the Philadelphia Phillies. In a conference call with reporters late this morning, Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and CEO…
A proud franchise that once upon a time won Super Bowls behind a Doomsday Defense is these days shackled to the most disappointing season in team history by a defense that is simply doomed. Back in training camp down in The Alamodome in San Antonio, head coach Wade Phillips trumpeted a promising…
Shortly after the news broke that Cliff Lee is a Phillie once more late last night, Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg posted to his Facebook page the following note:Tonight’s news is a letdown, but I’m proud of our effort. Congratulations to Cliff and a heartfelt thank you for the role…
The good news: Your Texas Rangers didn’t lose Cliff Lee to the New York Yankees. The bad/horrible/devastating news: Your Texas Rangers lost Cliff Lee. To the Philadelphia Phillies?! We heard persistent whispers all throughout the very exhaustive free-agency recruitment of Lee about a third “mystery team” but, honestly, didn’t pay…
After much procrastination, former Texas Rangers ace Cliff Lee has decided to return to the Philadelphia Phillies, according to MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan, with Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweeting that the deal is for five years and approximately $100 million and ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick tweeting that it’s more…
Where were you on October 11, 1980? I was inside Reunion Arena, watching the Dallas Mavericks and guys like Winford Boynes and Tom LaGarde somehow beat George Gervin and the San Antonio Spurs, 103-92, in their inaugural game as an NBA franchise. At 1-0 – at least for a night…
I know he takes a lot of shit and he deserves most of it. But the one thing you can’t deny is the passion of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. It was on full display again during Sunday night’s 60 Minutes story on CBS. At one point Jones’ eyes were…
10. DeSean Jackson is fun to watch, and so easy to hate. After his 91-yard catch-and-run touchdown he stopped at the 1 and slowly fell backward into the end zone. Where’s George Teague when you need him? 9. At 4-9 the Cowboys are officially losers (for the first time since ’04)…
In case you missed it, here’s the entirety of last night’s 60 Minutes segment about the Dallas Cowboys’ owner and general manager. The takeaway: Jerry Jones thinks he’s “smarter” now as GM than he was when he bought the team. Oh, really? Really. On the other side, a bonus “overtime”…
When Patrick recounted his trip to the Lakewood last week for that sneak preview of Thaddeus Matula’s Pony Excess, the 30th of ESPN’s 30 for 30 docs, he also posted the trailer for the film about the events leading to SMU’s receiving the NCAA’s death penalty on February 25, 1987…
Ex-Channel 5-and-8’er Scott Pelley has, from the looks of it, been in and out of town this year working on his Jerry Jones profile airing Sunday on 60 Minutes. The sneak peek above provided by CBS offers a good look at the “agony” of defeat (after defeat after defeat) endured…
It’s been 15 years since Ross Williams heard the athlete he claims is his son was coming back to Texas. Since then, the 68-year-old retiree in Lancaster has tracked Ricky Williams from Miami to California and back, trying to convince the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner that he is his father…
This doesn’t look good. The New York Yankees make free-agent pitcher Cliff Lee an offer of six years between $140-$150 million. (UPDATE: How about a seventh year?!) Lee’s agent, Darek Brauneker, puts the offer in his briefcase, leaves baseball’s winter meetings early and flies to Arkansas to present the deal to…
He led the Dallas Mavericks to their 30-year apex. He Instilled defense and discipline into a franchise that had forever languished with an offensive philosophy. He orchestrated the best regular-season in team history. He was the NBA’s Coach of the Year. And he took them within 2 1/4 games of an NBA championship. On the…
Go West. Then, in an attempt to consistently go big, go East. Got it? Oh, and since another undefeated Texas Christian University college football season is being denied a chance at a national championship, feel free to go ape-shit. “It would have been fun to see what would have happened,…
When we spoke to Mike Modano about his will-he-won’t-he-retirement-that-wasn’t in April, he had this to say about a certain teammate: “Lehtinen was a real treat to play with, obviously, and what he brought. He played hard and sacrificed his body, and I don’t know how much more he has left.”Even…
On a professional note, too bad Texas Rangers’ iconic voice Eric Nadel didn’t win the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting this morning at baseball’s winter meetings. He was edged out by Dave Van Horne, who’s been calling games (for Expos and now the Marlins) for 42 years. On…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback ratings. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings — if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here — the…
The Texas Rangers aren’t pro-actively shopping Michael Young. They’re simply listening when other teams call to talk about him. We can’t have a problem with this, can we? As I noted occasionally in the playoffs, Young’s limited mobility at third was on the verge of making him a defensive liability…
Prior to the beginning of baseball’s winter meetings yesterday at Walt Disney World Resort, a flurry of activity resulted in big-name players dealt and fat contracts inked. Predictably, Derek Jeter (three years, $51 million) and Mariano Rivera (two years, $30 million) returned to the Bronx, but not without painful negotiations…
I’ve seen enough. You? If Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced the hiring of Jason Garrett today as permanent head coach, I’d be fine with it. Elated, actually. It won’t happen of course, in part because of the NFL’s Rooney Rule that requires teams to interview at least one minority…
Couple of months back we noted that Mark Cuban and Jim Crane were trying to get back a few mil after unsuccessfully bidding on the Texas Rangers during the August auction. Cuban wanted $1.121 million; Crane, $1.527 million. The reason? The men behind Radical Pitch LLC figured that since they…
