It was 16 years ago today that a red-headed backup quarterback from Princeton authored one of the most amazing holiday scripts in Dallas Cowboys’ history. Thanksgiving Day, 1994. With Troy Aikman and Rodney Peete out with injuries, Dallas’ third-stringer stepped in and promptly fell behind the Green Bay Packers, 17-3,…
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…
And deservedly so. Good for him…
Former SMU player-turned-Cowboys’ stud Bryan McCann got me to thinking. Has an undrafted guy ever made such an immediate impact in Dallas? An interception return of 101 yards one week, followed by a 97-yard punt return the following week is impressive. But he’d better keep it up if he hopes to barge…
OK, admittedly this may be a tad premature. We’ve still got – what? – 4.5 months left of NBA regular season. But what happened last night in Miami was too delicious to bypass. Turkey comes Thursday. Monday night the appetizer was served. Last week I officially wished failure upon the unfortunate noggin’…
For months I’ve been saying that Rangers’ outfielder Josh Hamilton is the best player in baseball. Today he’ll at least be validated as the Most Valuable Player in his own American League. Around 1 p.m. Hamilton should win AL MVP, joining Jeff Burroughs (1974), Juan Gonzalez (’96, ’98), Ivan Rodriguez…
Way back in May, before the filmmakers yanked the trailer from YouTube, we sneaked a peek at something called Article 19, a doc-in-progress by two Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas grads about the events leading up to and immediately following SMU’s football program receiving the NCAA’s death penalty in…
On September 17, we noted: The New York Times, for whatever reason, really wanted to get its hands on a tape made in Fort Worth bankruptcy Judge Michael Lynn’s chambers on July 9, when the judge ordered a closed-door sitdown with those involved in the bankruptcy and subsequent auction of…
Would you rather your football team – like the Dallas Cowboys – implode during a 1-7 start, fire its head coach and be done by Halloween? Or would you rather your football team – like FC Dallas – make it all the way to the Super Bowl only to dramatically lose…
10. Two-game winning streak be damned, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones isn’t getting too caught up in his team’s re-booting: “I want to say it again: No fan should think I’m happy with the way things are,” Jones said after his team’s win Sunday at Cowboys Stadium. “I’m happy having these two…
On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, the Dallas Cowboys traded for receiver Roy Williams. In exchange, they sent to the Detroit Lions a first- third- and sixth-round draft pick in 2009. Matching him with Terrell Owens, the move was supposed to give the Cowboys yet another elite weapon en route to being…
Texas Rangers’ manager Ron Washington deserves credit. But not a trophy. I was neither surprised nor disappointed yesterday when Minnesota Twins’ skipper Ron Gardenhire was named American League Manager of the Year. While he led his team to 94 wins and a division championship despite major injuries to closer Joe Nathan and…
The Texas Rangers’ incredible October playoff run made this summer’s messy bankruptcy saga easier to forget, but the court filings continue, with Major League Baseball alleging that the team’s law firm deviated “sharply from the facts” when portraying MLB as “iron-fisted and overbearing.” In a response filed Monday to an…
Love me some Dirk Nowitzki, the most underrated, under-appreciated athlete in the history of Dallas/Fort Worth sports. Behind him and his finesse game of around 25 points and 10 rebounds this season, the Mavs will win 50-55 games and make the NBA’s Western Conference playoffs as the 3-6 seed. But …..
On Sunday the Dallas Cowboys look for their first home win of the season. Manny Pacquiao has already won twice in Cowboys Stadium in 2010. In other words, it’s time to adopt the eight-time boxing champion as our “team.” After all, the bludgeoning he delivered upon the unfortunate noggin of…
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…
Dwyane Wade in specific. And the Miami Heat in general. Take this lightly if you wish, but consider the career/personal plunges of my previous targets: *Terrell Owens (cut by the Cowboys, irrelevant as Buffalo Bill). *Tiger Woods (lost his wife, reputation and No. 1 ranking). *Brett Favre (no ankle and/or playoff…
Back in February there was that story about Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys suing some 10 bidnesses for failing to pay the rent on their sweet suites at Cowboys Stadium. Total rent owed back then: $82.3 million. To that sum add another $37.7 million, per Courthouse News’s news that…
Neftali Feliz is the American League Rookie of the Year. Deservedly so. Cliff Lee’s Arkansas friends can’t imagine him leaving Texas for New York. Fingers crossed. But now Texas Rangers’ hitting coach Clint Hurdle is the new manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. What becomes of Josh Hamilton’s toe-tapless swing? I…
As I’ve said before, I like Jason Garrett. Really do. Got to know him a little bit personally when he was a backup and I was beat writer out at Valley Ranch in the ’90s. I’ve long pushed for him to be Dallas’ head coach in place of Stumbledoofus. What’s…
Last month your Texas Rangers finally made it to baseball’s World Series. Hasn’t been quite as long of a wait, but FC Dallas is at last in soccer’s MLS Cup. With a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy Sunday night, FC Dallas won Major League Soccer’s Western Conference and…
10. It took all of one play to smack you in the kisser with the fact that these were not your same ol’ Stumbledoofus Cowboys. Bruised ribs and all, cornerback Terence Newman tackled Mario Manningham for a 2-yard loss after a catch on New York’s first play. Against the Packers last…
