Speaking of soccer …Two years back there was talk of Dallas getting a Women’s Professional Soccer franchise, whose roster would be filled out with players from the U.S. Women’s National Team. And then … nothing. But just yesterday, Sports Illustrated’s Jeff Kassouf noted that the league, which has seen two…
As you may recall, back in April we spoke at length with former Dallas Tornado Kyle Rote Jr. — who, that very week, had been told he was going to be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. The actual ceremony, though, took place this week — Tuesday, to…
A 6-1 lead. Cliff Lee on the mound. Sellout crowd. Only 12 outs to go. Brooms poised. And then … The worst loss of the Texas Rangers’ season. Temporarily derailing a potentially magical season, another late-inning meltdown bit the Rangers last night in a gut-punch, 7-6 loss to the New York…
Stop it. Yeah you, the rabid Dallas Cowboys fan with painted face and silver-n-blue panties in a wad. Your popular old refrain about some supposed Cowboys prejudice among Pro Football Hall of Fame voters makes about as much sense as Mixed Martial Arts fighter Chael Sonnen claiming iconic cyclist Lance…
Speaking of the ballpark …Texas Rangers president — and, any day now, co-owner — Nolan Ryan fielded some questions from ESPNDallas readers this afternoon, and during that chitchat he revealed: Yes, he and Chck Greenberg are going to make significant improvements at the 16-year-old Ballpark in Arlington by next season,…
If you were planning on attending tonight’s Rangers-Yankees game — and I was considering it — be warned: It’s damned near a sell-out. Ballclub spokesman John Blake just sent word:As of 1:30 p.m., only obstructed view and scattered single tickets remain for tonight’s Texas Rangers game with the New York…
Yeah, but the Rangers’ left fielder has reversed the curse. 10. It’s rare that Yankees’ Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera surrenders three hits in an inning. And you usually don’t win when you commit three errors against the best team in baseball. But each happened last night during the…
When word came down that Jeff Cogen, till today the president of Your Dallas Stars since 2007 and before that president and chief operation officer of Your Texas Rangers, was decamping for the Nashville Predators, where he’ll be chief executive officer, I called his cell hoping that maybe he’d find…
ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy — who I like, by the way — thinks the LeBron James/Dwyane Wade/Chris Bosh-led Miami Heat will be the best team in NBA history. He says the Heat, a team he predicts will be “unguardable,” will in 2010-11 never lose two games in a row,…
After 15 months of delays, disputes and despair, the Texas Rangers emerged from bankruptcy. The goal now is to keep the Dallas Stars from going down the same pot-holed path. While he further dissolves his once-mighty sports empire by selling Liverpool Football Club in England, Tom Hicks is also getting…
To keep your life fresh and stimulated ask yourself this question: When’s the last time I did something for the first time? My answer: Today. Can’t recall ever going to a day/night football/baseball doubleheader where I could literally walk between sites. But that’s the case today as the Dallas Cowboys…
How you looking at your Texas Rangers these days? A) Despite Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Oakland A’s they’re playing well enough to maintain a comfy cushion in the American League West, holding a 7.5 games lead with only 51 games remaining. B) They were held to two or fewer…
First we bitch that Roddy Beaubois doesn’t play enough. Now we’re prepared to moan that he’s playing too much? Not good news when we learn that the Dallas Mavericks’ point-producing, jitterbug of a guard breaks a bone in his foot while playing for the French National Team. But it’s not…
10. Man, what a letdown. You spend all weekend talking about and listening to and watching highlights of Emmitt Smith and Super Bowls and football immortals. Then they kick off the Hall of Fame game and you get Cowboys 16, Bengals 7. It’s like going to the theater and being titillated…
I guess this is the last time we’ll be running this picture of Tom Hicks in his Rangers cap noshing on a hot dog. But this certainly isn’t the last time we’ll hear from Hicks — he’s still a long way from dispensing with his sports teams, as the Dallas…
As we outlined in last week’s paper version of Unfair Park, the lenders owed approximately $600 million from the default of HSG Sports Group’s loans tied to the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars had been pissed that around $75 million of the pre-auction bid by the Greenberg-Ryan group would have…
Kinda sorry that I’m in San Antonio covering Dallas Cowboys’ training camp because what happened yesterday in a Fort Worth courtroom was one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments: A baseball team sold via auction. And billionaire Mark Cuban losing a money war. After almost 16 hours of contentious, cuss-filled bidding, the…
10. Linebacker Anthony Spencer missed practice after getting his foot stepped on in Wednesday’s warm-ups, but it’s a day-to-day thing. No biggie. Second-year player Victor Butler took his place and didn’t look out of place at all. 9. Rough day for the offense. Tony Romo was harassed into several bad throws…
Rarely has a pitcher with only one victory in his first five starts as a Texas Rangers pitcher caused such a positive stir in Arlington. But make no mistake: Cliff Lee is about to make all sorts of history. Mainly, come October he’ll pitch Game 1 of an American League…
[Update: As Sam reports, Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan have won the auction. First thing Thursday morning.]This much, per Sam’s latest series of tweets from the Fort Worth courtroom where the Texas Rangers auction drags on … and on … and on. After Mark Cuban and Jim Crane submitted the…
I know the big news of the day regarding your Texas Rangers will be this deal about the new owner and all – Mark Cuban vs.Nolan Ryan – but quietly the baseball team is tip-toeing close to a slump. For now it’s a funk, and when you build a nine-game cushion you…
Updates: Sam will be posting via Twitter: @sammerten So, the 9 a.m. start time for today’s auction of Your Texas Rangers has been pushed back — how far, Sam’s not sure. He’s in the courtroom at this very moment, and Judge Russell Nelms, who’s supervising the proceedings, has yet to…
