Lakers Over Celtics: My Top 10 Observations

10. With a combined 32 championships, isn’t this the all-time greatest rivalry in sports? Thought so.  9. Kobe Bryant may be one of the greatest players of all time, but don’t be shocked if Boston point guard Rajon Rondo is the best player on the court. 8. The Dallas Mavericks finished their…

LeBron James Gives Cleveland an Edge. Dallas, Your Move.

In an interview — strangely enough — with CNN suspendered-geezer Larry King, the most coveted free agent in the history of sports is alluding to a hometown advantage. And while LeBron James says the Cleveland Cavaliers have an edge, Dirk Nowitzki’s best friend in basketball says he believes the giant German will stay…

The Top 5 Uniforms in the History of Your Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers broke a four-game losing streak last night with a 9-6 walloping of the Chicago White Sox. But they didn’t look good doing it. I know those white beanies atop their head were special Memorial Day caps, but in a word … Godawful. The Colonial the other day…

Texas Rangers: Fool’s Gold or Gritty Perseverance?

While I was gone the Texas Rangers, well, um, let’s face it … they crumbled. Starters not making it past the fifth inning. Bullpen overworked. Bottom third of the order about as effective as BP’s oil spill plans G, H and I. Four consecutive losses. Division lead kaput. Not good…

Tiger Woods Was Here! (Sorta)

Mark Taborn is 37. Lives in Los Angeles. Works in the corporate world. And is a hack of a golfer carrying a 23 handicap. Weird, because not a single day passes that he isn’t confused for Tiger Woods. I spent my blogless vacation doing some productive things: Jumping on the P90X…

SLANT 45, The Movie

Back in September, at Cowboys Stadium, the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee debut its educational outreach initiative called Service Learning Adventures in North Texas — or, SLANT 45 for short. Long story short, it’s what Daryl “Mooooooooose” Johnston called “the largest service-learning project in our nation’s history.” Any…

News & Notes & Assorted Other Follow-Ups

Allow me to clean out the been-meaning-to-get-to folder …This morning I made mention of Jerry Jones walking out of the Marriott Marquis in New York City last night with two Sports Business Journal awards: Sports Exec of the Year and Sports Facility of the Year. Which is relevant to this…

Two Out of Three Owners Ain’t Bad

Two sports items with which to begin your Friday, starting with the news that the NBA’s looking into comments Mark Cuban made earlier this week to CNNMoney’s Poppy Harlow concerning his interest in LeBron James. That’s the interview in question above. But, in short: Was the Mavs man tampering by…

Hey, I Found a Reason to Go to the HD Byron Nelson Classic

No Tiger. No problem. Phil Mickelson won’t be at today’s opening round of the HD Byron Nelson Classic out in Las Colinas. Neither will Tiger Woods or past champs like Sergio Garcia or Adam Scott or, really, anybody you’ve ever heard of outside Vijay Singh and maybe defending champ Rory…

MMA – But Not UFC – Comes Back to Metroplex

No way it will be bigger than last summer when UFC took over American Airlines Center, but Mixed Martial Arts – in the form of Bellator – invades the metroplex again tonight. The BFC XIX will hold seven fights at the Nokia Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie, headlined by lightweight…