Back in 2002 when I was at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram we first started getting wind that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was toying with the idea of building a new stadium. “Gather some ideas, solicit some fan feedback and let your imagination run wild,” my editor told me at the…
10. Jesse Holley fans – you know who you are – rejoice. Looks like he’ll at least survive tomorrow’s cut down to 75. The Cowboys are at 77 and have two rookies (Robert Brewster and Brandon Williams) headed off the active roster on to season-ending injured reserve. Expect the realilty-show winner…
Deadspin most thoughtfully directs our attention to the Andy Lee Drinking Game — Andy Lee being the San Francisco 49ers punter who gets his turn to take aim at the Cowboys Stadium video board tomorrow evening. If nothing else, it provides one very good reason to watch a meaningless pre-season…
At an afternoon press conference at the Cotton Bowl, where city officials gathered to officially announce next month’s double-header soccer game at the 77-year-old stadium, Mayor Tom Leppert emphatically dismissed a reporter’s suggestion that it may be tough for the recently rehabbed Fair Park relic to compete with Jerry Jones’…
Talked with legendary Dallas Cowboys’ coach Jimmy Johnson this morning on 105.3 The Fan. The highlights: *First off, during the interview I admit to having an extreme case of good-ol’-days’ goose bumps. *Secondly, Jimmy – a noted Heineken guzzler – is out at Cowboys Stadium today filming a public service announcement…
Spent most of yesterday out at Jonestown Coliseum, better known as Cowboys Stadium. Second time I’ve been there since the doors have opened for business, and I realize it’ll probably take a year of visits to discover/enjoy every nook and cranny. Couple observations: *As for the not-so-well-hung Jumbo Jerry, the giant…
In this week’s Dallas Observer column in which I surmise that Wade Phillips is entering his last season – win, lose or drawl – I tell the story of riding up a training camp elevator with the Dallas Cowboys’ head coach. Sounds riveting, I know. But wait, there’s more! Watching Wade interact…
It’s the eve of training camp at the Grand Hyatt hotel on the San Antonio Riverwalk and—despite a coaching career on the verge of a nosedive—Wade Phillips is headed up. In less than 24 hours he’ll begin trying to deliver on his promise of tougher accountability. But as he steps…
I headed out to Arlington this morning for a detailed tour of Cowboys Stadium, the guts of which I’ll pour into a Dallas Observer cover story on Sept. 10. While I’m there, obviously, I’ll get some answers and insights into the video boards. I heard owner Jerry Jones on 105.3…
Random thoughts after a roller-coaster, thrilling, frustrating, sweat-stained best game of the Rangers’ season: *From 0-4 to 2-4 to 7-4 to 7-5 to 10-5 to 10-9, seriously, what a damn entertaining baseball game. *Elvis Andrus turns 21 today. His baseball IQ turns 219. *I watched the game at a bar, so…
Christopher Moore, the prof quoted in today’s paper about the physics of punting as it relates, to, oh, I dunno, low-hanging video screens in overwrought football domes, offers plenty more info on his blog concerning hang time and kicking angles; rrrrrrriveting stuff. But, for a moment, back to the Dallas…
I realize Pudge Rodriguez was brought here with the understanding he’d be a backup. But less than a week into his second coming, scuh-roo that! If starting Pudge throughout the three-game series against the Yankees that starts tonight in New York hurts Taylor Teagarden’s wittle feewings or momentarily thrwarts the…
When I say No. 22, who comes to mind? Do you immediately think of the Dallas Cowboys’ all-time best runner? Or their all-time best rusher? Or perhaps instead the second-leading all-time scorer in the history of the Dallas Mavericks? The quest is to attach a Dallas/Fort Worth player to every…
Maybe you heard: George W. Bush stopped by Mustangs football practice this morning, where he told the team to “win one for Yom Kippur.” Thanks to the SMU media relations department for this end-of-the-day keeper. …
In May 2008, Oak Lawn Avenue-based Hambric Sports Management filed a breach of contract suit against pro golfer Anthony Kim, the University of Oklahoma star and Dallas resident who ditched Roscoe “Rocky” Hambric’s firm that very month for massive New York-based IMG. In December, Hambric’s actions more than suggested he…
There are kinks to be worked out, yes. But in Friday’s victory over the Tennessee Titans the Dallas Cowboys showed that their team and their stadium just might be great – if not super – after all. 10. We can criticize Tony…
A friendly Sportatoriumite sends along this pic taken moments ago at Cowboys Stadium. Again, I’m no engineer but sure looks like – with the cranes and wenches and roof open – the JumboJerry is being raised. Right?…
This week’s column in the Dallas Observer wasn’t more dogpiling on Josh Hamilton, but rather some perspective on how unfairly most of us (yeah, I’m pointing at me) jumped on Josh Howard. They both screwed up. They both – eventually – apologized. They are…
Everything’s bigger (and lower) in Texas. Toldja. Back in May – after reading that the colossal video boards at Cowboys Stadium were to be only 90 feet above the playing field – I penned an item questioning exactly how high was high enough. It was more common sense than aeronautical…
I’ll have a full review of this joint’s football debut Monday, but for now I’ve seen $35 parking at Wal-Mart (good googly moogly), new Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ uniforms (so long, white short shorts) and nary a blue star at midfield. Weird…
No Terrell Owens. No Pacman Jones. No Michael Vick or Brett Favre or Michael Crabtree. No drama. To which I say … Yes! Last summer the Dallas Cowboys broke camp fat ‘n happy and consumed with personal agendas. After a successful training camp at San Antonio’s Alamodome in which the focus…
Unless you consider the Dallas Stars’ 1999 Stanley Cup a lifetime pardon, we’ve all got one. That is, that moment when Tom Hicks did/said something so outrageously inane that you WTF’d him onto your permament shit list. For me it was the Texas Rangers’ owner offering the bassackward philosophy of…
