How Mark Cuban Would Fix SMU (No, Not Like That)

Speaking of local sports team owners, in the February issue of GQ, Mark Cuban sits down for a Q&A inside his Dallas office — “a room filled with pictures: Cuban playing rugby; Cuban in front of his private plane; Cuban presenting an award to Don Nelson, the former Mavericks coach…

Man, They Really Hate You in Liverpool, Tom Hicks

Until Friday, Richie’s June 27 item about a Fox Sports Network TV special on Tom Hicks hadn’t received a single comment; now, there are eight nine 10 a bunch, and they keep rolling in. And most of them are written as open letters to the owner of the Dallas Stars…

See There, The Grass Ain’t Always Greener

Jason Garrett had second interviews with the Baltimore Ravens and Atlanta Falcons about their head coaching jobs. But, come on, he never really had second thoughts about actually leaving the Dallas Cowboys. Garrett’s decision to stay in Dallas and become the team’s unofficial head-coach-in-waiting shocked absolutely no one with even…

Giant Disgust with Dallas Cowboys

And you thought there was nothing more disgusting than 2 Girls 1 Cup. Though it’s tough to trump the shocking Internet phenomenon, what happened at Texas Stadium last Sunday is even more repulsive. New York Giants 21, Dallas Cowboys 17. Are you shittin’ me? Barf! After quarterback Tony Romo’s pass…

FC Dallas, Now Without a Star

A short while ago FC Dallas announced it has moved its star player, Carlos Ruiz, to the Los Angeles Galaxy for a draft pick and allocation money. The speculation was that Ruiz was on the downhill slope of his career, and if the Hoops were ever going to get anything…

Stark Raven Mad Yet?

Jason Garrett ain’t moving to Baltimore … yet. But says ESPN, the chances are now “60-40” that the former Cowboys backup QB-turned-offensive coordinator will take the Ravens’ head coaching gig, which was, apparently, just offered to the world’s biggest Bob Dylan fan. Bot do note: “According to a Cowboys source,…

“Forget About Eli Manning When You and Jessica Are Tanning.”

Kentucky’s Ryan Parker is the … um … um … Ryan Adams of sport-song parodies. Perhaps you’re already familiar with his hits: 2006’s “Why The Cowboys Stink,” 2007’s A-Rod ballad “Been Caught Stealing” and so, so many more. Well, he’s got another Cowboys jam this week: “Don’t Worry Be Happy…

Are You Shittin’ Me?

Thirteen wins. Twelve Pro Bowlers. Seven-point favorites. Giants 21, Cowboys 17. Zero playoff wins in 11 years … and counting. Let’s shovel some shit, toss some accusations and lay some blame, shall we?…

Cowboys 34, Giants 23

Last time the Cowboys won a playoff game, Tony Romo was wearing one of these jerseys … in high school. The last time the Dallas Cowboys won a playoff game, you were paying $1.22 for gas, shouting “Show me the money!” at inappropriate times after watching Jerry Maguire and lamenting…

Clayton Holmes’ Long, Hard Fall

No doubt Cowboys fans will recall the name Clayton Holmes; he was, after all, on those Dallas teams that won three Super Bowl rings in the 1990s — a defensive back and special-teams whiz, a third-round draft pick who played like a first-rounder. “As far as the guys I played…

Cotton Bowl: Goodbye, Dallas. Hello, Palace.

And now, we wait a year for the divorce to be final. Endure patiently, football fans; even fake it if you have to. It’s just one last half-assed embrace. Just one more lame—and lame duck—season of our Cotton Bowl suffering as a second-tier game in a fourth-rate stadium. On January…

A Giant Myth

Rocky’s trainer, ol’ Mick, alluded to it when he warned his love-struck boxer, “Women weaken legs!” I half-ass joked about it when I wrote, “It just doesn’t feel right.” But up in New York, the very unbiased (wink) media is latching on to Tony Romo’s weekend jaunt to Mexico with…

June Jones: Must Be the Carpet

So why did June Jones leave Hawaii for SMU — besides the money? Apparently, it had something to do with the carpet. Yesterday at his press conference, typically a colorless affair, Jones veered from tradition and dumped a bit on the school he just left when he was asked to…

SMU and June Jones: They’re Both Back From the Dead

The real question is, what will June Jones do with his no doubt estimable collection of Hawaiian shirts? New SMU coach June Jones is the 15th highest-paid coach in college football. Fifteenth. Let that sink in for a second. At five years and $10 million, the Mustangs are paying for…

Oh, No, T.O.

And now, on to something that should scare Cowboys fans much more than Tony Romo in Mexico. Like, Terrell Owens in street clothes. If you were hoping coach Wade Phillips would pronounce the receiver good to go during his afternoon press conference moments ago at Valley Ranch, prepare to be…

Dude. Dude. DUDE.

Tony Romo, at left, and Jason Witten, far right, have the damnedest way of studying game film during an off weekend ever. Just ask the odds-makers. I know it shouldn’t matter, but it does. Just doesn’t feel right, ya know? Seeing Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo in Mexico over the weekend…

June in January

This just in from ESPN.com: “June Jones will be introduced at a news conference today as the head coach at SMU, according to three sources familiar with the decision.” And if three people said it, it must be true. –Robert Wilonsky…

Ballad of a Head Coach

June Jones said on Christmas Day he wasn’t coming to SMU. What’s he thinking today? Coulda sworn over the Christmas break that Hawaii head coach June Jones said no way he was interested in the SMU gig — as in, “I’m not gonna hear from them.” Two weeks later, and…