How the East Was Won

OK, color me convinced. And consider the NFC East captured. Barring a complete implosion, possible only should Tony Romo get injured, the Dallas Cowboys won their first division championship since 1998 yesterday in New Jersey. After dominating the New York Giants 31-20, the Cowboys have a three-game lead and the…

You Betcha: Week 9

Football wagering ain’t easy. It’s more difficult than trying to make sense of Rick Gosselin’s “From the 50” photo snapped “From the End Zone.” More confounding than the Cowboys yesterday selling out an entire upcoming season — for only the first time in team history. And, let’s face it, even…

Meek Message

The Basketball Jones Baron Davis almost killed the Mavs again last night. Musta left the bullets in the fedora. That’s it? That was the Dallas Mavericks’ statement game? Needing desperately to swagger into Oakland and blow out the depleted, winless Golden State Warriors, the Mavs instead turned back the calendar…

Reunion Arena is Dallas’ New X Spot

Dave Mirra will be in town this weekend to see if Dallas’ gravitational pull is enough to weigh him down. Doubtful. The perfect remedy for Trinity River tired head? Spend a weekend with thousands of dudes who don’t give a damn about our new toll road unless it includes a…

“Mike Modano Is America’s Greatest Scorer!”

I thought that was Wilt Chamberlain. Hi-yo. Regardless, in case you missed it, here’s Mike Modano last night scoring points 1,232 and 1,233 against the San Jose Sharks, breaking Phil Housley’s record for most points raked up by a U.S.-born pro hockey player. Notes Deadspin this morning, “Wayne Gretzky finished…

Tony Romo Has 67 Million Reasons to Be Alive

So, you want a piece of Tony Romo’s fortune? If you’re a Hollywood starlet, get in line. If you’re the least bit Web-savvy, get to crackin’. For as little as $9.99 you can be at least an ancillary part of the Romo Empire, as proud owner of Internet sites such…

And Then There Were Two

Last week’s death of The Sports Fan 990 AM was a total surprise. Or. Not. The struggling radio station with the questionable leadership and the meek signal failed to see its first birthday, pulling the plug and forgoing its all-sports format for what – last I checked – sounded like…

H-O-O-P-S No!

Another season, another first-round flame-out. Thanks to FC Dallas’ come-from-ahead loss to the Houston Dynamo Friday night, our teams’ playoff pratfalls continue to continue. Let’s see, the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Desperados and now FC Dallas all failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs in their most…

Jason the Headless Tight-End Runner

“That’s … that’s … heroic,” I said last night, more than a little tipsy. “Heroic?” said the missus. “‘Uh-oh, I have the ball, and they’re chasing me — guess I’d better keep running.’ What’s heroic about that?” Fine. –Robert Wilonsky…

Two Big Holidays Tomorrow. Well …

Tomorrow marks a major holiday — at least according to the folks at the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. Some four years back, the Cotton Bowl folks decided to commemorate the first Saturday in November as National College Football Day, so designated because on November 6, 1869, Rutgers defeated Princeton by…

Beating A Dead Mustang

WFAA-Channel 8 Sorry to disappoint, but I’m talking about this deceased equine, not that one. As I wrote in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park, Dale Hansen’s role in the 1980s SMU pay-for-play scandal made him more pariah than Peruna. He broke the story, which, coupled with the death…

Like Zombies, SMU football Plays on Without a Pulse

For his role, Dale Hansen got death threats, extortion ploys and a dead bird. “It was a black crow delivered right to our office,” recalls Hansen, WFAA-Channel 8’s sports anchor. “It had a note pinned through its body: ‘You’re next.'” For its part, SMU football received even worse. A two-year…

Merry Christmas!

What, you were expecting “Happy Halloween”? In the timeless words of Stuart Scott: Boo. Yah. It’s basketball season, damn it! The NBA actually tipped off last night, but Your Dallas Mavericks begin their 2007-’08 season tonight against the Cleveland LeBrons. I know, I know. Hard to get your basketball jones…

Tony Romo Has $67 Million Reasons To Be Alive

DallasCowboys.com The Dallas Cowboys’ holy trinity celebrated Tony Romo’s $67.5-million payday at a press conference today at Valley Ranch. On April 20, 1989, in Valley Ranch’s main meeting room, I attended a Dallas Cowboys press conference announcing the signing of their quarterback to a contract worth $11 million. On October…

A-Rod? A-gain?

The Texas Rangers’ former “cooler,” once more trying to ruin somebody else’s good day We all know Alex Rodriguez — is all his disingenuous glory — tried to upstage the Boston Red Sox’s World Series championship by announcing, during the game, that he was opting out of his contract with…

Are You World Serious?

Irving High School’s Blake Beavan has Baseball America believing in Your Texas Rangers. Watching the Boston Red Sox take a 2-0 stranglehold on the Colorado Rockies last night, it struck me: How far — really now — are Your Texas Rangers from playing in a World Series? Honestly, I’m just…

Tony Romo is No Rod Price

Rod Price, by the way, was the guitarist for Foghat, whose “Slow Ride” the Dallas Cowboys QB apparently hasn’t mastered for Guitar Hero III. For those so inclined, below is something called TexasGamerTV’s brief coverage of the Tuesday-afternoon jam at Terence Newman’s house — and, yeah, the “Carmen” to whom…