NBA GMs Not High on Dirk

The annual NBA.com general managers survey is out, and they’re hit-and-miss when it comes to Dallas Maverick Dirk Nowitzki. Of the seven ballers picked as MVP contenders, ain’t one of ’em named Dirk; instead, the GMs’ early-season picks are, in order, LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Kevin…

Chaos Amid Dallas Parochial League

The devil arrives pushing a baby stroller. Dressed in fashionable shorts, snappy sandals and a black linen shirt, he shakes hands with parents, hugs cheerleaders and parks his future goddaughter in the front row of Bishop Lynch High School’s Roffino Stadium. Hardly looks the part of a lightning rod that…

Special Olympics’ “Renegade” Coach

Mark Graham Steve Fleming, the former Special Olympics coach, laments the state of Lewisville’s delegation since his dismissal. The current issue of Sports Illustrated has a story on Steve Fleming, the firebrand Lewisville coach who tried to change the nature of the Special Olympics and was kicked out in the…

Why We Love Tony Romo

Speaking of Tony Romo’s love life … A couple of weeks ago, Richie mentioned that Romo co-hosts a radio show every week from the Gaylord Texan. And it’s kind of awesome: Romo, usually dressed in a white tee and jeans, will talk about damned near anything he’s got on his…

The One Thing a Dallas Cowboys Fan Wants to Hear

In the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly, Carrie Underwood says, yeah, she and Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo were this close to being a couple. (This, after previously insisting they were just good friends.) But Romo wouldn’t commit — couldn’t, says the former American Idol, who’s now dating some other…

The Dallas Cowboys’ Dumbsday Defense

Dear Reporters, Because of the magnitude of yards and high volume of points surrendered by our defense this season, we will not be talking about our unit or the other unit. We will be taking all questions immediately following Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings and second-year quarterback Tarvaris Jackson,…

Scattershooting …

The best reason to try out for the Dallas Desperados, we’re thinking. Scattershooting … while wondering whatever happened to this guy. The Lakers might be dumb enough to trade Kobe Bryant. But, sorry, Mavs fans, they aren’t stupid enough to deal him to a Western Conference team … If the…

Cuban Dancing Around Kobe

For those who missed it last night, ESPN interviewed Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban about the rumors that Kobe Bryant might be leaving Los Angeles for Dallas. Cuban talks about the Mavs being “opportunistic” and willing “to explore” their options, but the best part of this brief segment: It was…

Beating Cancer, One Mile At A Time

Seven-year-old Caroline Turns, who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric cancer Not sure what’s more mind-blowing to Kelly Howell these days. the fact that a precious 7-year-old girl can get pancreatic cancer. Getting up at 5 a.m. to run 13 miles. Or the kindness of total strangers…

Columbus Paper Reports That Former Cowboy Ron Springs Is In a Coma

It was the feel-good story of the year: In late February, Everson Walls donated a kidney to his former Dallas Cowboys teammate Ron Springs. The two became, as the Associated Press reported in March, “the first former U.S. professional athletes to undergo an organ transplant.” Springs said Walls did it…

Let’s Just Get This One Out of the Way

After the jump, Richie reviews — minute by painful minute — yesterday’s Dallas Cowboys-New England Patriots game at Texas Stadium, the highlight of which was an alleged Tom Cruise sighting, no sign of his hostage. Ah, well — to quote another visiting celebrity, “The rain on my car is a…

Quincy Carter’s Career Goes to Pot, Again

We doubt Quincy Carter’s rookie card is worth as much as Tony Romo’s. My old pal Jaime Aron, a longtime sports writer for the Associated Press, notes that tomorrow, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will turn 65 — and, yes, expect big doings during halftime of the Cowboys-Patriots game on…

You Betcha: Week 6

According to Beckett Media, Leaf only made 75 Tony Romo rookie cards in 2003 — which is why they’re worth $150 apiece. Two ways to deal with going 0-2 and coughing up a cool $385, thanks to closer-than-expected wins by Oklahoma and the Cowboys last weekend. One, I could take…

Scattershooting …

Um, Terrell Owens, we found at least one “original 81” who ain’t you, pal. Response to last week’s homage to Blackie Sherrod was, well, yummier than a plate of scratch biscuits and red-eye gravy. So, yes, in fact, I’ll make this a weekly staple. Riddle me this: Buffalo’s Terrence McGee…

Mavericks Meander into the Season

With minimal upgrades and a fragile psyche, this season could stroll off in any ol’ direction A. June 19, 2008—Inspired by a whiff of the trophy in ’06 and fueled by a colossal collapse after a record-setting regular season in ’07, the Dallas Mavericks tonight ultimately persevered and won their…

Another Texas Rangers Loss

Gregg Eklin was one of the only guys on the Rangers’ payroll who did his job well. So of course Tom Hicks had him canned. Terrell Owens’ humility coach. Marion Jones’ image consultant. Lindsay Lohan’s liver. And at the top of the list of the world’s most difficult jobs: Senior…