Another season, another last-place finish, another shrug, another yawn. In the wake of an obscure 75-87 disappointment that has already camouflaged itself alongside the other 22 losing seasons in franchise history, you’d like to hear something drastic or at least different from the Texas Rangers. Maybe, “Shit’s gonna change!” Or,…
Because that’s when we’ll all be in Glendale, Arizona, watching the Cowboys win Super Bowl XLII. Right? While you’re booking your reservations, a little perspective on Dallas’ 4-0 start, punctuated by Sunday’s 35-7 dismantling of the St. Louis Rams. The Cowboys haven’t started a season this awesome since Don Meredith…
Having missed the first half of Cowboys-Rams due to prior obligations, I didn’t get to see the already-legendary Tony Romo scramble — now an IHOP breakfast special, if I am not mistaken — till later in the day. Now, I’ve seen it, oh, 49 times. Why not make it one…
Mark Cuban’s left butt cheek is attached to the 50th most-powerful person in the sports world. The new issue of Business Week ranks the top 100 playas in the sports world — and guess which local ranks highest. C’mon. Just one guess. Fine — it’s the guy currently showing his…
If Mr. Jordan could somehow put the ghost of Joe Pendleton into the body of Marc Bulger, then maybe the Rams would have a chance Sunday. Two words: Trap. Game. Your 3-0 Cowboys believe their poop is perfume. The 0-3 St. Louis Rams are injured, insulted and, incredibly dangerous. Not…
Remember how little Charlie Bucket finds a golden ticket and gets to tour Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory? This is a similar tale. Except Charlie Bucket is Arlington’s Steve Wood, the golden ticket is actually a silver golf ball, and Mr. Wonka is none other than, gulp, Tiger Woods. Wood, 40,…
There are two words no more heartbreaking to Dallas Mavericks fans than “Roy” and “Tarpley.” Exactly two decades ago, he was named to the NBA’s All-Rookie team — while, at the same time, he was being ordered to enter the league’s rehab center for chemical abuse. It was the first…
Elvis played a sold-out Cotton Bowl in 1956. Pavarotti serenaded Reunion Arena in 1995, and at the 2004 Byron Nelson Classic, Tiger Woods received a standing ovation—upon exiting a portable toilet. And there he was last Saturday night, the latest star near his career’s apex to pass through Dallas. But…
From human hands, to leather gloves. On the heels of the highly successful and semi-controversial exhibition delving into the human body, the Dallas Museum of Nature & Science this week debuts its kindler, gentler endeavor — baseball. In conjunction with the State Fair of Texas, the DMNS will host Baseball…
New York magazine’s reporting that the Dallas Mavs owner has “no chance” of ever owning the Chicago Cubs. A billion dollars he would disagree with the assessment. There’s a crazy story in New York magazine that says the Yanks’ third baseman, Alex Rodriguez, might be outta NYC at the end…
Was that the Twilight Zone or Telemundo? Either way, the Cowboys’ utter dismantling of the defending NFC Champion Chicago Bears was bizarre, shocking and, let’s face it, delicious. 13-10? Maybe. 34-10? Pinch me. In Dallas a 3-0 start means the Cowboys are going to the Super Bowl. While in Chicago,…
Mark Stuertz John Force lights a nifty burnout before a qualifying run on Saturday. One day later, his car was cut in half, and Force was in the hospital. You could see who had the Force just by wandering through the pits. While there was a small swell around Tommy…
Jack Hamm/Grace Bible Fellowship Need we remind you of what Tom Landry thought of gambling? Thought so. I know what you’re thinking: Hey, douchebag, what happened to Week 2? To which I retort, “What happens in Vegas haunts you all the way back to Dallas.” Find a comfy chair and…
Comic Book Resources offers two very odd green-screen preview pics from this week’s Sunday Night Football intro, in which Terrell Owens and Heroes’ Masi Oka vie for the title of — here it comes — most heroic. Guess it couldn’t be any worse than this. –Robert Wilonsky…
Now Dale Jr. is a PepsiCo man. We still prefer Dr Pepper. For those so inclined, a full transcript of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s press conference yesterday at the Dallas Convention Center — where, as predicted, he became a PepsiCo pitchman — is available here. How long did this thing last,…
Pete Sampras is bringing his bag of yellow balls to Frisco this weekend. You could trek to Arlington this weekend to pay your last respects to a suck-ass baseball outfit that last night lost its 82nd game of 2007 and clinched its seventh losing season in the last eight years…
Someone call Norm Hitzges, pronto. A seller in Woodlake, California, is trying to unload a bunch of 1960 Dallas Cowboys artifacts — including autographed footballs and programs, including one from a pre-season game against the Los Angeles Rams in Oregon. The lot’s full of fascinating keepsakes — if you’re craving,…
Damn that Super Bowl scent is intoxicating. A 2-0 start, a void in the defensive line and, voila, the Dallas Cowboys are taking a chance on a guy known to stockpile more munitions than David Koresh. Dallas’ signing of gun-toting, run-stuffing Tank Johnson is, of course, vintage Jerry Jones. This…
You really should take a minute or two out of your morning to read Daryl “Moose” Johnston’s testimony yesterday in front of the Senate Commerce Committee, which is investigating how the National Football League treats its former players. (Hint: not well at all.) It was powerful stuff, befitting a great…
Mark Cuban went to Wrigley Field last night, sat in the right-field bleachers and spent part of the game text-messagng Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti. The writer insists Cubs fans want Cuban to buy their team, and from the tone of his love letter to Cuban — not to mention…
Dunno if you read this Friday, but Slate previewed Saturday night’s Miami Northwestern-Southlake Carroll game with an essay by Robert Andrew Powell, author of We Own This Game: A Season the in the Adult World of Youth Football. Even before Northwestern toppled Southlake Carroll 29-21 in front 31,896 on the…
Can Dale Jr. fit any more sponsors into his hand or on his body? Yes. We’ll say yes. The Hartford Courant says Dallas will be the home next week to some pretty big sports news — if by sports, I mean sports sponsorship news. Looks like Dale Earnhardt Jr. will…
