Hand-wringers who said the Cotton Bowl would sit empty now that the Cotton Bowl Classic took its wagons west to Arlington couldn’t be more wrong — why, just this morning, the stadium had to juggle its schedule because it had been double-booked.Of course, there was the big announcement we teased…
Thanks to Friend of Unfair Park PeterK, I spent a good hour this morning boning up on the professional (and personal) life of Lore Verne Bader — or “King” Bader or “Two Pairs” Bader, as the right-handed pitcher was known during a stint in the majors and minors that spanned…
Dallas Football Classic officials were in Arizona this week making their final pitch-presentation to NCAA officials. You remember that game, right? New Year’s Day? 11 a.m. kick-off? Beginning this January? At the Cotton Bowl? Pits the No. 6 team in the Big Ten against a rotating cast of cast-offs from…
10. As I wrote yesterday afternoon, the Cowboys talked to the Miami Dolphins about trading up. And Texas safety Earl Thomas was indeed one of their three targets in Thursday’s NFL Draft. The others: Idaho offensive lineman Mike Iupati and Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant. No matter which one of…
Yesterday, Tom Hicks all but told reporters gathered in Boston that the pending sale of the Texas Rangers to Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan’s Rangers Baseball Express is dead. But why, the very week Greenberg had hoped to have the deal done, did Hicks choose to say it now? That’s…
Source from Valley Ranch tells me this afternoon that Jerry Jones and Bill Parcells are talking. About? The Cowboys are considering trading their 1st- and 2nd-round picks in tonight’s NFL Draft to move up to the Miami Dolphins’ 12th overall pick, where they would take Texas safety Earl Thomas. Yay or…
Because of Tom Hicks and some rich dudes at Monarch Alternative Capital, Nolan Ryan may no longer be a vital part of your Texas Rangers. As I hinted at earlier this week, there are last-minute problems with the sale of the team from Hicks to prospective new owner Chuck Greenberg…
The NFL Draft gets cocky tonight. It goes prime time, up against the networks’ lineup of must-see CSIs and Grey’s Anatomy and such, and against the NBA’s LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. I’ll be at Cowboys Stadium from 6 p.m. until? … at the 105.3 The Fan Miller Lite Draft Party…
10. Give Spurs coach Gregg Popovich credit. His “dogs” played harder and better than Dallas. In fact, they jumped to a 9-0 lead and basically used the Mavs as a fire hydrant. 9. Watching Erick Dampier and Brendan Haywood, it’s Dallas’ best center duo since Gana Diop was here with…
Before I left the office last night, I tried to get a comment from Major League Baseball concerning Tom Hicks’s admission that the deal with Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan’s Rangers Baseball Express is falling apart. Earlier in the day, when I’d gotten wind that this seemingly doomed deal has…
What if I told you there was a great basketball player? He was an All-Star. A Most Valuable Player. A future Hall of Famer. He was a class act on and off the court, his only transgression being naiveté about a past girlfriend. To him a wild night on the…
A Friend of Unfair Park who knows of my affection for the American Basketball Association sends word: Yes, sorry, the Dallas Generals may be dead and buried (though it promises a resurrection for next season, whatever), but there’s now a team based out of Denton called the Texas RimRockers –…
Forthcoming before the day’s out: my interview with Kyle Rote Jr.But before that, a soccer legend overseas — Steve McManaman, who spent most of his storied career playing for Liverpool FC before his controversial departure for Real Madrid — has spoken out about the amount of dough-re-mi Tom Hicks wants…
I included the Dallas Mavericks-San Antonio Spurs among sports’ Top 10 current rivalries a while back and the hate email started pouring in. Granted the Mavs don’t have a championship. But the rivalry has everything else. Hall of Famers. Unprecedented regular-season success. Playoff throwdowns. Oh yeah and, in case you…
The Cowboys could’ve been in Dallas. For years we’ve blamed former mayor Laura Miller and a group of narrow-minded county commissioners like Margaret Keliher. And for years we’ve been right. Speaking at SMU Tuesday, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed that Miller basically told him “don’t let the door hit you…
I see Clusterflock lifted one of Danny Hurley’s picture from our Festival of Balloons slide show — can’t imagine why they chose this one. Oh, yes I can: “Dirk Nowitzki’s balloon nose looks like male balloon genitalia. Thank you for providing tonight’s nightmare.” Poor Dirk. First this. Then this. Now…
Four-game losing streak. Bats are dead. Fielding is iffy. Texas Rangers are 5-7 and in Boston for a series starting tonight. Brace yourselves, it could get worse. Today is April 20, better known as “the week of April 19th”, better known as the week the sale of the Texas Rangers…
Draft schmaft. How about a mock schedule? The NFL will release its 2010 regular-season menu tonight at 6 on NFL Network. We know the Dallas Cowboys’ opponents for next this season, we just don’t when they’ll play where. Without the aid of a hidden cell phone video, allow me to take…
Just left a message for Kyle Rote Jr. congratulating him on his pending induction into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame, which was announced quietly last week but is making the rounds today. Suffice it to say, he was my childhood hero — a native son (of a local…
Those of you who bash Dirk Nowitzki – you know who you are – are racial. Not racist per se. But yes, racial. When it comes to our games and the people who play them, first and foremost – above stats or accomplishments or character – is black and white…
I know. It’s early. The Texas Rangers’ season is exactly two weeks old. But there are ominous signs, no? Getting swept by the Yankees in New York isn’t Apocalyptic. But mustering only eight runs in four games is troublesome. More so, the 5-7 Rangers have already blown two wins with their…
10. Asked Mavs owner Mark Cuban on his Stairmaster last night if he was serious about his story of almost imploding the team in late January before finding the Caron Butler trade: “Absolutely the truth. Ask my wife.” 9. In crunch time, it was Jason Kidd on Manu Ginobli. He…
