Sports Are So Political

Dwaine Caraway's Last, Lousy Act as Fake Mayor

By Richie Whitt
Jun 21, 2011

During last Thursday's NBA championship parade for the Mavericks, Fake Mayor Dwaine Caraway -- remember, he's only interim Mayor because Tom Leppert up and quit -- rode in a red convertible and waved to his unadoring crowd. Yep, the guy who gave the key to the city to Michael Vick...
Sorry America, But We Ain't Safe: A Review from the NBA Finals Road

By Richie Whitt
Jun 15, 2011

Please don't take this as a complaint. More of an -- as I do from time to time, and always -- observation. I love my job(s). Getting paid to attend sporting events is all I ever wanted to do since the day I realized I'd grow up to be too short...
A Football Lockout ... In Wylie?

By Richie Whitt
Mar 22, 2011

It's not exactly the same as NFL owners shutting down its $9 billion business, but unless outraged parents in Wylie are successful in lobbying city officials to find their children a suitable venue and ample playing fields there may be no 20011 youth football in this Collin County town next...
Barack Obama and Our Most Athletic Presidents

By Richie Whitt
Nov 29, 2010

Wasn't exactly Cortland Finnegan vs. Andre Johnson, but The Prez got into a scuffle last Friday. On the basketball court. With an elbow. Barack Obama received 12 stitches to a cut on his lower lip after an errant elbow during a pick-up game by Rey Decerega, the Director of Programs for...
JFK = Still Dead. Will a President Ever Come to Dallas Again?

By Richie Whitt
Nov 23, 2009

Sunday was the 46th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. A couple questions .....
Don't Tell Me: President NObama?

By Richie Whitt
Sep 8, 2009

Regardless of how far to the right - or left - you lean, do yourself a favor this morning before you drop off the kids at school - or make them stay home. Read President Obama's speech to students scheduled for this morning. Every word of it. I did. If...
What's In My Closet? Presidential Edition

By Richie Whitt
Jan 21, 2009

I admit, I'm jaded. Cynical, more often than not. Some refer to it as grumpy. Been to my share of Super Bowls and Olympics and U.S. Opens and it takes something pret-ty special to get me authentically lathered up. But while watching yesterday's Presidental Inauguration, I got a chill down my...
Touchdown, Obama! and other Inauguration Sports Benchmarks

By Richie Whitt
Jan 20, 2009

If you know me, you know the only the reason I'm happy to have George Dubya Bush back in Dallas is because it means he's no longer in Washington, D.C. As I've said all along, he's a good guy. Just a really bad President. But that's ancient history, right? Today...
Obama v. McCain: Round 2

By Richie Whitt
Oct 7, 2008

I’m thinking about inviting over Michael Buffer and Dr. Ferdie Pacheco to help me score tonight’s Presidential Debate blow-by-blow fight style. But, from where I sit, not even erroneous scoring from the “Let’s Get Ready to Ruuuuummbllllllllllle!” guy and boxing’s most famous corner man can boost John McCain over Barack...