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Play With Your Big Balls, Win $5,000

By Richie Whitt

Sep 7, 2011

We've all played Beer Pong. But tonight at Duke's Original Roadhouse in Addison the rewards -- not to mention the balls -- will be much bigger than forcing your buddy to chug a warm cup o' keg brew. At 9 p.m. will commence the culmination of a 12-week Big Balls tournament hosted by 105.3...

Dallas is in the Super Bowl! Okay, How About AT the Super Bowl?

By Richie Whitt

Jan 21, 2010

The Cowboys won't be in Miami for Super Bowl XLIV February 7, but Dallas will be represented all over South Beach in the form of the latest and greatest in safe, sassy transportation - VAULT. I saw this thing - it's like a giant combo limousine/Hummer/armored truck - pull up to a...

It Ain't Hump Day ... It's Sick Day. Mother Effer.

By Richie Whitt

Nov 11, 2009

For a couple weeks I coughed and sneezed and hacked and blew and ... denied. Last night I gave up and went to the doctor. Sure enough: Swine Flu. AIDS. Walking Pneumonia. Sorry, but today I gotta make this - ahhhhhchooooo! - short and sweet: *Rick Carlisle gets mad and...

Dallas' Fantasy Roster

By Richie Whitt

Aug 25, 2009

When I say No. 22, who comes to mind? Do you immediately think of the Dallas Cowboys' all-time best runner? Or their all-time best rusher? Or perhaps instead the second-leading all-time scorer in the history of the Dallas Mavericks? The quest is to attach a Dallas/Fort Worth player to every...

Beer + Boobs + Balls = Beautiful

By Richie Whitt

Aug 18, 2009

There are sports. There are athletes. And then, above below all else, there is Beer Pong. I'll be on the golf course Saturday morning. But quick as I can get there I'll then be at fabled Lee Harvey's for their first annual Beer Pong Tournament. Singles. Doubles. And, yes, a Bikini...

R.I.P, Dallas Sports History

By Richie Whitt

Jul 22, 2009

To quote the great Eddie Izzard, "The problem with America? You fuckers keep tearing down your history, man!" Stubborn answer: Progress. Grim reality: Sadness. I remember a kinder, gentler era in Dallas when as a little punk I'd peer out the family Fury along I-35 and gaze in wonder at The...

Weekend Photos: Cowboys with Bunnies, Cheerleaders and Dirtbikes, and Russ Martin Onstage

By Patrick Michels

Jun 30, 2009

We've got a handful of photo sets up from the weekend that, even if they're not quite sports shots, are at least sports-related. Well, close enough they're worth a mention here in the Sportatorium.First off, got to point out Mark Graham's batch of photos from the big deal at Russ...

The Top 10 Things I'd Change in Sports

By Richie Whitt

Mar 3, 2009

Before I run out the door to Arlington this afternoon for a sneak peek at the facelift applied to Rangers Ballpark, thought I'd make a quick to-do list: *Since the Mavs suck and the Stars suck and the Cowboys suck and the Rangers will in all likelihood suck, look into other...

Three Dots and a Cloud of Dust ...

By Richie Whitt

Nov 25, 2008

*If you've noticed some quirky fonts or crooked pictures this week it's because Sportatorium is taking a fancy schmancy new software program for a test drive. Cool thing for you customers is that if you see a pic you'd like to see even bigger - like, I dunno, maybe...

Friday Pop Quiz. And the Winners Are ...

By Richie Whitt

Nov 17, 2008

For those of you scoring at home, the answers to Friday's pop quiz are: 1. M; 2. E; 3. G; 4. F; 5. N; 6. J; 7. L; 8. K; 9. D; 10. I; 11. A; 12. H; 13. C; 14. O; 15. B. Which means, according to my math,...

Friday Pop Quiz

By Richie Whitt

Nov 14, 2008

Simple. Anyone getting the matches perfecto wins a year's free subscription to the Dallas Observer (redeemable each Thursday at any local newsstand). And oh, what the heck, since I'm feeling generous I'll throw in a couple months' free online membership to this here Sportatorium. Good luck. 1. After an announcement...

Three Dots and a Cloud of Dust …

By Richie Whitt

Oct 10, 2008

I smell an upset. Or is it just really dark urine? If you’re not too hungover tomorrow morning, ESPN’s Texas-OU GameDay crew will set up shop outside the Cotton Bowl at 9 a.m. I think it'd be funny to see someone hold up a Pacman Jones cutout in the background,...

Sympathy for the Devils?

By Richie Whitt

Sep 25, 2008

Josh Howard can't be all bad. Nor Hummer owners. Right? So I’m at the Rangers' game yesterday afternoon and there’s a smattering of fans. The die-hards, let’s call them. One, in particular, caught my eye. He was sitting down the first-base line, front row in shallow right field. With a...

Our Cups Runneth Dry

By Richie Whitt

Sep 17, 2008

We can dream, no? Don’t much like our chances in either of this weekend’s international sporting cups – Davis or Ryder. Come to think of it, this dude has a better chance of being named Time's Man of the Year. In tennis we'll be playing against the world's No. 1...

Three Dots and a Cloud of Dust …

By Richie Whitt

Sep 12, 2008

Sorry, soccer is not available on this afternoon's buffet. Or, really, ever. … I’m going to Eagles-Cowboys Monday night. Anyone interested in reading some live blogging from the game? Would look and feel something like this, but posted in real time. Seems like multiple multi-tasking to both watch the game...

Commence: Re-Entry

By Richie Whitt

Aug 1, 2008

Anyone remember where I live? Okay, let’s see what I missed here on the homefront while vacationing in Canada and “working” in California. Hmm … *Rough week for our beloved Mark Cuban. First, Ron Artest gets traded to the Rockets, dropping his Mavericks to fourth-best in their own damn division...

Fore. Play.

By Richie Whitt

Jul 17, 2008

This picture is not from north Texas. Hard to fathom with our temps again flirting with triple digits, but over at the British Open at Royal Birkdale in Lancanshire, England it looks like December. It’s in the ‘50s with rain, 40 mph wind, guys hitting 9-iron from 205 yards and,...

Summer = Bummer

By Richie Whitt

Jun 18, 2008

Tiger Woods: 3 minor knee surgeries, 14 major championships. With news today that he needs another knee surgery and time to heal a broken leg, Tiger Woods’ U.S. Open victory just became even more miraculous. In conjunction, Dallas golf guru Hank Haney just got jiggy with the "clear" button on...

Father’s Day: The Extended Re-Mix

By Richie Whitt

Jun 16, 2008

The U.S. Open trophy will reside in Dallas. Sorta. Since Father’s Day is all about eating and sleeping and not mowing the lawn and eating some more – oh yeah, and watching golf – doesn’t it officially spill over into today? Thought so. No one in sports delivers more dramatic...

Wounded Tiger?

By Richie Whitt

Jun 12, 2008

Guy on the right: Good golfer. Guy on the left: Great job. Dallas golf guru Hank Haney called the U.S. Open set-up at Torrey Pines in San Diego “the easiest I’ve seen in 30 years.” So far, his star pupil with the surgically repaired knee doesn’t agree. Update: Tiger just...

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