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Another Turkey: North Texas Sports
ANTHONY MARIANINorth Texas is hurting. We’re not talking about the traffic, the smog, the politics, the fracking-generated earthquakes, or the expanding waistlines of most of our friends and neighbors. No, North Texas is hurtin’ in ye old...
Cowboys Fans, Be Not Proud
ANTHONY MARIANIWhat a big win yesterday for the ol’ Cowboys, right? Yee-haw! Squaring off against a dreaded, hated conference rival on that rival’s dreary Yankee-ass home turf with the rest of the season on the line and the Cowboys-hating...
Cowboys’ Season Still Alive
Anthony MarianiYou can blame Orlando Scandrick for that missed open-field tackle (not easy) and that holding penalty late in the fourth quarter (fatigue-induced) that kept the Atlanta Falcons’ offensive on the field, eating up precious cloc...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs NY Giants
Jeff PrinceThis David and Goliath story ended badly. First off, David forgot his slingshot. Secondly, his movements were encumbered by a huge goiter on his neck. He did bring a six-shooter — but shot all six rounds into his own foot...
Is It Petty To Revel In A-Rod’s Downfall?
Jeff PrinceAlex Rodriguez made my sh#tlist from Day One. Day One around here was when Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks forked over $252 million to nab A-Rod in free agency. The contract seemed like drunken spending by an owner who proved him...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Ravens
Jeff PrinceFootball fans are funny. And by funny I mean sad. Neurotic, too. Last week, Dallas Cowboys fans boo-hoo’d about the team’s poor play in its first four games and declared the season a washout before the halfway point...
Cowboys Implode Against Ravens
ANTHONY MARIANIDallas Cowboys fans, first of all, thanks for nothing. My beloved Steelers (2-3) beat your dreaded conference rivals the Eagles (3-3) last weekend, and your blue and silver (2-3) repaid us by losing against our bitter conferenc...
Brahmas Back, Under New Ownership
Kristian LinAhead of the Texas Brahmas’ October 22 home opener comes the news that the team has been sold by Stuart Fraser to a group headed by local businessman Mike Atkinson. Coach Dan Wildfong and most of the team’s infrastr...
Donnie Nelson Screens Basketball Documentary
Kristian LinMavericks fans and devotees of recent Eastern European history will want to show up at Dallas’ Magnolia Theatre tomorrow evening. That’s when Mavs’ president Donnie Nelson will be there for a screening of The ...
Tony Romo Takes Another Hit
Jeff PrincePoor Tony Romo. First, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback gets berated by blowhard sportscaster Joe Theismann. Now a satirical social media site is lampooning Oh No Romo for his questionable play in recent weeks (or years). P.S. &#...