Jason Terry is lying. Watched Mavs 98, Rockets 91 last night at a local watering hole in McKinney’s downtown square, and it’s obvious that he thought the score was tied when he stepped to the free-throw line with 1.5 seconds left in regulation. Problem: It wasn’t. Dallas actually trailed by…
The Rangers are 9-1, their best start in franchise history. They’ve outscored their opponents a ridiculous 60-26. They’ve beaten the aces of Boston (Jon Lester), Seattle (Felix Hernandez) and now Detroit (Justin Verlander). They’re hitting homers, getting immaculate starting pitching and winning despite slow starts by sluggers Adrian Beltre (who’s…
The bad news: Tony Stewart had a pit-road collision, was dinged for speeding and ran out of gas during Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. The good news: Somehow he still managed to finish 12th. The better news: I had very little to do with any part of…
Two more homers. Another win, this one 3-0 over the Baltimore Orioles. Three consecutive series victories. Everything, it seems, is going boffo for the Rangers. With 18 dingers, 58 runs, splendid starting pitching and an 8-1 record, they are both the talk of baseball and the best team in the sport…
So who crumbled worse Sunday: Rory McIlroy at Augusta or your Dallas Stars in Minnesota? Hours after McIlroy ruined a four-shot lead with an 80 at The Masters, the hockey team fanned on a tap-in and missed the NHL Playoffs. After the Chicago Blackhawks lost at home to Detroit earlier…
Whether you’ve reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *So Nuggets coach George Karl wants some of the Mavs, huh? “If we had to pick and choose, we would probably say 55 percent Dallas and 45 percent Oklahoma City,” he says…
As you guys have probably figured out, I’m not a big fan of NASCAR the sport. But I dig NASCAR the scene. During this weekend’s annual spring visit to Fort Worth — capped by Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 — there will be female roller derby, pig races, white trash, blue…
The weather. The ring ceremony. The attendance. And oh, by the way, the results.When the Rangers beat reigning AL Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez 7-3 yesterday, it capped the perfect start to their encore season.They’re now 6-0, joining the Cincinnati Reds as the only undefeated teams in baseball. Texas has…
Remember waaaay back when the Mavericks were salivating over somehow catching the Spurs for the best record in the NBA’s Western Conference and homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs? Don’t look now, but after last night’s home loss, the goal is to somehow hold onto third place.Or is it?A four-game losing…
As has been the case many a time in Texas, it all started during a Pat Green song. While the singer regaled the crowd with his casual, country-fried twang in the infield at Texas Motor Speedway on the night of November 2, 2005, one of his biggest fans was freaking…
Whether his angle is salient or not, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban isn’t afraid to talk. And it seems veteran guard Jason Terry is popping off every other week about the Mavs catching the Spurs or having the best bench in the NBA or something else equally daft. But, as…
I don’t trust Mark Lowe. Mason Tobin doesn’t yet belong on a Major League mound. And Julio Borbon makes me a little nervous in center field.But that’s it, the extent of my minuscule Texas Rangers concerns through five games. 5-0, headed to 6-0 and beyond?Reigning AL Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez…
And you thought I was actually going to blab about women’s basketball? Okay, here goes: Texas A&M beat Notre Dame for the National Championship last night. Love coach Gary Blair, who cut his coaching teeth at South Oak Cliff High School. But, let’s be honest, their star player — Danielle…
Well, it seems like it. If you’re counting at home — and I know you are — after last night’s 6-4 win over the Seattle Mariners, that’s 13 homers in 32 innings for the Rangers. At this rate they’ll … man I’m really bad at math be really hard to…
When Dennis Rodman graduated South Oak Cliff High School he was 5-foot-8 and he’d never really played organized basketball. Years later he wore a wedding dress to marry himself. And he was once suspended for kicking a photographer in the crotch. Throw in two Defensive Player of the Year awards, five…
10. March Badness: Butler shot 18.8 percent, lowest ever in a National Championship game. Eighteen percent. That’s 12 of 64, including an unfathomable 3 of 31 on two-pointers. 9. I for one am happy. Butler’s will-over-skill routine might have been efficient, but it isn’t a tad entertaining. And, yes, I’m…
Nauseated by the Mavs last night, I turned on the Dallas Stars. And what did I see? A team maybe saving its season. The Stars have had their share of bad-luck bounces lately. But last night in Anaheim they saved a gasp of their season with two controversial calls that…
And over here — in the opposite corner from your red-hot Texas Rangers — sit your Dallas Mavericks. Bruised. Bloodied. Slump-shouldered. Ready for the NBA Playoffs? At a time when they should peaking, the Mavs are pratfalling. After winning the first three games on their western road trip they lost the…
10. That, my friends, was about as thorough a three-game sweep as you can produce. The Rangers out-scored Boston by 15 runs and slugged 11 homers. And that wasn’t the Royals, remember — it came against the team most experts predict will represent the AL in the 2011 World Series. 9…
Whether you’ve reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: Plaaaaaay baaalllllll! My prediction: Your Texas Rangers will finish second to the Anaheim Angels in the AL West and miss the playoffs. Hey, repeatin’ ain’t easy. For most teams in baseball losing…
Last September I penned a cover story in the Observer about you-know-who, better known as Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant. Looking back at it now, there are some interesting, relevant points that may shed some light on the receiver’s current “dark place,’ according to adviser David Wells. My lead to…
Saw former playoff standout pitcher Curt Schilling on some ESPN baseball preview this morning and he said — I’m paraphrasing — no way in hell the Texas Rangers repeat as American League West Division champs, much less AL champs.Repeating is tough, as no AL team since the 2001 New York…
