Football’s Jason Garrett is a Football Coach Who Coaches Football

This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, gambling, as well as a week-by-week breakdown of the Cowboys’ mediocrity.Jason Garrett is never concerned. He doesn’t get anxious. And by no means does he worry about the future…

Your 2011 Fantasy Cowboys*

This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, and Tony Romo’s make or break…

The Road to 8-8: A Week-by-Week Look at the 2011 Cowboys

This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about the Cowboys’ fantasy prospects, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, and Tony Romo’s make…

Rob Ryan Sure Can Talk, But Can He Coach?

This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , as well as a week-by-week breakdown of the Cowboys’ mediocrity. Give or take,…

Tony Romo’s Make or Break Year

This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about the Cowboys’ fantasy prospects, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, as well as a…

Play With Your Big Balls, Win $5,000

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…

A&M to the SEC! Texas as an Independent?! The Big 12 and Texas-OU is Kaput?

As we speak I’m told University of Texas president Bill Powers and athletic director DeLoss Dodds are planning an informal lunch with state power brokers at Barton Creek Country Club in Austin to discuss the feasibility of the Longhorns becoming a football independent. Hello, Notre Dame of the South? The plan goes thusly:…

Time For Y’all to Admit It: C.J. Wilson is a Bona Fide Ace

No doubt Kenny Rogers is the Rangers’ best all-time left-handed pitcher. But is C.J. Wilson already No. 2? He further helped his cause Tuesday night in Tampa, somehow resisting his stupid, “instinctive” urge to bare-hand comebackers long enough to shut out the Rays in a complete-game, 8-0 victory. Combined with…

College Football Uniforms Are Outta Control: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​ 10. We’ve sorta become desensitized to Oregon’s smorgasboard of uniforms with different helmets featuring gray, green, yellow and white and neon-green outlined numbers. Blame Phil Knight and Nike for those. But what about the rest of ya? The opening weekend of college football delivered some great games (see Baylor…

Cowboys Roster Cuts: What We’re Left With

In the final analysis the Cowboys kept nine rookies, four undrafted free agents, two kickers and zero fullbacks. If you saw that coming, raise your Labor Day hand. Didn’t think so. We did foresee the departures of Igor Olshansky, Akwasi Owusu-Ansah and Montrae Holland, so not everything was shocking. As the…

Labor Day 2011: Let’s Work This Out

One of the best things about being a sportswriter? Getting paid to go to games. One of the worst things about being a sportswriter? Working on holidays. Not that I’m complaining. I’ve got lots of media friends who are without full-time jobs, and there’s nothing more stressful than trying to…

Whitt’s End: 9.2.11

[jump] *DeMarco Murray > Tashard Choice. And apparently former Kimball star/free-agent running back Phillip Tanner has made this team. Wow. *It opened this week, but I totally don’t get “dove season.” Went once. Bored outta my brain. *If you ever wanted to see NBC5’s Kim Fischer (#82) smiling and 105.3…

The Curious Case of Alexi Ogando

I know it’s dangerous to knee-jerk in baseball, but suddenly Rangers’ pitcher Alexi Ogando is disappearing faster than Benjamin Button. And from what we’ve seen the last two night I’d lean more toward giving the ball to Scott Feldman than the team’s early-season ace. Thanks to the lowly Mariners’ late rally…

Cowboys-Dolphins: Kickers, Health and … Nope, That’s About It

I’m interested in tonight’s Cowboys-Dolphins pre-season finale in Miami. But just barely. If third-string QB Stephen McGee is in the game, I want him handing off to DeMarco Murray. Deal? With Terence Newman, Tashard Choice, Kyle Kosier and Bradie James not even on the trip and starters like Tony Romo…

ESPN Screams “LeBron vs. Durant!” Um, Dirk Beat ‘Em Both.

I miss basketball. But the kind played with rules and defense and meaning. Not that And1 bullshit that ESPN is hyping today. There was a summer pro-am game Tuesday night at Morgan State in Baltimore. Approximately 4,500 fans packed the Talmadge L. Hill Field House to watch Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, LeBron James…

Rangers Win on Weird, Loud Night in Arlington

Wasn’t a full moon Tuesday night in Arlington, but it was an evening saturated with unique entertainment. Perhaps the most fun 2-0 Rangers win you ever did see.There were two guys in bear heads sitting behind home plate, likely trying to top Katy Perry’s VMA gaudy headgear and definitely pissing off analyst…