Sportatorium

After Club Signs Nathan, Moves Neffy to Rotation, Rangers Offer Wilson Arbitration

2011-11-23 12:37:43

My bad. Been meaning to get back in here and post something, anything, of note, and there's been plenty in recent days. And as Josh's Broken Groin notes, it's been way too long. So then, to today...

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They Went and Stole Shawn Bradley's Bike!

2011-11-14 12:39:49

I swear this recently reopened Sportatorium isn't an afterthought; and bless those of you still posting in Thursday's item -- hey, there's Merten. Efforts are underway to better reboot this thing...

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From Penn State to the Dallas Stars, the Good, Bad and Godawful News in This Day in Sports

2011-11-10 11:44:51

Don't think for a second this small attempt to resurrect a sports blog is an afterthought. We'll get there ... sooner than later. But on a day like today: Where to begin? Penn State, no doubt, f...

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Show Me the Highlights: Sorry, Kid, But You Can't Watch ESPN Right Now. Maybe Later.

2011-11-09 09:21:17

For the last year, my 8-year-old boy's had a morning routine that involves watching SportsCenter and reading SportsDay over breakfast. Today he wanted to watch highlights from last night's Stars ...

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Romo Is "Part of the Solution and Not the Problem": Staubach Talks to Huffington Post

2011-11-08 11:01:36

Yesterday over on Unfair Park, a few folks asked if maybe we could go ahead and re-open the Sportatorium, if only to give y'all a place to chit and chat in an open thread. To which I said: Sure, ...

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My Final Top 10 Observer-ations

2011-09-26 08:24:53

10. As of this morning, the Dallas Observer is out of the sports business, at least on a full-time basis. Though I'm not technically being fired ("laid off" is supposedly less damning),&nb...

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Whitt's End: 9.23.11

2011-09-23 12:10:03

Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Doomsday scenario for Monday Night Football: Quarterback Jon Kitna. Running back DeMarc...

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Best of Dallas 2011: Sports (Director's Cut and Deleted Scenes)

2011-09-22 12:00:57

Some are good. Some are getting better. But only a select few are the best. When it comes to our annual Best of Dallas issue I've made it easy this year. For those of you too che...

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They Must Be Ice Skating in Hades Because SMU is Laying Three Touchdowns. On the Road.

2011-09-22 10:00:43

With the Big 12 seemingly back together since the Pac 12 didn't want 'em, SMU is back in play as a potential member in the wake of Texas A&M's expected departure. But before the Mustan...

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Sure Mike Modano Has a Spot on Dallas' Mount Sportsmore. Well, Doesn't He?

2011-09-22 08:00:58

Mike Modano is on Facebook. And out of hockey. The legendary Dallas Star used social media to announce his retirement from the NHL yesterday, ending a 21-year career as one of the spo...

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Big 12 Conference Alive, if Not Well

2011-09-21 12:00:50

Call it the Pat 12. As in, no thanks to expansion, we'll stand. As in, the Big 12 -- all but buried by a lot of us dorks -- remains alive, like the muddy, bony, cob-webbed hand reachin...

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Without Dez Bryant and Miles Austin, Cowboys' Receiving Corps is ... Yuck.

2011-09-21 10:00:28

The question isn't if Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo is going to play against the Washington Redskins Monday night. (He will.) It's who the heck is he gonna throw to? (Who knows?) With...

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Rangers 7, A's 2: My Top 10 Observer-ations

2011-09-21 08:00:32

10. Only thing funnier than Oakland trusting Rich Harden is Comedy Central's Tosh.0. 9. Michael Young countdown to 3,000 hits is at 953 ... 952 ... 951. 25 3-hit games most ever by a Range...

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Yeah, But What if Tramaine Brock Had Seen Miles Austin's Fumble?

2011-09-20 11:00:43

Tony Romo was gutsy last Sunday in San Francisco, but because the Cowboys lost he wasn't heroic. Jason Garrett should be fired for his insane 3rd-and-2 play call in the final minute th...

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Will This Conference Clustereff Be Good for College Football?

2011-09-20 10:00:51

It's not a matter of if, but merely when. The Big 12 is kaput. When the Board of Regents at OU and Texas yesterday empowered their respective school presidents (David Boren and Williams Pow...

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The Real Rangers' Race is in Detroit, Not Anaheim

2011-09-20 08:30:30

Nothing like a good baseball pennant race. Too bad this year there ain't one. No divisional "race" is closer than 5 games in the season's last week and even the Wild Card is producing nothi...

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Tony Romo's Top 5 Performances

2011-09-19 11:00:14

Jerry Jones said he was "outstanding" despite last week's loss to the Jets. Sunday afternoon in San Francisco the owner almost shed a tear in talking about the quarterback's gutsy performanc...

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Floyd Mayweather is Both Champ and Chump. And Larry Merchant is My New Hero.

2011-09-19 10:00:28

These days give me a good UFC card over a boxing match, but Saturday night was quite the intriguing spectacle inside the squared ring. Getting his ass whipped early by Floyd Mayweath...

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Cowboys 27, 49ers 24 (OT): My Top 10 Observer-ations

2011-09-18 19:00:07

10. Like me, were you scared to death that Jesse Holley was going to fumble while holding the ball up in premature exclamation at the end of his 77-yard overtime catch? 9. Rob Rya...

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BREAKING NEWS: Dallas Has a Soccer Team, and It's Quite Decent on the Pitch

2011-09-16 10:57:13

Editor's note: Observer.com contributor Justin Bitner got drunk and admitted to being a soccer fan, so we made him attend Wednesday's FC Dallas match against Tauro FC of Panama, FCD's fifth game...

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