Sep 04
From Cowboys 101 September 4th, 2011 at 7:07 AM By Joseph Pepitone Lew Patton has been there since day one. Literally. When the Dallas Cowboys took the field for the first time in 1960, a ten-year old Patton was watching in West Texas and incredibly hasn’t missed a game since. He saw his first game …
Aug 27
Apparently, there was less than expected viewership when the Longhorn Network debuted last night. The controversial Longhorn Network launched Friday night with much fanfare and a limited audience due to an inability line up distribution partners. Verizon was the main carrier to sign on before the debut evening that featured an introduction by actor Matthew …
Aug 08
From Sports Grid When Texas agreed last year to stay in the Big 12 – the major push needed for the depleted conference to survive – it was no secret why they did it: the promise of big TV money. Earlier this year, we found out how that big TV money would be acquired …
Jul 14
From Off the Bench It’s become the world’s new favorite pastime: Proposing marriage to Hope Solo. I’m not sure what guys like 43-year-old Stefan Pfister are hoping to accomplish by making elaborate banners asking Solo to marry them. It’s not like she’s scanning the neighborhood for the most artful penmanship as the criteria for settling …
Jul 13
Finally! A company has stepped up and is doing the right thing! Christian Lopez, a 23-year-old cellphone salesman from Highland Mills, N.Y., scooped up the milestone baseball Saturday. Instead of trying to sell the ball, he decided to give it back to Jeter. The Yankees responded by giving him memorabilia and tickets, setting off media speculation …
Jul 13
I’ll say it again: Baseball has an image problem. While players hit golden balls in the Home Run Derby, while the NFL and NBA are on strike, baseball has this crazy idea of an All-Star game to pay baseball players money if they are selected as an All-Star, whether they show up to the game or …
Jul 12
Five days after Shannon Stone died falling over the railing at a Rangers game, some unwise fan at the Home Run Derby in Arizona did this. It’s amazing to me that this guy did this in view of what’s happened in baseball this week. Turns out that the man in question, Keith Carmickle, and his …
Jun 30
And speaking of foul balls, while examining a recent incident in Rockies-Cubs game where interference in the bullpen was alleged, Harold Reynolds sat himself in a chair near the foul line in the MLB studio field, and asked Eric Byrnes what he’d do if he were the left fielder in such a situation. “That was too …
Jun 13
You know, it feels pretty darned good to be appreciated. Take John Kasich, the Governor of Ohio. John Kasich, Governor of the state of Ohio, took the unusual step of honoring a team with no geographical ties to his jurisdiction. On Monday, one day after the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 …
Jun 13
According to my Twitter and Facebook page, there are still many, many Dallas Maverick fans that are still up and celebrating the Mavs victory last night. The Mavs are due to fly out of Miami at 9:00 AM ET, so I’m not sure how some of those folks are gonna do it, but carrying a championship trophy(ies) shouldn’t …
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