What I Love About College Football

November 14, 2007.Reading time 4 minutes.

Where to start with the list of things I love about College Football? I love it way more than the Pros, that’s for sure, and not just because the Cowboys suck. First, on any given Saturday, it’s at least theoretically possible that the best team in the land might lose to somebody nobody’s heard of. […]

Just So We’re Clear…

July 14, 2007.Reading time 3 minutes.

There is a guy who, in the coming weeks, will break one of baseball’s most hallowed records. I wrote about him before in a blog entry you can still find here. The closer we get to the date he will break that record, the less I am paying attention. I am turning off media reports […]

Glad for Jerry, Sad for Dallas

May 28, 2007.Reading time 13 minutes.

As news of the Cowboy’s winning bid for the 2011 Super Bowl filtered out this week, I can’t help but feel happy for Jerry Jones, and sad for my city. And I find myself having totally flip-flopped in my view of both Jerry Jones and the new stadium. You gotta give Jerry Jones some credit […]

Not Robbed This Time

May 5, 2007.Reading time 6 minutes.

A year ago on this blog, I started something of a mini-internet sensation with my allegation that the Dallas Mavericks were robbed of the NBA Championship by sorry officiating and the Oscar-worthy acting skills of Dwyane Wayde. You can read the original post here. An amazing number of people still stumble on that blog post […]

Sweet Sixteen

March 9, 2007.Reading time 6 minutes.

There’s lots of time left in the season, but it’s still nice to pause and consider what these Dallas Mavericks have accomplished so far. Charles and Mary invited us to the game Tuesday night, which we knew going in could be history-making in one respect. But we didn’t know at the time just how history […]

Romomentum

December 6, 2006.Reading time 14 minutes.

Six games into this season, who woulda thunk-it? Who would’ve dreamed –given their horrible start– that the Dallas Cowboys would be atop the NFC East; with a record of 8-4, and a two game lead over the nearest competition? Who could’ve imagined that this coming Sunday they’d be playing another 8-4 NFC team; and that […]

Rest in Peace, Buck…

October 20, 2006.Reading time 3 minutes.

For all of those who are regular readers of my blog, you may be worried that I’ve fallen off the planet or something. Nothing of the sort. But, with the election looming, now eighteen-days-away, things are little hectic around our household. Every spare moment I have these past few weeks has been devoted to working […]

Oh Yezz….Oh Yezz….Oh Yezzz…Time for some College Football!!

September 10, 2006.Reading time 7 minutes.

I LOVE college football. Next to pro-baseball, it’s probably my favorite sport. And, given my disdain for the Rangers these days, I could easily argue that I even love it more than baseball these days.There is just something about the pageantry, the emotion, the excess of it. Pro football feels too, well, professional for me. […]

Other Blogs on the Phantom Fouls

July 27, 2006.Reading time 12 minutes.

Martini Republic NBA reaches WWF levels of un-credibilty June 20th, 2006 After deciding game 5 of the NBA finals with a disputed call at the end of the game, the referees decided to end any questions regarding the credibility of the NBA by calling a foul when Dwayne Wade(sic) appeared to throw an arm into […]

Why I Can’t Afford to Love the Rangers

July 7, 2006.Reading time 14 minutes.

I’ve been there beside this miserable team since the very beginning. It’s not just that I’ve been attached to players like Pudge Rodriguez. It’s that I’ve been attached to players like David Clyde. I’ve been attached to Jeff Burroughs (Had a poster of him up in my room as a kid…all the while knowing that […]