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March 31, 2009 Archives


Where should Billy Gillispie go?

7:07 PM Tue, Mar 31, 2009 |
Sean Hamilton

John Calipari has accepted an offer to leave Memphis for Kentucky. Maybe he and former Kentucky coach, Billy Gillispie should just trade places. And if not Memphis, where will Billy Clyde land his next coaching gig?

Gillispie was the WAC coach of the year in 2004 while at UTEP, Big 12 coach of the year in two of his three seasons at Texas A&M. And he was co-coach of the year last year, his first year at Kentucky.

Kentucky was ...



Eddie Gossage Is Working On Ideas

6:52 PM Tue, Mar 31, 2009 |
George Riba

Its race week, what does Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage have up his sleeve this week? Who knows! "If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise," Gossage said at Mobile 1 Lube Express in Grand Prairie. That's where he and NASCAR driver Sam Hornish Jr decided to perform oil changes and give tickets to the first 100 customers who purchased an oil change.

Over the years, Gossage has become one of the best promotion guys in North ...



Dirk Remains Convenient Target, Scapegoat For Fans

5:05 PM Tue, Mar 31, 2009 |
David Marcus
The stat lines are difficult to ignore. Seven of 23 shooting each of the last two games. That's just over 30-percent, for you math majors at home. Dirk Nowitzki did not have a good weekend. And the reaction was predictable. On last night's Tylock Lasik SportsTalk (6:30 PM, M-F, KFWD channel 52), callers were already pleading for Mark Cuban to trade Dirk away as soon as possible. And today's "Email of the Day" asks the exact same thing. 

Ellis getting bad rap

4:15 PM Tue, Mar 31, 2009 |
Ted Madden

Newspaper bloggers and radio show hosts have been getting on Greg Ellis for "speaking out" about his contract situation. We did a story with him that aired Sunday night, and Ellis said a couple things that have created the stir: the first was that he has no idea whether the Cowboys will bring him back for the final year of his contract, and the other was about why the Cowboys have struggled in December the last several years. Ellis cliams the ...



Opening Day now less than a week away

3:13 PM Tue, Mar 31, 2009 |
Nick Zelinski

The 2009 version of the Texas Rangers head back to DFW this weekend. The games finally start to count Monday at 1:05 P.M. against the Cleveland Indians. The starting lineup seems to be in place and here's what it looks like(in no particular batting order):
C Jarrod Saltalmacchia
!B Chris Davis
2B Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
3B Michael Young
LF David Murphy
CF Josh Hamilton
RF Nelson Cruz
D...



Stars season over with 6 games to go

11:43 AM Tue, Mar 31, 2009 |
Aaron Chimbel

The Dallas Stars are now 33-33-10. Their season is over and they still have six games to play.

The Stars are in 12th place in the NHL's Western Conference, the top eight of the 15 teams in the conference make the playoffs. The Stars are also seven points behind St. Louis, which is in eighth place.

It's a frustrating end to a frustrating season. The Stars have lost their last seven, including two in overtime.

The Stars...