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September 2008
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Recently in General Sports CategoryIf you can't make it to El Paso for the UT-UTEP football game Saturday you can watch the game on the big screen outside the AAC: American Airlines Center announced today that a FREE Watching Party will be held this Saturday, Sept. 7, for the University of Texas Longhorns football game at UTEP. This Watching Party is expected to be the largest one in the Metroplex, taking place at AT&T Plaza, outside the south end of American Airlines C... As I flew back to Dallas Monday I saw an interesting article in the in-flight magazine. It cited a recent study that says football players can get shorter during games. The point of the article is that all the pounding compresses players spines. Read more from Spirit Magazine. ...I was at the TCU-New Mexico football game Saturday in Albuquerque (for pleasure, not work) and found their fans to be quite colorful -- with their language (and gestures). While everyone on my trip here has been extremely friendly (offered a taste of green chilies by tailgaters, for example), inside University Stadium (yes, that's the creative name they came up with) something happens and it's not pretty. I have never had so ma... Some of the best basketball players not in Beijing will be in Desoto Saturday for a softball tournament, all benefiting the Josh Howard Foundation. Celebrities slated to participate include Mavs guard Jason Terry, Kenyon Martin (Denver Nuggets), Tracy McGrady (Houston Rockets), Greg Buckner (Memphis Grizzlies), Rosci (106 & Park), DMC (Run DMC) and Derek Harper (former Mavs guard), among others. Dallas Mavericks forward Josh H...
Magic Johnson is the latest celebrity to come to Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, Calif. He briefly talked with coach Wade Phillips and has been cha... From the Associated Press: For the second day in a row, Terrell Owens wasn't an active participant in practice at Dallas Cowboys training camp Monday. Owens strolled onto the field about 35 minutes after the start of the morning session, when the team was in shorts without pads for the first of two practices scheduled Monday. It wasn't clear if T.O. would take part in the afternoon practice. Coach W...
Hopefully you got a chance to see Friday night's newscast, when Pete Delkus paid a surprise visit to Dale Hansen. It was the night before Hansen's birthday, and Delkus sneaked up behind Dale as he began his sports te... Our hard-working crew in Oxnard, Calif. has sent back a collection of photos from Tuesday's practice session at Dallas Cowboys training camp:
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From all indications, everyone seems to be OK in Oxnard, Calif. after the Los Angeles earthquake (5.4 magnitude just east of LA). I was in our work... NOTE: All times PDT
NOTE: All times are in PDT
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I don't exactly get it, but ESPN's ESPY Awards won't be broadcast until Sunday night despite the ceremony being held last night in Los Angeles. Maybe ESPN was too busy broadcasting the replay of the All-Star Home Run Derby, but the night after the All-Star game, which is virtually devoid of any sports, would seem like the perfect night to broadcast the awards. Instead, ESPN waits until baseball is back from the break. At any ... News 8's Jim Douglas has an interesting story about James Bradshaw, a standout lineman form Trinity High School's state championship team. (Read it and watch video here.) At this point, he's not allowed to attend Arkansas-Pine Bluff next month on a full-scholarship because of a transcript glitch that misidentified a Spani... I did a story on Orville Rogers, a 90-year-old Dallas man who runs competitively. In March, he set a couple records for his age group at a meet in Boston, in the 800 meter run and the mile. Here are a few things about Orville I couldn't fit in the story that were interesting: Orville was named after Orville Wright, one of the Wright brothers. He was a pilot for Braniff Airlines for 32 years, until his retirement in 1977. Branif... In the end, the Luis Yanez story follows exactly what your parents always tell you: When you make a mistake, fess up. Yanez, the 19-year-old boxer from Duncanville, will go to Beijing after all as part of the U.S. Olympic boxing team. But here is the key: Yanez agreed to pay a fine, undergo sports counseling and make a public apology. He also will personally apologize to his teammates and keep from making public remarks on th... As if Alex Rodriguez wasn't getting it enough from the New York papers, the Grand Prairie AirHogs baseball team is hosting an "A-Rod & Madonna Night" promotion for tonight's game against the Shreveport Sports. The team will poke fun at the latest gossip about the two mega-stars. One dollar tickets will be offered to any couples coming to the game who claim to "share an agent." Fans will also receive dollar admission i... USA Boxing Judicial Committee has declined to reinstate Duncanville boxer Luis Yanez to the U.S. Olympic team. There has to be more to the story then Yanez has told. It just doesn't seem right that USA Boxing would kick off a key member because he wanted to help his sister while she battled substance abuse. Sure he there was some call confusion, but something just seems off. It'll be interesting to see what happens in... One of the most controversial and outspoken television personalities is out of a job. After 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, Billy Packer is being replaced by Clark Kellogg, who has been at CBS for 16 years. He'll call his first Final Four with Jim Nantz in April. It's a bit of a shocking move, but maybe it shouldn't be. As much icon as lightning rod, Packer is both what you want and what you hate in a... Do you have a dog that is ready for the spotlight? Well Texas A&M is looking for a new pooch to replace Reveille VII, who just retired as the school's mascot. Reveille has been a tradition in College Station since 1931. This seventh dog is the fifth consecutive collie to hold the job and the new one will maintain the status as the highest ranking member of the Corps of Cadets, as a Five-Star General. She's also known as "the f... |
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