One of my biggest pet peeves is writers, talk show hosts, and sports media members who know nothing about a particular sport but suddenly position themselves as experts when something news worthy happens (see Wilbon, Michael after a hockey fight). So I won’t pretend to be a huge MLS fan, or even a big soccer [...]
After a stellar 2010 season, and despite a significant amount of time on the disabled list from a rib fracture that made him miss most of September, Josh Hamilton has been named today as the American League MVP. 2010 was Hamilton’s third year with the Texas Rangers; in December 2007, he was traded from the [...]
Ross Lindsey predicts every Big 12 game this weekend against the line.
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Against all odds, FC Dallas is headed to the MLS Cup Finals for the first time in its history. Dallas punched their ticket to play the Colorado Rapids in Toronto this past Sunday night by defeating the LA Galaxy 3-0 at their home stadium in Carson, California.
One of my biggest pet peeves is writers, talk show hosts, and sports media members who know nothing about a particular sport but suddenly position themselves as experts when something news worthy happens (see Wilbon, Michael after a hockey fight). So I won’t pretend to be a huge MLS fan, or even a big soccer enthusiast for that matter. But I watched FC Dallas play for the MLS cup on Sunday night, and did so for one reason. Hope.
After a stellar 2010 season, and despite a significant amount of time on the disabled list from a rib fracture that made him miss most of September, Josh Hamilton has been named today as the American League MVP. 2010 was Hamilton’s third year with the Texas Rangers; in December 2007, he was traded from the Cincinnati Reds to Texas. He received 22 of 28 first-place votes to win the award.
Kansas State (-2.5) @ Colorado – Colorado gets the award for most uncomfortable Senior Day with canned ex-coach Dan Hawkins returning to Folsom Field in support of his son, quarterback Cody. Colorado is coming off a blowout win over Iowa State and Kansas State is coming off a disappointing loss to #20 Missouri.
At least in pitching, the baseball voters are focused more on deep statistics than win/loss records. It’s totally obvious at this point.
“King” Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners deservedly won the 2010 American League Cy Young Award. He was clearly the frontrunner, even though his main competition (C.C. Sabathia of the New York Yankees) had a better win record.
If you’ve been reading DFWSportsFans.com for some time, you probably know that I write very few Op-Ed pieces. It’s not that I don’t have opinions, but I generally like to write more objective news-style articles. Game previews, free agent speculation – that sort of thing. However, I’m pretty peeved, and I’ve finally gotten to the point to where I can put my thoughts to paper (digitally speaking) without going into a real tizzy.
Against all odds, FC Dallas is headed to the MLS Cup Finals for the first time in its history. Dallas punched their ticket to play the Colorado Rapids in Toronto this past Sunday night by defeating the LA Galaxy 3-0 at their home stadium in Carson, California.
Fans got their first real glimpse of the Garrett era Sunday, and, as expected, the Cowboys went into New Meadowlands Stadium and throttled the NFC East leading New York Giants. The offensive line played well. Kitna had time to throw the ball. Felix Jones looked explosive for the first time all season. The defense forced turnovers. Penalties were kept to a minimum. Mike Jenkins attempted to make tackles. For one day, the Cowboys looked like a different team. But, what, if anything, did we really learn yesterday, and how does it affect the perception of Jason Garrett going forward?
After handing the New Orleans Hornets their first loss of the season on Monday night, Dirk and company look to sweep this 2-game pseudo-series tonight in New Orleans.
Expect the New Orleans Hornets to look to even the score tonight when the Dallas Mavericks travel to their house for an encore of the Monday night matchup that saw the home team end New Orleans’ unblemished 8-0 record, when the Hornets couldn’t defend a 10-point lead with less than 8 minutes left.
Yes, Ranger fans, there is a Santa Claus.
Neftali Feliz, game-saving machine, has been named the 2010 American League Rookie of the Year. A Ranger hasn’t earned this award since Mike Hargrove in 1974.
Pittsburgh Pirates hire Clint Hurdle as manager, leaving the Texas Rangers with a vacated hitting coach position. Click through to read more on this story.