Jerry's Cowboys Draft Cake (Can't Eat It, Too, Though)
I've tried desperately to preach that while Jerry Jones remains the general (manager) of the Cowboys, his trusted lieutenants have power, too.
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I've tried desperately to preach that while Jerry Jones remains the general (manager) of the Cowboys, his trusted lieutenants have power, too.
The G-Bag Nation's Chris Arnold has a new weekly segment called Chris Arnold Stories: Confidential. He's telling all sorts of behind the scenes celebrity stories that span his 30 year career.
The big news of the week in baseball, of course, was the suspension of Miami Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon for the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Never mind that disgraced slugger Barry Bonds is the Miami hitting coach: There are plenty of jokes to be made there. How does this impact fantasy baseball? If you own Gordon, should you keep him on your roster? How are you going to replace his 50 stolen bases this season in the stat column? Don't fret: We have all the answers you need right here.
A.J. Griffin has gone 32 straight starts going at least 5 innings. Talk about a reliable guy that a pitching coach must love.
Yu Darvish threw 18 of 32 pitches for strikes in a rehab start in Frisco on Sunday, the first game for the Rangers ace since Tommy John surgery more than 13 months ago. The right-hander from Japan said that he was happy with the outing.
Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum will pitch for major league clubs in a showcase event on Friday as he attempts to make a comeback from hip surgery last year.
Jenny Shin won the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory, pulling away for a two-stroke victory at Las Colinas.
Cole Hamels pitched five innings, the shortest of his 19 regular-season and postseason starts for Texas following his acquisition last July 31. He allowed four runs on seven hits and a season-high four walks.
The St. Louis Blues scored on the power play in overtime to beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 and tie the playoff series 1-1.
Brad Keselowski won a demolition derby at Talladega Superspeedway, where multiple wrecks caused two cars to go airborne and led to millions of dollars in damage to race teams.
It's the first time Dallas has drafted a quarterback since taking Stephen McGee, also in the fourth round, in 2009. And it's just the third QB drafted by the Cowboys since 2001. Romo was undrafted in 2003.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 38 points and the Spurs beat the Thunder 124-92 on Saturday night, never trailing in Game 1 of the second-round series.
Odor matched a club record with three doubles, one initially ruled a foul ball in a six-run inning, and Mitch Moreland hit a three-run homer in the Rangers' 7-2 victory on Saturday night.
The Cowboys took Mississippi State's Dak Prescott with the 135th overall pick in the fourth round of the NFL draft Saturday.
Radek Faksa scored the tiebreaking goal on a rebound with 4:44 to play and had an assist on the other Dallas goal to help the Stars open the second round of the Western Conference playoffs with a 2-1 victiry over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night.