Terrell Owens Now on the “Watch List”

Terrell Owens has been quiet as a church mouse this summer.  No controversy, no outrageous claims, no trouble making, no nothing.  That is until he missed a very important phone call, from the NFL. 

How did he miss that call?

Maybe T.O. was at Yoga class with the phone turned off when the NFL called.  Maybe the ‘212′ number looked very similar to Bill Parcels new cell phone.  Maybe he thought the NFL was calling to see if he could volunteer for a United Way commercial.  It turns out the NFL was calling to schedule a random drug test. 

T.O. missed that test and is now on the NFL’s “reasonable cause” drug testing program.  The big question is: why did T.O. miss that test?  He says the NFL had agent Drerw Rosenhaus’s number and his agent never gave him the message.  But in a word with Texting, Instant Messaging, cell phones, I-Phones, Blackberries, the list goes on, how do you not get the message.  That leaves one last question: Did T.O. miss the test on purpose?

T.O. does have the body of a sculpted Greek statue, he runs faster then the road runner and he does have some emotional ups and downs.  (Remember, “That’s my quarterback man. sniffle sniffle.”)  But I have never seen him show any rage.  My gut tells me T.O. is NOT using any performance enhancing drugs, but he’s not using common sense either.  Next time the NFL calls, just answer the phone!

Romo’s New Agent – Daddy Simpson?

NOT!!!

We all know Jessica Simpson’s Dad Joe, has been responsible for cooling off the two lovebirds.  The Boston Herald is now citing a reason!  Joe was pushing to be Tony agent!  He reportedly told The Cowboy superstar with the 67 million dollar contract to dump his current agent Creative Artists Agency and sign with big poppa. 

Jessica, can’t be happy about this, that is unless she was in on the plan all along… hmmmmmmm.

Let Bandwagon Roll

In New York it would never happen.  New York fans love their teams when they are doing well and hate them when they are playing bad.  But they never, ever, root for someone else or wear another teams silly gear.

There are a few Maverick Fans that are now jumping on the L.A. Laker bandwagon.  They claim to be Kobe lovers.  Take NBC5 editor “Mean” Gene Rickman.  During the regular season he lived and breathed the Mavericks.  To him a night in front of the tube watching Dirk and the Jet was all he needed to be happy.  Now look at him!

Yes, that’s Gene, the self described Mav Maniac in training.  He claims he’s wearing that Grimace Purple Laker hat to celebrate the Spurs loss.  Maybe, but last night during the game, Gene was overheard chanting, “May the force be with you Kobe-one-Kenobi!” 

I fear too many Mavericks fans will jump on the Kobe Train, leaving Dirk to wallow in a sea of sadness as all Mavs fans wish, they had Kobe wearing Mavs blue not Dirk.

Dirk Nowitzki has an American Girlfriend!

Head to any Mavericks game and you will see dozens of young women in the stands holding up “Dirk will you marry me?” signs.  There is now evidence the big man may actually be interested in  American Chicks.  I first saw news that Dirk has taken a babe on the Front Burner Blog.  They quoted the news first reported in the German newspaper Bild.  I can’t read German and I’m not really sure what it says but it appears to be a question and answer segment with All-Star Center about his new American love.

Here is the Text:

BILD: Sie haben seit kurzem eine Freundin, eine Amerikanerin…

Nowitzki: Stimmt, aber darüber rede ich nicht gern. Nur soviel: Es ist alles noch sehr frisch, ich kann noch nicht sagen, was draus wird. Wir werden uns wahrscheinlich erst in ein paar Monaten wieder sehen, wenn ich nach Dallas zurückkomme.“

I tried to translate the above German text myself:

Bild: Yes, you have been seen kur-ousing with woman, an American!

Nowitzki: Stymie that talk.  My derriere is red and itchy from her germs. 

I couldn’t figure out the rest, but I think it has something to do with a “weird” situation, a warden, his lawyer and making “Par” in Montana.  He ends with saying how he would rather be with women in Zurich than Dallas.

Sex Clearly Sells

It’s no secret that sex sells.  I put up a blog post about “Girls and Boys Gone Wild” and I set a Grant’s Rant record for blog traffic.  It’s the same reason Texas Motor Speedway came up with these brilliant billboards advertising the Bombardier Learjet 550 at TMS on June 7th.

Danica Patrick is hot.  Not just on the race track, not just in her racing suit, not just in the media but also in a bikini.  She is single handedly luring in race fans who were not always race fans.  Before Tiger Woods inner city minorities would never have been caught dead playing golf.  Tiger transformed the game of golf, where it’s now more about Tiger then it is about the sport itself.

Danica is doing the same thing.  Young women are idolizing her for succeeding in what was traditionally a mans game.  Men are worshipping her for just being sexy Danica.  When was the last time you saw an Andretti or an Earnhardt or an Unser or a Foyt posing in a Speedo.  Thank God the answer is never.  Instead Danica gets an entire spread in the Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition.

What makes this all so great is that unlike Annika Sorenstam on the PGA Tour, Danica Patrick is a contender and almost always has a chance to win.

And since sex sells, I couldn’t resist putting up a picture of her billboard!  In fact, I’ll even show it again.

The Stars Can Be Proud – The Mavericks Can’t

The Dallas Stars played with determination and drive.  They still lost.  The fact is the Dallas Stars were outmatched.  The Detroit Red Wings were just to good for Dallas.  In the end, there was no way the Stars could beat such a talented team, even though they did a hell of a job trying.

This differs from the Mavericks.  The Stars were outmatched, the Mavs were outplayed.  On paper the Mavericks had the best team.  They should have gone the distance.  Instead they underachieved, while the Stars overachieved.

Hats off the to the Dallas Stars, who went further than I ever expected.  The Mavericks still need to do some serious work before gaining my respect again.

Stars Need to Win, Or Else

I’m not a hockey fan, I really don’t even like the sport.  But when it’s all that left in the Big D what is a sports fan to do?  The  Rangers are already out of it, the Mavs are in my dog house, and NFL draft day is over.  That leaves me forced to watch a bunch of white guys with broken noses skate around a rink doing something most people have never done in their lives.

With that said, the Stars need to know, all of Dallas’s sports hopes and dreams rest on their shoulders.  Please, please, please, do not blow this 3-0 lead against San Jose.  We have had to endure the Mavs blow it all three times including their loss to Miami in the finials two years ago.  Don’t even start me on the Cowboys, the fumble, the Giants!

I never expected the Stars to go to the Stanley Cup much less win it.  But once they went up 3-0 in this seriers, why not the Stanley Cup?  I will say this now, if the Stars do blow this seriers, maybe Dallas sports teams really are jinxed.  I’m not saying that yet, but the possibility exists.