The Dallas Stars welcomed their great rivals the Detroit Red Wings to the American Airlines Center in what turned out to be a thrilling 9 goal game in a Western Conference battle last night. Both sides had played some great hockey throughout the season going into the game and it was set up to be a fast and physical game.
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I sat in a local wing restaurant last night, watching the most unbelievable comedy of errors in recent memory. Missed snap after missed snap. Dropped pass after dropped pass.running backs stopped behind the line of scrimmage. Wide receivers running wrong routes. A banged up Tony Romo managed to avoid a potentially catastrophic meltdown.
Tony’s an even keeled guy. Maybe too much so. Not last night. You could see the frustration on his face, especially if you could read his lips play after play. Phil Costa got an earful.
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While soccer flies very much under the DFW sports radar, last nights international friendly vs. hated rivals Mexico had a couple of noteworthy moments for the metroplex. Jurgen Klinsmann took to the sidelines as head coach of the US Men’s National Team last night for the first time after 5+ years of speculation. While the American’s were underwhelming in the first half, they looked like a completely different team in the second half, most notably after the entry of FC Dallas mid-fielder Brek Shea and his Billy Idol-esque hair into the equation in the 60th minute.
Mark it down now. August 10, 2011. Tashard Choice will be a New Orleans Saint.
Last night at the Temple, Mike Young became the first Ranger in club history to record 2,000 hits. The biggest story of the night, however, was the Rangers come back in a 5-run eighth inning to keep the club one game above the streaking Los Angeles de Los Angeles de Anaheim for the lead in the American League West. Elvis Andrus seemed to answer his critics again with a big 2-run single putting the Rangers in for the final time. The three-game set with the Indians was taxing for the club, due mostly to the 11-inning Marathon Friday night which saw a “Major League”-esque finish as Willie Mays Hays, I mean Elvis Andrus scored from second on an infield hit by Josh Hamilton. With all due respect to Jake Taylor, Hambone may have been a few steps quicker down the line. After what could have easily been a 3 game sweep against the surprise team of the American League, the Rangers carry a one game lead into a set with the Mariners and avoid a matchup with King Felix Hernandez….a sweep would be nice.
I know it’s Super Bowl Week and you could care less about Mavs talk. So sad. We haven’t talked some Mavs here in a while, so it’s time to give one of Dallas’ last two sports franchises it’s due.
We were all amazed when the Mavericks dominated everyone at the beginning of the year. We held our collective breaths, at first, expecting such stellar levels of awesome to wear off. But they didn’t. Dallas pwned every major market it played. Only San Antonio and Boston held competitive records.
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