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Spurs’ Game 5 loss puzzling
San Antonio has led New Orleans three times at halftime in New Orleans Arena.
San Antonio has lost three times in New Orleans Arena.
San Antonio lost Games 1 and 2 because it tried to double-team Chris Paul, not paying enough attention to David West, Peja Stojakovic, Morris Peterson, etc.
San Antonio won Games 3 and 4 because it allowed Paul to do whatever he wanted while double-teaming West in the post and sticking Bruce Bowen on Peja.
San Antonio lost Game 5 because it reverted to its miserable form from Games 1 and 2.
Why did it revert? No clue.
San Antonio now faces elimination. You have to think the Spurs can defend homecourt in a must-win situation, but what do the Spurs do when they return to New Orleans for Game 7?
It’s not Popovich. He knows what to do. His post-game press conference Tuesday night was tense. Popovich was severely angered.
Tim Duncan finished 5-for-18. Manu Ginobili was 5-for-15. Tony Parker shot only 14 times.
Parker must shoot 20-plus times, and Duncan must find his stroke. Ginobili has to quit shooting too early in the shot clock, and the Spurs must go back to double-teaming West.
If not, San Antonio will again be denied repeat titles.
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Spurs up 3 at half
Duncan’s 2-for-11.
David West has 22 points and 7 rebounds.
Chris Paul has 7 assists.
But San Antonio leads at halftime? Does this have the making of a Game 1/2 second-half rout looming?
Maybe not. SA has hit 6 of 9 three-point attempts, while NO’s only 2-for-6. The three-point count is usually a big stat for the Spurs because it reflects their offensive ball movement.
Still, somebody’s gotta challenge West on those jumpers. (He just scored again to start the second half.) And Duncan’s gotta find a way to score.
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Too early for college football talk? NO.
ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach updated his spring Top 25 recently, placing the Ohio State Buckeyes No. 1 after having Georgia there just days after the national title.
Let’s get something straight: If you’re gonna put Ohio State ahead of Georgia for the upcoming 2008 college football season, that prediction better have nothing to do with talent level.
Ohio State has as many juniors and seniors coming back as any team in the country, but that also means they have a lot of players back from the past two national runners-up, teams that got shamefully undressed by far faster SEC opponents …
Like Georgia.
The prognosticators are saying that the Dawgs’ schedule is just too tough.
Yeah … they play in the SEC. Everybody’s schedule is tough in the SEC.
Face it, Ohio State: You may have a lot of experienced players coming back. Playing in two national championship games in as many seasons means you’re doing something right. That is, of course, if you call what Ohio State did “playing,” rather than suffering.
But with all those players back, you’re forgetting something - you’re not getting any faster, and that’s why Florida and LSU bludgeoned you on national television. The same players aren’t gonna miraculously shave 0.2 seconds off their 40s between now and the fall.
So, the Buckeyes can lose at USC and win their other games and make it to their third straight title game. But Georgia’s just as capable of losing twice like LSU did, getting to the title game and reminding everyone why the SEC always has been and always will be better than the Big 10 …
Speed.
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Idle Thoughts
Bet Bonnie Richardson sleeps well tonight. Richardson, a junior at Class A Rochelle High School, won the Class A TEAM championship over the weekend at the UIL State Track and Field Championships in Austin. That is not a typo. Richardson, the only athlete from her school to qualify for the state meet, totaled 42 points Friday and Saturday. She won the high jump, placed second in the long jump and was third in the discus Friday, and Saturday she won the 200 meters and placed second in the 100. Her 42 points beat team runner-up Chilton by six points. Turns out all of my old coaches were wrong. There is an I in TEAM (wish I had come up with that line, but credit goes to News-Journal sports writer Gabe Brooks).
Not a lot of pairings completed yet, but the matchups for next weekend’s softball and baseball playoffs are settled. In softball, Hallsville will meet Hewitt Midway in the 4A regional semifinals and Harmony will face Tatum in the Class 2A regional semis. Still waiting word on Spring Hill’s next opponent. In baseball, Gilmer will face Pittsburg and Carthage will meet Hutto in Class 3A regional quarterfinal action. New Diana meets New Boston, Hughes Springs takes on Harleton and Elysian Fields will battle Hemphill in Class 2A and Carlisle faces Maud and Overton meets McLeod in Class A
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Olympic torch tour poor political stunt
There are few things I can think of more ridiculous than the tour the “official” Olympic torch covers each time the events come around.
Recent torch stops have proved that the only thing this PR stunt is good for is causing tension.
And let’s not kid ourselves - that torch is not inspiring anyone to feel better about humanity or accomplish great feats of speed and strength. But maybe I’m too cynical.
A “specially-designed” torch reached Mount Everest’s summit Thursday in the pinnacle of the tour’s overblown tradition. Reports of Tibetan and Chinese climbers harmoniously conquering Everest only to light up some lame torch seems like a strong example of overkill.
If it’s not even the real torch, which the AP reported was on the opposite side of China in the Guangdong province, then why go to the trouble of climbing a 29,035-foot mountain just to light some fake torch? And even it is was the real Olympic flame, what’s the point in doing this. Just to say they could? It’s pointless.
I don’t get into the politics of all the protests that have gone on during this torch tour, but I have to admit, the absolute pointlessness of this endeavor has had me pulling for the people throwing water at the torch.
If there are real political problems going on, why waste time, money, and man power to escort some stick with fire around the world in treacherous locations such as the Himalayan Mountains? Major overkill.
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Athletes as role models? Please …
Charles Barkley was right when he said athletes should not automatically be viewed as role models.
A brief discussion between a coworker and me earlier today prompted me to share my views on this. His belief is that since a high-profile athlete is in the spotlight, he should conduct himself as if children are looking up to him.
Maybe so, but I think athletes, high-profile or not, should conduct themselves in a respectable at all times.
I don’t like the fact that Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard voluntarily admitted to using marijuana during the offseason, but I also don’t care.
The point is, it’s his prerogative. I’m not saying it’s a good thing. I’m not saying it is or should be legal. All I’m saying is it’s his choice, and anyone who is outraged at him or anyone like him is sorely misguided in their choices for role models.
I don’t even like that term: “role model.” Why is there a need for children to have someone to look up to and try to be?
Emulating someone’s characteristics is understandable. I’m not trying to paint with a wide brush here, but emulating the characteristics of college and professional athletes is probably not the best way for a child to develop.
Why have “role models?” Whatever happened to people just being themselves?
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West point men way better than East
I was just thinking about what analysts have been saying about Deron Williams and Chris Paul bringing the point guard position back into the spotlight, and it made me think how many good PGs play in the West. It also made me realize how few play in the East. Here’s the starting PG for each team in the playoffs.
West
1.Los Angeles - Derek Fisher
2.New Orleans - Chris Paul
3.San Antonio - Tony Parker
4.Utah - Deron Williams
5.Houston - Rafer Alston
6.Phoenix - Steve Nash
7.Dallas - Jason Kidd
8.Denver - Allen Iverson
East
1.Boston - Rajon Rondo
2.Detroit - Chauncey Billups
3.Orlando - Jameer Nelson
4.Cleveland - Delonte West
5.Washington - Gilbert Arenas (injured)
6.Toronto - Jose Calderon/TJ Ford
7.Philadelphia - Andre Miller
8.Atlanta - Mike Bibby
That’s six elite guards in the West, and another (Fisher) who is one of the best role players in the past decade. The East has, at best, two elites, and that’s if you’re willing to call Billups that, something I’m not willing to do. That makes Arenas the East’s only elite PG, and he played 13 games in the regular season and then had his first-round playoff series cut short because of his knee injury.
Just another category where the Western Conference owns the East.
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Bravo to Hallsville’s softball team, shame on the UIL
I wish I would have been in Lindale this weekend to watch one of the most inspiring stories of recent memory, courtesy of Hallsville’s softball team. For those who missed it, Hallsville won two games on Saturday to win the best-of-three Class 4A area series over Rockwall Heath, 2-1. Hallsville rallied from a 4-0 deficit for a 5-4 win in Game 3. That alone would have been worth it. What made Hallsville’s rally even more impressive was it came after dropping a 3-2 decision on Friday … in 24 innings. I’ll write it louder … 24 INNINGS! Twenty … four … innings. Unofficially, that’s a state record. And two pitchers went the entire way to boot: Hallsville’s Kayla Jackson and Heath’s Chelsea Eddy. Someone who was at the game let me know that Jackson pitched hurt most of that game. Sometime during “regulation” in the first seven innings, a batted ball hit Jackson on her right hand, her pitching hand. She kept on pitching, and pitched 11 innings on Saturday to boot. Kudos to Eddy too for enduring the marathon of pitching. Only one other team sport comes to mind right away that often has similar marathon games: ice hockey. The NHL playoff season usually is sprinkled with games that go on and on. But some hockey players make about $10 million a year, or about $9,999,993 more than what a Hallsville Ladycat made this weekend, if they made a stop at Whataburger. The point is that NHL players are paid very well to endure physical torture. The Hallsville Ladycats aren’t, and I hope another 24-inning doesn’t come up again. The University Interscholastic League can prevent. The UIL has had this chance for years, but they haven’t made a move. In a typical Amateur Softball Association game in the offseason, as well as in-season high-school tournaments, there is a rule to reduce the possibility of marathon games considerably. If a game lasts 10 innings, a runner is placed on second base to open the 10th, usually the last batter of the previous inning. It’s called an international tiebreaker, or an ITB for short. A run that breaks the tie usually happens within three innings with the ITB in play. Of course since throwing underhand is a natural body motion, there isn’t quite the danger of a girl’s shoulder getting ruined from slinging a softball. Some pitchers will throw six games in the summer in 102-degree heat. Softball pitchers often take pride in how tough they are, and Jackson may be the best girl athlete in the area. Good, tough pitchers can take over a softball game, like what Jackson and Eddy did on Friday. But Friday’s game went six and a half hours without a break, and that’s too much. The pitchers may be able to take it, but the ability to stay alert gets dulled playing that long. When the alert guard goes down, trouble happens. What if in the 21st inning, a fastball hits a girl in the elbow, breaking it? What if in the 22nd inning, a hard-hit foul ball goes into a dugout, hitting somebody who isn’t wearing a helmet in the head? Those are extreme examples, but in today’s lawsuit-happy world, I wouldn’t be surprised if something happens in the 27th inning that hurts somebody, then the UIL gets hit with a lawsuit claiming a softball game shouldn’t last that long. A multi-million dollar lawsuit would get the UIL’s attention. This is another wake-up call for something that’s happened for years. There have been marathon games in the UIL’s backyard of the state tournament. Sanger needed 17 innings to win the Class 3A title in 2000. Keller needed 15 to beat Garland to win Class 5A in 2005. There’s just too much potential for trouble for games that long. The UIL should implement the ITB for the 2009 season. And make Friday’s Hallsville-Heath game a record that is unlikely to be broken. That would be a fine tribute to a noble group of young ladies what they endured.
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Avery getting the ax is average
Avery Johnson was fired as the coach of the Dallas Mavericks. By informal standards, it was a little too late.
The modern trend of today’s NBA coach was set for me back in 2000, and that coach wasn’t fired. It came from Larry Bird, better known for his Hall of Fame career with the Boston Celtics in the 80s.
Bird was the coach of the Indiana Pacers for three season from 1997 to 2000. Despite his “Hick from French Lick” reputation, he wasn’t bad, with a 147-67 record. In fact, he led the Pacers to the NBA Finals in 2000, before falling to the Shaq and Kobe L.A. Lakers.
Then Bird resigned. My jaw dropped, until I saw the way he looked. He was exasperated, as if the will to be a coach had been taken from him.
In today’s NBA, the power is with 19-through 22-year-olds with eight-figure deals with shoe companies, and impatient owners like Mark Cuban (although I do like Cuban’s enthusiasm and what appears to be a genuine desire for winning). This puts coaches in a situation where they are policemen at best, teachers on field trips at worst. The clock is ticking on how much respect they’ll get from the players until the players tune them out.
Avery Johnson’s three years and change produced a strong 194-70 record and a Western Conference championship in 2006, but not getting the NBA title that year doomed his fate. Losing to Golden State in the first round last year starting the tuning out experience (embodied by Josh Howard fooling around with the wacky weed). The Mavs were deaf to Avery’s coaching around the team they were scrambling for a deal with Jason Kidd.
The only coaches that get respect these days have the pelts of championship skins in their rec rooms. That’s a short list these days: Gregg Popovich and Phil Jackson. Larry Brown doesn’t count because he bolts after three years anyway, and he’s more trouble than he’s worth. Ask UCLA and the University of Kansas about probations he saddled them with, or the New York Knicks about legal trouble with Brown. Hey Charlotte Bobcats, good luck!!
I do feel bad for Avery Johnson. I think he is a good coach and he will be get another head coaching job again shortly, possibly within days. I like his coaching style, and he’s charismatic. I love his talking style and I wish he would be a pastor, because I would never miss his Sunday sermons.
But until a team breaks the hold Poppovich and Jackson hold on winning championships, coaches should get as much money and they can and save it, because they won’t be there long. There’s talk about Paul Westphal being the Mavs new head coach. I like it because he’s got maturity, and he had his own near-miss with the Phoenix Suns, losing to Jackson and the Bulls in 1993.
Yet whether it’s Westphal or another coach, the clock is ticking.
You have three years.
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Spurs move on, Mavs headin’ to the house
Tony Parker has to be oozing with confidence after his 31-point, 8-assist performance Tuesday that capped a 92-87 San Antonio win, closing out the Phoenix Suns 4-1.
Parker was in the lane the entire first half, and returned to the paint after a rough third quarter. Despite hitting nothing but iron all night from the perimeter, Parker drilled two seismic jumpers off ball screens in the final two and a half minutes. His pullup from the right elbow off a Tim Duncan screen that gave the Spurs an 88-85 lead with 28 seconds left was nothing other than cold-blooded.
Robert Horry and Bruce Bowen had huge defensive plays in the fourth, and Tim Duncan demolished Phoenix inside with 29 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks.
Phoenix, meanwhile, missed 17 free throws in a game it lost by five. Steve Nash was held in check, and Stoudemire and Shaq combined for only 28 points. You can’t win when you’re going to Boris Diaw the entire game.
Dallas, on the other hand, didn’t play until the final four minutes of its elimination game. New Orleans’ lead was just too big to overcome, and Chris Paul dropped a triple double, 24-11-15, on Mr. Triple Double, Jason Kidd, who averaged 9 points, 7 assists, and 6 rebounds in the series. I doubt that’s what Dallas had in mind when it traded away Devin Harris and DeSagana Diop.
Dirk had little help other than Brandon Bass, who is a model of the type of player Dallas needs more of. Stack’s ejection was a microcosm of his late-game emotional state, and Josh Howard and Jason Terry did little to prevent the Mavs’ demise.
Second round prediction: San Antonio over New Orleans in 7
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Hurrah for ZaZa
If you didn’t catch last night’s Boston-Atlanta first-round NBA playoff game, then you missed obscure Hawks center ZaZa Pachulia ignite the Phillips Arena crowd and his teammates’ emotion.
About halfway through the second quarter, Pachulia and Boston superstar Kevin Garnett got tangled up in the lane. Garnett childishly threw a forearm/elbow into Pachulia’s chest.
Much to everyone’s surprise, ZaZa didn’t back down. The 7-footer went toe-to-toe with Garnett, pressing his forehead against Garnett’s as the two towers went chest-to-chest before officials broke up the almost-skirmish. Garnett even grabbed official Eddie F. Rush’s left wrist and tried to push him back with his arm.
The play encapsulated Atlanta’s efforts in a come-from-behind Game 4 win that evened the series. Atlanta played inspired the rest of the night, and Joe Johnson took over the game in the fourth, when ATL erased a 10-point deficit for the victory.
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Hawks pull out another one
Pretty much everybody in the national media has been in love with the Boston Celtics this year. Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce have resulted in a 66-win team that gets homecourt throughout the playoffs and is the default, en vogue pick for NBA champion.
Apparently the young Atlanta Hawks haven’t been listening.
They were supposed to be swept, especially after being blown out in the first two games of the series.
Don’t look now, but Atlanta just beat Boston 97-92 in Game 4 to even this Eastern Conference quarterfinal series 2-2. Surprisingly, Atlanta outscored the Celts 32-17 in the fourth after trailing 75-65 through three quarters. Whoa. Where’d that come from?
I didn’t get to watch the game, but the five-point Atlanta win seems unlikely looking at the stat sheet. Boston hit 12 of 23 three-point attempts, while Atlanta only hit 4 of 18. Boston beat ATL 15-8 on the offensive glass, and committed seven less turnovers than the Hawks, who had 16. Beantown also had a 26-16 edge in assists.
I guess the biggest number for Atlanta was free throws: 29-for-33. Boston was only 10-for-18.
Joe Johnson, a very underrated star, had 35, and Josh Smith followed with 28, 6 boards, 2 steals, 2 assists … and 7 blocks. He’s got to be the best shot-blocking 3 in the league. And he spearheaded ATL’s free-throw bonanza: 12-for-13.
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Newest Dallas Cowboy - RB Felix Jones
There was a minor celebration involving a handful of high fives in the Fouts Field press box here in Denton as NFL commish Roger Goodell announced that Dallas’ first-round pick was Arkansas tailback Felix Jones.
Great fit for the Cowboys. Some people may question why they took Jones instead of Illinois RB Rashard Mendenhall, who has slipped on the draft board (just picked by Pittsburgh).
Mendenhall’s a good back with good size and a compact, strong build. Dallas already has that in Marion Barber. Dallas needs a home run-hitting tailback, and that’s what Felix Jones could be. He’s second all-time in NCAA Division I FBS in yards per carry, and averaged more than 29 yards per kick return last season. He led the nation with 8.7 yards per carry in 2007.
He couldn’t get Darren McFadden, but you knew Jerry Jones would have gone Hog-wild if he couldn’t get one Razorback.
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Vanessa Aldridge going back to state
Pine Tree’s Vanessa Aldridge secured District 12-4A two more state berths this afternoon thanks to her 100-meter regional title and her second-place 200-meter finish.
Aldridge is known for starting fast, and that definitely had a lot to do with her 100-meter title. PT girls track coach Robin Herber said Aldridge’s times in prelims and finals were her best of the year.
100: prelim - 11.71; final - 11.96 200: prelim - 24.52; final - 24.87
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PT’s Vanessa Aldrige - 4A Region II track update
Vanessa Aldridge lived up to her billing moments ago, covering 100 meters in 11.96 seconds to win first place in the girls event.
Aldridge finished third at state last year … as a freshman.
She’s got the 200-meter run coming up at 4:15 p.m. I’ll update the blog whenever she runs again.
Marshall’s Darius Jones just ran the 100 and barely missed his third state berth of the weekend. Jones, who won the long jump and finished second in the triple jump, ran a 10.82, only .03 seconds behind second place and .11 seconds off the winning mark.
Third ain’t anything to be ashamed of. Jones still gets a medal for it and knows he’s going to Austin in two events.
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4A Region II track update
Henderson’s Adria Jackson cleared 5 feet, 5 inches in the girls high jump to earn a state berth.
Jackson joins Kilgore’s Tai’Shea Reese (gold, girls long jump) and Marshall’s Darius Jones (gold, boys long jump) as 12-4A’s state qualifiers in today’s field events.
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Kilgore’s Tai’Shea Reese - Region II track update
Tai’Shea Reese made up for a tough Friday by dominating the girls long jump Saturday morning.
Reese, a Kilgore senior, jumped 19 feet, 9 1/2 inches to win gold at the Class 4A Region II Track and Field Championships, besting the second-place jump by more than a foot (18-6). Reese said her final jump would have been more than 20 feet, but she scratched.
Reese placed second at the state meet last season as a junior. Her regional title Saturday morning boosted her spirits after Kilgore’s 4x100 relay team, which Reese runs for, suffered a baton drop Friday afternoon. Reese then DQed in the 100-meter run.
She more than made up for it Saturday, though.
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Idle Thoughts
If you get a chance to attend Kilgore College’s spring football game today (11 a.m. at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium), take the time to go down on the field after the game and shake hands with former Ranger Demorrio Williams. A few years back, the Longview News-Journal — out of respect for our men and women in the armed forces and the men and women who serve as police officers and firefighters — the Longview News-Journal quit referring to athletes as HEROES. I still stand by that decision, and I am not too enthusiastic about throwing the term ROLE MODEL at athletes, either. I have no problem calling Williams a role model. Williams walked on at Kilgore College, earned All-American honors, was a standout at Nebraska and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons. He recently signed a four-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. On top of being a top-notch athlete, he is one of the good guys. Shake his hand Saturday because it is pretty cool to see a professional athlete up close and personal, but more than anything shake his hand because — through it all — Williams has remained the kind of person you would be proud for your son (or daughter) to emulate.
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4A Reg. II track - preliminary running
PT’s Vanessa Alderidge had one of the top 100-meter times to advance to tomorrow’s final. Marshall’s Darius Jones qualified for the boys 100 final, while PT’s Charles Jackson and Marshall’s A.J. Wilson qualified for the 110 hurdles final.
Hallsville’s Monica Perez was also a finals qualifier. Perez will run in tomorrow’s 800-meter final.
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Update from 4A Region II track meet
Skies are clear, the temperature’s around 80, and I’d guess a couple of thousand people are on hand here at Fouts Field on the North Texas campus in Denton.
Marshall junior Darius Jones jumped 46-11 1/4 for second in the triple jump, giving him a berth to the state meet in May. Marshall coach Steven Grant told me Jones was bothered a bit by an old knee injury. That apparently didn’t affect him too much.
We’re early on in the running preliminaries right now. The only running final of the day is the 7:35 p.m. 3,200-meter run. Marshall’s Jonathan Tijerina could be a strong competitor.
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Wacka, wacka, wacka … what?!?!?
For those who didn’t grow up in the 80s, that’s a reference to Pacman, who made a wacka, wacka, wacka sound when he was eating his dots in the video game. After Wednesday however, the Pacman noise that’s in my head is when he would die. Now that Adam “Pacman” Jones is coming to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round draft choice, is this the move that sabotages Super Bowl runs? Pacman’s trouble with the law is well-known, and his “Making it Rain” incident in Feb. 2007 - when he tossed $80,000 of his scratch in the air around Las Vegas strippers is amusing, although the shooting afterwards wasn’t. Pacman was suspended by the NFL about a year ago today. If Pacman was serious about coming back to football, we shouldn’t have heard a peep from him in the past year. Instead, we get stories of him speeding, still going to strip clubs and extortion over the Vegas incident. I don’t think Pacman has learned his lesson. Going to Dallas is like giving an alcoholic a glass of wine. The Cowboys have a reputation of being enablers in the past (remember the White House?!?!?) and there are a lot of strip clubs in Dallas, and about five minutes away at the Cowboys’ new castle in Arlington. What’s the over-under on Pacman staying out of trouble. I’ll set it at 10 months, but I bet a lot of people will bet the under. This also gives Cowboys owner Jerry Jones more bad public relations. Cowboys’ fans should be angry with the hypocrisy. You tell me that the Cowboys stayed away from Randy Moss back in the day because of character issues, but Pacman Jones is worthy of a chance? Wacka, wacka, wacka … whatever.
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