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Saturday, March 1, 2014

GOOD NEWS: FREE; BAD NEWS: INFREQUENT


   Good news: As of today, March 1, DFWSportatorium is free.
   Bad news: It will also be infrequent.
   I thank you guys for buying memberships and supporting me, but recently my blogging time has drastically dwindled. With NBC graciously upping its ante on my writing, I'm now blogging there three times daily. And last week I also commenced some media consulting for an Internet start-up in North Dallas.
   If I find time I'll write a Whitt's End on a Friday and perhaps sprinkle in a column or some radio news here and there, but as of now I don't have the time to make DFWSportatorium a daily commitment.
   Canceling your recurring monthly membership can be done quickly and easily at PayPal, and of course I'll refund any payments that slip through the cracks to me from here forward.
   You can still read me at NBC 5, where I'll blog daily on all things CowboysRangers and Mavs. And you can keep up with my casual ramblings on Twitter @RichieWhitt.
   Thanks again.
   And don't be a stranger.

Friday, February 28, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.28.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Bigger ain't always better ...

   *After not happening in DFW in '13 for the first time since '89, it's set to resume this Spring ...

   *Good news: Starting March 1 DFWSportatorium will be free. Bad news: It will also be infrequent ...


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Thursday, February 27, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.27.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Stop it, irrational dreamers, he ain't playing for the Cowboys ...

   *I'm apologizing to this player. For now ...

   *Will this guy be the best No. 84 in DFW sports history? ...


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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.26.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Drastically lowered ticket prices to local professional sporting events? ...

   *The Rangers' easiest decision since cold beer over warm milk ...

   *The man who predicted Wichita State's undefeated season ...


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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.25.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *It's better to be lucky than great ...

   *Our sports world changed forever 25 years ago today ...

   *Apparently it's okay for teachers to sext with students as long as ...


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Monday, February 24, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.24.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Easiest way to become famous? Suck really, really bad ...

   *The Ranger so tough he was injured by a soft ...

   *Chicks and Conservatives again prove to be illogical, ignorant groups. You heard me ...


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Friday, February 21, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.21.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Don't look now, but in January The Ticket's lead in DFW sports-talk radio ratings ...

   *The player that people love but I'd hate the Cowboys to draft ...

   *Don't cry over spilled gold ...


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Thursday, February 20, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.20.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Look who's cut their hair and dropped some weight ...

   *Frisco is a safer place because of this ...

   *After 30 years as a trusted voice in DFW, she's retiring ...


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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.19.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Fans of the English language rejoice, your NFL Sundays just got more coherent ...

   *Cowboys win! At the dumbest "game" in all of sports ...

   *I found the funniest TV commercial of 2014 ...


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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.18.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *He's been to rehab. Been arrested. Gotten divorced. Banished overseas. We ready to call it even? ...

   *Texas Giant about to be gigantic loss for Six Flags because ...

   *The latest on the present - and future - of Pizza Buzz is ...


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Monday, February 17, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.17.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *This coach really cares if you wear your hat backward ...

   *With this remake, we've (again) officially run out of ideas ...

   *Why this is the lamest of all our holidays ...


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Thursday, February 13, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.14.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *The one place I thought I'd never ever never see Dale Hansen ...

   *Is DFW tuning into the Winter Olympics? ...

   *From my heart to yours (sorta), a Valentines Day video ...


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WHITT'S END: 2.13.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *After their worst loss of the season, the Mavs get their signature win by ...

   *Uh-oh, Jason Garrett is getting coaching advice from a guy who makes a home out of moving around ...

   *The hottest girl you've never seen having sex in complete darkness ...


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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.12.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Come to think of it, yeah, he is a baseball polygamist ...

   *Until last night in Charlotte, Dirk Nowitzki had never ...

   *Kate Upton > Kate Hansen ...


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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.11.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *The update on the proposed fourth all-sports talk radio station is ...

   *Really, this Cowboy player can reverse, double-pump dunk? ...

   *He's been underrated in our area for 32 years, and now he's retiring ...


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Monday, February 10, 2014

WHITT'S END: 2.10.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Tighten up your Bible Belt, because here comes more progress. Right, NFL? ...

   *The most overrated award in all of sports is the ...

   *Psst, there's a miracle happening at Moody ...


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Friday, February 7, 2014

WeddingHoneymoonVacation Review: FIJI

   Third in a 5-part series recapping my weddinghoneymoonvacation in the South Pacific that spanned five countries, 10 time zones, 11 airports and countless memories. It's our vacation virtual slide show, from the comfort of your own couch.

   *The best, strongest drink in Fiji is ...

   *Yeah, they have a tennis court. But it's made of ...

   *What's it like to witness yesterday's dawn ...

   *Out of the places we visited the city we're most tempted to up and move to is ...


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WHITT'S END: 2.7.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *There's one major flaw in Roger Staubach's thinking ...

   *A weather phenomenon that boggles my bird brain ...

   *I say these six Cowboys could start for the Seahawks ...

   *Goodbye to the man who's as edgy as cookie dough ...


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Thursday, February 6, 2014

WeddingHoneymoonVacation Review: AUSTRALIA

   Third in a 5-part series recapping my weddinghoneymoonvacation in the South Pacific that spanned five countries, 10 time zones, 11 airports and countless memories. It's our vacation virtual slide show, from the comfort of your own couch.

   *Foster's beer in Australia is actually ...

   *Flash "Hook 'em Horns" in Sydney and you'll get ...

   *The best view Down Under is actually from 400 feet way up ...


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WHITT'S END: 2.6.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *I'm cool with the Rangers' Snow Globe Life Park. You? ...

   *When this guy plays with energy, the Mavs are dangerous ...

   *I spy Tony Romo ...


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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

WeddingHoneymoonVacation Review: NEW ZEALAND

   Third in a 5-part series recapping my weddinghoneymoonvacation in the South Pacific that spanned five countries, 10 time zones, 11 airports and countless memories. It's our vacation virtual slide show, from the comfort of your own couch.

   *Got so confused by the allure of Bora Bora and the prospect of the International Date Line that I actually misplaced ...

   *If you didn't know better, you'd be in Auckland and think you were in ...

   *In New Zealand they play basketball without ... And their blackjack bust number isn't 21 but ...

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WHITT'S END: 2.5.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Rangers Ballpark is about to be re-named ...

   *Of the Top 100 folks ranked by Twitter followers, only these two are American athletes ...

   *Sorry, I just can't take this NBA player seriously because of his hair ...


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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

WeddingHoneymoonVacation Review: BORA BORA

   Second in a 5-part series recapping my weddinghoneymoonvacation in the South Pacific that spanned five countries, 10 time zones, 11 airports and countless memories. It's our vacation virtual slide show, from the comfort of your own couch.

   *Is Bora Bora as gorgeous as they say? ...

   *Swimming under your bungalow you might find ... A) Stingrays; B) Naked humans; C) All of the above?

   *In paradise, you'll pay this much for a hamburger ...

   *If you get married in Bora Bora, prepare to have this put on your head and this poured on your hands ...


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WHITT'S END: 2.4.14

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *Incest in play at Cumulus, where a member of The Ticket's BaDD Radio is now a member of ...

   *If the Mavs have proven anything in 2014 it's that they can ...

   *Robots not evolved enough to talk shouldn't win awards ...


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Monday, February 3, 2014

WeddingHoneymoonVacation Review: TAHITI


   First in a 5-part series recapping my weddinghoneymoonvacation in the South Pacific that spanned five countries, 10 time zones, 11 airports and countless memories. It's our vacation virtual slide show, from the comfort of your own couch.


   *Paradise sometimes arrives via houseboat. But, alas, the usher to our South Pacific excursion instead showed up in a housecoat ...

   *Tahiti is to tourists as Valentine's Day is to ...

   *Who knew that in Tahiti resided the world's oldest ...

   *Screw Tahiti, when in this part of the world you gotta sneak away to ...

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   First in a 5-part series recapping my weddinghoneymoonvacation in the South Pacific that spanned five countries, 10 time zones, 11 airports and countless memories. It's our vacation virtual slide show, from the comfort of your own couch.


Sybil, extremely happy at this Tahitian waterfall
   Paradise sometimes arrives via houseboat. But, alas, the usher to our South Pacific excursion instead showed up in a housecoat.
   And broken glasses missing the left arm, leaving them resting uneasy and gotch-eyed on her squinty face.
   Oh, and sporting a grumpy disposition that clearly transcended the barrier of her speaking .01% English and 99.09% French.
   After a three-hour flight to Los Angeles and then another 9-hour trek to Papeete via Air Tahiti, Sybil and I were anxious for a shower, some breakfast and then a lot of, well, vacation. Not that the flight was bad. These days international flights over the Pacific are like being in your own mini-home theater. In the backs of seats are personal video systems where you can watch movies, listen to a variety of albums, play interactive games like poker or blackjack or tic-tac-toe, or just be amazed at the views from the plane's external cameras.
   Tahiti immagracion, turns out, was a breeze and as we headed to our hotel in a taxi we were immediately confronted by the staples of the country: Chickens. Dogs. Bread. Rain. And mini-Peugeot cars.
   All were everywhere.
Slightly more scenic than McKinney
   We arrived at our supposedly charming bed 'n breakfast - Pension de la Plage - just past 7 a.m , as alerted since July and repeatedly in reservation emails outlining our accommodations. But our presence was treated as though we were surprise solicitors, intruders even. In fractured English the matron of the manor answered (sorta) our urgent questions.
   Us: Rooms? Her: Not yet.
   Us: Breakfast? Her: Thataway.
   Us: Luggage? Her: Here. Dogs.
   Us: Alcohol? Her: Quoi?!
   Welcome to Tahiti.
   It's located in the warm waters of the South Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii, east of Australia and - in every way - a million miles from Dallas.
   We were quickly baptized in the unwelcoming arms of French Polynesia. Make no mistake, Tahiti is beautiful. But it's no more prepared for - or accommodating to - tourists than Tyler.