By Bill Jones
5:38pm, Tuesday, 2/6/24
Super Bowl LVIII: Super Bowl Week is underway in Las Vegas. The game will be on CBS Texas on Sunday. It’s the 22nd time CBS has televised the game. On CBS Mornings, Nate Burleson sat down with Jim Nantz, who will be calling his 9th Super Bowl, for a trip down memory lane. The late, great Pat Summerall was the CBS sideline reporter for the 1st big game between Vince Lombardi’s Packers and Hank Stram’s Chiefs. The game was actually simulcast on both CBS and NBC (the AFL’s TV network). Pat used to tell the story that NBC was in a commercial break and missed the 2nd half kickoff. On his sideline headset, Pat was instructed by the CBS Producer that he needed to go tell Coach Lombardi, a coach he used to play for with the Giants, that he had to kick off again because NBC missed the 1st kick. Imagine how that conversation went!
Cowboys: Jerry Jones and Mike McCarthy spent the 1st two days of this week interviewing two former head coaches to replace Dan Quinn as Cowboys Defensive Coordinator. Mike Zimmer, the former Vikings Head Coach who was a Cowboys assistant for 13 years, is reportedly interviewing today. Ron Rivera, who was fired as Washington Head Coach last month, interviewed on Monday.
Mavericks: Kyrie Irving returned from a thumb injury after a 6-game absence and scored a game-high 23 points as the Mavs opened a 3-game road trip with a 118-102 win in Philadelphia on Monday night. The Sixers played without reigning MVP Joel Embiid while Luka Doncic, nursing an ankle injury, had 19 points and Josh Green scored 20, one below his season high. The Mavs (27-23) play at Brooklyn Tuesday at 6:30 on TNT and at Madison Square Garden against Jalen Brunson and the Knicks on Thursday night. The NBA Trade Deadline is 2pm Thursday.
Royals: 23-year old Colleyville Heritage HS grad Bobby Witt Jr. signs an 11-year, $288.7 million contract with the Kansas City Royals. The deal has a maximum value of $377.7 million. According to MLB Network Insider Mark Feinsand on X, the Royals will pay Witt $136 million the next 7 years. He has a player option at age 30 in 2031, which is now the earliest he could become a free agent and come home and play for the Rangers.
Stars: The Stars open a 3-game road trip in Buffalo on Tuesday night. 1st time All Star Jake Oettinger was the winning goaltender in a 7-4 win in Toronto for Team Matthews on Saturday.
Big 12: Twelve of the 14 teams in the league are within 2 games of 1st place. #5 Houston (6-3) is all alone at the top after Kansas State knocked off #4 Kansas, 75-70, in OT on Big Monday. Four games are scheduled on Bigger Tuesday, including #23 Texas Tech at #13 Baylor (8:00-ESPN).
Rangers: Pitchers & Catchers report in 8 days (Feb 14).