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[DiamondM]

My husband picked up the little free sports rag the Schticket puts out -- don't know if it is weekly or bi-weekly -- at Fuddrucker's this weekend. There is a full page regular section on SMU, including a story each about the men's and the women's team PLUS there is an extra featured interview of Coach Doherty with some very solid questions and answers. I don't think it is anywhere online, and I'm not retyping it, but you ought to be able to find it next to the Dallas Observer somewhere around town.

There also happened to be a very good editorial by a woman complaining of the proliferation of pink and sparkly team gear for women. I completely related.

[RE Tycoon]

There also happened to be a very good editorial by a woman complaining of the proliferation of pink and sparkly team gear for women.

I think it's hot. There are certain masculine things women can pull of and look incredibly hot, i.e men's dress shirt (and nothing else)...but over sized jerseys do not look good. I love chicks who wear a fitted basketball, football, or baseball jersey; I don't even notice what color it is.

[mrydel]

There also happened to be a very good editorial by a woman complaining of the proliferation of pink and sparkly team gear for women.

I think it's hot. There are certain masculine things women can pull of and look incredibly hot, i.e men's dress shirt (and nothing else)...but over sized jerseys do not look good. I love chicks who wear a fitted basketball, football, or baseball jersey; I don't even notice what color it is.

The center for the UTEP womens's team had a tight fitting jersey. I beg to differ with your opinion. I think it is the woman not the outfit.

[DiamondM]

There also happened to be a very good editorial by a woman complaining of the proliferation of pink and sparkly team gear for women.

I think it's hot. There are certain masculine things women can pull of and look incredibly hot, i.e men's dress shirt (and nothing else)...but over sized jerseys do not look good. I love chicks who wear a fitted basketball, football, or baseball jersey; I don't even notice what color it is.

You misunderstood. The women was all for more fitted team gear for women -- the problem is that the women's stuff comes in pink, not the team colors.

[sportspage Dan]

Thank you for picking up theSPORTSpage Weekly. We are the only Sports weekly in Dallas since 2002. You can find it at over 1000 metroplex locations and subscriptions are available. We are proud supporters of SMU athletics.

[DiamondM]

There also happened to be a very good editorial by a woman complaining of the proliferation of pink and sparkly team gear for women.

I think it's hot. There are certain masculine things women can pull of and look incredibly hot, i.e men's dress shirt (and nothing else)...but over sized jerseys do not look good. I love chicks who wear a fitted basketball, football, or baseball jersey; I don't even notice what color it is.

You misunderstood. The woman was all for more fitted team gear for women -- the problem is that the women's stuff comes in pink, not the team colors.

[Hoofprint]

Thank you for picking up theSPORTSpage Weekly. We are the only Sports weekly in Dallas since 2002. You can find it at over 1000 metroplex locations and subscriptions are available. We are proud supporters of SMU athletics.

Really? Interesting, and I hope it's true. However, after reading the publication many times, I find that hard to believe. To wit:

-- Every year, there is a story asking (or declaring) that Texas Tech is about to break through, join the big boys, challenge for world (or Big 12) supremacy, etc. I'm guessing that the editor (Scott somebody) is a Tech grad, or at least a fan. Maybe he's related to The Leach or Bobby Knight.
-- Weekly Big 12 write-ups, but nada on Conference USA, even though C-USA includes the only college in Dallas .... which, presumably, is not lost on the good folks at SportsPageDallas (as it says on the cover of the publication). It's like the DMN in tabloid format, but at least the DMN supports the university somehow (trading advertising space in exchange for its name on the scoreboard at Ford Stadium).
-- Full-page, word-for-word regurgitation of "interviews" by those renowned sports "journalists" at the Ticket! Woohoo!
-- In the weekly football predictions, SMU was never included, at least in any of the issues I saw. Never. Not once. (Admittedly, I didn't see it in the week before SMU/North Texas, so maybe it was in there then, since there were two Metroplex teams playing. But it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't listed then, either.)
-- Love the writers in the paper, and how they're identified: you've got some guy named Ben, who touts his own (music? pyramid marketing? adult?) website like that's the only way he can keep the heat on and refers to athletes as if they're his fraternity brothers and drinking buddies, while offering a level of sports insight that could be gleaned by asking questions of a cocker spaniel. He also is identified as "a grown-ass man," which might well have some humor behind it, but shouldn't a writer with a funny name/nickname also write something either useful or funny? You've got "Skin" -- who actually goes by that name, making any other information unnecessary. However, to be fair, the man knows his basketball, so he can't be mocked for having a goofy name.
-- There are restaurant reviews (unless Kobayashi is involved, eating is not a sport -- and even then, it's hard to call it a sport) .... and lo and behold, every restaurant that gets reviewed (always very positive) also has an adverti$ement in the paper -- how shocking that the reviews are all "great." Every place reviewed is a "great burger, great beer, great atmosphere, etc." What's the chance that we'll ever see "it's OK, but not worth the trip...."? Never.
-- If it's free, why would anyone subscribe? Go get a haircut -- you'll find it there.

[MustangStealth]

... while offering a level of sports insight that could be gleaned by asking questions of a [deleted] spaniel.

Wait a minute, he must be a regular on ponyfans.

[Corso]

Hoofprint is right - that rag is garbage.