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11/28/2008

Hot air: Mystery to the numbers
Columnist Barry Horn provides the perfect post-Thanksgiving meal: leftovers.

11/21/2008

Hot air: He's more than words
Ever wonder why in a market where every Cowboy seems to have some sort of radio hookup and the stars are fixtures on local and national TV, writes columnist Barry Horn, Marion Barber remains his own silent self?

11/18/2008

BCS title game will be the first on cable, not the last
The Bowl Championship Series will lose some viewership with its move from over-the-air TV to ESPN, but it will earn an extra $170 million over four years. Columnist Barry Horn says that kind of money is sure to entice more championship games and series to leave broadcast TV.

11/14/2008

Hot air: Nobody's darlings
There was a time John Madden anticipated that the Dallas Cowboys might be 9-0 going into Sunday night's game against Washington on NBC. That was after the Cowboys beat the Packers on NBC in a game that feels like it was played a million years ago but was actually in Week 3, writes columnist Barry Horn.

11/07/2008

Hot Air: West will miss out on Tech-OSU
Oklahoma State-Texas Tech is not quite a national broadcast tonight on ABC. The network is broadcasting two games in prime time. The other match-up is Cal at USC. It's a contractual thing with the Pac-10 and not a slight to OSU and Tech, ABC/ESPN reports.

10/31/2008

Hot air: Talkin' baseball
With its worst-ever 8.4 rating, Fox's World Series dropped below this year's NBA Finals, which averaged a 9.3 rating on ABC, writes columnist Barry Horn. Yes, the Lakers-Celtics was the NBA's best possible matchup, but the NBA isn't the national pastime. Or is it?

10/24/2008

Hot Air: World Series tanking
The Rays and Phillies are tanking, writes columnist Barry Horn. Through two games, the series is averaging an 8.7. The all-time lowest rated Series is the 10.1 posted in 2006 by the Cardinals-Tigers, which went five games.

10/17/2008

Hot Air: He's got his back
Cowboys radio analyst Babe Laufenberg will be pulling extra hard for Brad Johnson on Sunday, should the Cowboys backup quarterback replace Tony Romo in the starting lineup, writes columist Barry Horn.

10/10/2008

Hot air: Still going strong
Six seasons into his tenure with the Dallas Stars, Ralph Strangis was putting together his résumé and piecing together audition tapes so he might convince someone in the organization that he was a play-by-play announcer trapped in the wrong seat, writes columnist Barry Horn.

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