R.I.P. Jack Brown

Who's awesome? This guy

Although this has little to do with sports, I needed to make mention of the passing of Jack Brown. A legend in the Dallas/Fort Worth media world, he was the host of "Jack Brown's Texas" and "Texas on a Tank," both fascinating travel/Texas culture segments that ran on NBC Channel 5 and CBS/FOX Channel 4 locally.

Basically, trotting around Texas and interviewing interesting people and seeing interesting things sounded like a hell of a job. The obituary does little justice.

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Another Baltimore Oriole -- Jay Gibbons -- is cited as dealing with steroids or HGH. Just another brick in the wall.

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Did you know the Texas Rangers have one of the worst seasons for a DH in 1988 in regards to on base percentage plus slugging? The culprits? Mostly Larry Parrish, but help from Pete Incaviglia, Geno Petralli, Mike Stanley, Kevin Reimer among others.

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A solid recap of the Cowboys-Giants game from Sports Sturm.

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It's not like Mike Heika can just sit around all summer. If anyone's going to report on the Dallas Stars' use of Brett Hull in the front office, it's him.