Sports humor columnist David Thomas' beat is the off-beat. A native Texan, David joined the Star-Telegram in 1996 and began writing his Fans' Insider columns in 2002 to inject (in a non-steroids sort of way) humorous perspective in the sometimes-too-serious sports world. Along with that, he plays the role of the Sports department's Mikey, because he will try anything to write a first-person story that takes fans behind the scenes with their favorite teams and athletes.
E-mail: dthomas@star-telegram.com
Top team stays put in BOBS
| |Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
BOBS rankings: Western Kentucky tightens grip on bottom, er, top spot.Read more
What Wade said ... could have said
| |Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
Another round of what the Cowboys coach woulda, coulda, shoulda said.Read more
There’s real credibility at stake for Dallas Cowboys today
| Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009
Introducing the Atlanta Falcons — the Cowboys’ new measuring stick.Read more
Pickin’ and Grinnin’: These picks are as right as rain
| |Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
After I drove my kids to school this morning, I opened up the newspaper to read a headline that said this morning’s commute would be drier. That was after employing the windshield wipers in my morning drive.
In the story, I read a forecaster’s quote that there would be only isolated areas where roads would remain wet. That was after driving past a road that was closed off because of high water. Read more
Dallas Cowboys benefit most from taking Sunday off
| |Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
Here is a Cowboys solution so obvious a consultant — or a columnist — could suggest it.Read more
BOBS is back!
| |Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
The Bottom of the Barrell Series returns, and Western Kentucky debuts in the bottom spot.Read more
Fans' Insider: Cowboys fans can take it easy today
| Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
For Wade Phillips, this has been a good bye week — and not a goodbye.Read more
Pickin’ and Grinnin’: Brees has the Saints manning up
| |Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
It won’t be a breeze, but Drew Brees and the Saints will beat the Giants.Read more
A field trip to dream land after the Dallas Cowboys’ OT victory
| |Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
Defeating the Chiefs in overtime has the Cowboys partying like it’s 1996.Read more
What Wade said ... What Wade could have said
| |Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
What Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips had to say after the Cowboys’ 26-20 overtime win against the Kansas City Chiefs, plus what he could have said.Read more
