Patrick Higgins

2 months ago | fwweekly.com | Patrick Higgins

I am in a daze. You know how in movies when there’s a big explosion or violent car crash and suddenly the camera cuts to a tight shot of the protagonist and the image drags in slow motion, the sound dropping to an almost silence, except for a barely perceptible ringing sound layered over the muffled shouts of others onscreen as chaos continues to roil around our hero, but you understand they just aren’t mentally present or aware of what’s happening?

2 months ago | fwweekly.com | Patrick Higgins

For the better part of three decades, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been the most vilified figure in local sports. A little more than a week ago, the baseline ire routinely focused on Jones hit an all-time high after the front office’s nonsensical solution to the Cowboys’ maddeningly failed “all-in” 2024 season seemed to be one of the most lazy and uninspiring coaching hires in franchise history.

Jan 22, 2025 | fwweekly.com | Patrick Higgins

After one of the most maddening seasons in franchise history, frustrated fans, ravenous for their pound of flesh, are now happily feasting on it. With the pitchforks and torches having been brandished for more than a year, the mob has finally gotten its way. Last week, the Dallas Cowboys and head coach Mike McCarthy mutually parted ways. Big Mike is out in Big D.

Jan 8, 2025 | fwweekly.com | Patrick Higgins

Every town has its nicknames. Chicago is lovingly referred to as Chi-Town or the Windy City. NYC is, of course, the Big Apple. Similarly, Dallas (surely in no way overcompensating) is known as Big D. As a fast-growing city on the verge of cracking a million residents, Fort Worth certainly has its share. With its association to the historic Stockyards, it has long been called Cowtown.

Dec 4, 2024 | fwweekly.com | Patrick Higgins |Steve Steward |Juan R Govea

Let’s be honest. At this point, we’re all just trying to run out the clock. The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s tend to blur into a delirious wash of indistinguishable days with approximately four and a half hours of sunlight and 40-degree temperature swings.