Tim Cowlishaw, sports columnist for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, author of Drunk on Sports and panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn, answered questions about the Cowboys, Rangers, Mavericks and local college sports in a live chat Thursday morning. Here are some highlights:
How clear is this notion now: The AL West is Houston's to lose.
Cowlishaw: I thought that was true in March but I didn't know if Dallas Keuchel and McCullers would look as good as they do. So, yeah, they have a much better team than they had a year ago and better than it was two years ago when they beat the Yankees in the Wild Card and let the Royals off the ropes in the next round.