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   I'll be honest, 2013 sucked was challenging. No, let's go ahead with challenging sucked.
   Our sports teams - the Stars, Mavs, Rangers and Cowboys - all missed the playoffs, leaving DFW without a post-season game for the first time since way back in 1989. A lot of you have never known a calendar year void of at least one playoff game featuring a home team. Welcome to mediocrity!
   The Rangers lost a play-in game after a 91-72 regular season. The other three combined? 71-71-4. (Cowboys 8-8, Mavs 41-41, Stars 22-22-4).
   Yeah, ouch.
   On a personal note, I'm not the least bit unhappy to bid adieu to a year in which Sybil and I lost our radio jobs and all the financial accessories on that fateful day back in April. We've risen from the ashes, her on 103.7 KVIL and me on NBC 5 and in this here little blog.
   I guarantee 2014 will get off to a much better start. This month I'll get married in Bora Bora and attend tennis' Australian Open Down Under. From there, who knows?
   My 2014 resolution: To stop making that old-man uhhhhahhhhh noise when I perform simple tasks like getting into the car, putting on my shoes or snuggling under a blanket. I know, aim high right?!
   As we take one last look back at the Crappy Old Year that was, I've jotted down my memories of sports and life and whatnot. Here's hoping 2014 is happy for you and yours, and that 2013 is less painful in our rear-view mirror ...

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   *The Cowboys promised a "Secret Sauce." Nope, Same Ol' Sauce.

   *The explosion that rocked West, Texas.

   *Lance Armstrong finally admitted to be a drug-using cheater.

   *One radio icon (Randy Galloway) retires. One radio show (Bob and Dan) almost retires from The Ticket.

   *Manti Teo's fake girlfriend.

   *Kobe Bryant's injury-riddled decline.

   *New York $tock Exchange: Best year since 1997.

   *The Top 10 Hottest Women on DFW TV.

   *A-Fraud, the final chapter.

   *Yu Darvish's perfect game 1-hit shutout in Houston.

   *Big Papi and Boston Strong, in the wake of the Marathon bombing.

   *Andy Murray finally wins Wimbledon for England. Or Scotland. Or Great Britain. Or the British Isles. Or the United Kingdom. Or whatever.

   *Chris Kyle, killed by a surprise gunman.

   *Ray Allen's dramatic corner 3-pointer to save the Heat in Game 6, and bring fans scrambling back from the parking lot.

   *Eagles-Lions in the snow.

   *Chris Kyle, killed by a surprise gunman.

   *Cowboys' excruciating home losses by 3 to Broncos, 1 to Packers and 2 to Eagles.

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   *RAGE = Dead 'n Gone.

   *Dallas Marathon, canceled.

   *Kevin Ware's broken leg at the Final Four.

   *Harlem Shake videos.

   *Texas Giant death at Six Flags.

   *The ironic opening of the Bush Library.

   *Best movie: This Is The End.

   *Nik Wallenda tight-roping the Grand Canyon.

   *Hey look, Mrs. Tony Romo is pregnant again.

   *Worst song: Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.Anything by Daft Punk.

   *Those Mavs' hideous and sad .500 beards.

   *The epic 57-stroke Nadal-Djokovich rally at the U.S. Open.

   *Pizza Buzz.

   *Mariano Rivera's farewell.

   *The day the Super Bowl went dark.

   *Auburn's fantastic finishes.

   *Johnny Manziel's autograph.

   *Peyton Manning's dominance.

   *NHL lockout. Have they resumed playing yet?

   *Keep Calm and Chive On.

   *Jason Kidd's accidentally-on-purpose spilling a drink on the court.

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   *Kidd Kraddick's shocking, sad departure.

   *Kate Upton's teeny bikini and huge ... smile.

   *Jay Ratliff: DWI, Detriment and Departure.

   *Dez Bryant's premature evacuation vs. Packers.

   *George Zimmerman's anger. And "innocence."

   *Me to Fox 4's Mike Doocy: "Thanks, douche."

   *Paul Walker's Fast & Furious death.

   *Jon Daniels > Nolan Ryan.

   *The disaster known as the Obamacare website.

   *Paula Deen's inappropriateness and Amanda Bynes' insanity.

   *Devastation in Oklahoma via tornado. Again.

   *Get off the field, Mike Tomlin.

   *Kim + Kanye = North West.

   *What exactly does the Fox say?

   *Rob Ford, the craziest mayor in the history of Toronto ever.

   *Cowboys Stadium, meet AT&T Stadium.

   *Richie Whitt Incognito.

   *The de-fanging of UFC's Anderson Silva.

   *Twerking, courtesy of Miley Cyrus.

   *LeBron. Again.

   *Floyd Mayweather. Still.

   *Jadaveon Clowney's New Year's hit.

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   *Mack Brown, the greatest underachiever in the history of coaching.

   *San Francisco's Bat Kid. Cue the goose bumps.

   *Dwight Howard to the Mavs Rockets.

   *Dirk Nowitzki: Guess what day it is?!

   *Jason Dufner won a major and Tiger Woods didn't. Let that sink in.

   *More mass shootings with guns, most notably at the D.C. Naval Yard.

   *Baseball had a walk-off no-hitter and a strike-'em-out-throw-'em-out no-hitter. Impossible.

   *Family Guy's Brian Griffin, risen from the dead.

   *Florida Gulf Coast owned March Madness.

   *Aaron Hernandez. Murder. Oh, and Oscar Pistorious. Murder.

   *Brent Musburger slobbering all over A.J. McCarron's bird.

   *R.I.P., one of the 10 greatest humans to ever walk this planet - Nelson Mandela.

   *R.I.P., one of the 10 greatest shows ever on TV - Breaking Bad.

   *Farewell, Fiona Gorostiza.

   *Cleon's Icemageddon.

   *Rocky Mountain High, in Colorado.

   *So long Pat Summerall, Jerry Buss, Deacon Jones, Art Donovan, Bill Sharman ... and 2013.

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