In a parallel universe, this photo is of me with some groupie chick. Big news from my wife over Labor Day: This guy has supplanted this guy atop her “list.” Alas, my rankings are unchanged. Anna Kournikova, feeble tennis resume be damned, remains the undisputed defending champion. Which is great…
I’ve been obsessed with my body image since I was 5 years old and heard my mom talk about how she needed to go on a diet. Now, 20 years later, I’m still dieting — so’s Mom — and to say that my daily caloric intake controls my life would…
Are you single? Do you like to mingle? If so, and you live in Dallas, well done — because according to the always-listy Forbes, you’re in the third-best city in the U.S. for singles. And just how’d the magazine arrive at such a result? By factoring in “Cost of Living…
Apparently, it’s Video Friday — easier than reading, at least. But for the first time, Pepsi’s partnered with the National Football League to sell … soft drinks, I think, but also MP3s, maybe? And the star of the new ad is the quarterback of Your Dallas Cowboys, who’s now tall…
I spotted the adult-language video below on YouTube yesterday, but it came with very little explanation; among other things, it wasn’t clear when this run-in down in Deep Ellum occurred. Which is why I e-mailed Jesse Morrell, the man behind Connecticut-based Open Air Outreach, with a few questions. Last night,…
While our recap of Tuesday’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meeting didn’t yield answers to delay-related questions associated with the Dallas Floodway Extension, it did turn out to be a fun meeting — if only to hear council member Carolyn Davis ask for an explanation of what the acronym “TRCP”…
You remember Matt Pulle, right? Sure you do. Used to work here. Used to write plenty of pieces about Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez — like, oh, how she didn’t pass her law-enforcement exam, for starters, and wasn’t very good at sending e-mails. Then he left for Nashville for a…
Not to get too politicky on you today, but a couple people have breathlessly asked me, “Didja see Palin’s speech?!” In a word, notevenonesecond. But I did watch Venus vs. Serena and Rafael Nadal outlast Mardy Fish at the U.S. Open. Why? Because I’m more than a tad skeptical that…
View Larger Map Anyone who’s spent a split second on Lower Greenville has dropped plenty of coin at the 7-Eleven perched right next to the Whole Foods. Well, about 10 hours ago, it was the site of a hold-up during which at least two gunmen “pointed their weapons at the…
For years, folks have whispered that perhaps one day, the city might consider selling the naming rights to the 76-year-old Cotton Bowl in Fair Park. After all, maintaining The House That Doak Built is an expensive proposition with, some would insist, dwindling rewards hardly worth the $50 million worth of…
So many directions I could’ve gone with this photo. But, lookie here, I took the high road. For once. I know Cowboys’ born-again cornerback/returner Pacman Jones has – at least temporarily – sworn off topless clubs. But the news from Las Vegas may make him re-think his vow of relative…
Tom Hicks is still loathed in Liverpool — sounds like it ought to be the name of autobiography at this point. Last week, Hicks announced that the team’s new stadium wasn’t going to be built after all — looks like he and partner George Gillett kinda ran out of money,…
I snapped this pic at my friendly Tom Thumb last night. It is 57 days until Halloween. The Cowboys, who don’t get started for another three days, will have played half their season by then. Look, I embrace vampires and witches and the dark side in general. But seriously, trick-or-treating…
Daniel Rodrigue The media’s been invited down to City Hall today — once more, to take pictures of Mayor Tom Leppert, like, doing something. Few weeks back he got a back-to-school haircut; today, ’round 3 p.m., he’ll be making back-to-school phone calls. That’s because, as we’ve mentioned before, some 30,000…
How the SSC never became the world’s largest skate park remains a mystery to science. It’s been forever since the words “Superconducting Super Collider” were heard around these parts. Fifteen years ago Congress axed the project due to escalating costs — what was supposed to run about $4 billion wound…
Kay Bailey Hutchison For those who missed it yesterday, Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy joined MSNBC’s Chuck Todd for a little Sarah Palin bashing they thought was off-mike. During their chat, Noonan, Ronald Reagan’s former speechwriter and a Wall Street Journal columnist, called John McCain’s decision to run with Sarah…
In the final analysis, no, actually, it wasn’t that great. Interesting, but not great. HBO’s Hard Knocks is over. Which means the season is beginning. After a five-week series that showed that – surprise! – two of the Cowboys’ leaders are Terrell Owens and Tank Johnson, we no longer have…
When Jack Jett sits in front of the microphone on September 6 and hits the airwaves for the first time, he’ll be trying to succeed in a market that might not be prepared for what he brings to the table. Jett has never done radio before and is trying his…
Father murdered. Mother imprisoned. Drugs. Fights. Guns. Lies. Suspensions. Handcuffs. Electronic monitoring devices. Irrepressible urges. Intuitive receivers. Irrational media. The works. Adam “Pacman” Jones has been in his share of pickles during his exigent 24 years. But this predicament in Oxnard, California, is one he welcomes. One he can handle…
In the cards: Only a fool would predict the outcome of a hotly contested election more than two months out. So, all righty then, here goes: The election for Dallas County sheriff will go 52-48. You read it here first. What, you say you want to know who will win?…
“César Chávez, Texas,” by Jim Schutze, August 28 A Blatant Diss As a Texan, I must stand up for the principle that César Chávez is worthy of Dallas, and that renaming Ross Avenue is the one and only choice to commemorate such an important leader. It is a disgrace to…
And it’ll only cost you $100, or thereabouts … With the Cowboys set to kick off the regular season in Cleveland Sunday, there really is no better time to get in the mood — even better if your flavor of football soundtrack skews toward the triumphant exultations of the marching…
