Your Texas Rangers’ pitching staff and its major-league worst 5.26 ERA continued to prove last night that it rarely has the ability to keep opposing lineups in check, even when the opponent is the worst team in the American League. But the offense continued to do its part, helping Texas…
Jane McGarry Looks like KXAS-Channel 5 is making news this a.m. — at least in Chicago, where both the Sun-Times and Tribune make mention of the Dallas NBC affiliate’s new president and general manager, Tom Ehlmann. Why’s it a big deal up there? Because Ehlmann’s VP and GM at WGN-Channel…
Jenny Best get used to Jenny the elephant talk, as the fait accompli — sending the 22-year resident of the Dallas Zoo to a drive-through zoo in Mexico — is now anything but. Angela Hunt’s making her case for the Tennessee sanctuary in a News op-ed this a.m.: “This debate…
Better than Brad Johnson, spleen or no. In news that the Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported earlier this month and the St. Petersburg Times touched on again yesterday, the Cowboys are seriously considering a trade for former University of Texas and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Chris Simms. A source…
Who showed up and instantly started haunting my Super Bowl dreams? One guess. The news-making earthquake turned out to be little more than a casual Texas thunderstorm. After a brief “drop, duck and cover”, this is what I survived to see on Tuesday afternoon: *Cornerback Terence Newman’s strained groin will…
Ann Lott After the jump, the official announcement from the Dallas Housing Authority concerning the resignation of CEO Ann Lott. But first, the lead: “The Dallas Housing Authority (DHA) Board of Commissioners accepted the resignation of Ann Lott, president and CEO effective July 29, 2008 during a special called meeting…
Kenny Cooper — or, perhaps, Upright Citizens Brigade’s Ian Roberts? Hoops fans, rejoice. This afternoon FC Dallas announced that star forward Kenny Cooper isn’t going anywhere, at least not this season. Here’s what FC Dallas general manager Michael Hitchcock has to say on the subject: “We received offers from multiple…
Robert Decherd Seeking Alpha has posted the transcript of yesterday’s conference call during which A. H. Belo Corporation execs, including chairman Robert Decherd and Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney, chatted with three analysts concerning the company’s second-quarter earnings. But, of course, first and foremost on the minds of the…
The Monte Cristo — was it ever delicious? Really, in light of the Bennigan’s news this morning, all I can think about is this clip from Mike Judge’s immortal Office Space — some of which was partially shot ’round these parts. Oh, and if you really wanna make your own…
Henry Wade First thing that comes up when you search for “Dallas” in Google News for the past month is this freshly minted piece about former Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade. The headline blares: “After Dallas DA’s death, 19 convictions are undone.” Craig Watkins says of his predecessor: “There…
This is Elizabeth Reesman — who dresses up as “an underground-dwelling elf that lives in a completely matriarchal society,” duh — from Keven McAlester’s film The Dungeon Masters. Mazel tov to Dallas boy Keven McAlester, who, it was announced today, got his second documentary feature — The Dungeon Masters –…
Now, see, if that were a real Bennigan’s ad after the jump, maybe they’d still be open. Alas. Me, I’ll miss Steak & Ale far more than Bennigan’s. Haven’t been to either in decades, but Steak & Ale was the most affordable “fancy” first-date restaurant I could find back in…
Terence Newman has a groin injury. I have a really crappy camera. I’ve received lots of suggestions on what you guys wanna know about Cowboys’ camp – How’s Felix Jones look? Can Zach Thomas still play? What’s up with Jerry’s hat? – so the best way to attack this thing…
Sounds like Plano-based Metromedia Restaurant Group got tired of trying to fix Bennigan’s and went ahead and just shut ’em all down — in the middle of the night, no less. Also gone, though with far less fanfare this morning: MRG’s Steak & Ale. At least, when I just called…
So, about that Corvette that pulled in a little too close to the Lemmon Avenue La Madeleine on Friday. A couple of Friends pointed out in the comments that it was a Hertz rental special. No kidding: It’s so rare, matter of fact, that this morning, news of the crash…
Bust out the Excel for a peek at the May S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, out today; or just take away the takeaway, which is: Dallas’s home prices are down 3.1 percent since May 2007, which is nothing compared to the national average of a 17 percent plunge spread amongst 10 major…
United Airlines’ Red Carpet Club lounge is located in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Terminal B, near Gate 30. There, frequent fliers willing to shell out a few hundy for a gratis T-Mobile® Hotspot®, some snacks and coffee and a cash bar can kill time comfortably whilst awaiting their delayed…
Relax, both coaches could be talking to Tony Romo again next season. I’ll serve up a smorgasbord of training camp insights later this morning, but wanted to get to the news of the day first. Contrary to the asinine sentiments of some columnists, this isn’t guaranteed to be Wade Phillips’…
Sherman’s KTEN-Channel 10 considers Dallas a staycation hot spot, having run recent features on the Dallas Zoo and the Children’s Museum at the Museum of Nature & Science. Yesterday, the station, which also serves much of southern Oklahoma, turned its unblinking eye toward yet another getaway some 63.7 miles to…
Kudos to the headline writer at KLTV-Channel 7 in Tyler for figuring out how to get a joke out of that whole awful, don’t-wanna-even-think-about-it Mineola under-age sex-club story. –Robert Wilonsky…
Yeah, but can she make up for miles and miles of ugly? So I’m driving to visit my cousin in a Fort Worth hospital yesterday morning when all the sudden it hits me: Hang your head in shame, Tom Landry. Hang your head. Because, don’t look now – no, really,…
Russ Martin, courtesy the Southlake PD Just got a e-mail from an elated Russ Martin fan: “He’s back on the air.” Sure enough. Says David Henry, general manager at KLLI-FM (Live 105.3), of the decision to put Martin back in the air, following his July 18 arrest, “Russ came on…
