You may feel this slight sting, Dallas. That’s pride fuckin’ with you. Because there are two stories outta Dallas going national this week: the one with which we’re all wearyingly familiar by now, but also the tale of the Dallas undercover officer who discovered $400,000 worth of cocaine in the…
Big Boss Mark Donald and I were just marveling at the summer ish of The Barnett Shale: The Official Magazine of Thriving on the Shale, which has paper stock thicker than most apartment walls, when we got this press release announcing that longtime legendary local newsman Tracy Rowlett is likewise…
The Dallas Police Department, yet again, needs your help in catching a couple of bad guys — in this instance, two men who yanked the TVs out of the Pet Ritz on Lemmon Avenue. Also looks a little like a scene from a competition show that might air on The…
The Hard Line. Same as is it ever was? Thanks again for everyone’s patience, and feedback. I appreciate it. If you have any lingering questions about the story or want me to expound on something from the piece – How many times did I try to interview Corby? How did…
Tony Romo seldom looks unhappy. Quite the company Tony Romo’s keeping these days — Michael Jordan, nice. The twosome were, no doubt, awesome yesterday during their practice round at the American Century Championship celeb golf tourney in Lake Tahoe; the celeb-am just got underway. And, really, quite the guest list…
I know we’re all immersed in Ticket talk, but after watching last night’s Josh Hamilton walk-off homer I had two thoughts: 1. Wow. 2. Are we starting to believe this team is special?– Richie Whitt…
Wuh-oh, look who made Rush Limbaugh’s show yesterday (scroll down to Story No. 7): A black hole is a star we can’t see because there’s so much mass, so much gravity, not even light can escape it. The only thing that’s been known to escape it is the U.S.S. Enterprise,…
My favorite comment on Deadspin this morning, concerning Josh Hamilton’s home run last night off Los Angeles Angels reliever Francisco Rodriguez, comes from Hustler of Culture: “No joking, hiting a walk-off homerun while fireworks go off and the theme to the ‘Natural’ is played must be a fucking amazing feeling.”…
“Pack a Trunk,” by Spencer Campbell, July 3 Ooo, Jenny, Jenny It’s impossible to understand why Dallas Zoo officials are choosing to send Jenny to a foreign zoo that affords her no protection under our federal animal protection laws instead of to an elephant sanctuary in the United States. Jenny’s…
Jerry Jones is our Pied Piper. The Dallas Cowboys’ owner has passionately hypnotized us into ditching Tom Landry, embracing Terrell Owens, believing Pacman Jones and, coming soon, leaving Texas Stadium. Not surprisingly—considering his unique combination of money and moxie—Jerry Jones has also marched straight to the top of the Dallas…
Robyn Byers never imagined she’d become a prostitute, but the risk factors were there. She was abused sexually, emotionally and physically as a child, and she grew up in a dysfunctional family. While dealing with a difficult divorce, she smoked marijuana to ease the pain and eventually moved on to…
What, Price justice?: Three decades ago, I was a baby lawyer smitten with the notion of becoming a public defender. It seemed the pure practice of law, unfettered by the ethical challenges of collecting a fee from clients who were doing their manipulative best to beat me out of one…
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Only one man … nay, one boy could inspire this sort of magically delicious madness. You know who I mean — dude with the mop of brown hair, a delightful British twang and that scorched scar. As we noted a few weeks back, Portus 2008 — the national wingding for…
Central Dallas Ministries’ Larry James It’s one thing to consider closing the zoo one day a week, but proposed cuts to the city’s budget could have an even greater impact on Dallas’ poor and elderly. According to Larry James, president and CEO for Central Dallas Ministries, the city plans to…
Take a number, pal. First of all – duh – I have zero control of when the story gets posted online. Generally, cover stories are posted at our home site on Wednesday afternoons. But I’m a lowly sportswriter, not an IT geek. Secondly, there are a couple more people in…
To the genius who created this Amazon wish list for Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, I salute you. (But you left off one essential item.) I also have my new band name: “Black Hole Education Society for John Wiley Price.” Here’s our set list.–Robert Wilonsky…
On August 5, The Real Estate Council is holding a general membership meet-and-greet during which some of its 1,600 members will bat around the subject “Why Big Companies Move to Dallas/Fort Worth.” Which is funny, because a couple of weeks after AT&T announced its move from San Antonio to downtown…
We wouldn’t mind seeing her around town, though. The Yankees and Madonna can have Alex Rodriguez. Evidenced by last night’s exhilarating 3-2 win over the Angels , the Rangers and their “24 kids” are doing just fine. You do remember A-Rod telling ESPN Magazine back in ’04 that he would’ve…
Ken Mayfield, who doesn’t have a calendar. Shame. Dallas County Commissioner Ken Mayfield called this morning — one guess why. As he was out of pocket yesterday, Mayfield didn’t get the chance to respond to commissioner John Wiley Price’s comments to Unfair Park in which he branded Mayfield a “racist…
Well, OK, he kinda mentions the Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation. It’s nothing too earth-shattering, mind you, but yesterday the presumptive Republican presidential nominee sat down for a chitchat with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s editors and reporters. And one of the questions posed to him had to do with…
A full book report is forthcoming; Schutze has been handed his homework — a copy of Harvey Graff’s The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City, being published this month by the University of Minnesota Press. Graff, currently a professor of English and history at Ohio State…
