In a related story, Dallas Cowboys fans respectfully disagree. Well, don’t we? Brooking says he has something left in the tank, but we all saw him blocked out of the play – hell, out of the picture – on the Eagles’ clock-killing, game-winning drive last Sunday. I’ve seen – and…
[Update at 3:19 p.m. Thursday: After the jump is a lengthy statement from Ira E. Tobolowsky, the attorney who is representing the gallery in the case written about below.]While we’re perusing legal filings, here’s an intriguing case filed only yesterday down at the Earle Cabell. It starts back in March…
Let me just say this one last thing about Cliff Lee and then we’ll move on. Maybe. Sorta. OK, probably not. Check that, definitely uh-uh. Don’t tell me the Texas Rangers tried hard. Don’t tell me we should be proud of sitting at the big boys table. Don’t tell me…
Grocery stores all over town — certainly, those in dry-for-now North Dallas — are making space for beer and wine sales; what you see above is but a bit of the empty fridge awaiting product in the Preston Forest Tom Thumb. But, as you no doubt recall, on Friday attorney…
No? Shame. No matter: He or she will be named tomorrow! From the city, this just in:Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert will announce a new initiative to fight graffiti in Dallas at the Wednesday, December 15th City Council briefing. He, along with District 1 Councilmember Delia Jasso will discuss the new…
Yesterday, while looking for something entirely unrelated on Heritage Auction Galleries’ website, I came across this what-the-what: Dallas Cowboys 50th Anniversary Celebratory Helmet Created by 3-D Pop Artist Charles Fazzino Benefiting The Salvation Army. Twenty-four hours ago it was going for $800; now I see it’s up to $1,100. And…
We may not have Detective Dan Stark out there to protect us anymore, but this morning a handful of local agencies put their guns together to see how they’d handle responding to a major attack on the city.Dallas Fire-Rescue, Dallas Police (including SWAT teams and a bomb squad) and medical…
For the past several months, Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano have been touting the proposed ordinance that would turn a huge swath of Lower Greenville Avenue into a so-called Planned Development District. Among the requirements contained within the ordinance: Any venue hoping to stay open past midnight, including restaurants and…
Cowboys lose to Eagles? Check. Rangers lose Cliff Lee? Check. Mavericks lose to the medicore Milwaukee Bucks? No way in hell. Check?! I was hoping the Mavericks, who had their 12-game winning streak snapped in a head-scratching 103-99 loss, could push it to 15 entering Monday’s game against the Heat…
The Rangers had a chance to re-sign Cliff Lee, but his demand for more money and years than Texas was willing to offer resulted in his decision to return instead to the Philadelphia Phillies. In a conference call with reporters late this morning, Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and CEO…
It was but one week ago we revisited, after some time off, the legal brouhaha between the Museum of the American Railroad and the City of Dallas, which sued to remove the museum from Fair Park almost a year ago. For those not keeping score: The museum said in early…
A proud franchise that once upon a time won Super Bowls behind a Doomsday Defense is these days shackled to the most disappointing season in team history by a defense that is simply doomed. Back in training camp down in The Alamodome in San Antonio, head coach Wade Phillips trumpeted a promising…
That’s according to TheStreet and Bundle, per this Wired recap this morning. And, yeah, they know: You’ve heard it before, no matter where you live. Nevertheless, they insist, this is more than just another your-city’s-drive-sucks survey:In this particular study, TheStreet and Bundle set out to determine how much people spend…
Shortly after the news broke that Cliff Lee is a Phillie once more late last night, Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg posted to his Facebook page the following note:Tonight’s news is a letdown, but I’m proud of our effort. Congratulations to Cliff and a heartfelt thank you for the role…
View more news videos at: http://www.nbcdfw.com/video.Yesterday, the Richardson Police Department issued a press release detailing a Sunday-evening stick-em-up near Centennial Boulevard and Audelia Road: Around 6:15 p.m. Sunday, a woman pulled in to use the ATM, at which point she was greeted by a man with a gun who lifted…
The good news: Your Texas Rangers didn’t lose Cliff Lee to the New York Yankees. The bad/horrible/devastating news: Your Texas Rangers lost Cliff Lee. To the Philadelphia Phillies?! We heard persistent whispers all throughout the very exhaustive free-agency recruitment of Lee about a third “mystery team” but, honestly, didn’t pay…
After much procrastination, former Texas Rangers ace Cliff Lee has decided to return to the Philadelphia Phillies, according to MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan, with Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweeting that the deal is for five years and approximately $100 million and ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick tweeting that it’s more…
Friday night was the final Good Guys of the season … and maybe ever. Keep in mind, though, as FOX publicist Michael Roach cautioned a few weeks back, “No decision has been made about whether or not it will be picked up for a second season.” And it probably won’t…
Last week, Robert passed along the news that omnipresent North Oak Cliff lawyer and activist Scott Griggs would be stepping up to challenge Dave Neumann for his city council seat in District 3 — but Griggs waited till today, on the afternoon of his 36th birthday, to make it official…
Afternoon, Friends. Thanks for tuning into today’s liveblog of the Transportation and Environment Committee meeting up here in City Hall, during which we’ll hear about plans to market the Dallas Executive Airport and Dallas’s Complete Streets Initiative.Things kicked off late because the Quality of Life Committee meeting ran overtime –…
Avi Adelman, the Barking Dog, has been nipping at the heels of Lost Society on Lower Greenville since at least June, when bar co-owner Brightman “Brian” Nwatu was taken into custody and put on immigration hold for evading deportation for five years. Two days later, Adelman followed up with news…
Friends of Lisa Stone, the Dallas woman who went missing in early June, continue to hold vigils and pray publicly for answers in her disappearance, vowing over and over again not to let Stone’s memory die. On Friday night, tailed by a 48 Hours camera crew, Mesquite High School alums…
