This isn’t still about that JFK thing, is it? Perhaps then it’s eternal payback for the Dallas Cowboys’ Hail Mary, Brett Hull’s “no goal” for the Dallas Stars, the Texas Rangers’ exploitation of 18-year-old David Clyde or all those second chances afforded Roy Tarpley by the Dallas Mavericks? OK, then…
Sanpha Sesay was asleep when he got the phone call, late on the night of July 18. As a reporter during the worst of Sierra Leone’s civil war in the 1990s, Sesay had grown accustomed to tragic news at all hours—rebel advances into the capital city, massacred villages, mass amputations—but…
Maybe you heard: Keith Urban taped a mini-set — which included a hometown homage to St. Mark’s grad Steve Miller — in the West Village tonight, in advance of his halftime performance during Cowboys-Saints. Our Stephen Masker was there and had, from the looks of this very hunky slide show,…
Figured we might as well get the usual week-ending rock-and-roll-and ender out of the way sooner than later, though we will return Friday (if not sooner). Besides, I’ve got cooking prep work to do tonight (this, highly recommended) and could use the company. And this offering, from July ’78, also…
The Skype’d wedding of Mark Reed and Dante Walkup — held at the Dallas W hotel, officiated over Internet teleconferencing software in Washington, D.C. — went viral a few weeks after the gay couple was legally married in our nation’s capital in October. Gay rights activists the world over celebrated…
Most humans would probably be grateful if someone would come by a couple times a day and tidy up after them. Feral cats likely feel differently. They’re often brought to Dallas Animal Services scared and stressed out, and their sparse cages offer nowhere to hide from kennel workers who feed,…
Shame there’s no one at Dallas City Hall till Monday, because this just popped up on the year-ending December 8 council agenda: an ordinance that will “prohibit multiple registered sex offenders from residing in the same dwelling unit, with certain defenses.” Says the agenda, the council first discussed this item…
It was 16 years ago today that a red-headed backup quarterback from Princeton authored one of the most amazing holiday scripts in Dallas Cowboys’ history. Thanksgiving Day, 1994. With Troy Aikman and Rodney Peete out with injuries, Dallas’ third-stringer stepped in and promptly fell behind the Green Bay Packers, 17-3,…
Nothing like the holiday season to bring out the best in all of us, right? Notsomuch, says the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, which held a press conference today in front of the Kroger at Mockingbird and Greenville to advise citizens not to park in handicapped spots if they’re not, you…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback ratings. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings — if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here — the…
Four months back, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger directed our attention to a a study by UT-Austin Assistant Professor of Educational Policy and Planning Julian Vasquez Heilig that questioned whether Highland Park High School grad Wendy Kopp’s Teach for America was the success story it claims. Ranger also…
Two weeks ago, a crack team of You+Dallas filmmakers introduced us to Dallas Police officer Jason Groom, a former fireman now in his first year on the force. Groom’s got the downtown beat — lucky! In this, the second installment of “Deep Nights,” Groom deals with a stolen purse at…
At this point, it’s hard to recall precisely where we left off when last discussing the city’s attempts to regulate community gardens; after all, it’s only been a subject for discussion (and point of contention) since, like, June 2009? Last I remember, Kris Sweckard, managing director in the Office of…
Brad Kizzia, the attorney repping Robert Groden in his fight with the city to keep selling his JFK conspiracy materials in Dealey Plaza, missed a golden opportunity for some terrific PR by filing these docs with the court yesterday instead of Monday, November 22. Then again, there was a method…
For a sneak peek of what’s in store on November 30 and December 3, go here — to a video from New York City, wherein the Ralph Lauren store on Madison Avenue was transformed earlier this month into a ginormous movie screen. Which isn’t the half of it. “Inception in…
Seems like it was only Friday that Transport Workers Union Local 556 — which reps Southwest Airlines’s 9,400 flight attendants — was sending Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and TSA Administrator John J. Pistole that note letting the officials know they most certainly did not appreciate being scanned and/or…
Even before their meeting last Thursday afternoon, City Plan Commissioners had decided to hold off voting on XTO Energy’s second application for a gas drilling site in Dallas — leaving time for the city council to figure out what to do with XTO’s first application, maybe even delaying that call…
What you see above is all that remains of 4044 Commerce Street, where Commerce intersects with Ash Lane not far from Fair Park. Our pal Justin Terveen posted some photos of the demolished structure to his Facebook page and Flickr photostream. Justin, who lives nearby, noted that it met with…
And deservedly so. Good for him…
Remember two years ago, when there was all that ruckus over Dallas Independent School District trustees trying to extend their terms — from three years to four? But a single trustee said: No way, no how. (Right — it was Carla Ranger.) And remember how, in April 2009, Texas Attorney…
Former SMU player-turned-Cowboys’ stud Bryan McCann got me to thinking. Has an undrafted guy ever made such an immediate impact in Dallas? An interception return of 101 yards one week, followed by a 97-yard punt return the following week is impressive. But he’d better keep it up if he hopes to barge…
As you’re no doubt aware by now, Love Field’s starting to get its extreme makeover — otherwise known as the Love Field Modernization Program, for those now quite with the program. But, see, maybe you’re headed out for the holiday and have absolutely no idea what the what you’re in…
