Writes Mike Lupica in this morning’s New York Daily News: “So now, after all the winning during the regular season that Joe Girardi talked about in a testy postgame interview session, after starting the postseason with four straight wins and maybe thinking the Rangers were going to be the kind…
10. How dominant was Cliff Lee tonight? I sat in the right-field seats of Yankee Stadium in the middle innings and I swear fans were wildly cheering foul balls managed by Nick Swisher. Any contact was cause for applause. 9. And why did I venture out of the comfy, cozy…
Mark Cuban has taken the $5 million he intended to invest in Turtle and tequila and put his dough-re-mi elsewhere: in something called BlueCava, which tracks every single device you’ve got hooked up to the Internet, which doesn’t sound too Minority Report at all. From the how-it-works: “No two devices…
Courtesy Dallas StarsTo recap: Tom Hicks no longer owns Liverpool FC (though there’s another $1.6-billion-in-damages lawsuit a-comin’, guaranteed). Tom Hicks no longer owns the Texas Rangers (and Cliff Lee or no, still very sports nervous about tonight). But Tom Hicks, who paid around $84 mil for Norm Green’s hockey team…
Just under a month ago, we mentioned Denton lawyer Evan Stone’s crusade against illegal porn downloaders, filing hundreds upon hundreds of “John Doe” suits right here in Northern District Court on behalf of adult film producers, against folks identified only by their IP addresses. So long as the judge was…
Last week, Jim and Sam wrote all about how City Hall’s done fed up to here with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and their demands that Dallas repair the hell out the Trinity River levees before they get re-certified. As you’re no doubt well aware by now, much of…
10. Got my bag checked and my toothpaste confiscated at D/FW Airport. Do I look that guilty? 9. I’ll never get tired of flying into New York. That skyline is one of the best views on Earth. 8. Nothing more unnerving than the cab ride from LaGuardia Aiport into the city…
Speaking of the need for Complete Streets …On Sunday morning, Angela Hunt wrote on her website:Last week, I met with city staff and Friends of the Katy Trail board members to discuss ways to make the trail safer in response to Lauren Huddleston’s tragic death. We will have a plan…
Now, apparently, it’s time for our semi-regular Good Guys update. I haven’t yet watched Friday night’s episode (I was here, Section 314, the only guy in a tie), but the wife watched — big Gary Cole and Elbow Room fan. She was among the few: The numbers are in, and…
Jason Roberts/Go Oak CliffA look at Davis during the second round of Better Block-building in Oak CliffSpeaking of the city’s Strategic Plan Update …It’s been exactly one year since City Hall hopped aboard the Complete Streets Initiative, first rolled out at the initial Ride to City Hall and then formally…
Hey look, now that the Texas Rangers did not in fact pull a 2006 NBA Finals el foldo, your Dallas Mavericks are baseball fans. Very cool. Here’s betting $1 that the Cowboys don’t find time to produce similar well-wishes…
Tomorrow morning the city council schleps all the way to the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre for its latest retreat, at which point they’ll pore over the results of the latest Strategic Plan Update. In short, it’s a look back at what the council wanted to get done in the…
A Friend of Unfair Park forwarded along this Center for Public Integrity round-up of Republicans and conservative Democrats who railed against the the $787-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act … then asked for stimulus dough anyhow. For our purposes, the piece begins with none other than Rep. Pete Sessions, who,…
There’s a stack of City Hall docs to review, but, instead, let’s begin the work week with two sports videos. The first speaks for itself. But, really, who didn’t watch the end of yesterday’s game and think: Benny Hill. Bonus video: And on the other side, Your Dallas Mavericks throw…
10. Bad as this looks – and 1-4 is bad – the season isn’t over. I know history says they have a 95 percent chance of missing the playoffs, but no one in the NFC is worth a damn. A 10-win season and, yes, a division championship is still possible. And much…
Look at it this way, if Cliff Lee beats the Yankees here tonight in Game 3 of the ALCS they’ll have to beat the Texas Rangers in three consecutive games or else face him again in Game 7 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Saturday. Advantage: Rangers? Of course to…
Photos by Danny FulgencioAt Kimball Friday afternoon, a pep rally with Common, at right, turned into a improved dance, dance revolution.On Friday, our own Danny Fulgencio was at Justin Kimball High School for what he reports was: Best. Pep. Rally. Ever. The reason: The Knights received a surprise visit from…
10. I’ve never seen a scarier, more intense 5-run baseball game in my life. With closer Neftali Feliz flying 98-mph fastballs all over the joint in the 9th, the tension felt as though it were 3-2 instead of 7-2. 9. I know Elvis Andrus gets credit for manufacturing a 1-0 lead…
Black-Sabbath.comCompared to some of our more recent offerings, the sound quality on this hard-to-find, recently unearthed recording leaves something to be desired — perhaps someone can use their 21st-century tech to scrub some of the mud off this back-pocket recording passed down like a well-worn family heirloom sold at one…
For seven innings, the guy wearing the Alex Rodriguez Texas Rangers jersey in Section 314 taunted the young man in the Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees jersey sitting but one row back. A lot of: “Yankees suck! Yankees suck!” And: “You’re on steroids! You’re on steroids!” Then came the eighth,…
The Dallas Convention Center was easily the safest place in town this week, as the 56th annual ASIS International seminar had the run of the place, with a showroom full of the latest toys you’d need to spy on the bad guys, liberate the good guys and zap anyone else…
10. Stupid mistakes at crucial times after dominating most of the game? Was I watching the Texas Rangers tonight or the Dallas Cowboys? 9. Great to see Josh Hamilton finally join the playoffs with a first-inning homer for an early 3-0 lead. Also great to see Big Tex lending his…
