I’ve seen Mavericks’ forward Popeye Jones inadvertently tip a jump ball into his own basket, giving the Cleveland Cavaliers two points. I’ve seen Cowboys’ defensive lineman Leon Lett inexplicably attempt to recover a blocked field goal on an icy Thanksgiving field at Texas Stadium, handing the Miami Dolphins a victory…
Odd confluence of sports and celebrities today.Like, for instance, this item outta the U.K.: Liverpool native and soccer-movie screenwriter Mike Jefferies has decided to take on Tom Hicks, who, as you’re no doubt aware, is still trying to keep hold of Liverpool FC. As Deadspin notes, Jefferies says he’s rounding…
Click to embiggen the chart that explains the reasons Dallasites hop on a bicycle.Above, that’s another page outta the Dallas Bike Plan online survey to which I referred earlier this week. This one answers the question: “What was the purpose of your last bicycle trip?” And while I’d like to…
Tim Gunn was up in Frisco last night, selling clothes (for Liz Claiborne and JCPenney) and books (Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work), at Stonebriar Centre Mall. From the sounds of our own Danny Fulgencio’s account, the best part of Project Runway made it work and…
lated by the Rangers’ AL West crown. But I’m not thrilled by the T-shirt. Gray? Coulda swore the Rangers’ colors were red and blue and … Gray? Or is it charcoal? And speaking of celebratory accessories …..
I hopped on the city’s website this morning in search of something entirely unrelated when I noticed this: At the top of the page is a reminder that beginning tomorrow (geez, October already?) you’ll need a permit to hold a garage sale in the city of Dallas. Cost: $15. Reason:…
What the friggin’ what?! Last time I saw Jimmy Johnson on Survivor he was ordering her to fetch water and him to cut down trees and those guys to catch some fish and the rest to build a bridge from Nicaragua to Key West so he could home and drink some cold…
Courtesy Downwinders at RiskA couple weeks back we ran that Downwinders at Risk ad taking the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Governor Rick Perry to task for “conspiring” to keep out of sight TXI’s request to burn plastic trash and so-called “auto fluff” (such as “all the non-steel parts…
Dallas Independent School DistrictRound about this time yesterday, Michael Hinojosa thought he just might be leaving for Las Vegas.No doubt you’ve heard: Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s staying. Not because he wanted to; not necessarily. The entirety of the Clark County School District’s board, save for one trustee,…
At the State Fair of Texas this year they’re selling—I kid you not—deep-fried beer and margaritas. Inside the Cotton Bowl on Saturday they’re giving away—in all likelihood—not a stuffed Snooki game prize but rather a spot in the BCS National Championship Game. There’s nothing quite like Fair Park in October,…
There was a crisp, cool nip in the air Monday night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. We’ve experienced this before with the Texas Rangers. When the shadows grow long and the days dwindle short, baseball annually, promptly gives way to talk of the Dallas Cowboys, Texas-OU, the Dallas Mavericks, Fletcher’s…
A Buzz prayer: We thank Thee, Yahweh/Allah/Brahma/Insert Name Here, for the Texas State Board of Education and its continuing efforts to make Texans appear like the biggest group of yahoos in the nation, outside of Oklahoma. We ask that You sustain them in their task of making our opinionating easier…
It’s 2 a.m. on Lowest Greenville Avenue. As if on cue, the regular cast of clubgoers, bar hoppers and gang bangers spill out of the bars and onto the narrow sidewalks. The crowd gathers quickly, walking, stumbling, growing louder as the smell of hard liquor and stale beer scents the…
Courtesy FOX BroadcastingKyle Killen and Eloise Mumford on the set of the pilot episode of Lone Star (back when it was known as Midland)Kyle Killen began yesterday in Covington, about 90 minutes southwest of Dallas. He was on the set of Lone Star, of course, his FOX series about the…
The question shouldn’t be “Are these dresses too sexy for homecoming?” but “Why are we so interested in asking that question?”I find the hand-wringing over the homecoming dance dresses worn by high school girls in Mesquite to be extremely creepy. Talking about tight dresses and short skirts on teenage girls…
Of course, you probably already have this, you giant lush, you. But if not … here.Here’s one for the multitudes who will be struggling not to nap the afternoon away after a three-martini lunch: According to research conducted by UT-Southwestern Medical Center, boozing is on the rise. What appears to…
Citing the Beatles song “The Long and Winding Road,” Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig told reporters this afternoon that he was “very restless” as the sale of the Texas Rangers was stalled by bankruptcy and a courtroom auction. “Nobody thought it would be that long, and nobody thought it…
Let’s be honest: Even if you embiggen this you won’t be able to read the proposed downtown bike plan. It’s ginormous.Whilst, below, some of you debate who’s more dangerous — drivers or cyclists or bears, oh my — this just in from Dallas City Hall: The maps showing the proposed…
Late last week the folks, season-ticket holders at Gerald J. Ford Stadium, had an offer: two ducats to SMU-TCU, which, sadly, I had to decline. Still, I watched and cheered and drank and cheered — Dad’s a grad, after all. Besides, I knew a certain Friend of Unfair Park was…
Courtesy Todd Overman/Dallas Independent School DistrictJade Esquivel, a North Dallas High School teacher and 7-year DISD vet, with Laura Bush following her announcement this morningBy now, perhaps, you’ve heard: Laura Bush was at North Dallas High School this morning to debut the George W. Bush Institute’s first significant initiative, aimed…
Robert Benton, born in Oak Cliff and raised in University Park and, later, Waxahachie, began working with collaborator and friend David Newman on a screenplay about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1964. They wanted François Truffaut to direct their movie; they had, after all, written it for him. But,…
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…
