They came in striped ties and checkered ties, sport coats and shirtsleeves and the beard stubble of Washington operators on the road. The four white-collar grunts from the Environmental Protection Agency were greeted in Arlington last night by townsfolk who drove in from around the Barnett Shale to woo them…
Marvin Hamlisch has his EGOT. That’s Emmys (four of ’em), Grammys (four), Oscars (three) and a Tony. The composer of A Chorus Line and the film score for The Way We Were also has a Pulitzer Prize and three Golden Globes. So he’s got a PEGOT. (That that, Tracy Jordan.)…
We knew this day was coming. Doesn’t make it any easier to digest. Former Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco is now a Chicago Blackhawk. And, yep, Mike Modano will play again next season with the …..
First, there was The Economist wondering how Texas had kicked California’s economic ass. Then, Fortune examined how “Texas powered through the global fiscal crisis.” Now it’s The Atlantic’s turn at the plate with this piece that wonders how in the heck “Texas is experiencing something like an economic boom” while…
On June 22, the Dallas Stars released the 2010-’11 schedule. Among the highlights, per the release: “Oct. 14 vs. Detroit – The home opener vs. the hated Red Wings. It doesn’t get any better than this.” Well, yes. Yes, it does. Or worse, depending upon your perspective. Because when the…
It’s been some three months since the City Plan Commission took up the Bishop Davis Land Use & Zoning Study, only to decide, against city staff’s recommendation, to put the thing under advisement pending further public comment. Said commission chair Joe Alcantar, “We want to make sure that we hear…
Spent the last hour trying to summon the strength to write this, if only because at this late date the thought of spending one more second on Tom Hicks’s attempts to sell his sports teams is just exhausting, like a string of 100-plus-degree days. But here goes, if only because…
10. Dez Bryant, wearing a walking boot on his sprained right ankle, made several nice plays in Monday’s only workout. But he wasn’t on the receiving end, but rather the passing end. Bryant threw left-handed passes to receivers, who in a seemingly lazy drill attempted to make one-hand catches. 9…
After the city council on June 23 delayed voting on the Dallas Love Field Airport concession contracts for a second time, food and beverage concessionaire Gilbert Aranza utilized the council’s July recess to commission an analysis of the city staff’s recommendations. Dr. Richard A. Briesch, an associate marketing professor at…
Initially, this was to be a quick chitchat with the mayor about the proposed ban of K2 and other dope substitutes, which, as Andrea noted earlier today, is on its way to a sure slam-dunk by mid-month at the latest. But Tom Leppert hung around long enough to talk to…
Back in May, FOX higher-ups spoke glowingly of the locally shot The Good Guys, which wraps its “summer season” tonight; said the network’s entertainment president, pairing it with The Human Target starting Friday nights at 8 in late September means “we have a legitimate shot at taking the night with…
Don’t know what to tell you — certainly didn’t think we’d be into our third item about that Woodall Rodgers billboard. But Frank Librio, the city’s spokesman, has, as he promised last night, looked into how it got there; so too Morgan Lyons, Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s chief talker. So,…
Arrived safely in The Alamo City for some Dallas Cowboys training camp Sunday afternoon after a brisk 4:37:00 drive that included exactly zero stops. 10. There is no easy way to get onto I35 south from 75. On Woodall Rogers there is down-to-one-lane construction and falling walls. And I’ve been…
Both Dwaine Caraway and I hope you had a fantastic summer vacation, but it is now time to get down to business at today’s Public Safety Committee meeting. First up, Dallas Police Chief David Brown’s crime report, wherein he is happy to report that overall crime is down 6.1%, due…
Forthcoming at the beginning of 2011: The Dallas Morning News’s iPad app. Only, per the press release this morning, it’ll be a New York Times-made product via its new Press Engine offshoot, which is spitting out iPad and iPhone products for smaller publications without the resources to do it themselves…
For those unfamiliar with the story of Saad Nabeel, there’s quite the extensive Wikipedia page — but long story short, he’s the Bangladeshi-born 19-year-old who, till recently, had been in the States since he was 3, when his folks came here seeking political asylum — a request repeatedly denied. And…
Breaking news: To win a baseball game – even with your best pitcher on the mound – a team must score a run. Even two. Cliff Lee was good – not great – Sunday in a 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Angels. He pitched another complete game, something he’s done in all…
Not the going-to-Six-Flags kind of friend, mind you — the Dallas Cowboys QB doesn’t want to, like, hang out with you or anything. But for a few bucks he’ll, oh, I dunno, bake a virtual birthday cake and send your pal a happy-happy video via the Facebook. So note this…
In recent weeks we’ve taken sneak peeks at how pending budget cuts will more than likely gut the library system. But till Monday rolls ’round and Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm debuts her proposed FY2010-11 budget, we won’t know for sure how deep those wounds will run. Nevertheless, Friends of…
Was it, as Roy Williams denies, karma? Or was it, as Jerry Jones suggests, Wade Phillips’ fault? Either way, the ankle injury suffered here in San Antonio Friday afternoon by rookie receiver Dez Bryant has yanked the momentum of Dallas Cowboys’ training camp to a screeching halt. Super Bowl expectations remain entrenched,…
Some start-o-the-week news and notes while I roll a few fat blunts in preparation for this afternoon’s Public Safety Committee meeting …Remember when Tom Hicks said, why, sure, he expects to lose “a couple hundred million” on the sales of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, but he’ll pocket the…
‘Bout an hour ago I heard from City Hall about the black hole no wait 2001 monolith whoops Phantom Zone gateway pardon I mean Spinal Tap album cover dang itbillboard hovering but a few feet from the Woodall Rodgers ramp spilling into northbound Stemmons. Per Frank Librio, who says this…
