Turns out there is crying in sports. And in demolition. Late in the third period of last week’s game against the Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars forward Mike Modano stood mid-ice, looked around American Airlines Center and put his gloves to his face. Players from both sides stood and tapped their…
Steve Thompson’s been kind enough throughout the afternoon to offer Dallas City New Network video highlights from today’s council meeting — specifically, the part dealing with Mark Cuban’s proposed Wonderview development in Oak Cliff. Here’s what Mayor Tom Leppert had to say; Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway also has high…
At the very end of 2009, we discovered that the Crate & Barrel anchoring the Galleria North shopping strip on Alpha Road was heading further north up the Dallas North Tollway to The Shops of Willow Bend in January 2011, leaving a rather gaping hole in the development across the…
Earlier today, Chelsea Callahan at the Double-Wide put out the call via Facebook, inviting friends and fans to a public hearing at 6 tonight in the downtown Central Library auditorium. Callahan wrote that the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will be “voting to approve a location for a…
One of the first cover stories I wrote for the Dallas Observer was a profile of writer Terry Southern — same guy who wrote Dr. Strangelove, The Magic Christian, Easy Rider, Barbarella, Candy. Same guy who shows up amongst the immortals splashed upon the Sgt. Pepper’s album cover. Same guy…
While District Attorney Craig Watkins has rejected two offers by the Office of the Attorney General to assist in a criminal investigation of the constables, the OAG is conducting an ongoing civil investigation of Dowdy Ferry Auto Services, according to an open records request filed by Unfair Park. Dowdy Ferry…
As we’ll do Friday at noon, Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan Newy Scruggs and I visited with Dallas Cowboys’ vice president Stephen Jones. We asked him about Flozell Adams and Doug Free and Jared Gaither and Brandon Marshall and the fall of Texas Stadium and NFL overtime and, oh yeah,…
On Monday, Daniel went to the council’s Transportation and Environment Committee meeting where council members couldn’t agree on how to regulate neighborhood farmers markets — as in, how much it ought to cost, how many permits vendors would need and how many other roadblocks City Hall could throw up to…
Maybe you remember: Back in December, locally based Business Resources Corp. sued Dallas County in district court, claiming the commissioners awarded a seven-year, $17.3-million documents-preservation contract to Virginia-based GTSI without ever getting one other bid — a violation of state law. Which Maureen Dickey seemed to understand in July 2009,…
The Dallas Stars cleared out their lockers yesterday. They long ago vacated our minds. Once upon a time Stars games were Dallas’ see-and-be-scene. The hockey team won. The bold and beautiful watched. Even as recently as two springs ago we were staying up late and digging in hard for Dallas’…
Back in November 2008 Patrick Michels and I schlepped out to Southfork Ranch for that clusterfudge of a Dallas reunion, for which thousands of people flew in from all over the world only to have their hearts broken and wallets emptied. And, still, most didn’t mind at all — just…
The U.K. papers say that today’s the day Tom Hicks and Liverpool FC co-owner George Gillett will announce that, yes, they’ve asked hired Barclays Capital to find a buyer for their soccer team — that’s been the story ever since Sunday. And as we noted only yesterday, the Royal Bank…
A few follow-ups with which to begin the day:Sam went to Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle’s retirement wingding in the Cedars yesterday, where the commish announced he’d be consulting for and teaching at the W.W. Caruth Jr. Police Institute at the University of North Texas at Dallas. In its press…
Tony Romo’s a miracle. Bill Parcells ain’t worth a shit. Tim Tebow won’t be worth a damn. And, oh yeah, Jerry Jones likes to party. To me this hidden video of the Dallas Cowboys owner shooting the bull with some fans is no biggie, nothing new. Appearing on Entourage? Now…
Jacob Cigainero, public relations director at the Dallas Theater Center, sends this reminder today: If you’re dying to see the great Jeffrey DeMunn as Willy Loman in DTC’s Death of a Salesman Friday night when it opens at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, and you’re on what Ray Davies…
KXAS-Channel 5 has blown the lid off Mark Cuban’s proposed multi-use development near Kiest Boulevard and Southerland Avenue — or, as a better point of reference, the Cedarcrest Golf Course. Which is to say: City officials confirm to the NBC affiliate that the so-called Wonderview development is his; the Mavs…
On Friday, Variety published a piece about how TV networks and production companies are looking outside of Los Angeles when scouting for pilot-season locations. Which, sure, Dallas knows all about, what with Jerry Bruckheimer’s The Chase and Midland, with Jon Voight, having wrapped principle photography here in recent weeks. The…
Say what you will about Kenneth Copeland, but the Wise County televangelist isn’t one to over-share. Copeland, with wife Gloria, was one of six televangelists hand-picked by Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley back in November 2007, over concerns Kenneth Copeland Ministries was enjoying the privileges of its tax-exempt status a little too much. In…
Come February, your Dallas Cowboys may be the first team to play in a Super Bowl in its own stadium. Just by being a football fan with a computer and an opinion, you could join them. The ramp-up to Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington continues as the…
Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council’s Transportation and…
More than two dozen folks — several of whom broke meeting protocol by talking to council members and city staff — showed up yesterday afternoon to hear the Transportation and Environment Committee tackle … well, attempt to tackle how to regulate the neighborhood farmers markets that have popped up around…
Some news and notes while we wrap up some wrap-ups:On Sunday we noted that U.K. reports have Tom Hicks this close to becoming a sports-team owner without a sports team. Overseas papers insist that at any moment now, Hicks and Liverpool FC co-owner George Gillett will announce they’ve hired Barclays…
