Fact Check of the Week

The duo behind the bestselling weight-loss how-to Skinny Bitch are back with a follow-up: Skinny Bastard, due to hit stores Monday. And it features among its famous faces several vegan athletes, including them a certain hobbled Dallas Maverick who’s been sidelined during the playoffs. Alas, The New York Times has…

How Did Joe Barton Get to Washington?

Smokey Joe Barton’s Wednesday afternoon tweet from a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing has been making the rounds, as the Arlington congressman does seem awful proud of hisself for stickin’ it to Secretary of Energy Steve Chu — the same dude who won the Nobel Prize in Physics…

Mr. Holland’s Opus

Gotta make this snappy because this morning I’m headed to Jonestown Coliseum. Seems Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is holding a press conference to talk about this weekend’s NFL Draft and – surprise! – a new radio partnership. Watched a wonderful, weird Rangers’ game last night. Weird, because of the ending: With two…

So, What You’re Saying Is, This Is Your Dallas

Had a few civil, private, agree-to-disagree exchanges with some R.I.P. Dallas members yesterday, prompted by this item and most definitely this one. So, without further comment, here’s the pro-hotel group’s first online spot, which I found this morning and which is a far sunnier offering than those signs. (Though the…

In Dirk We Trust?

Simple: Do you trust Dirk Nowitzki? In the final seconds? In tonight’s Game 3? In the series against the San Antonio Spurs? To get him more room – more open looks – the Dallas Mavericks must push the pace at Amercian Airlines Center. One of the toughest things in the NBA…

Mavs Have an Old Demon to Exorcise

See, here’s the problem: The Dallas Mavericks aren’t just playing the San Antonio Spurs; they’re also fighting the devil. Their internal devil. Who is he, you ask? It’s the little demented, destructive voice inside them. Inside us all. The one that urges you to hit the snooze button. The one…

Dallas has trouble locating planet Earth

Atlas shrugged: On Monday, 14th Civil District Judge Eric Moye put the planet Earth back where it belongs, much to the relief of people clinging to its surface in one East Dallas neighborhood. In the infamous “dirt skirts” case, a zoning dispute over building heights, Moye ruled that city of…

The Top 10 People I’d Like To See Disappear From My Sports TV

True story: Back in 2004 I was preparing to go to the Summer Olympics in Greece as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In preparation for what was potentially a hostile, dangerous, terroristy, post-9/11 environment, all Knight-Ridder newspaper chain employees headed overseas were required to undergo special security training. CPR…