In a column sure to make locals’ heads collectively ‘splode, former Dallas Morning News sports writer Gary Myers, who departed these climes in ’89, today has a piece in the Daily News bearing the aw-jeez headline, “The Big Apple vs. The Big D.” As in, “Dallas is a pizza and…
Awesome ultra-exclusive lawsuit alert, by which I mean, here’s the nuttiest handwritten single-page complaint filed in federal court you’re likely to read in the next 18 minutes. On Christmas Eve, the apparently infamous Jonathan Lee Riches© — well, that’s how he “spells” it — filed suit against Terrell Owens in…
Last time the Cowboys won a playoff game, Tony Romo was wearing one of these jerseys … in high school. The last time the Dallas Cowboys won a playoff game, you were paying $1.22 for gas, shouting “Show me the money!” at inappropriate times after watching Jerry Maguire and lamenting…
It’s official: Bravo ain’t got shit on Tyra Banks. At least, not after the first episode of Make Me A Supermodel. From the hosts (awkward Niki Taylor and Tyson Beckford) to the challenges to the in-house interactions, the show was as dull as the granny-panty photos in the Sears catalog…
Speaking of the University of Texas at Dallas, its Center for Brain Health gets a shout-out this morning in the subscription-only Chronicle of Higher Education: The center’s using virtual worlds — more or less a retrofitted Second Life platform — to treat patients suffering from different kinds of autistic disorders…
Last year, Kiplinger listed the University of Texas at Dallas as the 69th-best deal for in-staters among public colleges. This year, the school formerly known as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest moves way, way up to the No. 50 slot, after the personal-finance advisors factored in both academic…
For the final time, Mike Rhyner and Greg Williams — the twosome formerly known as The Hardline By now, no doubt, you’ve noticed that Greg Williams’ name and photos have been erased from KTCK-AM’s Web site; your beloved (or not) Hardline on The Ticket is now hosted by “Mike Rhyner…
No doubt Cowboys fans will recall the name Clayton Holmes; he was, after all, on those Dallas teams that won three Super Bowl rings in the 1990s — a defensive back and special-teams whiz, a third-round draft pick who played like a first-rounder. “As far as the guys I played…
Because he’s the 11-time National Sportswriter of the Year. Because he can make you laugh and cry within a column ostensibly about sports but really about comedy and heartache and life. But mostly, I miss Rick Reilly because his Sports Illustrated fill-ins suck ass. Take this week. In the midst…
Michael Vick’s home, which a local man would like to turn into an animal shelter A Friend of Unfair Park sends us this fascinating local tie-in to the Michael Vick saga: Frisco’s Michael Morford, who has extensive nonprofit experience, is heading up an organization that’s trying to buy the (former?)…
After getting no love from her fellow council members and 53 percent of voters in the November 6 Trinity River toll road election, council member Angela Hunt finally found someone willing to acknowledge her greatness. Now that she’s been awarded the prestigious Marshall Memorial Fellowship for 2008, she can warn…
GlobeSt.com reports in from yesterday’s North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors annual brokers forecast shindig at the Hotel Inter-Continental in Addison, where 540 brokers turned out to see if, indeed, 2008 is shaping up to be a year of both gloom and doom. Not so much? Hard to say. See?…
Shortly before Charles Chatman was freed from prison last week, after becoming the 15th Dallas County man exonerated by DNA evidence since 2001, State District Court Judge John Creuzot treated him to a T-bone steak — after teaching Chatman how to use the knife he’d been denied in prison. In…
The Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign Foundation — which bills itself as “the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization” — has released its list of the Best Places to Work 2008, and four local companies made the cut: American Airlines, GameStop, Brinker International and J.C. Penney…
Jack Baum, chairman and CEO of Food, Friends and Company, is adding another eatery to the portfolio. Dallas’ Jack Baum has plenty of eateries under his Food Friends and Company banner, among them Wapango and Cozymel’s Mexican Grill. And he’s had his hands in plenty of other plates: He turned…
Punch. Counter-punch. This morning at 11, 103.3-FM ESPN debuts Michael Irvin’s show. Not just coincidentally, KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) is promoting a “major announcement” around 11:10. Don’t get your radio thong in a wad over either event. Irvin, who has been in court all week fighting a former contractor, will…
The Flood Next Time Living on high ground in Oak Lawn, far above the Trinity Valley and many blocks above the low ground that houses the highbrows of Turtle Creek/Uptown/Park Cities, I feel safe and secure in my choices. I am but one of the 47 percent of the Great…
In da house: Excuse Buzz while we kick off the year with a little in-house news, because we know Dallasites are endlessly fascinated with every little thing media folk do—even though most media folk we know personally are, not to put too fine a point on it, boring. At least,…
Enveloped by darkness, a tractor rumbles down the hills that surround Cuba’s western coast. The tractor pulls a cart loaded with a makeshift boat constructed from aluminum tubing and an old car motor. Fourteen Cubans cram into the craft, destined for a twisting river that leads to the Yucatán Channel…
And now, we wait a year for the divorce to be final. Endure patiently, football fans; even fake it if you have to. It’s just one last half-assed embrace. Just one more lame—and lame duck—season of our Cotton Bowl suffering as a second-tier game in a fourth-rate stadium. On January…
I’ve just spent the last three minutes mumbling to myself, “What the fuck?” Which isn’t all that rare, if you wanna know the truth. But in this particular instance, it’s because someone just e-mailed me the link to this particular item up for grabs on eBay: Tripping Daisy’s 1999 Dallas…
You’ll need to carve out a week to read The Onion’s interview with Anthony Bourdain, but it’s worth it — and not just for the local connection briefly contained therein. During the Q&A, Bourdain’s asked about his experience as a guest judge on Top Chef — specifically, whether “the judges’…
