Best Athletic Director
SMU's AD, turns out, could sell green bananas to an astronaut headed for the International Space Station. After all, he's got the Methodists again believing in big-time sports. In his two-year reign, SMU has constructed the $13 million Crum Center basketball practice facility, spent $1 million upgrading Moody Coliseum, splashed Dallas with a $750,000 "Pony Up" marketing campaign, drawn blueprints for a new outdoor tennis center, eased admission standards, maintained a 97 percent graduation rate and hired former national coaches of the year in basketball (Matt Doherty) and football (June Jones). To pay for Jones' unprecedented five-year, $10 million contract, Orsini persuaded a "Circle of Champions" to invest $100,000 for five years. Miracle on Mockingbird, indeed.
Best Of Search
Best Of Issues - Previous Years
Latest Best Of User Comments
-
Best Addition to Northwest Dallas (1)
2008-11-19 21:08:06Totally! I went to check this place out and pick up a few groceries, and my girlfriend had to...
-
Best Pizza (2)
2008-11-15 21:18:45Hey, Observer: Grimaldi's started in BROOKLYN, right under the Brooklyn Bridge, not in East...
-
Best Happy Hour (for Three Days) (1)
2008-11-14 13:37:50Yes, children, John the Bartender is Santa Claus (for us grown ups). With a heavy pour and a...
-
Best Sorbet in the History of Frozen (1)
2008-10-26 10:10:11Thank you for the great story on my sorbet! Sorry to say, I did not see it and probably missed...
-
Best Public Sculpture (1)
2008-10-25 14:14:40We visited Dallas this spring and passed through this Blue Dot, reminds me of an exhibit we saw...
Best of Dallas 2008 Award Graphics
Dallas Observer Insiders
- Local food, music and news blasts
- Free Stuff
Now Click This