Dale Hansen

At the Mayor's Rally Against Domestic Violence, Big Promises and Some Mixed Messages

The couple started arguing on Saturday, around 3 in the morning, in a house near Fair Park. The man told the woman he hadn't forgotten their past arguments, all the times she had "disrespected" him. He shoved his palm hard against her face and forced her down against a desk. She fought him, pushing ... More >>

Screwing Up is What Kids Do, So Spare TCU QB Casey Pachall Your Self-Righteous Hypocrisy

Hey, by any chance did you catch Dale Hansen last night on Channel 8 talking about that poor kid at TCU who got kicked off the football team for misbehavior? Man, I'm telling you: sometimes Hansen is my mullah. He was talking about somebody who had written him saying we should pass a law that any k ... More >>

I Ain't 'Fraid of No Quail: Bird is the Word at the Allegedly Haunted Catfish Plantation

While I was in Waxahachie a few months ago, I meant to stop by the Catfish Plantation, a Waxahachie legend, made famous because it's allegedly haunted. Eager to see some ghosts and possibly Dale Hansen, I headed back out to the 'Hachie to see what I could scare up. (See what I did there?) Before I ... More >>

Dale Hansen on Last Night's Confessional and What He Hopes Parents Learned From It

If, by some chance, you have not seen Dale Hansen's annual "Thank God for Kids" segment that aired last on Channel 8, it's above. It began making the rounds early this morning, in large part because of what Hansen acknowledged a few minutes into his essay abo ... More >>

The Texas Rangers Are Better, But Who's Gonna Talk About 'Em?

​So now that the Texas Rangers have a hitter (Adrian Beltre) and a pitcher (Brandon Webb), they've got one more important hole to fill this off-season: Television play-by-play voice. Remember just before Game 5 of the ALDS, the Rangers announced they weren't bringing back nine-year veter ... More >>

These Clips From ESPN's SMU Doc Should Be Enough To Get You to Watch Pony Excess

When Patrick recounted his trip to the Lakewood last week for that sneak preview of Thaddeus Matula's Pony Excess, the 30th of ESPN's 30 for 30 docs, he also posted the trailer for the film about the events leading to SMU's receiving the NCAA's death penalty on February 25, 1987. Since then ESPN has ... More >>

SMU and "Pony Excess": The Scars Remain

No one from the 1980s pay-for-play scandals remains at SMU, but the stigma - and the residue from the NCAA's Death Penalty - remain on the Hilltop. Those wounds may not be re-opened, but they'll certainly be re-visited Saturday night when ESPN presents its latest 30 for 30 documentary: "Pony Exces ... More >>

At Long Last, SMU Kills Its Death Penalty

http://smu.rivals.com/ Now everyone - including Jason Garrett's nephew, Jake Flaherty - wants a piece of SMU football.​For his role, Dale Hansen got death threats, extortion ploys and, um, a dead bird. "It was a black crow delivered right to our office," recalls Hansen, WFAA-Channel ... More >>

Hansen, Revo, Doocy, Hammer? Yeah, About Time for Some Media Minutiae.

He's baaaaack.​*Dale Hansen on The Ticket: Coulda swore I heard him Monday morning filling in for Craig Miller on 1310 AM. But don't get used to it. Apparently it was a one-off, with Dale returning to his old chair just long enough to fill in for Miller, who spent last weekend running the N ... More >>

Dale and Oprah, Curbing Their Enthusiasm

Dunno how we missed this -- well, actually, I do, since nobody 'round here watches the 5 o'clock news. Anyway, thanks to WFAA-Channel 8 for posting to YouTube this afternoon a clip of Dale Hansen with yesterday's special guest anchor, one Oprah Winfrey, with whom Dale took issue for introducing the ... More >>

Who's the Most Trusted Man in Dallas/Fort Worth? On TV? When it Comes to Sports?

Ah, the bad ol' days.​When Walter Cronkite punted the bucket recently, the title of "Most Trusted Man in America" fell to - believe it or not - Jon Stewart. While this news made me, a Daily Show devotee, click my heels, it also got me to thinking: Who's the Most Trusted Sportscaster in ... More >>

Dale Hansen: Unglued

​Was checking out Channel 8's sports last night when I was presented with classic Dale Hansen. Not unplugged exactly. How about unglued? As Hansen began his recap of Rangers 5, Indians 0, the video didn't exactly cooperate. While he beamed about Tommy Hunter's pitching and Josh Hami ... More >>

Camp Cowboys Top 10 Observations: Day 2

​Send me your players and/or topics to watch and I'll, well, watch 'em. 10. Goofball or not, Martellus Bennett is a badass. He's got the biggest, softest, best hands on the team. Marty B doesn't catch. He plucks. Expect to see plenty two-tight end sets with him and Jason Witten ... More >>

Dale Hansen Explains His Departure From ESPN: "I Finally Walked."

​Got a call back from former 103.3 FM ESPN radio host Dale Hansen yesterday afternoon, explaining how/why he kinda sorta abruptly walked away from the station last week. Seems Hansen - who told me last month he wasn't happy at ESPN - quit amidst the worldwide leader's self-imposed muzzli ... More >>

BREAKING NEWS: Dale Hansen Out at ESPN

​As I told you back in June, Dale Hansen is a tip-toeing toward burnout these days. As of today, his work load is a little lighter. A radio industry source told me over the weekend that the iconic voice of Dallas sports will not sign a new contract at 103.3 FM ESPN. The station will ... More >>

Stand-Up Guys

Your Weekend Planner: Vacation Edition 6.5.09

Hey, if Dale Hansen thinks it's a good time to skeedaddle, who am I to quarrel? Let's see, last summer I went to a river and a waterfall. This year ... Seattle. Yeah, that sounds about right. Temperatures in the 70s. Fish to eat. Coffee to smell (but not drink). A mountain to climb hike. B ... More >>

On Monday, Children's to Document Kidney Transplant 140 Characters at a Time

USA Today directs our attention to the following tweet sent this morning from Children's Medical Center Dallas and UT Southwestern: "Who's an early bird? Transplant Twittering starts Mon. at 6 a.m. central!" Yup. On Monday morning, a 3-year-old named John Gilbreath is set to get a kidney from his fa ... More >>

Rinse and Repeat? Mavs Can Earn Believers Tonight

Mark Cuban = William Wallace?Was enjoying some second-hand smoke from Dale Hansen's seegar down in Victory Plaza before last night's Mavs-Spurs showdown. We were discussing this week's Observer cover story, owner Mark Cuban's unprecedented outburst, how Dale claims he's "too shy" to serv ... More >>

UPDATED: The Top 10 Hottest TV Women in Dallas

It wasn't that I got 20 minutes of solid face time on KFWD Channel 52 Friday night. It wasn't that I got to tour Channel 8's spiffy HD studios in Victory Park and take a spin in Dale Hansen's chair. (Psst, it really is unplugged!) And it wasn't that I out-yelled The Ticket's Mark Elfenbein des ... More >>

Wintry Mix: The Quiz

I can almost understand the BCS, just about explain the NBA's defensive three seconds and sometimes even comprehend Tom Hicks' vision to make the Texas Rangers a winner. But I am totally and utterly clueless about what was falling on my driveway last night/this morning. Sleet? Freezing r ... More >>

Victory Park Continues Getting All Sporty

Based Here. Best Here. Surely You Jest Here?

Bush for Obama! Bush for Obama!

You Betcha: The Last Gasp

In Case You Miss Troy Dungan ...

Beating A Dead Mustang

Like Zombies, SMU football Plays on Without a Pulse

"A Night at the Improv," By Which Uncle Barky Means WFAA-Channel 8

C'mon, Richie, How About them Desperados?

Instant Nostalgia (Or: How Old is John McCaa, Anyway?)

Rage Against the Machine

It's "Hardline" Out Here for a Wimp

Punching His Ticket

Hansen: Still Unplugged

America's Ticket

The NFL's most popular team hops in bed with a most peculiar teammate

Talent Scout

The Newy Factor

How does someone who calls himself "Newdawg" compete with Dale Hansen? By not being Dale Hansen.

Best TV Sports Anchor

Dale Hansen, WFAA-TV Channel 8

All Net

The Mavs gets Jazzed

Best Sports 'Stache

Dallas Stars coach Dave Tippett

Best TV Sports Anchor

Dale Hansen, WFAA-TV Channel 8

Me and My Beaver

Plus: Where's Newy?

War Torn

Or, how CNN has made this column more irrelevant than usual

Enough at 8

So, WFAA loses one reporter. No big deal, right? Wrong.

Seeing Red

Channel 8 is full of evil people--unless they return my phone calls

Large and in charge

Dale Hansen, the 300-pound gorilla of local sports, wraps up 20 years of whip-smart TV

Night & Day

October 1 - 7, 1998

1998 Best of Dallas

Sports

A Metroplex mega-autoplex?

Buckle your seat belts, Dallas: NASCAR is coming