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Dallas Desperados

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    In '07, Peter Burks Was Killed in Baghdad. Now His Photo's Being Used to Sell Dating Website.

    ​Peter Burks, as you can see here, was the very model of The American Hero: a Trinity Christian Academy and Texas A&M graduate (he was also president of Pi Kappa Phi) who, after stints working for, among others, the Dallas Desperados and FC Dallas, decided to join the U.S. Army in 2006. Accord ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    If Nothing Else, the AFL's Dallas Vigilantes Now Have the City's Most Interesting Logo

    ​Looks like it's Sportsy Thursday 'round here. So, then, from puck to ball ...Back in December we broke the news that the Dallas Desperados were on the comeback trail, along with the rest of an Arena Football League sidelined during the '09 season. Turns out, the team that's scheduled to return to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    The Dallas Desperados Are Back!

    ​We just got the invite: Tomorrow at 4 p.m., there will be a press conference "to announce the return of the Dallas Depserados," which, as you may (or may not) recall, canceled its 2009 season exactly one year ago along with the rest of Arena Football League. Probably the most intriguing item cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Boom to Bust: Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Now Designing for Breastaurants

    Patrick MichelsFormer Cowboys cheerleader Terra Watson has moved her booming business down to Expo Park​Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Terra Watson spent the last 12 years designing and manufacturing pro-team dance and cheerleader uniforms -- including her former teammates' Christmas presents t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    This Just In: Arena Football and Your Dallas Desperados Need a Timeout

    When even football can't survive, we're officially in a recession. The Arena Football League - home to your Dallas Desperados - announced this morning that it has canceled its 2009 season because - you guessed it - shitty financial times. Actually, I believe the official wording is "suspending the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Dallas Now Without Its Desperados For at Least One Suspended Season

    One more sportsy note this a.m. -- a follow to last week's item concerning the fate of the Arena Football League, in which Your Dallas Desperados play. Or played, rather, as this morning the league has announced that there will be no 2009 season, which shorts the American Airlines Center and Victory ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    What, No Desperados Season in '09? Nothing Official, But Ain't Lookin' Good.

    Word's been circulating all day that the Arena Football League may be a goner -- at least, for the 2009 season. Though if it disappears for one season, insiders (and outsiders, let's be reasonable) figure there's no way it can claw its way back for a 2010 season. And various news reports have put so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008

    Reunion Arena: C'mon, It's Already a Megachurch, More or Less

    Word's been circulating all day that the Arena Football League may be a goner -- at least, for the 2009 season. Though if it disappears for one season, insiders (and outsiders, let's be reasonable) figure there's no way it can claw its way back for a 2010 season. And various news reports have put so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    Jon Bon Jovi on Fellow AFL Owner Jerry Jones: "It's All Hugs and Kisses."

    Word's been circulating all day that the Arena Football League may be a goner -- at least, for the 2009 season. Though if it disappears for one season, insiders (and outsiders, let's be reasonable) figure there's no way it can claw its way back for a 2010 season. And various news reports have put so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    Scattershooting ...

    Word's been circulating all day that the Arena Football League may be a goner -- at least, for the 2009 season. Though if it disappears for one season, insiders (and outsiders, let's be reasonable) figure there's no way it can claw its way back for a 2010 season. And various news reports have put so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2007

    Mark Cuban and Jerry Jones Are Powerful. Tom Hicks, Not S'Much.

    Word's been circulating all day that the Arena Football League may be a goner -- at least, for the 2009 season. Though if it disappears for one season, insiders (and outsiders, let's be reasonable) figure there's no way it can claw its way back for a 2010 season. And various news reports have put so ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 19, 2007

    Into the Arena

    Word's been circulating all day that the Arena Football League may be a goner -- at least, for the 2009 season. Though if it disappears for one season, insiders (and outsiders, let's be reasonable) figure there's no way it can claw its way back for a 2010 season. And various news reports have put so ... More >>

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Almost Famous

    Dallas' other quarterback content with triumphant anonymity

  • Calendar

    June 7, 2007

    Desperate Times

    The Desperados' play-off

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2007

    Your Best Bet

    The Desperados' play-off

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2006

    Lemon Into Lemonade

    The Desperados' play-off

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2006

    The Tuna Talks...or Not

    The Desperados' play-off

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2006

    Caged Manimals

    The Diesel Fighting Championship is close to Ultimate

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2006

    The Other Drew

    The Diesel Fighting Championship is close to Ultimate

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2006

    Desperadoration

    The Diesel Fighting Championship is close to Ultimate

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2005

    Green Living

    Everyone's Irish, even Gumby

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2005

    In the Game

    Our Desperados satisfy

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2004

    Back in the Saddle

    Cowboy up for the Texas Black Invitational Rodeo

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2004

    Trick Treats

    The Globetrotters win again and again and again

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    Me and My Beaver

    Plus: Where's Newy?

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Plus: Where's Newy?

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Litigation

    Sidekicks vs. Desperados

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002
  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Desperate Measures

    Welcome (again) to the Arena League, where Desperados are kind, giants are invisible and rock concerts turn into football games

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