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The 14 Best Unofficial 35 Denton Shows

If for some reason you find yourself in Denton this weekend sans the shiny wristband required for entry into 35 Denton, the town's four-day, walkable music festival, don't fret! There's still plenty of cool shit to do and excellent music to see that costs absolutely nothing. Below is a list of the b ... More >>

Angelo's BBQ Is So Good it Should Probably Be Illegal. Then I'll Be the English Jesse James.

I went on a previous trip to Fort Worth where I hit three places in a day, but against everyone's better advice I ignored Angelo's Bar-B-Que, on the wonderfully named White Settlement Road. On Saturday I put that right. Why couldn't they just drop the White from White Settlement Road? Is it crucial ... More >>

Ten Jazz Albums to Listen to Before You Die

Ten Jazz Albums to Listen to Before You Die

Because there are multiple decades of jazz, it's almost impossible to pick the top 10 albums of all time; the hip cats with their canes and cool shades will throw their used saxophone reeds in my direction and call me a young whippersnapper. The debate is so polemic that I might as well write about ... More >>

Last Night: Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli) at House of Blues

Black Star, Playdough, Topic House of Blues September 7, 2011 Better than: being blown away by a firearm. Mike BrooksMos Def in Erykah Badu's "Window Seat" ride post-show.​ Although each has enjoyed a remarkable solo career as one of the most important names in hip-hop today, Mos Def and Talib K ... More >>

Remembering Jerry Leiber

Fastest Show on Earth

NASCAR's Ringmaster

An Eye for LIFE

City Hall Gives Gene Simmons a Big KISS

Photos by Patrick Michels​Well, that was ... surreal.When I left Dallas City Hall at 4:50 this afternoon, Gene Simmons was still there -- in the mayor's fifth-floor conference room, surrounded by cameras and politicos and one or two fans who'd managed to work their way into the room. Laid out befo ... More >>

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I Have A ... List. Of the Best Black Athletes in the History of Ever

​While a lot of you are off work today, take time to remember and refresh the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The rest of us? Let's commemorate MLK Day with an impossible task: Selecting the world's all-time greatest black athletes. First step, choosing the criteria. Sheer athleticism? ... More >>

Manny Pacquiao, oblivious to our losing football team, brings a winner to Cowboys Stadium.

The Top 10 Couples I'd Like to See on DWTS

​Granted, it would force me to actually watch the ridiculousy cheesy show, but I'd be willing to stomach Dancing With The Stars' sequins and sass and smarminess of Tom Bergeron if only I could orchestrate whom was boogieing down with whom. Following in the "Foxtrot" footsteps of Emmitt S ... More >>

The Von Erichs Final Resting Place: A Wrestling Hall of Fame?

After all, this is The Sportatorium. Right? I grew up watching Saturday Night Wrestling on Channel 11. While the adults played Canasta the kids were banished to the TV room, where we couldn't wait for Bill Mercer on the black-and-white Zenith. I remember Blackjack Mulligan and Frtiz Von Erich a ... More >>

Slumdog Sportsionaire: Who's On Your "Shit List"?

I'm not an autograph hound, but this is "1 of 1."Had a wonderfully weird weekend. On Friday I saw the Fort Worth Symphony's interpretation of Led Zeppelin. (Thumbs up.) On Saturday I attended a Polish 40th birthday party complete with a full, cooked pig on a skewer, potato vodka shots an ... More >>

Big Fan: AFI Dallas Announces Its Complete Line-Up, Minus the Closing-Night Movie(s?)

Patton Oswalt is the Big Fan, scheduled to play the AFI Dallas International Film Fest this yearMoments ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival sent along its complete schedule for this year's fest, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as we've noted before, most screenings taking pl ... More >>

The Top 10 Greatest Black Athletes in the History of Ever

Mission Accomplished Impossible. In honor of February's Black History Month, I set out to pinpoint a pristine list of the world's all-time greatest black athletes. But using what criteria? Sheer athleticism? Popularity? Accomplishment? Social activism? Transcendence? All of the above? ... More >>

Ultimate Fighting: Fad or Rad?

The brute of Brock Lesnar is one reason to be attracted to UFC. I can think of others. It’s official: Ultimate Fighting has KO’d Boxing. Proof? Quick, name the heavyweight champion of the world. If you’re like me, you knew Brock Lesnar before Wladimir Klitschko. I went to Eva ... More >>

Which Cowboys Are You Watching?

Lost & Found: That Idiot Kicker

Pimp C, Free at Last

Remembering a Down South legend

At 19 (Almost), Duncanville Fighter Is (Already) USA Boxing's Brightest Young Rising Star

Pete Sampras Returns to Royalty

The tennis king makes pit stop in, um, Frisco?

Cheaper Cuts | His Blowness | Ugly Image | Um...

Fight Club

The first rule about Evander Holyfield's age is that you do not talk about Evander Holyfield's age

Parcells on T.O.: Huh?

A Real Knockout

Fight Night Round 3 comes out a winner, despite taking punches.

Play It Forward

Sports' smallest acts often come laced with giant implications

Public Parks

The DMA presents the work of Gordon Parks

Suit Up

Doctor's In

It's easy being green

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

No Burden

This Beast is a stormy success

Knockout

PDNB Gallery gives a left hook with The Best of Neil Leifer

A Girl Named Suicide

Texas' Valerie Mahfood--last seen getting clobbered by Laila Ali--could change the pretty face of women's boxing

Sly Foxx

He steals Ali, but will Hollywood give Jamie Foxx a shot at the title?

Clay Feet

Ali lands a few solid blows, but, sadly, it's no knockout

Joe Jackson

Night & Day II (Sony Classical)

Searching for Gold

Like other past Olympic stars, local gold medal winners often have trouble keeping track of them

Floats, not like a Butterfly ...

Stinks like bad TV

Oh bury me not

Johnny Cash sings of Love, God, Murder and how all three make him a legend

A small gust

Denzel Washington is sorely buffeted by The Hurricane

'Sunday Morning,' coming up

Kris Kristofferson has lived a dozen lifetimes, and they keep on coming

Rock on

Chris Rock's Bigger and Blacker than anyone, and his new album may be the funniest hip-hop album ever made

Bucking Crazy

Want in on the dirt floor of rodeo's marquee event? A guy in Mansfield has your ride.

Mind games

Four-CD Lennon anthology leans too heavily on inferior versions of familiar tunes

The good fight

Thirty years ago, Curtis Cokes was the world-champion welterweight. Now, he trains young boxers and just wants to be recognized in his hometown.

The quiet man

Cornell Dupree is the ultimate un-showoff

A sharp right

In When We Were Kings, Ali delivers the performance of a lifetime

Events for the week

Live and demystified

More man than legend, Bob Dylan brings it all back home