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Muhammad Ali

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    September 8, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2011

    Remembering Jerry Leiber

    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 >>

  • News

    April 7, 2011

    Fastest Show on Earth

    NASCAR's Ringmaster

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    An Eye for LIFE

    NASCAR's Ringmaster

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    November 18, 2010

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

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    Which Cowboys Are You Watching?

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    Lost & Found: That Idiot Kicker

    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 >>

  • Music

    December 13, 2007

    Pimp C, Free at Last

    Remembering a Down South legend

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007
  • News

    September 27, 2007

    Pete Sampras Returns to Royalty

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

  • News

    April 12, 2007

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

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

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Fight Club

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

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Parcells on T.O.: Huh?

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

  • Home Entertainment

    March 16, 2006

    A Real Knockout

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

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Play It Forward

    Sports' smallest acts often come laced with giant implications

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    Balls Out

    How to throw a no-hitter on acid, and other lessons from the career of baseball legend Dock Ellis

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2005

    Public Parks

    The DMA presents the work of Gordon Parks

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2005

    Suit Up

    The DMA presents the work of Gordon Parks

  • Calendar

    January 29, 2004

    Doctor's In

    It's easy being green

  • Calendar

    June 12, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    It's easy being green

  • Calendar

    May 8, 2003

    No Burden

    This Beast is a stormy success

  • Calendar

    January 30, 2003

    Knockout

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

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    A Girl Named Suicide

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

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Garbage In, Garbage Out

    Why Dallas' recycling program is a $17 million joke

  • Culture

    December 27, 2001

    Sly Foxx

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

  • Film

    December 27, 2001

    Clay Feet

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

  • Music

    October 19, 2000

    Joe Jackson

    Night & Day II (Sony Classical)

  • Film

    October 12, 2000

    Viva la Vistas

    We had lost faith in local film festivals--until this one

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Searching for Gold

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

  • Calendar

    August 31, 2000
  • Music

    May 18, 2000

    Oh bury me not

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

  • Film

    January 6, 2000

    A small gust

    Denzel Washington is sorely buffeted by The Hurricane

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    'Sunday Morning,' coming up

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

  • Music

    June 24, 1999

    Rock on

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

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    Bucking Crazy

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

  • Music

    November 12, 1998

    Mind games

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

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    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.

  • Music

    June 11, 1998

    Broken Fever

    The hardest thing Nick Brisco ever did was grow up

  • Music

    February 27, 1997

    The quiet man

    Cornell Dupree is the ultimate un-showoff

  • Film

    February 13, 1997

    A sharp right

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

  • Calendar

    September 19, 1996

    Events for the week

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

  • Music

    November 16, 1995

    Live and demystified

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

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