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Two New Festivals Prove Dallas Hip-Hop Knows No Bounds

This weekend, Dallas hip-hop fans are going to be busy. Just as we were starting to recover from festival season, two inaugural local fests pop up to remind us that there's still plenty going on in right here in our own backyard. Between April Foolin in Deep Ellum and Function Festival out towards I ... More >>

You’ve Been Busch-Whacked, Bill

Calling All Sweethearts: Texas Motor Speedway Wants You

​We've got the Mavericks dancers, the Cowboys cheerleaders and now -- starting today -- tryouts to be one of Texas Motor Speedway's Great American Sweethearts. Like drivers of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TMS is on the chase this summer, searching for the newest member of the Great American ... More >>

Why We Love Sports in America: 2011

​Since I'm out on vacation next week let me get to this Fourth of July tradition a little early: Happy Birthday, America. Our country turns the ripe old age of 235 on Monday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I'll make time this weekend remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to have a ... More >>

Powerful Sports Marketing Agency Concerned Employee Left With Confidential Trade Secrets

​There's no shortage of stories extolling the genius of John Tatum, the 45-year-old who in 1994 co-founded Genesco Sports Enterprises, the Woodall Rodgers-based consulting group that marries the right product with the right athlete, sport or major league. Sports Business Journal noted in '08 that ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at Dada

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.DadaMay 27, 2011Better than: making a left turn, and then a left turn, and then a left turn...Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.​It speaks to the power of the Internet/new music business model when a band with only four officially-released tracks is able to embark on a headlining cross-c ... More >>

Whitt's End: 5.13.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Went and watched the American professional debut of Cuban defector/Rangers' prospect Leonys Martin last night in Frisco. In a word, wow! With his father and agent in the stands at Dr Pepper ... More >>

BREAKING NEWS: 105.3 The Fan to Talk Sports in the Morning Beginning April 11

​Yes, 105.3 The Fan is tweaking again. But this time it's not merely another shuffling of the deck, but more so a commitment to talk sports in the morning. Out at The Fan as of April 8 are long-time radio veterans Jagger and Gregg Henson, to be replaced Monday, April 11, by "New School ... More >>

Eat for a Cause -- Other Than Being Hungry,
We Mean

​Put your money where your mouth is. Various Dallas eateries are supplying food and drink for a cause. Read on for details of this week's charitable happenings. The place: Texas Motor Speedway/Asphalt Chef The cause: Speedway Children's Charities and Mario Batali Foundation Pork, gulf shrim ... More >>

Three Times the 'Neck

Fab 50: Half A Hundred Power Brokers Who Shape Our Local Sports Scene.

Let's Put an End to the Madness, Shall We?

​Long after Tiger Woods stops talking and the Texas Rangers have finished beating the Toronto Blue Jays, March Madness will finally end tonight at 8 when Butler plays Duke for the National Championship. (Smells like a Duke blowout to me.) Show of hands: Whose bracket has Butler in the final g ... More >>

Whitt's End: 2.12.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *The combo of weather and injuries and chicken shits is diminishing NBA All-Star Weekend. No Kobe Bryant. No Allen Iverson. No LeBron James in the dunk contest. Silver lining: Mavs' icon Dirk Nowit ... More >>

Hophead: Uncannily Good Beer From Oskar Blues

Jesse HugheyLast year, Oskar Blues added five 100-gallon tanks and increased its brewing by more 64 percent over 2007 in order to keep up with increased demand. That the Lyons, Colorado, brewery experienced such a rapid growth probably wouldn't surprise anyone who has tasted its excellent flagship b ... More >>

Whitt's End: 6.5.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Might Michael Irvin's days at ESPN Radio be numbered? This isn't sourced "breaking news", but more so a simple putting two-and-two together and arriving at a common sense conclusion. And, no, it has ... More >>

World Championship of Quail Egg Eating

Last Saturday's Prairie Dog Chili Cookoff had a little something for everyone: Tons to sample, huge flea market and, best of all, the world championship of quail-egg eating. Now, if you dismiss competitive eating as a disgusting sideshow, you're be denying the true greatness of Lester Tucker. The u ... More >>

Re: FYI, Read This ASAP. OMG!

The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

10 Questions: Mike Davis

Davis is kinda like Richard Petty or the New York Yankees, at least in the world of competitive barbecue.Since he began working the pit in 1994, this Marietta, Oklahoma, native has claimed 66 grand champion titles, including last year's World BBQ Cook Off in Munich. He's even featured on the cover o ... More >>

Small Change

Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote

Men Will Be Boys

With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And thank God for that.

Ask A Mexican

Way, way, way down south in El Dixie, the hearts are the same though the necks aren't red

Savor This!

Victory Park hosts a culinary hoedown

Action Sports Take Over Dallas

Those crazy kids have built our li'l skate rink into a huge international sport

The Fab Fifty

Or, half a hundred folks with way better seats than you

Need Some of That Old-Time Religion?

Anchor, Man?

Ferrell doesn't quite ground this artificially whimsical comedy

Power Trip

The Fab Fifty

Where would we be without these powerful peeps? In the fetal position, craving sports.

It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien

Oscar Overhaul

The Academy--y-a-w-n--Awards desperately need a shot of sports

French Feint

Gallic is far from galling at The French Room

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

White Trash

There's nothing good about this remake of an awful ol' show.

Buckle Up

Car Trouble

Herbie the Love Bug's back, and he bites

Really Fast Food

Where do race-car drivers eat?

Diggin' the Earth

New Moves

Tripsichore strikes a pose

Come Home

A family dysfunction

Sweet Things

Can men order fruity drinks?

The Hole Thing

What makes a dive a dive?

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Letters

Letters for the issue of April 24

Greasing the Wheels

How Texas Motor Speedway got Denton County to pay for a freeway exit to nowhere—except, that is, to the speedway

Bar None

Who are the best bartenders in Dallas?

Cook Out

Do chefs really prepare your meals?

Bucking Crazy

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

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