Scandals

The Feds Say They Busted Up a Mansfield-Based Steroid Ring Last Month

On February 5, U.S. Postal Inspectors customs agents were doing a routine inspection at the North Texas Processing and Distribution Center when they spotted a package freshly arrived from Singapore and destined for a home address in Crowley. The customs agents opened the mail -- they have the autho ... More >>

Rangers Slugger Nelson Cruz Was a Customer of a Steroid-Peddling Miami Clinic

Last month Biogenesis, a nondescript clinic a short hop from the University of Miami, quietly closed its doors. It purported to be an anti-aging clinic offering medical treatments to boost energy and libido, but, as our sister paper the Miami New Times reports, it also offered professional athletes ... More >>

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What Do Lance Armstrong, Dopers and Nazis Have in Common?

Lance Armstrong Will Step Down as Chairman of Livestrong, Gets Dropped By Nike

In the latest bit of fallout from the doping allegations against him, several news outlets are reporting that Lance Armstrong will step down as chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, better known as Livestrong, the Austin-based cancer-fighting charity he helped found in 1997. It was also report ... More >>

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Says Lance Armstrong At Center of Largest-Ever Doping Conspiracy, Will Release Evidence Today

The claim that Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs has been endlessly recited in media exposes and confessional tell-alls from former teammates. The evidence, however, has never been put forth in any sort of formal way, as was going to happen publicly before the seven-time Tour de Franc ... More >>

Vote Fraud: A Little Bit is Good for Democracy, Even When the GOP Does It

Latest twist in the great imaginary vote fraud epidemic of 2012: Now Republicans are nabbed doing exactly the same stuff they have accused Democrats of doing. In a piece in this morning's New York Times we get a peek at voter hanky-panky, GOP-style. An operative named Nathan Sproul, who has receive ... More >>

Lance Armstrong's Reputation Has Hit Bottom. Time For His Former Friends to Cash In.

Lance Armstrong's decision last week to stop fighting the doping charges leveled against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wasn't an admission of guilt, though it sure seemed that way: The next day was the deadline for contesting USADA's evidence at an open hearing complete with a parade of witness ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Gives Up Doping Fight, Stripped of Tour de France Titles

It always seemed a little bit too perfect: Plano native Lance Armstrong, a very good but not quite elite cyclist battles life-threatening cancer, then returns to the sport and miraculously dominates for nearly a decade. That narrative, chipped away at for years by doping allegations, was dealt a mor ... More >>

How Did Joe Paterno and His Cronies Live with Those Images? How Do We?

The Joe Paterno/Jerry Sandusky story is like a coffee table puzzle I can solve most of the way but never completely. Maybe you can show me the last moves. The first move is this. Beginning in 1998, according to the Freeh inquiry released yesterday, Paterno, Penn State President Graham B. Spanier an ... More >>

Report: Voter ID Laws Have Caused Thousands of Legal Votes to Get Tossed

What timing. Just as the trial of Texas' voter ID law kicks off in D.C., a new analysis by the Associated Press has found that such laws in other states have led to hundreds of ballots being rejected, both in 2008's general election and in the primaries this year. The Associated Press looked a ... More >>

The Long Arm Sees All: Ten Musicians Arrested in Texas

When Snoop Dogg was issued a citation for marijuana possession at a border checkpoint outside El Paso last week, the world reacted with shock and disbelief. We had no idea this beacon of sobriety -- the same guy who penned "Smoke Weed Everyday" - could act so out of character. Of course, Texas is f ... More >>

Tower Heist: Lobby vs. Penthouse

Stealing from the rich to ... oh, whatever. Funny is the message.

In the World Series Match-Up Between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals, Don't Dismiss the Impact of Tony La Russa

St. Louis CardinalsTony La Russa on the field at Busch Stadium yesterday afternoon.​For whatever reason, my relationship with baseball went from casual to deeply committed bordering on obsessive during the 1986 baseball season. Like most kids growing up in North Texas, my father taught me to l ... More >>

Feds, Researchers Raise More Questions About Texas's New Voter ID Law

​The voter ID law passed by Texas lawmakers in May continues its circuit among activists, lawmakers, academics and social commentators as a discriminatory, unjustified and absolutely necessary measure, depending on who's yelling. Words like "voter fraud" on the right and "disenfranchisement" o ... More >>

In the Medrano Vote Fraud Case, Let's Not Tie the Noose Just Yet

​OK, I do understand that we're all primed now to string up the entire Medrano family for a massive vote fraud conspiracy bordering on terrorism, communism and cannibalism. All I want to do is toss out a couple modest words of caution. The Dallas Morning News has a lead editorial today insist ... More >>

Booty Shaking and Big Bumpers

Sue Sue, Sue-dio: The Ten Most Interesting Lawsuits In Music History

​The finger-pointing game has begun in the wake of this year's Electric Daisy Carnival.  Although any legal repercussions in regards to the festival that took place this weekend have yet to be determined, we're keeping our eye on the whole thing -- mostly because, let's face it, music and leg ... More >>

Rachel Maddow Deconstructs Debbie Georgatos, Whose Video Also Makes Cooper's "RidicuList"

Rachel Maddow takes on Debbie Georgatos and her fear of Dallas County's "Super-Massive Blue Hole."​Just remember: A grand total of 235 people voted to make Wade Emmert the new chairman of the Dallas County Republican Party. But 33,000-and-still-rising have now watched his rival Debbie Georgatos's ... More >>

Pauline Medrano Responds to Billy MacLeod's Complaints About Polling Location

From Carlos Medrano for JP CampaignCarlos and Pauline Medrano​Till a few minutes ago, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano and I had been playing a marathon game of phone tag in recent days, following District 2 council candidate Billy MacLeod's efforts to get the city, county and even the Departm ... More >>

Ten Items Worth a Look-See: Mavs, Stars, Cowboys, Rangers and Fox News Pundit Says Michael Vick "Should Have Been Executed"

The fans gave him a break, and even President Obama applauded Vick's return to the NFL. Tucker Carlson of Fox News? Not so much.​10. Mark Teixeira says teammate Andy Pettitte's "probably leaning toward retirement," which is good news for the Texas Rangers and everyone else aiming to win the AL pen ... More >>

Fantasy Voter Fraud

Two Texas Rangers' Sluggers That Won't Be in Baseball's Hall of Fame

  Rafael Palmeiro. Juan Gonzalez. A combined 1,003 home runs. A combined 0% chance of getting inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame. The reason? Steroids, of course. Both former Texas Rangers' sluggers are on this year's list of candidates and - sans the drug thing - could make a great case f ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.2.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Like you, I'm beyond frustration at the Texas Rangers' financial state. Chuck Greenberg, as I wrote in April, is the best man for the job. And I still believe he and Nolan Ryan will wind up ownin ... More >>

Today In Music News: Ollie Campesinos! Is A Quitter, Vince Neil Gets Busted And Method Man Pleads Guilty

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 29, 2010...It's not Ollie Campesinos!, it's the band.Vince Neil was arrested for DUI in Las Vegas... at least he didn't kill a best friend this time.Method Man pleads guilty to tax evasion, not very gangsta sir.

This Just In: People That Aren't Us Hate Jerry Jones

​Is it because he's so powerful? So rich? So over-the-top passionate? Or is it because he's won three Super Bowls? Built an unprecedented stadium that is gobbling up sports? Or kept his team popular, relevant and "successful" despite only one playoff win in 13 years? Whatever the reason, ... More >>

Porn Star Joslyn James, On The High Heels Of Her Torrid Affair With Tiger Woods, Flirts With Dallas.

Tiger Woods Was Here! (Sorta)

The fake Tiger Woods, the real Joslyn James and an authentic dork.​Mark Taborn is 37. Lives in Los Angeles. Works in the corporate world. And is a hack of a golfer carrying a 23 handicap. Weird, because not a single day passes that he isn't confused for Tiger Woods. I spent my blogless ... More >>

Bud Selig Hasn't Moved on Rangers Sale, But He Does Get Award Named for Taylor Hooton

Don and Taylor Hooton​Well, just because I keep Major League Baseball's press-release page up-and-at-'em at all times, and I just noticed this: MLB commish Bud Selig was just presented the first-ever Taylor's Award -- so named for Plano West Senior High School baseball star Taylor Hooton, whose su ... More >>

News & Notes: Back to Paddling, Golf With a Porn Star, More Good Guys and the Sex Pistols

Bradley Whitford in Deep Ellum in The Good Guys pilot​A few Friday follow-ups, beginning with:ABC News has picked up on Gilbert Leal's mission to bring paddling back to the Dallas Independent School District -- despite the fact that the school board and the super ain't too interested in handing ou ... More >>

Yes, Another Film Festival: The USA Film Festival Releases Line-Up and Schedule

Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda in Neil Jordan's Ondine, which is playing the USA Film Festival April 30​The Dallas International Film Festival wraps up Sunday. But tomorrow morning, tickets for the USA Film Festival will go on sale via Ticketmaster, according to the fest's publicist in the rele ... More >>

Whitt's End: 4.9.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your rope, welcome to Whitt's End: *Don't care if you're a puckhead or merely a fan of storybook endings, you had to have been moved (to tears?) by Mike Modano's swan song at American Airlines Center Thursday night. In his final hom ... More >>

The Last Song: Hannah Montana Gets Upstaged by Sea Turtles

Since Everyone Loves Lists, Where Does Dallas Rank on "Riskiest Online Cities"?

​According to Symantec, Dallas does rank fairly high on the list of American cities "under the greatest threat from cybercrime" -- 22 out of the top 50, which makes us the Adam Lambert to Seattle's Rihanna. There's one significant reason Dallas doesn't rank higher: We're not so connected to the Wi ... More >>

Ron Washington Apologizes, and We Talk to MLB About "Drugs of Abuse"

Before posting anything about Sports Illustrated's breaking story about Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington's positive test for cocaine last July, I wanted to clarify one question: How often are managers tested for drug use? Because initially, the SI story didn't say, though now it's been updated t ... More >>

Tiger's Tale Forthcoming: What Do You Want to Hear?

​For the first time since his late-night Thanksgiving car wreck, we'll hear from Tiger Woods. Friday at 10 a.m. (live everywhere, including on our show at 105.3 The Fan) the world's most recognizable athlete will apparently address his past failures and future plans. Of course I'm i ... More >>

Genealogy With Icing

The Bitch Is Back

Batters' Uppers

DTC goes out on a juice run

Diamond Demi

See a heist flick at the Modern

Big Deal Johnson

See Don play with his dog

'Roid Rage

Baseball's new k*ng swats one close to home

Stealing Arts

Nab an original work...legally

Be Afraid

Jeff Abbott signs his new release

Waiter, Waiter!

Letters

All the Rage

A year after Taylor Hooton’s suicide, Plano West Senior High is still in denial about steroid abuse