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United States Olympic Committee

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Can't Believe You're Not on This List of People Who've Received Keys to the City of Dallas

    ​You have asked, and Frank Librio, the public information officer at Dallas City Hall, has answered by providing a recent sampling of the famous, infamous and who's-that?'s who have received keys to the city of Dallas. At last, a list I can get behind. Because, as I've been reminded more than once ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Whitt's End: 5.14.10

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *This is why I thought Ron Washington should have been fired on the spot last summer when he first told Texas Rangers' management about his cocaine use: He can't be trusted. Twice in the last two w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Mike Modano Talks to Unfair Park About Why Tomorrow May -- or May Not -- Be His Last Game at AAC in a Stars Uniform

    A brief history of Mike Modano's career as assembled by the Dallas Stars​The Dallas Stars' season ends Saturday night as it did last year: with a whimper, as once again Tom Hicks's hockey club fails to make the playoffs. Yet it's hard to believe tickets remain for tomorrow night's final game of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Do You Believe in Miracles ... Ye ... Well, Do You?

    I was playing catch on a lazy Friday afternoon, warming up for a chilly practice as a sophomore second baseman on Duncanville High School's baseball team when our coach came running out of the field house: "We did it! We beat the Russians!!" Was an upset last night when the U.S. beat Canada, 5-3, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Luis Yanez Pisses Off Some More Folks

    ​Last time we saw Duncanville Olympic boxer Luis Yanez he was mending fences, winning fights and building a professional career while re-building his reputation. Whoops. Turns out the snotty-nose brat who got crossways with U.S. Olympic Boxing is at it again, this time acting the fool enough ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    O, Tannenbaumination

    ​Last time we saw Duncanville Olympic boxer Luis Yanez he was mending fences, winning fights and building a professional career while re-building his reputation. Whoops. Turns out the snotty-nose brat who got crossways with U.S. Olympic Boxing is at it again, this time acting the fool enough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Norman Brinker, Dead at 78

    Kristina BowmanThe News is reporting that Norman Brinker died this morning while on vacation in Colorado Springs; he turned 78 last Wednesday. Brinker, of course, is the Colorado-born chairman emeritus of Brinker International -- and the man who, in 1984, took Larry Lavine's Chili's concept public; ... More >>

  • News

    February 19, 2009

    Is Dallas Boxer Luis Yanez a Future World Champion or Just a Suburban Myth?

    He was an Olympic disappointment, but with his first pro fight on Friday, Yanez is out to prove he's the real deal.

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    What a Drag

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    On the Eve of the Olympics, How Things Have Changed for Luis Yanez

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2008

    Mark Cuban, Jason Kidd and the Olympics' Gold Double-Standard

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    A Local Olympian Makes a Nice Landing: On Video Game Cover

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2008

    Volleyball in a Parking Lot or Bowling in a Bar? Pick 'Em.

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Sambuca is Dallas' epicenter for Mediterranean jazz and—who knew?—Geritol jump-shooters

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

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

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Max'd Out

    Meet a pop art legend

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007
  • Blogs

    March 6, 2007
  • Blogs

    March 2, 2007

    Fightin' For a Spot

    Meet a pop art legend

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    I Love Josh Howard

    ...And great basketball

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2007

    Pimpin' Olympians

    ...And great basketball

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2006

    Ridin' Dirty

    ...And great basketball

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2006

    Who Owns "America's Team"?

    ...And great basketball

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2005

    Femme Form

    ...And great basketball

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Tommy's Gun

    How the tattooed Motley Crue sleaze won my heart

  • Film

    January 13, 2005

    Not Rockne

    A worthy actor rides the bench in the listless Coach Carter

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    The Shootist

    Terry Anderson thought he'd be in Athens right now, chasing his lifelong dream of Olympic gold. Instead, he's in prison, his life plugged full of holes.

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Slide It In

    For Kevin Ellis and crew, getting noticed is an uphill battle

  • Film

    September 19, 2002

    Choice Documentary

    Fencer Peter Westbrook shows he may be mightier than the sword

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    SNAFU

    Buzz looks back on 2001 and proves once again that the boy just ain't normal

  • Dining

    November 1, 2001

    Down Under

    Buckner Barbecue tries to resuscitate drive-in dining

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Hand in Hand

    Never mind lethal injection, there's lots of Olympic spirit here

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Knockdown

    Top-ranked boxer Jesus "El Matador" Chavez pummels opponents in the ring, but he's losing his biggest fight against a real heavyweight -- the INS

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    A clockwork Buzz

    1999, the year Bill Rojas brought panic and paranoia to DISD. But was there any other good news? Buzz takes a look back.

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Power play

    Coaches and parents in the area's elite youth hockey league say the Dallas Stars are trying to ice anyone who threatens their control of the kid hockey business

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Gold gamble

    Voters would decide if Olympic efforts get up to $100 million in state subsidies

  • Culture

    March 4, 1999

    Pickin' Cotton

    While Dallas fools around with the Olympics, the Cotton Bowl crumbles

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Look back in confusion

    Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    Buzz

    Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    Give her what she wants

    Olympics committee finds Dallas boosters' attitudes toward our city council a little scary

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Going for the gold

    If Dallas taxpayers think they will get a free ride as the city pursues the Olympics, they might want to think again

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Rebound

    When Mark Aguirre left the Dallas Mavericks a decade ago, he became the fall guy for the team's decline. Now he's back, dealing with his ghosts and trying to help the franchise regain its former glory.

  • Culture

    November 27, 1997

    Pucking great

    Mike Modano has finally become the hockey player he always wanted to be

  • Music

    May 15, 1997

    Rapper's delight

    Erotic D looks Beyond 2000

  • News

    February 1, 1996

    Games Grownups Play

    Recruiting violations. Cutthroat competion. Big money. Larger egos. It isn't NCAA football. It's kids' soccer, Dallas style.

  • News

    July 6, 1995

    Neander-Guy

    Ray Audette hunts with a hawk and eats like a caveman. He says his meaty diet stopped his hair from falling out, cured his diabetes--and will make you healthy too

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