United States Olympic Committee

It Seems the Morning News Thinks the Olympics Can Help Save Southern Dallas

Talk of Dallas serving as a potential host city for the Olympics has ramped up in recent weeks, in part because Dallas attorney Matt Wood has begun work to woo the 2024 Summer Games, and partly because Dallas, along with Tulsa, Oklahoma and Rochester, New York, was one of an elite group of 35 cities ... More >>

Brighten Up Black Friday

The Problem With... Gym Class Heroes' "The Fighter" Feat. Ryan Tedder

See also: The Problem With Gym Class Heroes and Adam Levine's "Stereo Hearts" The 2012 London Olympics are a month away, but I'm not as interested as I was for Beijing 2008. If London's opening ceremony has a TARDIS float, I'll be interested. To tie in to the Olympics, Gym Class Heroes -- the hip, ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

O, Tannenbaumination

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 >>

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.

What a Drag

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Max'd Out

Meet a pop art legend

Bob Hayes is Resting in Peace, If Only You Could Find Him

Hatley One Step -- and Punch -- Closer to Making U.S. Olympic Team After Weekend Win

Fightin' For a Spot

I Love Josh Howard

...And great basketball

Pimpin' Olympians

Ridin' Dirty

Who Owns "America's Team"?

Femme Form

Tommy's Gun

How the tattooed Motley Crue sleaze won my heart

Not Rockne

A worthy actor rides the bench in the listless Coach Carter

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.

Slide It In

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

Choice Documentary

Fencer Peter Westbrook shows he may be mightier than the sword

SNAFU

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

Down Under

Buckner Barbecue tries to resuscitate drive-in dining

Hand in Hand

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

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

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.

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

Gold gamble

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

Pickin' Cotton

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

Look back in confusion

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

Buzz

Give her what she wants

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

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

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.

Pucking great

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

Rapper's delight

Erotic D looks Beyond 2000

Games Grownups Play

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

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