Last dance: Randy ‘Master Blaster’ Ricks hangs up his legendary G-string
Ricks paved the way for male exotic dancers. Now, he’s called it quits and plans to enjoy his retirement.
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Fans Finally Get to See Baseball in the Rangers’ New Home. Too Bad About the Team.
The Rangers are younger, cheaper and maybe even better than before, but 2021 will likely shape up to be another stepping stone for the Texas team.
Publicist Believes Colonial Golf Tourney Fired Her Because She Follows Pandemic Guidelines
Depending on which tee box you’re playing, a prominent Dallas publicist has: A) Been fired by the Colonial golf tournament’s public relations firm for adhering to CDC guidelines and refusing to attend mandated, maskless meetings at the iconic Fort Worth country club. B) Fallen temporary victim to a downscaled budget…
2020 Was an Awful Year for Dallas Sports. The Previous Nine Weren’t Great Either.
During a Zoom press conference with reporters on Oct. 27, Dallas Cowboys’ defensive coordinator Mike Nolan attempted to explain the inexplicable. Instead, he confirmed 2020. His team of tacklers, rich with high draft picks and big contracts, had two days earlier been repeatedly burned in a 22-point loss to the…
Mustang Mania: Superfan Paul Layne Hasn’t Missed an SMU Football Game Since 1972
Not trips halfway around the world. Not chickenpox. Not the death penalty. And, this year, not even COVID. For 48 years and counting, SMU football fanatic Paul Layne has navigated all obstacles to attend every game played by his beloved Mustangs. He was planning to attend Saturday’s Tropical Smoothie Café…
Summoning Your Anxiety: In-Person Jury Trials Have Started in Collin County
Though it isn’t the “packing the courts” some politicians fear, for McKinney’s Jeff Willis it’s more than scary. “I was very uncomfortable, borderline scared,” the 58-year-old former firefighter said. “In this environment with COVID cases spiking? Packed in a room with 65 to 70 strangers? I mean, something just wasn’t…
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For One Disenfranchised Dallas Voter, the System Failed to Deliver
While you spent last night glued to election results, Jody O’Callaghan soaked her frustration with Dallas County’s voting process in a Colorado hot tub. “I’m furious,” she said. “Because of a bogus system that’s beyond broken, my voice wasn’t heard. It’s my right, my responsibility and my privilege to vote…
As Deadline to Request Mail Ballots Nears, Frustrating Kinks in the System Continue
Jody O’Callaghan lives in Dallas County, but these days her life — thanks, COVID — is in Salt Lake City. For finding a Plan B in the middle of a pandemic, it works. For attempting to vote in the 2020 elections, however, it merely magnifies a broken system. “The mechanism…
Magician David Magee Is Minding His Own Business
David Magee promises he won’t read your mind. But no doubt, he will blow it. On an entertaining and sometimes eerie September Saturday night in Fort Worth, the long-time DFW mentalist downsized his grand Las Vegas show into an intimate experience and pulled off his niftiest trick yet: He made…
Defendants, Lawyers and Justice Suffer as Pandemic Shuts Down Trials
For 16 years, Bill Price has successfully defended the city’s prostitutes, drug dealers, drunk drivers and the occasional client accused of murder. But against COVID-19 and a dormant criminal justice system, even the gold medal weightlifter-turned-litigator is powerless. “This virus has crippled the courts,” says the veteran defense attorney. “There…
A New Stadium and Strategy for the Rangers and No Fans Allowed: That’s Some Foul Ball
To the chagrin of fans yearning for the best ol’ days, Nolan Ryan won’t regularly be at the Texas Rangers’ new home. But thanks to his bronze statue, the Hall-of-Fame, flesh-and-blood “Big Tex” will stand watch outside Globe Life Field. Courtesy of long-time public address announcer Chuck Morgan, Ryan’s 10-gallon…
10 Takeaways From The Texas Rangers’ – Shhhh! – Not-So-Grand Opening
Quiet: The stands. Quieter: The bats. After $1.2 billion in construction, a four-month delay courtesy of COVID-19 and the hype of Major League Baseball’s 60-game sprint of a schedule, Texas Rangers baseball was back in Arlington over the weekend. But after christening new Globe Life Field with masks, social distancing,…
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Called for Face-Masking: Texas’ Favorite Sport Must Tackle a Deadly Opponent
No pass, no play. In 1984, that was the blunt nickname of sweeping educational reform led by Dallas businessman Ross Perot that mandated Texas high-school athletes make a grade of 70-plus in all classes or be sidelined in their sport. In 2020, it’s potentially life or death. Dictated by the…
Is Shelley Luther a Hero or Villain? Why Not Ask Her Wallaby?
Scratch below the surface — beneath the cavalcade of supporters, piles of cash donations, President Donald Trump’s approval and Sen. Ted Cruz’s cameo “mullet” — and Dallas’ pandemic martyr has herself an optics problem. Even for Shelley Ann Luther, defiant owner of Salon à la Mode and America’s viral “hero”…
DFW Goes Plumb Crazy During COVID-19 Crisis
Advice from DFW plumbers during the COVID-19 crisis: stop flushing weird stuff down the toilet. Because of our bizarre, virus-fueled run on toilet paper, many area residents are being forced to resort to alternative options. Kleenex. Wet wipes. Paper towels. Napkins. No reports yet of leaves or corn cobs, but…
A Pandemic, Looming Recession and Boundless Worry … but Taking Away Sports Is Brutal
Texas Rangers opening day shoved into May. Dallas Mavericks playoff games awkwardly played in August. Texas Motor Speedway’s NASCAR race postponed into a murky future. Golf’s Byron Nelson Classic canceled altogether. Courtesy of the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, even sports — our escape from reality — can’t escape reality. “Out of an…
Shoulda Put a Ring On It: Cowboys’ Jason Garrett Faces a Win or Die Season
To the drumbeat of blue-balls fans tortured by a quarter-century of frustrating foreplay, and the backbeat of construction clangabang violently serenading the team’s annual state-of-the-union address, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones set the tone for the 2019 season by … pretending to be deaf. Eschewing traditional softball questions for a…
Bearing Scars of War, Former Soldier Answers Call To Serve Wounded Vets
It wasn’t getting shot in the head by a sniper that made the worst day of Rick Turner’s military career. Getting shot while cradling a fellow soldier in 82nd Airborne wounded by the same sniper didn’t either. Watching him get shot again — and killed — made it the worst…
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The 10 Most Memorable Songs in Texas Rangers’ History
Walk-up songs serve as a chance for fans to get a listen into the soul of their favorite player.
Elvis and the Rangers’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Rebuilding Season
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Elvis … has been left to the rebuilding. Once upon a time, in what feels like some sort of perverted, parallel universe, the Texas Rangers’ shortstop was a joyful kid playing for a nearly champion. Today, on a sun-splashed March 1 at spring training, Elvis Andrus finds…
Top 10 Observer-ations: Greenville Avenue/ St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2019
10. The three most naively optimistic words you can utter on Greenville Avenue during St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dallas: “Table for 12.” In 20 years of parades, I’ve been on the Observer float, the 105.3 The Fan float and even (in 2012) a co-grand marshal. But this Saturday I’m…
Dallas Is Building a Great Wall to Keep Out the … Noise
What are we gonna build? “A wall!” Who’s gonna pay for it? “Mexi … er, TxDOT!” Residents in Lake Highlands are getting some long-sought peace and quiet, thanks to the construction of a giant, gaudy wall. Not the one at the heart of President Donald Trump’s controversial national emergency, but…