That’s what ESPN — and 32 e-mails in my in-box — says. I’ll take all of yer words for it, as I am out as well. To lunch. Richie? –Robert Wilonsky…

Lee Trull For a freelance actor-writer, being hired for the new resident company at Dallas Theater Center is like being called up from the minors to the big leagues. And for all-around utility player Lee Trull, it also means being the first Dallas actor to be named to the nine-member…

Two down, 12 to go, Don Hill! This just in from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Andrea Spencer, among those named by the feds in the low-income housing development corruption case at Dallas City Hall, pleaded guilty this morning in a federal courtroom to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery…

John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller’s heirs today demanded that Irving-based ExxonMobil — otherwise known, way back when, as Standard Oil — get its head out of its oil drum and start looking into “renewables and alternative fuels,” pronto. Said Peter O’Neill, the Rockefellers’ liason to the ExxonMobil cartel and…

Henry Brant We begin this a.m. with a note of passing that has nothing to do with the end of the Dallas Mavericks’ torturous season. The Washington Post carries today the obituary for composer Henry Brant, the 94-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winner who died Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, California…

KTVT-Channel 11 Oh, and Mavs lose, Stars win! KTVT-Channel 11’s got the goods: video from Dallas County Commissioners Court today, where Item No. 6c on today’s agenda was, simply, “Sheriff Overtime.” Nothing simple about it, though, as John Wiley Price and Ken Mayfield went at it over the amount of…

I’m gonna invite Josh Howard over to watch, on a loop, this FC Dallas-provided video of Pizza Hut Park as it goes from soccer venue to hosting Jimmy Buffett and Edgefest within a four-day period, all whittled down to 110 triumphantly scored time-lapsed seconds. –Robert Wilonsky…

Daniel Rodrigue Bobby Cunningham, left, and brother Jon were among the clowns to gather on a NorthPark parking garage yesterday afternoon. It started with coordinates posted to a movie studio’s promotional Web site; it ended with chaos, confusion and, finally, a movie trailer. A dozen cities — among them, New…

Courtesy Deadspin this a.m., we’re directed to the blog of none other than Robin “Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams” Leach. His, ahem, spywitnesses claim that Cowboys QB Tony Romo lost some $2.5 million on the Vegas green felt last weekend, which, apparently, mightily miffed Jessica Simpson. Writes Leach: “Insiders told…

Bravo Speaking of televised cooking competitions and the locals who participate in them, a lengthy Q&A with Shinsei’s Casey Thompson was just posted on Slashfood. She talks up Dean Fearing and Asian Restaurant News and admits that, well, she’s supposed to be blogging for Bravo’s Web site about the current…

Four months after a few Friends of Unfair Park offered their suggestions for a new moniker for Industrial Boulevard, the city will finally whittle down the list of contenders to a Top 10. For those so interested in taking part in the process — which, alas, will not likely include…