Rangers Take Another Step Toward Peaking … and October

Seven games up with 38 games remaining. Magic number down to 32 (smallest in baseball along with the Brewers and Phillies). Three of the first four in the bag already in Anaheim, with a chance to sweep tonight. For those of us who make a living bitchin’ and moanin’ about…

Miracle Guile: Rick Perry Has an Odd Way of Measuring Success

Promised land: Buzz spent the past couple of days sorting through data comparing the Lone Star State’s economy with other states’, a task also being undertaken by about 900,000 media types — damn libtards, all — trying to find evidence that presidential candidate Rick Perry’s bragging about our state’s economic…

As It Tries to Bolt the Big 12, The Joke’s On Texas A&M (Again)

A Texas A&M Aggie, a Texas Longhorn and an SMU Mustang are handed blindfolds and cigarettes. Asked for their last words, the Longhorn attempts to distract the firing squad by screaming “Earthquake!” The Mustang yells “Tornado!” Shrieks the Aggie, “Fire!” Here’s all you need to know about the nauseating jealousy…

Concussing Our Kids, One Hit At a Time

Natasha Helmick goes up for a header during a soccer match and gets speared in the left temple by an opponent. The 14-year-old, a talented center midfielder playing in the choice Lake Highlands Girls Classic League, crumples to the ground. She can’t see anything out of her left eye. Her…

Tony Romo’s Bachelor Party Was Where? Doing What?!

  I’m sure the theme of the backlash toward Tony Romo in the wake of this interview will be a continuation of the ridiculous “real men don’t wear their hats backward” bullshit. But even as a staunch backward-cap guy myself, I must admit that hide-‘n-seek at a bachelor party in West Virginia seems pretty…

WSJ on The New-Look Paul Quinn College

Not so very long ago it looked as though Paul Quinn College on Simpson Stuart Road might not be long for this world, following the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ decision to yank its accreditation. Appeals were made; lawsuits, filed. And the entire time, president Michael Sorrell stood firm,…

Being Pummeled by the Rangers, Angels Look Ready to Tap Out

It’s August. But after watching the Rangers clobber the second-place Angels the last two nights it sure feels like October. As in, the West is all but won. On to the playoffs already. For the second consecutive night the Rangers’ offense pounced on an overwhelmed Anaheim starter and staff. Monday night…

Dallas ISD Has a New Site. Which Looks Nice …

Went to look for something on the Dallas Independent School District’s website … only to discover that the DISD has a new website. Trustees got a sneak peek Thursday; it went live moments ago, turns out. It’s certainly a nicer shade of blue than its predecessor. And, I see the…

Cowboys Preseason 8.17.11: My Top 10 Observer-ations

10. Backup quarterback Jon Kitna didn’t practice for a second consecutive day on Tuesday because of a sore back yesterday. Move along, nothing to see here. (Fingers crossed.) 9. Owner Jerry Jones thinks running back Felix Jones is the key to the season: “If he’s real good, we’ll be real…

NBA TV to Fill Time With ’80s Mavs Roundtable

What you see above is the second part of a Dallas Mavericks history-of posted on RetroMavs, the team’s official throwback site, only yesterday. Hunh. Don’t recall Reunion Arena ever being that empty … but I also don’t recall Ollie Mack possessing “NBA-class moves.” Anyway. That reminds me: In about an…

Those Cat Legs? “Animal on Animal” Crime.

Anna’s out working on a piece about horrific animal cruelty involving dead livestock found just south of downtown; how … lucky? But back to yesterday’s piece about that mutilated kitty. Here’s what Dallas Police Department spokesman Sgt. Warren Mitchell has to say about those legs found in the yard of…