Tom Leppert In a “House Full of Patriots”

Feels like it’s been a long while since we’ve touched upon the U.S. Senate candidacy of former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, last seen gigging David Dewhurst and who’s still insisting that the Trinity River Corridor Project is worthy of federal earmarks. Anyway. On Saturday he was down at the San…

CNN Pits Dallas Versus Dallas

Julia Barton, with an assist from Schutze, covered much the same territory earlier this year in her American Icons piece about Dallas for Studio 360. But now that TNT’s given the green light to that next-gen Dallas, CNN, as part of its Defining America series, takes a look at how…

Michael Irvin Runs His Out Route

Drew Pearson just must be doing something newsy today, right? The other receivers to wear No. 88 for the Cowboys are certainly holding up their end of the bizarre bargain. Dez Bryant stiffs a memorabilia show in Jersey and now Michael Irvin appears on the cover of Out magazine defending and…

When’s Perry Gonna Decide? Dunno.

Gov. Rick Perry will be in Denton this week, according to his office, at which time he certainly will not address if and when he’s going to announce whether he’s running for the White House. And so, the day after the governor met with former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in…

Dez Bryant Stands Up New Jersey Memorabilia Show

It was already a bad week for Dez Bryant, after former mentor Deion Sanders reiterated that he is severing ties with the firebrand Cowboys receiver. Now Bryant is on the verge of more legal trouble after standing up a New Jersey memorabilia show. According to organizers of the Collectors Showcase…

Why No Live Feed From Dallas City Hall?

Leslie just got back from the first meeting of the city’s gas drilling task force; her wrap-up’s due shortly. But I tried tuning in earlier, thinking surely the city would live-stream this much-ballyhooed occasion. Instead I got to see Mike Rawlings conduct his first meeting as mayor (from June 27)…

Going, Going … Yawn. How to Fix Baseball’s Broken All-Star Gala.

Not appearing tonight at baseball’s All-Star Game: Derek Jeter, Jose Reyes, Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, C.C. Sabathia, David Price and Albert Pujols.Injuries can’t be helped, but the mid-summer classic needs to be fixed. From last night’s boring home run derby to tonight’s exhibition, which will inexplicably determine home-field advantage in…

House of Blues Goes Back on the Market

Back in September we noticed that the House of Blues was on the market for $19,120,000. Guess that high price tag kept away interested buyers, as it stayed in the possession of Live Nation. But just as Liberty Media Chairman John Malone is advocating taking Live Nation private, in order…