Suitable for framing. PR News Release Header March 5, 2009 Cowboys Release Roy Williams and Terrell Owens The Dallas Cowboys announced the release of veteran safety Roy Williams today. Williams, who was the team’s first round draft choice out of Oklahoma in 2002, earned five Pro Bowl selections in his…
Stand-up comic Richard Lewis has made a career out of airing his neuroses during an act he began nearly 40 years ago. His routine isn’t so much a series of jokes as it is a stream-of-consciousness rant that veers wildly from subject to subject as he recalls annoyances he has…
Was enjoying some second-hand smoke from Dale Hansen’s seegar down in Victory Plaza before last night’s Mavs-Spurs showdown. We were discussing this week’s Observer cover story, owner Mark Cuban’s unprecedented outburst, how Dale claims he’s “too shy” to serve as Grand Marshal for the Observer’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on…
Anne Raymond of Crow Holdings and Citizens Against the Taxpayer-Owned Hotel in a missive sent to Mayor Tom Leppert yesterday accuses him of running a “campaign of negative personal attacks.” She also asks why Leppert is rushing forward with construction of the convention center hotel in an attempt to nullify…
Jim Moroney, A.H. Belo executive vice president and Dallas Morning News publisher, confirms that the company has laid off employees at The Denton Record Chronicle — how many, though, he does not say. Belo, as reported earlier, expects to lay off 500 employees in coming days, with 75 to 100…
We can cross our fingers real hard and go for the trifecta, but I don’t see Cowboys owner Jerry Jones firing Wade Phillips today. Let’s don’t get greedy. But let’s also be realistic. Gone from the roster that lost 44-6 in Philadelphia on Dec. 28 and went 9-7 last year…
I enjoy television as much as the next 5-year-old, but somehow I’ve managed to miss every single second of The Bachelor — Ellen too, except when DISD rising star Dalton Sherman got his free computer back in September. Alas, the two titans of TV dip chocolate into peanut butter this…
The Sports Illustrated scribe was among the first to predict that Jerry Jones would cut Terrell Owens, even as Jones hemmed and hawed in recent days about what he was going to do with the wide receiver. Why come? A gut feeling, he writes this morning, as Dallas Cowboys fans…
Damn, maybe Jerry Jones took Channel 8’s poll to heart. Either that, or the Cowboys owner is suffering from spasms of lucidity and humility. Whatever, less than 12 hours after cutting Terrell Owens, the Cowboys have this morning released safety Roy Williams. Weird, huh? The Cowboys actually making prudent roster…
Tom Colicchio is staying in Victory Park; Paciugo, alas, is not. Days after next-door neighbor Quiksilver caught a wave out of there and N9NE Steakhouse put a fork in it, the Dallas-based gelato emporium, among the very first tenants to open in Ross Perot Jr.’s increasingly ghosttown-like development, also shut…
Several Friends of Unfair Park, at least one of whom’s currently looking for work, have directed our attention in recent days to LaidOffCampDFW — “an unconference for unemployed, non-traditionally employed, employees and employers (including freelancers, entrepreneurs and startups) in the DFW area who want to share ideas and learn from…
My new hero is Eric. He plays for my new favorite sports team: The special education squad from Dallas’ Conrad High School. Seemingly an odd choice, because this year Eric probably won’t score many baskets and Conrad likely won’t win many games. Utterly immaterial, because they’ve already completed a perfect…
This is how it all began to unravel. 6:34: 16-foot jumper, Jason Terry— Mavericks 89, Heat 76. On Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at approximately 10:15 p.m. in Miami’s American Airlines Arena, the Dallas Mavericks could taste their first NBA Championship. Already leading their best-of-seven NBA Finals series against the Heat,…
“Death, Metal,” by Pete Freedman, February 26 RIP, Abb My best weekends were spent in that club [Joe’s Garage]. Every weekend, no matter who was playing, my future wife, three or four friends, and I would overload my little Nissan car and make the long trek to Joe’s from McKinney…
Putcha popcorn down. The failed T.O. experiment is over. Finally. Altogether now: Toldja! It was way back on March 23, 2006 that I warned: “Terrell Owens will catch touchdowns, complain about everything and, ultimately, crater the Cowboys’ locker room without delivering a Super Bowl.” The end – better late than never…
Yet again, the Red Oak Kid’s back with a page outta Dallas’s history book — this time, with a still from the making of State Fair on the Fair Park grounds. Writes the ROK, “Bobby Darin notes Pamela Tiffin’s measurements in his little black book.” Heh. This one’s for all…
The great Horton Foote, the Wharton native responsible for such works as the To Kill a Mockingbird screenplay (for which he won an Oscar), The Trip to Bountiful (filmed in Dallas) and Tender Mercies, died today at the age of 92 at his Connecticut home. This excerpt from his New…
As we mentioned yesterday, the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee was briefed on what should be done about the scrap metal recyclers located near the Trinity corridor, which are gumming up the city’s “vision” for the Trinity project. Theresa O’Donnell, director of development services, urged the committee for…
When the entire Dallas skyline goes dark at 8:30 p.m. on March 28, fret not: It’ll be totally intentional. That’s because the city announced today that it will participate in the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour 2009, which calls for folks to dim their lights as part of the “largest…
Moments ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival sent along its complete schedule for this year’s fest, which runs March 26 through April 2 — with, as we’ve noted before, most screenings taking place this year at the AMC NorthPark, the title sponsor. Well, even at 77 features and 96…
If the Mavericks keep blowing games to friggin’ Oklahoma City, owner Mark Cuban will apparently blow a gasket and blow up his team. Says Cuban, in the most violent finger-pointing of his 9-year regime. “Not only did it look like we had no idea what we were doing, but we…
I did go 10 days without food and I’m committed to finishing this on December 13. But there was a time when I was a real, live thrill-seeker. Found some evidence recently. I wasn’t insane in a Johnny Knoxville way or a one-on-one interview with Charles Haley sorta way, but as in…
