Mavs Good, But Not Effin’ Good Enough. Again.

If you, like me, were at American Airlines Center last night for Celtics 99, Mavericks 92, you woke up this morning mad enough to spit. If you are head coach Rick Carlisle, you might still be cussing. After watching Boston’s Paul Pierce hit consecutive impossibly tough jumpers over Devean George down the…

Sasha Cohen Bringing Her Short Skirt and Long Legs to Dallas

What better way to cap our very female-friendly Thursday than with an interview with the No. 3-ranked hottest female athlete on the planet? That’s right, Sasha Cohen is in the Sportatorium. I see it this way: If you selfishly keep Valentine’s Day as yours, go to Purgatory Saturday night at 10 to…

Yes, But Can We Smoke?

City Hall would like to tell you all about the city’s new smoking ordinance — so, if nothing else, you can’t say you wasn’t warned before enforcement officers hand you that $200 ticket upon lighting up. Hence, this press release that just landed in our in-box:DALLAS – The City of…

Andruw Jones: Yay or Nay?

Your Texas Rangers have signed outfielder Andruw Jones to a minor-league contract. Ideally, I wish they would sign guys at their peak instead of with one foot in the grave, but I’m cool with the transaction. If Jones is good, he’ll be the team’s best center fielder since, I dunno, Garry…

At Neimans in NorthPark, Space for Lease

Women’s Wear Daily reports in a subscription-only story this morning that Neiman Marcus is looking for someone — anyone — to take over the lower level at its NorthPark Center location. In recent months, the downstairs has gone empty: Richard Hayler Colour Salson closed last week after 17 years (the…

Pray for Rain

In his January Climatic Bulletin, published earlier this month, state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon documented Texas’s “extraordinarily dry” and “unseasonably warm” January — and warned of more months just like it to come “as La Nina conditions begin to develop in the Pacific Ocean.” Last week, Texas A&M geography prof Steve…

Fit ‘n Foxy ‘n Footbally? Well Then, Dallas Desires You!

If you’re a hot, young chick with a fit body – who am I kidding? – you probably don’t read this testosterone-saturated blog. But you should. Especially if you also like football. Why? Because it’s right here that I’ll point you toward your big chance in the Lingerie Football League…

Buzz: City Council Member Tennell Atkins Needs Help with his Math

And they’re off: With the city council campaign season heating up, we thought we’d look at some of the campaign finance reports of the incumbents to see how they’ve been spending their dough. We picked freshman council member Tennell Atkins first because we noticed several amendments to his reports. Not…

Empty Victory | The Young And Restless | Strong-Arming Dallas

“Empty Victory,” by Matt Pulle, January 29 “F” for Victory I’ve said it before and will say it again, Victory Park has no chance of succeeding. At one point I had the over/under at 18 months. I speak from a traffic planning and real estate background. The main problem is…

I Hope You’re Sitting Down: Nita Wiggins Out at Fox 4.

Maybe I haven’t been paying attention or maybe, truth be told, I just didn’t miss her enough to notice. Whatever, I thought I had a mini-scoop this afternoon when I found out that Fox 4 had severed ties with long-time sports reporter Nita Wiggins. That is, until I read it here…

Mavericks 118, Kings 100. A Requiem in 10 Parts

My Top 10 observations from last night’s Mavs’ romp: 10. Mark Cuban really really really really loves him some Jason Kidd. “He’s got the most incredible basketball sense I’ve seen in my entire life,” says Cuban. I’ve never liked the Devin Harris-Kidd deal, but apparently – and appropriately – the…