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…
Dallas County District Attorney’s Office James Lee Woodard, who served 27 years in prison before his release today In the wake of today’s release of James Lee Woodard, yet another Dallas County prisoner exonerated by DNA evidence, State Senator Rodney Ellis of Houston revealed plans for a day-long Summit on…
Yeah, I know. The end is near. The Mavs packed their white flags and vacation itineraries on the flight to New Orleans yesterday. They are six-point underdogs against the Hornets tonight and, according to NBA history, have about a nine percent chance of rallying from down 3-1 to win the…
Alex Gordon, who’s very touchy I was gonna pass along this Kansas City Star story to KTCK-AM (The Ticket, 1310) afternoon-show co-host Corby Davidson. But when I talked to Davidson earlier today, he said he’d already had it e-mailed to him, like, “75 times, at least.” Problem is, today’s story…
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…
No doubt you heard yesterday that Fort Worth-based American Airlines will, beginning May 12, charge $25 for a second checked bag — if, course, yer flying coach. The reason’s obvious: rising fuel costs and the need to cover the tab, one piece of luggage at a time. Well, today Fortune…
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…
“I like the fear,” says Two-Face in this new NBA Playoffs promo that arrives just in time for the left side to bid adieu to the right. “‘It means I’m ready.” Laughing is fun. –Robert Wilonsky…
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…
Really, the title of Avery Johnson’s new book gets a little funnier every day. Two sports shorts with which to commence the day, before the Dallas Mavericks end it ’round 8:30ish with yet another first-round shalom, y’all. Howard Beck in The New York Times documents yesterday’s Mavs practice that wasn’t…
Mike Ware, head of the Dallas County District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Division Seventeen Dallas County men have been freed from prison following DNA tests that have cleared their names. And till today, those cases have been fairly cut and dry. But Jeff Blackburn, senior counsel for the Innocence Project of…
Two weeks after Thomas McGowan became the 17th Dallas County prisoner released following DNA testing, 55-year-old James Lee Woodard becomes the 18th. On July 17, 1981, Woodard was sentenced to life in prison for the sexual assault and strangulation of a woman found near the Trinity River on New Year’s…
Tonight at 7 p.m. in Philly, the 7-0 Dallas Desperados play the 8-0 Philadelphia Soul — you know, the team owned by Jon Bon Jovi? Moments ago, Sports Illustrated posted a lengthy Q&A with Bon Jovi about tonight’s …um … historic contest of undefeated Arena Football League teams. Bon Jovi,…
Food Network We just got very interested in who’s gonna become The Next Food Network Star. Local connections and all. A Friend of Unfair Park wonders: Is the Lisa Garza mentioned below, as the Dallas contestant on the forthcoming season of The Next Food Network Star, the same Lisa Garza…
FLDS The state claims to have found evidence that 20 young girls living in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints compound in Eldorado became pregnant when they were between the ages of 13 and 16, which supports Texas’ allegations of a culture of systematic abuse that occurred…
Texas Department of Transportation What “negative perception?” Because this looks fine to us. Aside from the Love Field item on the Transportation and Environment Committee’s agenda today, the council committee will also discuss later this p.m. how to get the state to better tend to Dallas’ crap highway landscaping. Of…
View Larger Map On LA’s Homeless Blog today, PATH Dallas director Ken McGill offers a sneak peek at the $16.5-million one-stop homeless assistance “mall” set to open shortly at 1818 Corsicana Street, at the intersection of S. St. Paul Street. Notes McGill, PATH Dallas at the Bridge “will operate in…
Breaking news for the Liz Lemons of the world, or at least the 30 Rock viewers who get the headline: Food Network today announced the 10 peeps competing for the title of The Next Food Network Star, and one of them’s a local — name of Lisa Garza. The series…
Busy day at City Hall: Aside from the animal-ownership restrictions under consideration today during the Quality of Life and Government Services Committee’s powwow, the Transportation and Environment Committee will take up the discussion of modernizing Love Field Airport, per the Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006. The city’s among the…
