Give It Up For Liz Mikel

Liz Mikel, a member of the Dallas Theater Center’s resident ensemble and, from 2006 through ’08, a co-star on Friday Night Lights, was among those who lost everything yesterday when the Holly Hills apartment complex near Greenville Avenue and Walnut Hill Lane caught fire. As she told KXAS-Channel 5, “Memories…

Tex-Cess. Why the Dallas Longhorns Aren’t Quite Good Enough.

As I didn’t back in 2006, I still don’t get Dallas’ obsession with the University of Texas. I know there’s tons of alumni and it’s the big state university and lone star pride and yadda, yadda and more yadda. But it’s Commerce Street, not Sixth Street. It’s Reunion Tower, not…

Cowboys on the Cover: Justification or Jinx?

Miles Austin has overcome being from Monmouth College. Miles Austin has overcome being an undrafted free agent. Miles Austin has overcome being buried on the bench until Week 5. Miles Austin has overcome playing receiver opposite Roy Williams. But … …

Only Jerry Stackhouse Could Go to China

Hat tip, of course, to Mr. Spock for the headline suggestion — what, you’ve never heard the ancient Vulcan proverb? Shame. Anyway. Yes, looks like the former Dallas Maverick is headed to China, if this crudely interpreted Web site is any indication. Jerry Stackhouse, who said in October he wasn’t…

Spit Happens: An Eagle Desecrates Cowboys Stadium

It all started with a phone call to 105.3 The Fan’s Sybil Summers. A tip that the Philadelphia Eagles’ web site was posting something or other about Cowboys Stadium’s sacred star. A little investigative digging and – voila – Cowboys-Eagles III just got more interesting. The Bounty Bowl. Randall Cunningham’s fake…

A Quick Note Before Reading This Week’s Paper Version of Unfair Park

In our effort to get some last-minute extra reporting into this week’s cover story, “High Time For Change” by Dave Farrell, about how, just maybe, there’s a bright future ahead for those pushing for the legalization of marijuana, the Observer managed to misquote Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle. When you…