Shockingly, Mark Cuban has been quiet this year. No running out onto the court. No staged battles with refs. No comments about the league office. Nothing. For a while there after his television show went under (what was the name again? Mad TV? How I miss it so.), I wondered…
Extremely Right “The Truth” will not set you free: Robert Wilonsky’s “Right Hand of God” report (February 17) is a reminder that political action committees–whether liberal or conservative–have achieved one result: The public should be wary of any group with freedom, free or liberty in its name. As a 47-year-old,…
There’s an old upright piano next to the altar, just in front of a banner that reads “Dallas, Our Jerusalem.” Barbecue mogul Eddie Deen sits down at the bench and begins to play a rag-style tune. He suddenly locks on one note: plink, plink, plink. “Hey, this thing’s out of…
Voting Wrongs Why one expert thinks choosing a strong mayor will lead to “a lost decade” Laura Miller and Beth Ann Blackwood–one the supporter of the strong-mayor initiative that will be put before voters in May, the latter its creator–have not sought the counsel of Southern Methodist University professor emeritus…
It’s one of those classic combinations, like ham on rye or peanut butter and chocolate. We’re talking about Deep Ellum and tattoo parlors. The mix of bars and tattoos is a natural, at least to Buzz, who would have to be drunk to the point of comatose before we’d pay…
Flap Like an Eagle Cowboys suck: I gotta say, having been raised in Northeast Philly for a good deal of my life and having “bled Eagles green” for all of my 34 years, your article really hit close to home (“Good Grief,” by John Gonzalez, February 10). Loved it. Our…
Jeff Wentworth, a five-term Republican state senator from San Antonio, is the kind of politician the Religious Right should love. After all, two years ago he wrote legislation that would make gay marriage illegal in Texas. His version of the Defense of Marriage Act passed the Senate in 2003 and…
Buzz is a little late getting around to reporting this–been busy and all–so forgive us for sharing a little old news about a class action lawsuit filed against Belo Corp. for its recent circulation woes. You may be aware of the suit if you read the business section of The…
This is Jason Terry–everything you need to know about his personality encapsulated in one brief moment. Practice has just ended, and he walks off the court, leaving the free-throw line and a good sweat behind him. He could shoot past the gathered media, brush off the pack the way other…
Reality Check Judge not: David Morr (Letters, February 3), please be advised that I can only wish upon you that when you are driving your prestigious car to your prestigious job with a full tummy and a healthy family that all of you suffer the same inhumanity that has made…
Mighty and Young No More Five years ago, the Casa Linda Theatre’s marquee became a tombstone, memorializing the movies that made one last stand before the theater closed in January 1999. Those films–A Bug’s Life, Prince of Egypt, You’ve Got Mail and Mighty Joe Young–were forgettable then and notable now…
To see him today is to see him as Charlie Sampson did in 1991. Back then, Adriano Moraes was 21 but already the best bull rider in Brazil, dark and handsome, with a square, dominant chin and closely cropped black hair and a build more linebacker than bull rider, more…
On a busy Saturday night, nearly 2,000 players can be found working the glittering banks of slots and crowding the poker tables at the Kickapoo Indian tribe’s huge new casino, the only legal house of gambling in Texas. Next month, the tribe will host the Tejano Music Awards ceremonies at…
First, a little mundane personal anecdote: Buzz’s home was broken into a couple of weeks ago. Mrs. Buzz called 911, and the person who answered pleasantly explained that no officer would be dispatched. The incident would be handled on the phone. So what, you say? Virtually everyone has a story…
The poetry in sports is rooted in its symmetry, or so I’m told. For every star there’s a role player. For every champion, a chump. There is a flip side to each situation, and therein lies the beauty, right? There is a reason the thrill of victory has long partnered…
Homeless in Hell Ashamed of myself: I am writing this in response to David Morr’s letter (February 3) regarding Jim Schutze’s “Sleight of Hand” article (January 27) about the homeless. Recently, I’ve found myself without a place to live and using many of the resources for the homeless in downtown…
In The Wizard of Oz, the line about lions and tigers and bears is a refrain, repeated four times. Tin Man, Scarecrow and Dorothy say, “Lions and tigers and bears!” And then Dorothy punctuates with “Oh, my!” So right now I’m Dorothy. I am standing here at a gateway to…
It’s been a week since a conservative student group at the University of North Texas staged its most radical event yet, and still it’s unknown who the biggest dupe was: the organizers, the people upset with them or the media that covered it all. They called it “Capture the Illegal…
Who says Buzz can’t be helpful? Why, just this very day we’ve done our part to contribute to the city of Dallas’ democratic processes. How did we do it? With a threat, of course. Hey, whatever works. Here’s the deal: Candy Marcum, a candidate for the District 14 council seat,…
The season has been over for a while, and we still don’t know any more about the Dallas Cowboys than we did before their season-ending loss to the Giants. The ‘Boys and head coach Bill Parcells disintegrated in that final game, and now it’s almost as though their remains have…
Loves Me, Loves Me Not Voice of Dallas: Sarah Hepola again reminds me why she is, and rightfully so, the voice of Dallas-Fort Worth music. Admitting guilty pleasures like Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and The Vanished only serves to prove you don’t choose what you like, but you can…
Del Harris wasn’t up for talking about Avery Johnson, not at first. In general, the Mavericks’ assistant coach is a kind man, amenable to just about anything and happy to help. Harris is the type who, if you asked him for a quarter, would happily hand you a dollar and…
