ESPN the Magazine’s Shaun Assael this morning offers his take on the David Jacobs story — because Assael thinks he has some insight into why Jacobs, who claimed he sold his steroids to NFL players, and his girlfriend, bodybuilder Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell, were found shot to death in Jacobs’ Plano…
After the jump, the Southwest Airlines ad that appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal. Which brings me to this week’s installment of Ask American Airline Spokesman Tim Wagner: Is that ad brilliant or what? –Robert Wilonsky…
Daniel Rodrigue Ray Hunt, whispering sweet nothings into the ear of his new favorite chef, Wolfgang Puck, at today’s press conference at Union Station. For more photos from today’s event, check out our slideshow. The announcement today of the partnership between Hyatt Regency Dallas, Woodbine Development Corp. and chef, restaurateur…
Courtesy North Dallas realtor Lydia Player, we find today the perfect homestead for the race-car fanatic for whom the thought of living anywhere but within spitting distance of the Texas Motor Speedway is unbearable. For some $1.3 million, you can move right into a 1,600-square foot condo perched high atop…
Squint hard enough and you can see these two in Mavericks’ blue. Well, not really. But we can dream. And, as nightmares go, how’s this? The Mavericks almost made three separate trades for guys who will figure prominently in what should be a scintillating, fascinating NBA Finals between the Lakers…
Really, we were just looking for a reason to run a Dallas Tornado jersey. George Henderson is more or less the minor-league version of John Lanzillo Jr. — Zonk, to you long-suffering Texas Rangers fans. Krazy George, who’s beaten his own hand drum for the likes of the Houston Oilers…
For those thinking there’s something mighty, mighty suspicious about convicted steroids dealer David Jacobs being found dead in his Plano home today of apparent gunshot wounds, along with a 30-year-old bodybuilder named Amanda Jo Earhart-Savell, you are not alone. Over on Grits for Breakfast, Scott Henson points out a very…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins wants to address “the bigger picture” concerning wrongful convictions. One month ago, hundreds of law-enforcement officials from around the state gathered under the dome in Texas’s Senate chamber at the behest of Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston. They came to pay their respects to…
We told you it’d be a restaurant! Over at the Union Station shindig, which is currently under way with our crack interns in attendance, it was just announced that Wolfgang Puck will handle all the catering for Union Station’s special events once the joint reopens in the fall, following the…
This awesome chair, incidentally, will only set you back $3,700. Perfect for the HP home decorator. This morning, The Wall Street Journal’s Ben Casselman is taking four news items concerning Dallas and trying to make of them a trend, which is: We no longer like our cars. First up, the…
The outside of Nicola’s in Plano Having never eaten at Nicola’s Ristorante Italiano — me, I don’t like to drive to Oklahoma or Plano, I forget which comes first — I don’t know whether this is a big deal, epicuriously speaking. But for the intersection of Preston Road and Northwest…
Schutze and I just got through discussing a Bond Buyer story from this morning that says Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s forthcoming $740 million sales-tax revenue bond sale is getting a couple of thumbs up and a couple of thumbs down. On the one hand, you have Standard & Poor’s raising…
Ryan Gosling in 2006’s Half Nelson At the beginning of 2007, we noted that Brad Pitt was all set to star in The Dallas Buyer’s Club, which was the honest-to-God story of Ron Woodroof — the heterosexual, homophobic electrician who contracted HIV in 1980, was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986…
“Terrain of Grief,” by Megan Feldman, May 22 Unpayable debts As our “better angels” would have it, I was drawn on this Memorial Day to the “Terrain of Grief” cover of the May 22 issue of the Dallas Observer. I’ve been out of town for the past week and drove…
The publicity has died. But quietly, meekly, barely—Ron Springs lives. That is, if you call this living. Lying in a vegetative state at Medical City Hospital in Dallas since a simple surgery to remove a tiny cyst turned catastrophic last October, the former Dallas Cowboys running back is permanently on…
Words of wiz-dumb: Here’s an interesting bit of polling news reported by political Web site Daily Kos: Democrat Rick Noriega has pulled within 4 points of…beg your pardon? Who’s that, you ask? Noriega is a candidate for U.S. Senate, running against incumbent John Cornyn. Anyway, recent polls show… No, not…
Once a month or so, a small group of old warriors gather for lunch at Dunston’s Steakhouse on Harry Hines Boulevard. They don’t look extraordinary, and they won’t talk about their histories unless you ask them. These men belong to the North Texas chapter of the Legion of Valor. All…
Somewhere in this conversation from last night’s surprisingly flatulent episode of The Paul O’Grady Show, which airs in the U.K., Michael Urie talks a little bit about growing up in Dallas. Well, actually, the Ugly Betty star was born and raised in Plano. But, still. A midweek penalty kill, if…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released its annual National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which revealed, first and foremost: “Although the study documents substantial improvements over time in many health risk behaviors among all high school students, Hispanic students remain at greater risk for certain health related behaviors…
At last, the perfect Father’s Day gift. Assuming it’s the real deal — and there are copious references to a “Letter of Grading and Authenticity” — one of Tom Landry’s fedoras is currently up for grabs on eBay, courtesy a San Antonio-based seller who’s not sure whether he ever wore…
Batters couldn’t hit him. Pitchers can’t catch him. You know how you know when you’re a badass? When you own a 1,000-strikeout lead on every other baseball pitcher ever – and you haven’t thrown a pitch in 15 years! No worries, Nolan Ryan. No worries. Sure the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Randy…
Last week, Josh Hamilton graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, for his heroic comeback. This week, Tony Romo makes the cover of Us Weekly, for his heroic comeback. –Robert Wilonsky…
