The annual fundraiser Top Hat and Tails is on Saturday night, and if you’re not familiar with it, it’s a party with a fun twist. Local celebs are paired up with Arthur Murray dancers for a Dancing With the Stars-type competition. Proceeds benefit Paws in the City. I’m rooting for former NBC 5 morning show [ ... ] ...
Andrew Chalk reports from Rising Star Chef’s Dinner:Every year aspiring DFW chefs sign up for The Rising Star Chef’s Contest, part of the Dallas Wine and Food Festival. Past winners have predicted some future Dallas culinary stars. For example:2001 Joel Harloff, then of Mi Piaci, now of Dali. 2002 Blaine Staniford, then of The Riviera, [ ... ] ...
Because I firmly believe that procrastination is part of the creative process, I will take a break from working and share this video with you. I filmed it last summer in Frankston, Texas. It stars Bill, an Eastern Bluebird, who has been living with his “wife” Hillary at my family’s lake house for four seasons, [ ... ] ...
But you may see it around town in the coming months. It’s the Dallas PD patrol car they’re using for Code 58, the new action comedy series shooting (and set in) Dallas. It stars Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks. More TK ...
Nancy Lieberman continues to enjoy a great roll. Not only is she the first head coach in NBA or NBDL history, on Tuesday she will get the honor of ringing the bell to open the day's trading on Wall Street ... It will be the second stock market that a NBA D-League Frisco staff member has initiated in the past week as President of Basketball Operations Spud Webb rang the opening bell of the Canadian stock exchange last Wednesday ... Lieberman is in New York to accept the Bill Walsh Champion of
Mike Modano plays hockey and eats steak at Bob’s. (thank you for the photo, Sports Illustrated) A steak-lovin’ friend of mine dined at Bob’s last might and reports: “Mike Modano and a bunch of other athletes were there. They could have been Stars, I don’t know.” Yes, I know. It’s not much but s/he [ ... ] ...
It's 37-35, Mavs, at the break, and both teams are having trouble getting the ball to go into the basket ... The Mavericks are shooting 37 percent, which would look awful if not for the Spurs' 34-percent mark ... Not a single player has cracked double figures yet. And stars Dirk Nowitzki and Tim Duncan are a combined 7-of-21 from the field ... Surely this will get better in the second half ... --Eddie Sefko ...
Dirk Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant just made back-to-back baskets ... That gives them a combined 11 points, four for Nowitzki ... and the Mavericks are up 48-41 ... --Eddie Sefko ...
DALLAS - The Stars cleverly announced during Wednesday night’s game that the Ott-toberfest ticket promotion has been extended into November by two games by the “league offices” since Steve Ott was slapped with a two-game suspension for his hit on St. Louis’ Carlo Colaiaicovo last Saturday night. And for much of the night, the Ott-less lineup looked [ ... ] ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs team that will visit AAC on Wednesday night won’t drag in the NHL’s only winless record after all, winning at Anaheim on Monday night 6-3. You commit 17 penalties like the Ducks, and Niklas Hagman is going to make you pay - three power-play goals (giving him a team-high six this season). The Leafs have risen to [ ... ] ...