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Refer to Madness
I am the grandchild of Dave O’Brien and Dorothy Short, who met as the lead roles in a smoky cult classic. Released in 1936...
Quarterback Chaos?
We have entered summertime sadness. Days are long, the heat unrelenting, and, inevitably, it’s time to schedule classes again. Here is a primer for...
Ringing Changes
KL: The Super Bowl is over, and we’re happy that Andy Reid finally won the big one. As with every February, my friend and...
The Red Rifle Misfires
Shhhh. Do you hear that? That deafening silence cut intermittently with chirps of little comb-legged gecko fodder is the “Andy Dalton is as good...
Spectators
This season sucked. Scratch that. Beating up on the Texas Longhorns is still great fun, but watching the Horned Frogs fail in single-possession slugfests...
Tennis Talk
March looms mightily in the distance. Everyone is maddening up for tournament trash-talk and bracket-building. I say everyone. That obviously excludes Jamie Dixon’s men,...
The Art of Sport
For a world-class art institution, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art sure has a sporting side. A surprising number of works depict subjects...
Snubbed
It sucks falling short of your goal. It may suck substantially worse to be told you probably achieved your goal only to be snubbed...
Trade Remarks
As the NFL season is set to kick off on Thursday night, the Dallas Cowboys are continuing to squeeze the vice-like grip they’ve held...
Ask Truman
What is for tea?
– JP, overseas somewhere
Wow! What a way to start. Such a simple question on its face yet so vexing upon a...



















