Leading Off

1. The Stars beat the Sharks in four overtimes to advance to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2000. I watched most of the fourth OT, the first 15 minutes of hockey I’ve watched all season. Don’t worry. I’m not looking for a seat on the bandwagon. There just isn’t much on at 1 a.m.

2. Think Schutze can get a column out of the 2 foot by 3 foot hole on a bridge near downtown that threw a monkey wrench into the Monday morning commute? I’d put the odds at 3-1, if only because lobbing grenades at TxDOT is what gets him up in the morning.

3. Here’s a thoroughly depressing story of the life and death struggle of Eritrean immigrants in North Dallas. That should stop your griping for a few days.