Mavs Beat Blazers. The score was 93-82, and Tyson Chandler was a monster, with 13 offensive rebounds (and 20 overall). And here’s a tasty nugget from the Oregonian, a description of post-game action spurred by a hard screen set by Brian Cardinal in the waning seconds of the game: “Blazers guard Wesley Matthews sought out Cardinal after the game and had a few choice words for him at halfcourt, during which Mavericks reserve DeShawn Stevenson interjected. Matthews and Stevenson exchanged pointed expletives from about 10 feet apart before Stevenson was bear-hugged by a teammate and pushed toward the Dallas locker room.” You know it’s the playoffs when the expletives aren’t just expletives. They are pointed expletives.
Stars Closer to Sale. Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi has apparently agreed to a price for the team. Developing. In other Stars news, Shane Churla was arrested for a road rage incident. So there’s that.
Dwaine Caraway Does It Again! It’s been quiet up in Mayor Caraway’s office — too quiet. Thankfully, he’s done something silly again to break that silence. First he goes and praises payday lender ACE Cash Express, saying, “They are a very super corporate entity and has a very strong presence in my district … .” Then he slams mayoral candidate Mike Rawlings, who sits on the ACE board, calling him the “payday loan king” in a radio ad. Caraway’s explanation? When he praised ACE, he didn’t know they were in the payday loan business. I love this guy. Can we keep him?
More Details Emerge About Belo Executive’s Murder. You’ve probably heard the sad story about the murder of Belo Corp. executive Brian McIntosh. His wife, Adria Villarreal, is a psychologist at UTA. One of her former patients shot and killed McIntosh as he was picking up his 3-year-old daughter from daycare. Turns out, just hours before the murder Villarreal had told police that the former patient was following her, but there was nothing that could be done about it.
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@ #3. Is it possible for a city to have a “village idiot”? If so, I think we have our candidate.
I love Caraway. Rawlins was an outside director on the Board of ACE from 2002 to 2006. Somehow, five years later, he still retains the title of “King.” (You would assume that his title would be demoted to Payday Loan King Emeritus, but who’s going to quibble?) Presumably, all of the other members of the Board share the same title, so ACE has a plentitude of kings.
1. I don’t care about the Mavs, because I don’t care about their owner.
2. Ditto, Stars. I’m in sports hibernation until college football starts.
3. He is so incredibly stupid. He should give himself a key to the city.
4. Texas protects individuals’ rights and that makes getting help in cases like this tough. Let’s get a new governor who spends less time on his hair-do and perfecting his swagger and more time working to get our collective shee-yat together.
But, it has such a super, Peanut Caramel inside.
The Belo Executive’s name is Steve McIntosh and not Brian. He was a great mentor and a great man. A true role model in our crazy society. Rest in Peace and Love.
The Belo executive’s name is Steve McIntosh not Brian.
The quote should have been “They are a very super corporate entity and has [sic] a very strong presence in my district … .”