By LexBlog Admin on July 11, 2008 Posted in Dallas Business Journal The Beijing Olympics begin Aug. 8 and, like its Olympiad predecessors, will be the subject of concentrated international attention and round-the-clock television coverage for 18 consecutive days. So what exactly is it that draws the world’s focus to mass quantities of athletic competition […]

By Talmage Boston on May 16, 2008 Posted in Park Cities People On March 12, Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley was asked at an SMU Athletic Forum luncheon, “If you could trade places with anyone else in the world today, in any arena, who would it be?”  Always glib, and in the aftermath of […]

By LexBlog Admin on February 15, 2008 Posted in Park Cities People On February 6, 2008, the Texas Rangers named Nolan Ryan as their new president — the best news for area fans since the team last appeared in the postseason in 1999. Baseball in these parts has been in a downward spiral for a […]