The “Leaning Tower of Dallas” may not be the most negative story in the city’s history, but the rest of the country is once again raising its collective eyebrow.The saga began, as stories about building implosions often do, on Valentine’s Day. The developer planned an implosion near 75 and Haskell to make room for a $2.5…
Loyal Scaiaholics know how seriously I take my poutine. But loyal Scaiaholics also know how seriously I take stadium food taste-tests. These worlds collided this week when I was tasked with trying the new poutine at Toyota Stadium in Frisco.The 2020 MLS season gets underway February 29th. FC Dallas is celebrating its 25th season, and its roster is…
This weekend, AT&T Stadium is hosting the Professional Bull Riders Global Cup. The PBR launched the Global Cup in 2017, so American cowboys could assert their dominance over the rest of the world.Team USA rode the tar outta the bulls the first year. Then Brazil won the next two.When I got the email from an associate…
Loyal Scaiaholics will recall my position on panicking.But, and this may sound unfathomable, many journalists are not Scaiaholics, so we’ve reported breathlessly about how coronavirus is about to swallow the world.In three separate stories last week, different health officials in different parts of the state all had a common theme: Fort Worth is the better community in…
Continuing a series of blogs where I write about shoving a microphone in people’s faces, I found myself at a gas station yesterday morning to report on the mayhem that ensued when icy roads nearly hit the Metroplex.The Lord saw fit to ruin reporters’ plans, though, by keeping it above freezing close to the DFW area. Some of…
Last weekend, the death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others in a helicopter crash came as a shock to so many people. The death of a celebrity hits close for a lot of us. Even if you didn’t know the person, that celebrity had become a part of your life.Phil Hartman, for instance, came into my…
When Jim Lehrer passed away yesterday, the internet was aflame with adjectives.Jim Lehrer was “understated” and “thoughtful.” People were “heartbroken.” Lehrer was a man of “civility and integrity.” [“Scaia, your understated good looks betray foolishness. Civility and integrity are nouns,” you’re hollering at your computer. And you’re right to do it.]Judy Woodruff took his place at…