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Dave Williams 4/6/2017: Tony Romo – the rich and famous guy next door.

Dave Williams 4/6/2017: Tony Romo – the rich and famous guy next door.

This week the buzz in DFW has been all about Tony Romo. The Cowboys (ex) quarterback announced on Tuesday he’s giving up playing football to explain it to us on TV. When I drove to work Wednesday morning the sign in front of Cowboys World Headquarters, The Star in Frisco, was lit with a simple…MORE

Marlee McCormick 3/28/2017: Where do we come from?

Marlee McCormick 3/28/2017: Where do we come from?

Don’t you get tired of the proverbial “Where do we come from?”  Seems like a tired line, that is until you get excited about finding the answers….and that’s where I find myself now tracing my roots…so the question no longer seems that boring to me. A few years ago at my father’s funeral, I met…MORE

Dave Williams 2/18/2017: Fake news, alternative news and my dead dad

“People say you have a right to your opinion. That’s only half correct. You have a right to an informed opinion. If you don’t know what you’re talking about you should shut the hell up and listen.” – Donald M. Williams I was about 14 or 15 when my dad told me that. It made…MORE

Alan Scaia, 2/14/17: ScaiaBowl

Alan Scaia, 2/14/17: ScaiaBowl

I spent last weekend in Houston covering Super Bowl 51. Let me walk you through how journalists cover the “news” side of a major sporting event. When I got to Houston, I started wandering around to talk to fans. Patriots fans were striding confidently through the streets, doing weirdly stereotypical interviews where they don’t pronounce the letter,…MORE