Robert Wilonsky

City columnist at The Dallas Morning News.

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It's been a while since I've shared something I wrote for publication. But I'm grateful @michaelhoinski asked me to write this for @TexasHighways, about my dad + South Dallas, 2 of my favorite subjects. Here's the photo on which the illustration is based.

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@hwinkler4real I spent my whole life preparing for that night. You exceeded every expectation. Needless to say, Henry, it was a pleasure, a thrill and an absolute honor.

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I don't post here much (or ever) these days. But this? No choice.

[Nash @NashTalksTexas]

Max Belyeu securing Texas the SEC title but it's Moneyball

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Photographer Allison V. Smith & I spent this week in the ICU with @GoodRecords' Chris Penn and his wife Jenn. Chris remains paralyzed from the neck down following a March 17 fall. I don't post here much of late, but in case some of you want an update:

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The World Cup's International Broadcast Center would have created a "long-term legacy for Fair Park and the surrounding community," the local pitch committee wrote FIFA officials in January 2023. Instead we're spending $15 million to put it in a teardown.

https://t.co/xk3wwm8fyG

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I see where I stand with my former employer.

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📻 Our @DavidMooreDMN co-hosts Intentional Grounding on @dfwticket at 7 p.m. Listen as they discuss the Cowboys on the SportsDay app or 96.7 FM, and check out this story.

👂 Listen on the app: https://t.co/9bFtSe1R5l 
👓 Read: https://t.co/3NcGRLq9Mh

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So you’re saying I CAN’T just play music for an hour and sway quietly in the corner?

[David Moore @DavidMooreDMN]

Cowboys: Existential crisis.

Tonight on Intentional Grounding on ⁦@dfwticket⁩. My good friend & co-host ⁦@RobertWilonsky⁩ & I discuss this starting at 7 this evening.

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Always happens while “Intentional Grounding” is on the air. No coincidence.

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Wow. Just got word that the Little Ticket won the Marconi for 2024 Major Market Station of the Year! That’s huge for a sports station to beat all the “real” stations in the broad category. Congrats to whole Ticket team and to you, the beautiful P1’s!!

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Tonight, on “Intentional Grounding” (brought to you by @MilamandGreene), how much of this will @DavidMooreDMN and I drink on the air? Tune in at 7 on @dfwticket to find out.

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I am trying to fit my headphones over my new hat for tonight’s Very Special Episode of “Intentional Grounding with my life partner @DavidMooreDMN, beginning at 7 on @dfwticket.

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New profile picture

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New profile picture

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That's me! And my favorite shirt, courtesy one @TyWalker716 by special request. Order yours here whilst listening to the most intentional of groundings.

https://t.co/oHW0R3uSpa

You're welcome, @corbydavidson.

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The man behind this shirt joins me tonight for another action-packed edition of Intentional Grounding on ⁦@dfwticket⁩.

Only moments away, as soon as The Hardline gets off the air.

[Robert Wilonsky @RobertWilonsky]

Libelous. Also, delicious.

[David Moore @DavidMooreDMN]

You can tell it’s close to the start of Intentional Grounding by how much less there is in ⁦@RobertWilonsky⁩ bottle.

What? We started?

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I'm really just here to welcome our new sponsor, @MilamandGreene, which will surely come in handy during this Cowboys season.

[David Moore @DavidMooreDMN]

My better radio half, ⁦@RobertWilonsky⁩, deep into show prep for tonight’s emotional return of Intentional Grounding at 7 o’clock on ⁦@dfwticket⁩.

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Happy Birthday to the man, the myth, the legend @HarryWilonsky I hope the campers sing to you on Monday!

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Oh. Joy. My favorite picture.

[David Moore @DavidMooreDMN]

Is there anything loyal listeners of ⁦@dfwticket⁩ would rather stumble across on a random summer afternoon than a special edition of Intentional Grounding?

Sure. Lots of things.

But that doesn’t stop me & ⁦@RobertWilonsky⁩ from intruding on your airwaves from 1-3.

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Willie Mays in Oak Cliff, one year earlier.

https://t.co/zUfrZrIB3w

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My father, born and raised in Dallas, had one hero: Willie Mays. He saw him play once: an exhibition at Oak Cliff's Burnett Field in April 1956, Giants against the Indians. He didn't get his program signed: "I was starstruck." Dad always regretted that.

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My father, born and raised in Dallas, had one hero: Willie Mays. He saw him play once: an exhibition at Oak Cliff's Burnett Field in April 1956, Giants against the Indians. He didn't get his program signed: "I was starstruck." Dad always regretted that.

https://t.co/gfO7fTTWsE

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A thing I saw at work today

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For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure:

On April 16, 2002, you could spend One Nite Alone with Prince at the Music Hall at Fair Park -- or his post-show, late-night jam at the old Red Jacket on Greenville Ave. Feat. Erykah Badu, a J.B.'s cover, lotta sweat.

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And, an answer has appeared on the @oncor website: "The outage in your area is due to vegetation impacting equipment." Title of my next prog-rock album.

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I understood being without power for four days last week -- hurricane-force winds, hundreds of thousands without power, lousy infrastructure, etc. I get all that. What I will never understand, @oncor, is what causes a sudden, lengthy outage on a clear, hot day in early June.