Jean-Jacques Taylor

Whitt's End

After six great years at the Dallas Observer, they're dragging me out kicking, screaming and, yes, grateful.

Now Jean-Jacques Taylor. Is Dallas' Only Daily Being Wadded Up Before Our Very Eyes?

​And so it begins continues. Actually, it's been going on for years now. The slow, excruciatingly painful death of the newspaper, that is. I meet 20-somethings, even 30-somethings every week who listen to the radio, who read blogs, who Tweet and Facebook and Skype and ... who shrug a ... More >>

"Against the Grain": Jim Moroney on the Decision to Erect a Paywall at The Dallas News

​Shortly before The Dallas Morning News announced the erection of its paywall, which goes into place February 15, publisher and CEO Jim Moroney sent to the staff a memo in which he wrote: Brace yourself. Said Moroney in a phone conversation with Unfair Park at 6:30 this morning, as he was driving ... More >>

Whitt's End: 12.10.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *In the ALCS, the Rangers beat the Yankees in six games. In the pursuit of Cliff Lee, looks like the Yankees will beat the Rangers in seven years. *I've been rough on the Rangers, who at one point ... More >>

Ron Washington Still Has His Job. I Know, I Can't Believe it Either.

​Take a bow Wade Phillips, Rick Carlisle and Marc Crawford, for you toil away at your head-coaching job ... without the use of cocaine. Amazingly, the same cannot be said for Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington. Let me get this out of the way right up front: Washington should have ... More >>

Radio Will Save the Newspaper Business, as The Ticket and Dallas News Share Content

​Several Friends of Unfair Park have e-mailed this morning wondering what a Ticket-Dallas Morning News content-sharing deal, announced this morning, actually means. After all, Jean-Jacques Taylor, Rick Gosselin, Todd Archer, Evan Grant and other sportswriters already appear on the station regularl ... More >>

Whitt's End: 3.27.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dallas Police Chief David Kunkel can apologize all he wants for the indefensible actions of Robert Powell, but unless the officer is fired it will be a complete and utter injustice. Powell, who detai ... More >>

Whitt's End: 2.27.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Sorry to rain on Skip Bayless' - what, 14-year? - crusade, but Troy Aikman ain't gay. Went to the Pro Bowl and hung out with Aikman in Honolulu in '93. Lotsa drinks. LotsaLotsa hula girls. ... More >>

Lucille Hester: Half the Truth is a Total Lie

As Bob Hayes' entangled family tree goes under the microscope and as the newspaper that for years has thrust Lucille Hester out front finally joins the investigation into the validity of her branch, one thing - and one thing only - has become clear: The world's fastest human is quickl ... More >>

BREAKING NEWS: Bob Hayes and the Hall of Fraud

Somewhere between Milli Vanilli, Rosie Ruiz, Criss Angel and Dennis Green's "They are who we thought they were," something smells fraudy. Or, as the old Florida A&M college buddy and former business manager of newly minted Pro Football Hall of Fame member Bob Hayes says of Lucille ... More >>

T.O. Must Go?

ESPN's Ed Werder says today that your Dallas Cowboys are seriously considering releasing Terrell Owens. Dallas' Only Daily's Jean-Jacques Taylor says if T.O. goes, then Jason Garrett stays. Me? I say that the whole fiasco could be fixed by getting rid of Wade Phillips and hiring a re ... More >>

Terrell Owens Not Good Enough to Duplicate Feat. No Way. No How.

   My son hates green beans.   Faced with a plate of them, he'll eat a couple, suck on a couple more, tear two or three apart and, ultimately, smash/push his veggies into a pile and pronounce: "Done!"   Unless, of course, I consult the Parenting 101 guide and resort to ... More >>

Boys Will Be Boys as Boys Will Be Boys Author Meets Emmitt Smith

Dallas’ Only Daily Breaks Ground with a, um, Ground-Breaking Idea?

Cowboys Camp: Wednesday Morning

What's That You Say, Richie? You're On a New Sports-Talk Radio Station? Do Tell.

The Hammer Nailed It

Win One for the Zimmer

Mong: "We're Righting the Ship." So, There.

You Know What They Say About Small Packages

In Circles

Art's birth and death

Just Forget It

Move on folks, there was nothing to see in an ugly 2004

Letters

Anonymous Whine

Maybe this is why they're called Cowboys, not men

Search Party

Bill Parcells is looking for a few good men. Good luck.

Black out

Jerry Jones didn't hire a black head coach. Does that make him a racist?

Pssst...

Want to know what's going on at Valley Ranch? Ask an unnamed source.