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Lakeith Fowler Sold 12,000 Pairs of Fake Nikes from His Dallas Shop. Now, He's Going to Jail.

For about four months in 2007, Lakeith Fowler had a good con going. That May, the 32-year-old had hooked up with a supplier who began shipping case after case of the latest Nike sneakers at dirt-cheap prices. Fowler marked them up and sold them from his retail store, The World is Yours Clothing & Ac ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Will Step Down as Chairman of Livestrong, Gets Dropped By Nike

In the latest bit of fallout from the doping allegations against him, several news outlets are reporting that Lance Armstrong will step down as chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, better known as Livestrong, the Austin-based cancer-fighting charity he helped found in 1997. It was also report ... More >>

Seahawks 27, Cowboys 7: Thoughts on a Depressing Trip to Seattle

The Cowboys' 27-7 pasting at the hands of the Seahawks was about as brutal as the final score indicates. From the opening kickoff (literally!), Seattle simply played with a level of physicality that the Cowboys could not match. Every Dallas ball carrier was getting plowed, while Seahawks running b ... More >>

Nike Unveiled the Dallas Cowboys' New Uniforms Yesterday. They Look ... Swooshier.

Nike took over the NFL's league-wide uniform contract from Reebok this season, and today the company unveiled its new uniform designs. You know what that means. New unis for the Cowboys. Awesome, right? It's going to go down exactly like Mighty Ducks 2, and the new uniforms are going to give the Cow ... More >>

Poster of the Week: Neon Indian at the Granada Theater on Saturday, September 24

​When most people think of Neon Indian, a few things probably come to mind -- a nostalgia-filled sound, chillwave, missed opportunities to drop acid with a friend, bizarre infomercials and so on.  Fitting, then, that this week's top poster combines a few of those ideas.

College Football Uniforms Are Outta Control: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​ 10. We've sorta become desensitized to Oregon's smorgasboard of uniforms with different helmets featuring gray, green, yellow and white and neon-green outlined numbers. Blame Phil Knight and Nike for those. But what about the rest of ya? The opening weekend of college football delivered some gr ... More >>

Revolving Doors: Spring Has Sprung

​It may not feel like it today, but spring is officially here, but that's not the only change we saw in March. Restaurants and bars looking to capitalize on patio grazers opened their doors, most notably the Katy Trail Ice House, which received lots of buzz during its soft opening last month. ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Before Ben & Skin, There Was Skinny Fresh & Ruben

​Before there was "Ben & Skin," the local morning sports radio talk show on KESN-103.3 FM ESPN Dallas, there was Jeff "Skinny Fresh" Wade and Ruben Ayala, who made up Hydroponic Sound System. And, in a 2001 issue of the Observer, former music editor Zac Crain profiled the duo, who had just rel ... More >>

Daytona 500: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. NASCAR fans are loyal and rabid and ... strange. I asked a guy who he was rooting for before Sunday's Daytona 500 here in Florida and his answer: "Dodge." Imagine NFL fans picking their favorite team based on whether they wore Nike or Reebok or Under Armour. 9. All the yellow cauti ... More >>

Whitt's End: 1.28.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Sure the Mavs have won three in a row, but they've beaten no one -- Nets, Clippers and Rockets -- and when you blow a 25-point home lead to Houston and have to be bailed out by J.J. Bare ... More >>

A New Look at the Deck Park of the Future

​After a Friend of Unfair Park directed my attention to the Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum chitchat about Nike's Victory set-up, I spent a little more time cruising around the forum -- always good for a revelation or 12. There, I discovered a rendering of the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park attached to i ... More >>

Victory Park Could Use a Niketown. But For Now, This Pop-Up "Victory" Will Have To Do.

Photos by Patrick Michels​First thing this morning, a Friend of Unfair Park directed our attention to a chat, with photos, currently taking place over at the Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum, where posters are trying to decide of this new venue in the old Boardroom spot: permanent or temporary? One ... More >>

Barefoot And Brilliant

Tiger Woods Was Here! (Sorta)

The fake Tiger Woods, the real Joslyn James and an authentic dork.​Mark Taborn is 37. Lives in Los Angeles. Works in the corporate world. And is a hack of a golfer carrying a 23 handicap. Weird, because not a single day passes that he isn't confused for Tiger Woods. I spent my blogless ... More >>

But the Important Thing Is, You Can Still See That Nike Ad at Elm and Harwood

Photos by Noah Jeppson​Just one week ago, Noah Jeppson sent us those photos of that suddenly barren corner of Elm and North Harwood, where Lincoln Properties said it had to remove trees severely damaged by contractors working for New York-based Fuel Outdoor, responsible for that Nike ad. A few hou ... More >>

A Tree Grows at Elm and Harwood. Literally. That's All That's Left Now.

Noah Jeppson​This is what this corner of Elm and N. Harwood Streets looked like before this weekend. Per the heads-up on the Dallas Metropolis forum, this is what it looks like now. Dwyane Wade, apparently, needed the space. Reminds Noah Jeppson, who took the photos and let us run this one on Unfa ... More >>

There Is a Plan to Replace Those Downtown Trees Removed This Weekend

Click to expand the plans for Elm and Harwood Streets, following the weekend's removal of 10 Live Oaks​So, regarding those missing trees at Elm and North Harwood:They'll be back. Don't know exactly when. But, says Lincoln Properties' Laurie Garcia, who manages that corner lot at Elm and Harwood fo ... More >>

Like Many Before and Most To Follow, Tiger Woods Dramatically Joins The Human Race

Like it or Not, Tiger Woods is a Role Model. A Suddenly Horrible Role Model.

​I have great parents. As a kid, they provided for me and poured the foundation for me to grow into a decent - I said decent - human being through principles, rules and accepted boundaries. My parents raised me. But Bjorn Borg molded me. I'd be home by my 10 p.m. curfew because of my parents. ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: De La Soul, 100 Monkeys, Mark Zeus, Toby Keith

De La Soul at House of Blues on Friday, July 31Rather than worry about being pretentious hip hop superstars, De La Soul stayed true to what real hip-hop looks and sounds like on Friday night. With 20 years of contribution to the scene, De La Soul lives up to their standard as "quintessential hip h ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.24.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Once upon a time Walter Cronkite was the "most trusted man in America." His death got me wondering who wears that crown today? The answer hurts: Oprah. *Sure smells like the Dallas Mavericks - who lo ... More >>

Today In Music News: Eddie Van Halen Gets Litigious, Courtney Love Reunites Hole, Kings of Leon Tries Taste-Making

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 18, 2009... Eddie Van Halen is suing Nike for copyright infringement. The legendary guitarist had the color scheme of his "Frankenstrat" copywritten, copyrighted, and a new pair of Nikes has a similar scheme on the sole of it's new shoes. To ... More >>

Blood ties between Arabs and Mexicans? Oh, man, that’ll drive Lou Dobbs really nuts.

Today In Music News: Eminem Loves Detroit, Kanye Loves Marty and Simon and Garfunkel Love Touring

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 7, 2009... Eminem stars in a video pick-me-up for his beloved Detroit. Kanye West has his own Nike shoe: Air Yeezy I shit you not, that is what they are called. It's the first time a major musical artist has a shoe that is completely their ... More >>

Cowboys Camp: Thursday Wrap-Up

I've Had Dreams Like This

God Bless America. And Sports.

Scattershooting … With All Due Respect

Wood on Woods (Or: Silver Balls)

Off the Short Bus

Steve Fleming fought to make his Special Olympians equal, and that got him torched

You Too Can Own Josh Howard's Shoes in October, And They Ain't Cheap

Arlington-Based Donruss Trading Card Co. Sacks Michael Vick

Some Things For Reading and Knowing

¡Ask a Mexican!

Footbawl

This girl's got no game—or legs

Knock Off the Knock-Offs

Shoes On A Blog

Odds & Ends

How Gang of Four's Dave Allen found a music partner in Jayson Bales

Fast 'n Curryious

At Cafe Roti, fast food speeds to a higher life form

House of Pain

It's Kingsley vs. Connelly in a heart-wrenching real estate battle

Sneaker Pimp

A lifetime of hip-hop and hoops comes together in Bobbito Garcia's new book

Back to the Backstory

Whoa, but is The Animatrix art or commerce?

The Cramps and the Gore Gore Girls

April 24

Eyes at Front

At the 16th Dallas Video Festival, you cannot--and should not--look away

Faked Out

Looking for counterfeit goods, sheriff's deputies go bargain hunting

Mel Sells Out

What Women Want is a better movie than this two-hour Nike advertisement

Pavlov's dogs

How low will they go?

Buzz