Hell of a way to bookend the day — in a courtroom first thing in the morning watching Tom Hicks’s attorneys fight to keep ownership of Liverpool FC, then at the Ballpark in Arlington tonight to watch Tom Hicks’s old team fight to keep home-field advantage over the New York…
Or perhaps not.When last we left this saga we were told that ’round about 8 a.m. this morning, 160th District Court Judge Jim Jordan would rule on that temporary restraining order Tom Hicks and George Gillett asked for two long days ago in order to stop a U.K.-court-ordered sale of…
Frank Librio, the fine PIO at Dallas City Hall, just sent word: The city’s introducing E-Alerts today, intended to keep locals “connected to City Hall,” which I assume isn’t some kind of a threat. Says the memo, all you gotta do is go to the city’s website, where, at the…
I’m at the George Allen this very moment, where attorneys representing New England Sports Ventures and Kop Holdings (which is to say, Tom Hicks) are squaring off over who owns Liverpool FC. In light of the UK judge’s ruling this morning, which basically tossed yesterday’s temporary restraining order, the attorneys…
Schutze and I just spent the last way-too-long poring over this item up for grabs at Heritage Auction Galleries’ upcoming Texana auction: Official Map of Dallas, Texas, 1875. From the description: On blue oil cloth, 70″ x 55″, delineating the streets, railways, and other details of Dallas as it began…
Bandit TrackerUnrelated, but while we’re on the subject, Austin PD’s looking for a man who last week robbed a bank wearing a George Bush mask.Surely you recall the tale of Inequa Rushing and Waylon McDonald? No? Then a refresher: In late January, the twosome robbed a bank at East R.L…
George Gillett and Tom HicksFollowing yesterday’s surprising turn of events that landed the sale of Liverpool FC in the 160th District Court at the George Allen, attorneys representing the Liverpool board and Royal Bank of Scotland were back in U.K. High Court this morning trying to push through the sale…
Joel KotkinWe — meaning, you — just got the nicest invitation to Dallas City Hall on November 12. It’s for a little get-together called the 21st Century City Conference, which is being staged by The Trinity Trust, The Dallas Institute and the CityDesign Studio. There’s some info on the website…
This morning, via the social network, a Friend of Unfair Park was kind enough to shoot me a video made by Mark Cizdziel, who spent seven hours yesterday whittling down Rangers-Rays Game Five into quite the pro-looking highlight reel. It’s pre-, post- and in-game audio and video cobbled together from…
A month ago we noted that Park and Rec had picked McCarthy Building Company to build the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park; yesterday, the city council added its okee-doke. Which is why, late last night, park officials sent word: The first batch of the 316 110-foot-long, Waco-made beams needed to constructify…
For the last three years, David and Shannon Croft have tried to excise the phrase “one state under God” from the Texas Pledge of Allegiance, four words added in the summer of ’07. The couple had kids at Rosemeade Elementary School in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, and the self-proclaimed “humanists”…
Classiest. Comic. Book. Movie. Ever. Not the best. Just the classiest—Helen Mirren (and Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich and Brian Cox and Richard Dreyfuss) can spruce up any pulp. As far as comic-book adaptations go, though, Red is a little closer to the bright side of so-so—somewhere between, let’s say,…
Dallas Cowboy by Kit Nelson, never more appropriate than today[Update at 4:41 p.m.: The original petition filed this afternoon has been added. It’s after the jump.]This morning we told you the U.K. courts had cleared the path for New England Sports Ventures to buy Liverpool FC — thus ending Tom…
Back in December we introduced you to Tommy Eugene Barber, a 32-year-old Dallas man who pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of securities fraud. Long story short: Barber ran something called T-Bar Resources, LLC, which he used to sell interests in oil and gas drilling projects. Two of…
Yesterday we spoke with Dallas Independent School District trustee Edwin Flores about a proposed policy before the board tomorrow: “Freedom from Bullying.” Which is great news, says the Resource Center Dallas. But the center’s higher-ups believe the bullying policy doesn’t go far enough, especially when it comes to protecting gay,…
Soup Can”Schepps” has been a brand name in Dallas since 1942, when Harmon Schepps started the dairy with a single truck that became a ginormous bidness since swallowed up by Cityplace-based Dean Foods. (Fun fact: Harmon was called to testify in front of the Warren Commission due to his friendship…
This morning, a Friend of Unfair Park who lives in Austin but has come home for work sends in this disgruntled missive:I usually work and live in Austin. I ride my bike to work there frequently, and I’ve never once had an issue with a driver. I’ve worked in Dallas…
Late last night, Jamey Newberg was kind enough to send this sports highlight from the Texas Rangers’ first-ever post-season series triumph: Ford C. Frick finalist Eric Nadel’s final-out call, an homage to the late, great Mark Holtz. It’s below, courtesy Mike Disen of KRLD. Stop it, sports tears. Stop it…
Willis & Woy Sports GroupJordan WoyAgent Jordan Woy, who’s done deals with some 400 athletes (from Ray Crockett to Flozell Adams to Jason Witten) over a 20-plus-year career, is a powerful guy — so much so, at least, he’s found a permanent spot on Richie’s annual breakdown of the 50…
Sam MertenNational Public Radio’s John Burnett went to the State Fair of Texas and asked those lined up to buy fried whatnots: Are you tired of Governor Rick Perry? Why, yes! Um, no, not at all. Maybe? (Perhaps Burnett should have waited till he read this morning’s paper.)Evan Smith, ex-Texas…
TexasRangers.comAs last night’s Game Five wore on, the damnedest thing began to happen: My neighborhood, in Northwest Dallas, began echoing with mighty, mighty shouts of joy. A few friends reported the same thing in other parts of town — you didn’t even need to have the Rangers-Rays game on to…
A Friend of Unfair Park who knows where to find me October 23 — the Plano Center — suggests I think again. Because, see, I had plans to take the 7-year-old who lives in my house to meet and greet one William Shatner, who’s been booked for months to appear…
