Tony Romo Attempts to Sell the Comedy

Tony Romo: Product Spokesman from Tony RomoVia Just Jared, we find this brand-new Funny or Die exclusive: Tony Romo as a pitchman for “over 50,000 products,” among ’em yarmulkes, gas that tastes like chocolate and something called a “ball-pen hammer,” sigh. In short: The Dallas Cowboys quarterback is no Peyton…

Grand Prairie Has the AirHogs. But Dallas Has the “Water Hogs.”

Don’t know what’s more interesting: This morning’s Wall Street Journal story that ties together Dallas’s efforts to take a long drink from the Neches River and Oklahoma’s water supply, or the comments attached to the story. Let’s start with the story, in which outgoing assistant city manager Ramón Míguez acknowledges…

If Tony Romo’s Vince, Who’s Turtle?

In this photo, I mean, apparently taken last night near the Key Club on Sunset Boulevard, scene of the Dallas Cowboys quarterback’s Metal Skool performances with Mr. Belding and Jessica Simpson, awwww…

As City Prepares to Issue Pink Slips to 191 Civilians at Dallas Police Department, Why the Heck Is It Planning to Hire Another 200 Cops?

A couple months before Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle took over for Terrell Bolton, the city council approved a $485,000 efficiency study of the department to be conducted by Berkshire Advisors, which, in September 2004, recommended the reallocation of officers and reorganization of management. Kunkle ultimately civilianized approximately 160 sworn…

GOP County Chair Jonathan Neerman Considers Challenging Rep. Allen Vaught

Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman, whose Q&A with the editorial board at The News can be read in yesterday’s Points section, confirmed rumors that he’s considering a run against Democrat Allen Vaught for Texas House District 107. “I’ve heard the same rumors,” he tells Unfair Park. “I’m looking…

Alas, Tony and Jess, We’ll Always Have Mexico

Thanks to the surprisingly large number of Friends of Unfair Park who’ve forwarded along this People story concerning Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson’s apparent break-up, which, the mag reports, happened on Thursday — the night before Jess turned 29. So, who says they’re busted up? “A source close to the…