Part of the shrapnel from the *A-Roid bombshell: Not that it manifested itself in any sort of team success, but there’s no denying that the Texas Rangers now have more big-name stars linked to performancing-enhancing drugs than any professional team this side of a European cycling club. Ruben Sierra. Jose…
A good Friend of Unfair Park said we’d be in for a proper scolding if we didn’t mention before day’s end the weekend tree-carving out in the woods of Oak Cliff. Viva La Reunion, but of course, and apologies for getting to this later rather than sooner. Tanya Meurer has…
Is this: A) Tragically sad and horrifying for a family that’s suffered enough. B) Hilarious…
Winona’s about an hour and a half east of Dallas on a good day — just out I-20, little north of Tyler. Out thataways you’ll find what remains of Camp Fannin, so named for James Walker Fannin and, from 1943 till ’46, an Army infantry training center. Ever since then,…
Those interested in the state of local TV news may want to peek at Uncle Barky’s item from late last week concerning the March departure of WFAA-Channel 8 anchor Jeff Brady. He’s exiting the ABC affiliate to enter the world of … PR! And news of his resignation (says ‘FAA…
In light of this weekend’s (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I’ll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athletes of our…
So says A-Roid — that’ll never get old, unlike this song called “A-Roid” — in an interview with Peter Gammons just posted on ESPN.com. But why, Alex, why?”When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I needed to perform, and perform at a high…
Word of a would-be CBS-TV series titled Big D has been circulating since last October, when creators Jeff and Jackie Filgo got the high sign from the network. At the time, no further details were available — but as Tim Rogers pointed out over the weekend, The Hollywood Reporter has…
After reading Friday’s story in The Dallas Morning News regarding the nearly $1 billion funding gap for the Trinity Turnpike, Angela Hunt decided she would spend this week developing a strategy to address the approximately $64 million remaining of the city’s $84 million contribution to the project. She’s unsure whether…
How appropriate: On the very day the Dallas City Council’s Quality of Life Committee will discuss the Arts District Master Plan — or, more specifically, the Dallas Arts District Strategic Assessment and Action Plan — Architectural Record weighs in with an overview of the project due to be finished come…
After a weird, wild week of name-calling, foundation-shuddering, letter debunking and a he said/she said spanning Florida to Hawaii, the bizarre tale of Bob Hayes’ Twisted Sister finally has a temporary resolution, if not permanent closure. The current verdict: Bob Hayes, Jr. – and not Lucille Hester – will be front…
Fans and cast members filled Austin’s historic Paramount Theater last night to honor the 10th anniversary of one of Texas’s greatest gifts to the global zeitgeist: the Mike Judge classic Office Space. With its office park sprawl and generic American flag license plates on its cars, the movie looked like…
This morning the Associated Press catches up with Dallas attorney Bill Brewer, who’s leading the legal charge against Farmers Branch’s efforts to keep illegal immigrants from renting apartments and houses in the suburb. Says Brewer, who was recruited into the battle in November 2006 by Adelfa Callejo, “Generating an antagonism…
In 2005, the City of Dallas assembled a list of hot spots (14 major highways, expressways and freeways) to which emergency wreckers were to provide “rapid response” in case of an accident (Page 41, if you must). And since at least 2007, Dallas Police and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department…
While waiting for Tony Romo’s sitdown interview with Channel 11’s Babe Laufenberg last night I learned a couple things. On The Grammy’s, that Robert Plant and Allison Krauss are, like, together. And over on NBC5, that Roy (Safety) Williams is willing to move to linebacker. What’d I learn once Romo…
In light of yesterday’s revelations that Alex Rodriguez was juicing during his MVP tenure with Your Texas Rangers, a Friend of Unfair Park remind us of A-Roid’s appearance on 60 Minutes at the end of ’07, when he repeatedly told Katie Couric he’d never enhanced. Below, one video highlight among…
Friend of Unfair Park Peterk directs our attention today to this called-for boycott of Dallas-based Blockbuster, which is distributing voodoo dolls in Mexico City in advance of Wednesday’s World Cup showdown pitting the U.S. Men’s National Team against Mexico in Columbus, Ohio. Originally, Fort Worth-based Radio Shack had the deal…
Never had time to make it to the Texas Big Cities Mayors shindig at City Hall today. But no matter: Meranda Cohn at Dallas City Hall this evening forwards along a copy of the mayors’ letter to Governor Rick Perry, in which Tom Leppert, Bill White (Houston), Mike Moncrief (Fort…
As Jim pointed out earlier, transportation writer Michael Lindenberger came up short yet again in today’s Dallas Morning News regarding the Trinity Turnpike. Lindenberger’s biggest blunder was exposed shortly after the November 2007 vote, and he made another when he reported the price tag of the road at $1.8 billion…
Word to the wise in these final days of the “economy”: All it takes to make the national (and international) news is a Page 7B ad in The Dallas Morning News, followed by a press release advertising said advertisement. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, and, right, who doesn’t…
I suggested back in December that you peek at Danny Bollinger’s blog every so often — never know who might make a cameo. Bollinger took this photo of Mark Cuban and Tiger Woods on Monday, right before the Mavs beat the Magic at Amway Arena. But, seriously, they’d never met…
Two Dallas police officers testified they felt pushed to make at least two DWI arrests per night, but stopped short of saying the department has a quota system, according to court documents obtained by Unfair Park.”It’s not necessarily a quota,” Officer Robert Wilcox told a Dallas jury on January 13…
