If Jones—the enduring face of the franchise—can’t embrace the Super Bowl, he’ll settle for embracing the spotlight. In the locker room following his team’s abhorrent 44-6 season-ending loss to the Philadelphia Eagles back on December 28, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones promised abrupt philosophical and tangible changes. Though stubbornly retaining…
His health in question, Terry Glenn is out of football. His personal life in turmoil, Terry Glenn is out of jail. For now. According to Irving police, Glenn, the Dallas Cowboys’ leading receiver in 2005 and an integral part of their 2006 playoff team, was arrested at a hotel last…
On this (overhyped?) National Letter of Intent Signing Day, high schoolers all over the country chose which school they’d be suiting up for next. For some, it was as simple as faxing in a signed letter (a mighty challenge in its own right), but for the Dallas Independent School District’s…
Xbox-ers are no doubt anxiously awaiting tomorrow, when Microsoft finally unleashes its Halo Wars demo in advance of the game’s March 3 release date. (Am I the only person who misses Tempest? Ooooh — thanks, Atari!) I digress. So happens there’s an extremely local connection to the Halo spin-off: The…
Wanna do something really dangerous today? BASE jump. Try to steal the Valentine’s chocolate from Jessica Simpson. Or, if you’re really feeling frisky, buy some stock in 18-year-old boys. At best, it’s a risky proposition. Today is National Signing Day (the first day high-school players can make their oral committments…
On Friday, A.H. Belo Corporation announced that it would, yet again, lay off about 500 more workers at all of its properties, among them The Dallas Morning News and The Providence Journal. At the same time, Belo managers, in the newspaper group and in the corporate offices, were receiving bonuses…
The George Bush was in town yesterday. No, not that one — this one. Bringing up the rear too. The trip was well-documented with two videos captured by “unkonshus,” who deems the occasion a significant one, as ol’ No. 41 was “in [the] Dallas city limits for the first time…
The Wall Street Journal wonders why there’s been just a single bid on the opportunity to power-lunch with T. Boone Pickens, who’s selling an eat-and-greet at Nick and Sam’s to raise dough for Big Brothers Big Sisters. The auction opened Monday, and thus far only “9***a” has made an offer…
Heritage Auction Gallery, which sits across the street from Unfair Park HQ on Maple Avenue, sends word today that its February Music & Entertainment signature auction will feature The Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams Estate Archive — a rather big deal for fans of early TV, not to mention the…
Item No. 3 on the Dallas City Council’s briefing agenda for today reads as follows:Approve the execution of the Hotel Operating Agreement between Omni Hotels Management Corporation and the Dallas Convention Center Hotel Development Corporation, the City’s local government corporation – Financing: No cost consideration to the City.But, this just…
Tried getting hold of Craig Tiritilli and Salah Boukadoum yesterday afternoon, but had no luck. Then again, maybe the two Soap Hope-rs behind The Original Obama Bar are laying low at the moment following this report outta the U.K., which says that White House lawyers are now “insisting on control…
The Detroit Free Press has footage of disgraced ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick boarding a LearJet Tuesday afternoon, which departed Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti for Dallas. WFAA-Channel 8 and Detroit’s WXYZ-Channel 7 (“Action News!”) have footage of Kilpatrick landing at Love Field last night, where he was greeted by his…
The Dallas City Council will hold its Retreat to Move Forward this morning, as it begins workshopping the FY2009-10 budget with various strategeries and sub-strategeries intended to see the city through tough times. And so City Manager Mary Suhm will gather her Key Focus Area Teams to provide “very little…
With the New York Mets signing Oliver Perez, the Texas Rangers’ chances of landing free-agent pitcher Ben Sheets just got stronger. Likewise, their radio signal for 2009 is also beefed up. The announcement that Rangers’ weekday games will be broadcast on 105.3 The Fan means that 110 of Texas’ 162…
I just received the following e-mail from Erykah Badu’s main marketing man Paul Levatino:Erykah announced on her twitter that the baby’s name is MARS MERKABA.Oh, right — her Twitter. And by “merkaba,” I assume Erykah means the Hebrew word for “throne-chariot of God.” Speaking of, anyone ever read the book…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have asked why the Rangers would broadcast a majority of their games on The Fan, when KRLD-AM has such a mammoth signal, especially at night. Which is why I called John Blake, the team’s recently returned exec vice president of communications, to discuss the decision…
The Bob Hayes Foundation web site – owned and operated by one Lucille W. Hester out of Washington, D.C. – was abruptly shut down this afternoon. Maybe this is nothing. Maybe they didn’t pay their bill at the first of the month. Maybe it’s a computer glitch. Maybe the Bob…
Our old friend Terrell Bolton, who has since moved on to become police chief in DeKalb County, Georgia, is back in Dallas. He made the trip to visit his long-time physician after losing about 12 pounds in a two-week span, which led to his hospitalization Saturday followed by a diagnosis…
At freaking last. The Texas Rangers announced this afternoon that for the first time in the team’s history, game broadcasts will be available on the FM side of your radio dial — at least, weekday games have gone high fidelity. So says the media release announcing KRLD-FM (105.3, The Fan)…
I missed the October 30 episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien during which the Cone-Zone screened some pirated footage from Major Movie Star, which was then in release only in Russia and Bulgaria — where Jessica Simpson is great success. O’Brien then brought out professional prattler James Lipton, who…
Steelers 27, Cardinals 23: Best Super Bowl ever? Santonio Holmes’ tip-toe TD: Best Super Bowl catch ever? The Boss: Best Super Bowl halftime show ever? Better late than never, I’ve got XLIII thoughts about Super Bowl 43: 43. Gotta make it snappy. My free Grand Slam at Denny’s is calling. 42. If…
The AFI Dallas International Film Festival just released its first list of films selected for this year’s shindig, which runs March 26 through April 2 — with, as noted last month, most of the screenings taking place at the AMC NorthPark. Among the offerings are three world-premiere docs, a Zooey…
