Tonight, somewhere in Texas, a Dallas Cowboys super-fan will return to home and mount a piece of signage above his family’s fireplace. Maybe a naked section of wall space will already be waiting. “We Stop Selling Beer at The End of the 3rd QUARTER!,” the black and red letters say…
Two makeover items for those in need of refreshing. First, we received word that TLC’s What Not to Wear will be casting here in the near future. So, Friends of Unfair Park, that of course means a rare chance for you or your favorite frenemy to be utterly humiliated in…
Yep, there goes the Dallas Cowboys star off the Texas Stadium 50-yard line. That happened just a few hours ago, on this first day for online auction winners to pick up their treasures.More coming soon from Intern Kelly on the scene in Irving, now that the entire stadium has turned…
Dunno when this was done, but as evidenced by this just-posted clip it’s clear Tom Leppert has a future as an early-Sunday morning community-affairs talk-show host when he’s done being mayor. His interview with special guest Tennell Atkins is a little, oh, Chris Farley for my tastes, but it’s promising…
Got interrupted from The Ticket’s Dunham & Miller this morning by tennis, and phone calls and, well, life. I missed Gordo’s wireless microphone bits, which is rare for me. I also, apparently, missed a fight. A landmark nemesis confrontation. A legit skirmish that’s getting national pub. I’ve met both Nasty Nestor and…
Two radio items of note for those still on the terrestrial side of the dial: This morning ’round 8:45, a Friend of Unfair Park called with the command to turn on The Ticket, pronto, as Gordon Keith was being attacked by nemesis Nestor Aparicio. Didn’t make it in time –…
With three intriguing items on the city council docket, I was originally bummed when my duties to the paper version of Unfair Park kept me from attending Wednesday’s meeting. But when all of them were delayed, I was relieved having avoided a day of frustration. Since Robert filled you in…
You know those pigs that were raised by dogs so when they grew up they thought they were, well, dogs? Pacman Jones is a pig. I’ve been promised visual photographic evidence by my Sportatorium spies at some point, but for now we’ll go with eyewitness acounts from those who attended Dallas Cowboys’ safety Ken Hamlin’s…
A.H. Belo announced this morning that it is going to “cut approximately 500 jobs, or more than 14 percent of its workforce,” at all of its properties, among them The Dallas Morning News and the Providence Journal. Which is why a Friend of Unfair Park sends this announcement from the…
You like me, having trouble taking Super Bowl XLIII seriously? I mean, the Cardinals? The Arizona/Phoenix/St. Louis Cardinals?! I know, both teams beat the Cowboys, but neither feel “super.” Just seems like another spare NFL game. This, sports fans, is what it would be like if the Clippers made the…
On Wednesday, as you’ll no doubt recall, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway vowed to sweep every Black & Mild cigar off the shelves and into the ashtrays. Said he was preparing to launch a national campaign against the makers of the machine-made cigars, which Caraway says are “poisoning …..
Rebecca Dugger, director of the Trinity River Corridor Project, was out and about on Thursday afternoon, selling the citizens on the need to redo the N. Beckley Avenue-W. Commerce Street intersection. But Belmont Hotel owner and developer Monte Anderson wasn’t buying.”I’d rather have nothing,” he said. “I’d rather have gridlock…
Sorry I’m a little late this morning. Been glued to one of the greatest, longest tennis matches ever. The Fernando Verdasco-Rafael Nadal Australian Open semifinal that started at 2:30 a.m. our time just ended. In other news … Devin Harris is an NBA All-Star. Jason Kidd isn’t. Ouch. For Dallas Mavericks’…
The Nasher Sculpture Center made it official this morning: Its new director is Jeremy Strick, who, for the last nine years, has held the same title at the Museum of Contemporary Art In Los Angeles. But this Christmas Eve announcement concerning his resignation from MOCA explains why some will cheer…
The UK Guardian has an oh-those-crazy-Yanks piece about locals spending $20 on those “Welcome Home, George and Laura” signs. Better still is the accompanying artwork by the great Nan Coulter — a homemade banner from “the Maloufs,” among the eight photos included in the sidebar slideshow (or, as I like…
That billboard pictured at right is currently hovering somewhere over a Philadelphia neighborhood; cities in Arizona and Colorado already have one too. Dallas is next, courtesy the fund-raising efforts of the Metroplex Atheists. Terry McDonald, chairman of the group, tells Unfair Park there are about 200 members of the Metroplex…
Among the Dallas Cowboys’ many problems, let’s address this one this afternoon: Terrell Owens and Greg Ellis are captains. Let that sink in a second while I remind you that any team that annoints me-first guys as locker-room leaders is fatally flawed. We all know T.O.’s agenda. Now, Ellis is…
The novella-like media release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which just landed in our in-box, explains the case of Matthew Weigman, also known as the “Li’l Hacker.” He’s a blind 18-year-old “phreak” from East Boston who became infamous last year for his “quick telephone con jobs,” as Wired put it…
Three days after announcing that it was shuttering its EXPO Design Centers, Home Depot just put the whole Dallas Parkway store on sale. The missus sends this photo taken just this morning, as a worker slaps up the everything-must-go sign…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Your Texas Rangers have pitching problems. If you’re scoring at home, that’s two similar season-ending surgeries in one week. After top prospect and rotation candidate Eric Hurley underwent rotator cuff surgery last week, semi-reliable set-up man Joaquin Benoit had the same procedure…
A Friend of Unfair Park and fellow Dallas Independent School District parent directed my attention to the Web site of DISD trustee Lew Blackburn, which isn’t nearly as provocative as Carla Ranger’s — though, of late, she’s been sadly absent from the Internets save for mention of the 10th Anniversary…
Well, look, perhaps that headline’s a little misleading — I have no idea whether she’ll actually show up on February 6, when the council chambers hosts the Texas Big City Mayors Meeting. (I did call; got voice mail.) But according to the schedule posted yesterday by the City Secretary’s Office,…
