Arizona Cardinals’ geezer quarterback Kurt Warner won a playoff game last Saturday. He’ll start for the NFC in the Pro Bowl. But he also wears gloves. On both hands. Even when he plays indoors. Oh yeah, he’s also a religious nut who draws a really crappy God/Jesus/Homeless Guy. (Props to Mike Fisher over at…
In the Sports Illustrated hitting stands today, Michael Farber dissects “The Trouble with Sean Avery.” In short: He’s a terrible teammate — so bad that the Dallas Stars can’t even find a minor-league team willing to take the former Vogue intern off their hands, much less an NHL team interested…
Seems like we were just here, hashing over the city’s budget. But as you may have read — and may have guessed — FY2009-10 is already shaping up to be a) lousy, b) godawful, c) yech or d) all of the above. Which is why, at this morning’s Dallas City…
Way back in Two Thousand and Eight I alerted you that radical radio ratings changes were on the horizon. Well, they’re heeere. As of Dec. 31, the data from Arbitron’s new Portable People Meters is certified as legit radio currency in Dallas-Fort Worth. Diaries have officially gone the way of the…
A short while ago, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle concluded a press conference, carried in its entirety on KDFW-Channel 4, concerning the death of Senior Corporal Norman Smith, pictured at right. Smith was an 18-year veteran of the department — his anniversary would have been tomorrow — who was killed…
We began the day with Angela Hunt; might as well end the day with Angela Hunt. Because only an hour ago, she Twittered some interesting news, as you can see from the photo at right. She offered further enlightenment when reached by Unfair Park this evening: Yes, indeed, the National…
Ever wondered what the abandoned vault beneath the old Federal Reserve Bank on 400 S. Akard Street looked like? Swell. Because HTML pioneer and blog-advice guru John Pozadzides took some folks from GeekBrief.tv on a tour, and, in return, they offer this video worth a look-see. –Robert Wilonsky GeekBrief.TV #486…
In June 2007, Jim Keyes took over as chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc. — after having been president and CEO of 7-Eleven Inc., for which he’d worked for years. And now, the circle is complete. Because last summer, Blockbuster announced that it would be installing in its stores…
Dunno, maybe I shoulda gone into the burger biz — still time, I guess. Because while there’s a Carl’s Jr. on damned near every block in Los Angeles, there are only three in the Dallas area — and just one in Dallas proper, at 8800 S. Polk Street. But today…
Sure University of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy had to settle for the Heisman Trophy runner-up. Sure his Longhorns – despite last night’s thrilling Fiesta Bowl victory – are getting screwed out of a possible National Championship. And sure, as one of my alcohol-soaked relatives put it over the holidays, “Something…
Twice today I’ve been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as…
Speaking, as we were yesterday, of Ole Miss-Texas Tech (sorta), David Sanderson was kind enough to provide us with this panoramic farewell snapped during the final Cotton Bowl Classic ever to be played at Fair Park. A much larger version can be found here. –Robert Wilonsky…
Speaking of road work, this morning the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee is discussing, among myriad other items of interest, finally fixing the N. Beckley Avenue-W. Commerce Street intersection, which is narrow, pedestrian-unfriendly and “has a drainage system that is near full capacity,” eeew. Won’t be cheap –…
Emerging from behind the crates of discounted champagne and bins of 4-for-1 gift-wrapping paper, this decided to commence its annual tormenting of the male species last night at my local Tom Thumb. Kill. Me. Now. – Richie Whitt…
This morning down in Austin, Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Amadeo Saenz officially killed the Trans-Texas Corridor. And its place? Say hello to … Innovative Connectivity in Texas|Vision 2009. Which is? Well, let Saenz explain. Projects that had been developed under the heading of the Trans-Texas Corridor will now…
Griffin Bell, Jimmy Carter’s U.S. Attorney General, died yesterday at the age of 90; he’d been suffering from pancreatic cancer in an Atlanta hospital. News of his death has resurrected an old Dallas story — that of Santos Rodríguez, the 12-year-old boy who, in July 1973, was shot in the…
On her blog this morning, city council member Angela Hunt responds to The Dallas Morning News’s New Year’s Eve editorial “Texans to Watch in 2009,” in which it was suggested that Hunt start playing well with others if she wants “a more prized seat at the horseshoe.” She appreciates the…
In retrospect, Ole Miss and Texas Tech are merely above-average college football teams. Their little clash in Dallas last week, however, was called by two of this area’s icons of announcing. Though he’s looked better, it was good to see Pat Summerall working the game on TV. And on radio…
With a tip of the yarmulke to Deadspin, it says here that last week, Ole Miss fans camped out at the Hyatt Regency Dallas and gulped down three nights’ worth of records at the hotel’s atrium bar. As in: They dropped $26,000 on New Year’s Eve; $27,000 the night after…
To recap: Dallas’s malls are going to hell, and our offices are empty. So, ah, how’s the apartment-rental business in the DFW? Either awful or godawful, depends who you ask.Says here Dallas has slipped three spots, to the No. 26 position, on a major index that charts national markets’ rentals…
Guess the City of Irving didn’t think much of the Dallas Cowboys’ adios to Texas Stadium. Because, according to this notice sent by a Friend of Unfair Park, Irving’s reserved the joint for yet another farewell: Mayor Herb Gears’s State of the City Address, which’ll take place January 15. And…
Was watching the Cotton Bowl with some buddies on lower Greenville when Ole Miss sacked Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell for a game-clinching safety. While most of the joint emitted a primal scream, spiked their red-n-black hats, or ordered another mind-numbing shot, one dude sat and calmly declared: “Dudn’t matter.” And you…
