Several Friends of Unfair Park have asked in recent days whether the NFL Network would be covering all of the post-game ceremonies at Texas Stadium following tomorrow night’s tussle with the Baltimore ColtsRavens. Should be big doings, as some 100 ex-Dallas Cowboys players (10 of ’em, so they say, Ring…
As we mentioned yesterday, Jon Daniels is entering his fourth year as Texas Rangers general manager. He started off with a bang in year one, trading Alfonso Soriano in his first move and dealing Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez less than two weeks later. Unfortunately, he received very little in…
Hey, hey, hey — look who landed on CBS’ The Early Show this morning to talk about President-elect Barack Obama’s controversial (no, really?) decision to choose Rick Warren as the dude to deliver the opening prayer at the inauguration. Why, it’s our old pal Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church…
On the morning their pops gave the okee-doke to a $17-billion auto industry bailout, Jenna Hager and Barbara Bush tell People they’re, well, kinda surprised by how Dubya was received during his stay in the White House. And far as both are concerned, they’re ready for Dad to move back…
On Novemebr 19, Mayor Tom Leppert and 11 council members gathered at the YMCA on Goldman Street for a special community meeting, where the subject was, among other things, the awesomeness of the Trinity River Corridor Project and what it means for West Dallas. This morning, the city posted to…
Larry Cole. Roger Staubach. Tony Hill. Pat Summerall. Tom Landry. Cowboys 35, Redskins 34 in 1979. They can take the Cowboys out of Texas Stadium, but they’ll never take Texas Stadium out of the Cowboys. I still get goose bumps. – Richie Whitt…
Captain Ronald Tiberius Kirk will be promoted to admiral this morning, after which time he will have to deal with the Trade Federation, no easy task there. Hunh. I feel like I’ve confused some things here. President-elect Barack Obama will name First Buddy Ron Kirk the chief U.S. trade representative…
On Wednesday, less than a week after breaking bits and pieces of the City Hall corruption trial into smaller bites, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn issued another ruling concerning how the government will try its case (or, rather, cases) against the likes of former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill, developer…
And then there were three. Eleven days after analysts predicted Brinker International would indeed unload Romano’s Macaroni Grill despite the lousy credit market, it’s happened — for about $88 million, which doesn’t seem like a lot of pasta for a chain with some 220 eateries worldwide (as in, Egypt and…
Your Dallas Mavericks are hosting some kind of karaoke contest — free tickets to Vegas, year’s worth of Coke (wait — you sure this isn’t a Dallas Cowboys contest? Hi-yo) and other spoils to the victor. But the promo video proves that we’re all winners. –Robert Wilonsky…
Earlier today, we posted the comment from former mayoral candidate (and current candidate for Dallas County judge) Sam Coats regarding the death of Jennifer Gale. Gale didn’t do as well as Coats in the 2007 battle for Dallas mayor, but she was able to finish ahead of John Cappello and…
A glance at the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees’ meeting agenda for this evening reveals a few items of interest. Among them: The Stonewall Jackson PTA is trying to revive its beloved Outdoor Science Lab & Garden nearly done in during the district’s RIF in October. Which is…
Brian Grossman of the Weitzman Group called back today, after I’d left him a message on Wednesday following news of Alamo Drafthouse’s possible move into the DFW. I called him because three years back, Alamo was close to moving into the Casa Linda Plaza, which Weitzman’s repping on behalf of…
See, told you: No way former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk would be named secretary of anything by President-Elect Barack Obama — all that lobbying, yech. (Or not.) Nope, ever since Monday it’s looked more and more likely that First Buddy Kirk would be tapped for something a little less high-profile:…
Dallas Federal Reserve president and chief executive officer Richard Fisher, pictured at right, spoke today in front of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth and the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations. As always, the text of his speech — titled, hysterically, “Historical Perspectives on the Current Economic and Financial…
Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, who spent most of last week his colleagues in Las Vegas for baseball’s Winter Meetings, has been relatively quiet as the offseason reaches the halfway point. Thus far, he has dealt Gerald Laird to the Detroit Tigers and Wes Littleton to the Boston Red…
Good news for nostalgists with kiddos: The Electric Company makes its return to PBS January 19th, when the network sneak peeks the easy-reader with a two-hour marathon in advance of its official January 23 debut. Alas, no Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno or Bill Cosby this go-round, but says the media…
For those who don’t read the comments on Unfair Park, yesterday former mayoral candidate and class act Sam Coats, pictured at right, posted his thoughts on the passing of Jennifer Gale. I thought it deserved its own item. –Robert WilonskyDuring the 2007 mayoral campaign, Jennifer was polite and courteous to…
In this week’s episode I briefly venture out of my closet – funny, but no reason to get your gaydars all revved up – and into the cold, cruel Dallas winter. Strange things, man. Some high-priced. Some low-priced. Others priceless. You know the drill. Correctly identify the following photos in detail…
A Friend of Unfair Park, who’s clearly in the holiday spirit, suggested we head back over to the White House’s “A Red, White and Blue Christmas 2008” page, if only to check out local (and regional) pols’ choice of ornaments hanging from the White House Christmas Tree. And, sure enough,…
I grew up reading Tank McNamara. In accordance, I grew up believing sports cartoon strips were ridiculously unfunny. Lo and behold, today we get another early Christmas present. My ol’ buddy Mike Fisher over at DallasBasketball.com just crafted this beauty. It’s local. It’s clever. It’s topical. And, like his initial offering, it’s…
Yesterday, shortly after State District Judge Craig Smith reaffirmed his earlier ruling that Affiliated Computer Services’s red-light cameras violate a state law requiring an investigations license, I e-mailed Kevin Lightfoot, ACS’s veep of corporate communications, for a comment. This is what he said: “Essentially, nothing is finalized in this case…
