Last time the Mavs stumbled out of the gate this bad at home, he was their best player. Dirk Nowitzki can’t blame his team’s lack of effort. But he can blame himself. Two days after calling out the Mavericks for half-assed play in an ugly loss to the Clippers, Dirk…
There’s probably never been a worse time to build this sucker, which ain’t stopping Mayor Tom. The first sip: PKF Consulting of Atlanta revised its 2009 forecast of the hotel industry after the stock market crash and now expects a 4.4 percent nationwide drop in occupancy rate, which would result…
View Larger Map Earlier this afternoon, a Friend of Unfair Park shot us this brief, cryptic message: “Brotha’s fried chicken on Gaston is gone … There is no God.” Spent the better part of the day trying to track down my childhood pal Jimmy Kazanas, co-owner of the chicken shack…
Justice. Finally served. My 11-year-old was challenging me in Madden ’08 a while back. Of course, I picked the Vintage Cowboys and inserted a nameless No. 26 at cornerback. Me: Herb Adderley! 11-year-old: Who? Exactly. Thanks to a diabolical collusion between the NFL Players’ Union and companies like EA Sports,…
Fort Worth native and Stomp performer John Angeles Percussionist-athlete John Angeles spent his entire childhood in Fort Worth and studied music every step of the way, drumming in the Nolan Catholic High School marching band and majoring in music at Texas Christian University. After college he joined a touring percussion…
The word from Sports Business Journal, without comment from Your Dallas Cowboys, is that Jerry Jones is looking to borrow $350 million — and, like, pronto too. Seems he’s attempting to refinance by December 1 a previous loan on Jerryworld, “as well as add new debt to cover cost overruns…
Just spotted this announcement on the Dallas Independent School District’s Web site and thought we’d pass it along, as the deadline is tomorrow. –Robert Wilonsky Attention: Recently RIFed Personnel Personnel who were part of the recent reduction in force will have an opportunity to address a panel composed of a…
The NBA’s reigning MVP makes his only visit of the season to Dallas tonight as the strug-guh-leeng Mavericks host the undefeated Lakers. Two questions: *Will Kobe Bryant go off? *Will he even need to? It was three years ago that Kobe infamously torched the Mavs for 62 points – through…
Hard to believe, as Harold’s has been a part of the local retailing landscape since forever, but four days after announcing it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the Dallas-based chain is, indeed, shuttering all 43 of its stores, it was announced today — including its four Dallas-Fort Worth…
Eli Luna Corey Feldman, never one to leave his fans high and dry While much of the cast-reunion buzz centers on the still-unfolding saga of the boondoggle at Southfork Ranch (we’ve already come up with a few other words for it), it’s worth noting the other big weekend event for…
We’d be remiss this Veterans Day if we didn’t point out this commentary that aired this morning on KERA-FM (90.1), courtesy attorney and good Friend of Unfair Park Bill Holston, an all-around swell human being. It’s especially touching as Bill’s father, now 86 and recently hospitalized, served in the Army…
Because at this point I figured the least we could do was let Robert Jeffress speak for himself in this brief excerpt from his Sunday-morning sermon about homosexuality … and, um, iPods? Wait, what? –Robert Wilonsky Robert Jeffress from Dallas Observer on Vimeo. Update at 2:11 p.m. on Wednesday: FBC…
Okay Mr. $67 Million, let’s see you build some Romomentum. To me, Sunday’s game at Washington is make-or-break for the Cowboys. It’s playoffs or implosion. They need Tony Romo to be at his substance-over-style best. People out at Valley Ranch are telling me that his little funk is over. You…
Started way back in February ’07: Former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer Herb Adderley and Bernie Parrish, a former Cleveland Browns defensive back, decided to take on the National Football League Players Association, about damned time. Adderley and Brown, front men for thousands of other ex-ballers…
If it was up to Angela Hunt, you wouldn’t be able to light up in front of the kiddos in your own house. The first sip: The big city council news yesterday was the unanimous vote to keep Ross Avenue’s name intact and another renaming Industrial Boulevard “Riverfront Boulevard,” which…
After the jump, courtesy the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the tale of Dolores Arriola Espino, who managed to steal $84,000 from the Garland Independent School District — her employer for 22 years. (Loyalty, schmoyalty.) Sentenced Friday to 10 months in prison for theft and embezzlement and ordered by Chief U.S. District…
Patrick Michels This was how you got Ken Kerchival’s Cliff Barnes: bug him during a smoke break Not two hours after we made mention of the chaos in Parker Saturday night, during the Dallas reunion that more or less turned into a barbecue-scented Star Trek convention, the Associated Press returns…
Alexander Flores So happens our great art director, Alexander Flores, found hisself in front of First Baptist Church in downtown yesterday morning, where he grabbed some photos of the 100 or so protesters who didn’t take too kindly to Robert Jeffress’ “Politically Incorrect” sermon, which we’ve mentioned, oh, once or…
No, no Avery. The Mavs are 2-4, not 1-4. Nice try. Wanna know how crappy the Dallas Mavericks were yesterday afternoon against the previously winless Clippers. This about sums it up: “We just couldn’t get stops,” said Jason Kidd, “and we couldn’t make any shots at the other end.” Other…
Patrick Michels Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray, perched upon the Southfork balcony at the Dallas reunion Saturday night As I mentioned yesterday, the Dallas 30th reunion out at Southfork on Saturday was a catastrofuck — big fun for some (including the BBC), hugely disappointing for most. We’ll get…
BarackObama.com A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to this photo of Barack Obama, which was taken by his campaign staff on Election Day. For at least three other Friends of Unfair Park, University of Texas grads all, this will prove much better than porn for a good day…
When you think Highland Park, think wealth. And butlers. And Matthew Stafford. And, apparently, tennis. The Cowboys of the ’90s? Southlake Carroll of the ‘00s? They have nothing, and I mean nothing, on this local sports dynasty. Five state championships in six years. A record of 138-1 since ’03. 21…
