Exactly one month ago, Dallas-based 7-Eleven announced its plans to drop a shop on every corner in North Texas — except the ones it’s abandoned, eh, Knox and Travis? Well, today comes news of further expansion: The former Southland Ice Company plans on broadening its menu by serving up chicken…
Better days, my friend. Better days. If you ever met former Cotton Bowl Association Executive Director Jim Brock and he greeted you with “Hoss” – in other words, if you ever met him – you realize the significance of his passing. Brock, always ready with a cigar, a back slap…
If you’re in need of a little light reading this weekend, may I suggest the following: the 2008-2009 Proposed Annual Budget for the City of Dallas, which was previewed to the media and presented to the council last week and is now available in its entirety from the city’s Web…
Ten pages behind the Fred Baron story you’ll find one about — wait for it, wait for it — Jenny the elephant and her potential move to either Mexico or Tennessee. Very catch headline too: “What to Do With Traumatized Elephant Stirs Up Dallas.” Can’t say the Association of Zoos…
Mark Graham Fred Baron, the Sgt. Schultz of Dallas attorneys Hey, look, there’s Dallas attorney Fred Baron on the front page of The New York Times this morning — where it’s revealed, likely to no one’s surprise, that he played a significantly larger role in the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter affair…
A little bit ago, Yahoo! Sports’ Greg Wyshynski linked to yesterday’s Sean Avery item; awful nice of him. Thought I’d return the favor, then, and point out that Wyshynski stumbled across the hockey-playing fashionista’s appearance on Bravo’s Web site last night following Project Runway, where the newest Dallas Star and…
Courtney Clenney TNA, it’s dynamite? From left: Shark Boy, Curry Man and Black Machismo, the latter of whom doesn’t wear a mask because he’s “too beautiful” Lucky us, as Unfair Park found itself this afternoon at the Best Buy on LBJ Freeway and Midway Road, where Jay Lethal (also known…
Methinks our pal Tim Wagner’s day just got a little bit longer, as the Associated Press noted moments ago that the Federal Aviation Administration has fined American Airlines $7 million for “safety and drug-testing violations.” Update: Here’s the FAA’s media release detailing the reasons for the penalties. And the Dallas…
Sorry Rangers fans. It’s half-empty. No, really. I wanted to pen something positive and insightful and detailed and basebally about the Rangers’ most important series of the season. But I just couldn’t get past this: The last two nights against the team they’re “chasing” in the Wild Card race, the…
Somehow, Stephen Colbert’s dig at Canton on Tuesday night’s Colbert Report is making national news today, as the Comedy Central host insults, then apologizes to, Cantons across the country. Alas, this breaking news has yet to make it to the Canton Herald. Me, I find this video much, much, much…
I went to the city’s Web site a few minutes ago in search of something when I stumbled across this in the “Latest News & Announcements … ” section: “Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem Dwaine R. Caraway, Rickey Smiley, KBFB 97.9 The Beat, The City of Dallas, Out…
As you no doubt recall, the United States Bowling Congress is moving from Wisconsin to Arlington. Should happen around November 3, says Mark Miller, spokesman for the USBC, who tells Unfair Park today that some employees with school-age kids have already made the move and gone to work in temporary…
Must-see TV. The five best moments from last night’s Hard Knocks: Week 2. Or did I miss something? 5. Former scout and Jason’s dad, Jim Garrett, “running” as slow – and as consistent – as humanly possible. 4. Linebacker Zach Thomas fielding punts as smooth as Patrick Crayton. Seriously now,…
Heelys, Inc.’s stock is way, way up this a.m. — 60 cents since the market opened, putting it at the $5.47 mark. No surprise why: The Carrollton-based maker of roller-skate-sneakers has once more been approached by Skechers USA Inc., which is offering big money for a buyout. Three months after…
Maybe you’ll see Charles Barkley around town in coming days, as it looks as though he’ll be in the DFW to shoot a series for the Golf Channel about how awful he is with a stick. Barkley will be here specifically to work with Hank Haney — Tiger Woods’ coach,…
Well, at least the city gave the Woodards less than two years to pack nearly 100 years’ worth of stuff. My dad and his dad were in the car parts business from 1932 till, oh, few weeks back — first in Deep Ellum, then on Second Avenue near Fair Park…
When he’s not trying to save the U.S. from foreign oil, and making himself a little richer in the process, Dallas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is writing books about saving the U.S. from foreign oil and making himself a little richer in the process. In coming days, Crown will…
Over-hyped. Clap. Clap. Clapclapclap. Over-hyped. Clap. Clap. Clapclapclap. I know, I know. But hear me out. Michael Phelps, the U.S. Olympic golden boy, isn’t overrated athletically. He’s amazing, of course. In Beijing he’s 5-for-5. As in gold medals and world records. We’re all impressed down here on Earth. Inspired even…
Is it over yet? Because any election in which Paris Hilton becomes an issue—and offers a better energy plan than the two candidates—can’t be over too soon, Buzz called Dallas County Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet to see if he’d spotted any nifty electoral trends in the wind. Truthfully, we were…
“The Ozz-Man Cometh,” by Pete Freedman, August 7 Ozzy Love I’ve been to a number of Ozzfests in the past, and I can truly say that there is nothing better in the summer…if only we had air conditioning at the festival. I am a former professional broadcaster and weekend personality…
In 1999, attorney John Carney received an unusual phone call. An American soldier, dialing from Japan, said he was having trouble finding a lawyer to handle his divorce. Carney, who runs a consumer law practice with a sizable family case load, represented the soldier and discovered that though military divorces…
His nightly transformation began with a twinge. Then, gnawing and relentless, it consumed him. At 45, “Steve” was a hard-charging sales manager who’d snagged two promotions in three years. After work one spring day in 2006, he picked up his infant and toddler from day care, had dinner with his…
