Red Wings’ fans throw octopi on the ice when their team scores. How very SpongeBobby of them. And stupid. The Dallas Stars’ bandwagon – so desolate three months ago that team president Jeff Cogen was bending over backward to win back fans – is suddenly more congested than the complaint…
City of Carrollton Carrollton Mayor Becky Miller So, let’s recap: This morning, Carrollton Mayor Becky Miller wakes up to find that on the front page of The Dallas Morning News, she’s been outed as a liar — as in, no, she did not sing backup for Linda Ronstadt or Jackson…
Your Texas Rangers are no longer the worst team in baseball, as Colorado and San Diego have struggled mightily with 12-21 records after fighting it out for the National League wild card last season. But despite winning five of its last seven games, Texas is still tied with Detroit and…
Look at it this way — at least Flight 48 to Paris wasn’t late. It’s the little things that matter. Editor’s note: Edmund Newton, managing editor of our sister paper in Fort Lauderdale, sends along the following tale: Here’s the question: Is it safe to fly during times when commercial…
This is what the old Parkland and Woodlawn looks like from the Unfair Park HQ windows … Couple months back, Merten got a sneak peek at Crow Holdings’ new nest at the intersection of Maple and Oak Lawn avenues. Said CEO Harlan Crow, Mayor Tom’s nemesis when it comes to…
Poor Roger Staubach. Because, see, Captain America was probably very happy giving an interview to The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, about all things bidness — like, oh, “the strengths and weaknesses in the economy,” “Fed rate cuts, stimulus checks” and the effect the downturn in the economy…
You know who’s all for the city getting into the hotel business? Ron Natinsky. Shortly after posting Sam’s item about yesterday’s closed-door meeting of the city council’s Economic Development Committee, during which the council members decided it was in the taxpayers’ best interest to run a hotel, we noticed this…
Hey, the Mavs do need a backup point guard. Now that Greg Holland’s Web site actually worked and Avery Johnson is, well, fired, what’s he do for an encore? He could seize momentum from the success of fireavery.com and launch keepjoshhoward straight.com. How about clonedirknowitzki.com? Perhaps, because he’s seemingly so…
Haven’t seen much, by which I mean any, American Idol this season, despite the presence of Rockwall’s dreadlocked wonder, Jason Castro. But, really, we’d be remiss this a.m. if we didn’t include his rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man,” which he performed last night a little too much like…
Brian Harkin Anne Raymond and Harlan Crow of Crow Holdings In response to yesterday’s big announcement that the city will be getting into the hotel business, Harlan Crow fired off his third missive to Mayor Tom — which we’ve gotten our hands on to share with the Friends of Unfair…
OMFG, the OMSW is coming to WaterTower Theatre. Canadian actor Charles Ross has been performing his One-Man Star Wars Trilogy since 2001. With George Lucas’ stamp of approval, he has taken the show to off-Broadway success (in 2005) and toured it across the continent. It will be the main feature,…
Seriously, we’d rather have the guy on the left. The mainstreamers – that’d be, of course, your Dallas’ Only Daily and your good ol’ Startlegram – are echoing what I started yelling last Saturday. That, barring the reincarnation of Red Auerbach, the Mavericks are about to hire Rick Carlisle. Perhaps…
Well, Jesus, this sure sounds a little, ah, sketchy. (Cheap too — what is that, a .02 percent tip?) Here’s the lead item from a New York Times round-up this morning of items “Lost and Found in New York Taxicabs”: MIDTOWN, FEBRUARY 2007 A woman from Dallas left a suitcase…
The June issue of Esquire contains its annual rundown of the Best Bars in America — and it probably comes as no surprise to D’s Adam McGill that the Lakewood Landing makes the list. But that’s only because Adam wrote the item, which goes a little something like this: “The…
As we pointed out earlier, the city council’s Economic Development Committee met in executive session this afternoon regarding the convention center hotel. After more than two hours behind closed doors, the committee — sans Mitchell Rasansky — actually recommended public ownership of the hotel. And, despite developers offering the use…
Get it? While the Mavs have been imploding and the Stars surging, your Dallas Cowboys have made some news of their own. In no particular order: *Tony Romo is not married to Jessica Simpson … Yet. *With Dallas’ first full-squad minicamp still two weeks away, is it too early for…
Chili’s Chicken Crispers® just got extra yummy! More sauce please. And you thought Chili’s had trouble before. Next time you bite into that juicy Guiltless Chicken Sandwich at Chili’s, you may want to know that, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals today, you should probably feel at…
Who knew this trade would be disastrous? Um, yours truly. I thought the Internet was a fad. I was convinced Tom Landry would never ever never get fired (or die). And I just knew Anna Kournikova was built to win at least one Grand Slam. But last winter, even this…
View Larger Map Developer Larry Hamilton, founder and CEO of Hamilton Properties Corporation, is one of many landowners facing a fight with the Dallas Central Appraisal District regarding its new appraisals of downtown properties. Hamilton recently purchased a parking lot at 1114 Wood Street as a potential site for his…
White Rock Lake Foundation The proposed lights around White Rock Lake Last week in the paper version of Unfair Park, Glenna broke down the fight over lights around White Rock Lake, an idea instigated by the White Rock Lake Foundation. Today comes word, via Back Talk Lakewood, that council member…
Dallas criminal defense attorney Robert Guest today documents his trying to clear a ticket case down at the Court & Detention Services Municipal Building on Main Street. A few chuckles in there, chiefly his description of the antiquated equipment attorneys are forced to use — like, oh, the computer that…
Seven years ago, my old friend Jason Cohen published a terrific book, Zamboni Rodeo, about “life on the road” with Austin Ice Bats, the official Central Hockey League affiliate of the Minnesota Wild. The Ice Bats have played in various locations in and around Austin for 12 seasons. Only, reports…
