The Texas Rangers’ former “cooler,” once more trying to ruin somebody else’s good day We all know Alex Rodriguez — is all his disingenuous glory — tried to upstage the Boston Red Sox’s World Series championship by announcing, during the game, that he was opting out of his contract with…
Steve Orsini is very, very, very, very optimistic. A Friend of Unfair Park sends word that SMU’s athletic director, Steve Orsini, has popped on to Mustang Musings to post his own two cents concerning the firing of Phil Bennett and his 14-48 mustache. Very riveting stuff, as in: I mean…
Some crimes are petty; others, decidedly cruel. What kind of a heartless bastard goes around stealing folks’ sex furniture? The dry cleaning bill alone would be reason enough to shop new, anyway. Except that when the only fluid exchange is virtual, there’s no need to give your screwin’ settee a…
Joanna Van Vleck, left, and Brie Chapman want you to shop till they drop. Men, do you love clothes but hate to shop? Are you stylish but lazy? Would you just prefer to have a couple of women do your shopping — by which I mean, of course, women to…
Kurt Eichenwald If you do not already know the saga of Kurt Eichenwald — who, long story short, more or less rescued an underage Internet porn star named Justin Berry and spawned myriad congressional hearings — there are plenty of places to begin. You should read the original December 19,…
Dallas-based Genghis Grill has some seven locations in the DFW, with another 10 scattered across the country; says here the company started franchising in 2001. But Jeff Sinelli’s 9-year-old Mongolian barbecue chain, originally known as Genghis Khan’s Mongolian Feast before Sinelli took ownership in 1998, is about to get a…
Dallas Cowboys fans will find a troubling headline at People.com this morning: “Britney Spears Parties with Tony Romo.” That’s how he spent his bye weekend — and how she spent her Friday night, “after a long court hearing for her custody battle,” reports People. From the looks of it, he’s…
You’ve waited for it all day, no doubt. The comeback of Owen Wilson, first interview since The Event, talking to pal Wes Anderson for MySpace. And, really, nice to see him back — maybe we can all put this behind us and ease on down the road from here on…
Dwaine Caraway isn’t apologizing for being pals with Mayor Tom. Not yet, anyway. On Thursday Dallas city council member Angela Hunt told The Dallas Morning News that her group’s message of stopping a high-speed toll way isn’t reserved for one neighborhood or another. That’s a smart, inclusive message. It’s also…
Moments ago, an enormous plume of smoke was visible from Unfair Park HQ — at Maple and Oak Lawn — over downtown Dallas. (The picture above was taken a few minutes after staffers first saw the smoke. By 4:48, it has almost entirely dissipated.) And while we’re not quite sure…
Because Texas Observer managing editor David Pasztor asked so nicely — in an e-mail that begins, “Yo, dipshit” — we’re going to toss out a recommendation that you head immediately to the Lakewood Theater to check out readings from the Texas Observer by Lou Dubose, Wade Goodwyn and Jake Bernstein,…
At last, Pegasus News has finally posted the downloadable videos from last Saturday night’s Carter Albrecht Memorial concert at the Granada Theater. They are free, per the family’s wishes, but as the event was a fund-raiser for the fledgling Carter Albrecht Music Foundation, so too are the videos: Pegasus would…
Another Dallas County man exonerated by DNA walked out of prison today after Judge Lana Myers reduced his sentence on another charge to time served. Eugene Ivory Henton had accepted a plea bargain of four years for a 1984 sexual assault. After serving 18 months, he was paroled. Later charged…
Mark Graham U.S. Army translator and recruiter Adnan Kirkuki, an Iraqi Kurd living in Richardson I moved here a year ago and thought, yup, this was all you needed to know about Dallas — well, this too. And maybe this. But they’re just misleading myths and faded memories. Even an…
Irving High School’s Blake Beavan has Baseball America believing in Your Texas Rangers. Watching the Boston Red Sox take a 2-0 stranglehold on the Colorado Rockies last night, it struck me: How far — really now — are Your Texas Rangers from playing in a World Series? Honestly, I’m just…
In March, the Toy Industry Association decided to move its 2007 Fall Toy Show to Dallas Market Center — which, at the time, was considered a shocker, as the Javits Center in New York City had been the preview convention’s longtime home. (And it still is for the annual February…
Paul Lukas is obsessed with pro sports team’s uniforms — hence, his Uni Watch blog, updated daily, and his gig as ESPN.com’s uniform czar, a position maintained in these parts by KTCK-AM’s Craig Miller. This week, Lukas breaks down in exquisite detail the unis of Your Dallas Cowboys. Seems he…
Dooney Da Priest thinks you might be gay if you wear saggin’ pants. Or listen to Coldplay. Dooney da Priest is about to become the most famous rapper ever to come straight outta Dallas, at least to the public-radio audience. For the second time in a week, National Public Radio…
From the sound of it, Butler & Sons Books in Rosenberg, which is about 20 miles west of Houston, is just your average rare-book store, selling for a couple thou first editions of All the King’s Men, Tarzan of the Apes and other treasured tomes. Bill Butler bills his joint…
But, Becky, it’s so easy. –Robert Wilonsky…
Before political correctness. Before Bill Maher thought he was edgy. Before Weird Al Yankovic cashed in on parodies. There was Bowley and Wilson. Or I might be wrong, because any time I went to see the legendary and raunchy comedy duo, I left doubled-over in laughter and/or triple-wasted. And you…
Brian Harkin Well, I had the chance to talk to the former Sheila Farrington for a feature about her husband Don for the paper version of Unfair Park this week. Mrs. Hill says she will not cop a plea, and while I know that’s what all criminal defendants say initially,…
