In the current paper version of Unfair Park, we detail the lengthy battle between Robert O’Donnell and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who extinguished O’Donnell’s child support collection business after several courtroom victories. Despite the efforts of Abbott and his office to find O’Donnell’s company non-compliant with federal law, several…
Like I said Sunday, we’ll have much more about Code 58 in the paper version of Unfair Park the closer we get to the series’ debut on FOX. But this morning, I went back to Fair Park to visit with the series’ creator, Matt Nix, and the first episode’s director,…
A few weeks ago, you may recall, I asked with Dallas Area Rapid Transit spokesman Morgan Lyons why DART wasn’t expanding service for the NBA All-Star Weekend. Said Lyons at the time, there just wasn’t the need. DART has since rethought that policy.”We just looked at it some more, and…
I’m at Fair Park this very moment — c’mon, you know why. But speaking of, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK — who clearly spends more time on eBay than should be allowed, God bless him — has come across this magnificent find: three original photos of the 1936 Texas Centennial…
One of the more intriguing concerts scheduled around the NBA All-Star Week is a Saturday-night Haitian-relief benefit at the Palladium featuring Erykah Badu and Jamie Foxx. A couple of Friends of Unfair Park have asked how they can buy tix. Problem is, the event’s more or less sold out; I…
No doubt you’re familiar with the work of Tony Bones (aka Soler aka Solyer aka Goya). Maybe you recall, if nothing else: My old pal Zac Crain had the graffiti artist provide the cover for his campaign comp waaaay back when. But here’s the rare chance to see Tony at…
Yeah, yeah. Who Dat and all that. Congratulations. Hug a troubled city. Now, let’s move on. To 2010. Next season is now this season. When the NFL kicks off next season your Dallas Cowboys will be a favorite to play in Super Bowl XLV next Februrary in Arlington. According to one…
A judge ruled last week that the owners of U.S. Global Exotics aren’t getting back a single one of the 27,000 animals seized from their Arlington warehouse in December. Hence, the current exotic-animal diaspora: The Detroit Zoo’s taking 1,100 of the animals (among them five wallabies, four sloths, three agoutis,…
Since the Sports Business Journal story is subscriber-only, we’ll go with Convenience Stores News’s recap: Center Operating Company, which runs the American Airlines Center, is finalizing negotiations with nearby neighbor 7-Eleven to open a convenience store in the arena — a first for the Dallas-based company. It’s a 10-year deal…
The Texas Tribune’s Brian Thevenot has been studying the U.S. Department of Education’s latest pile of funds slated for Texas schools — $390 million aimed at rescuing the lowest performers — and asks whether the program’s good intentions will wreak havoc on schools doing their best to do better. Take,…
Among the several nonprofit groups updating media folks this afternoon at the Trinity Trust was the Dallas Watersports Complex, which surprised us, since, well, we hadn’t heard of it. Victor Toledo, who was there representing the DWC, explained why. “We purposely haven’t talked about it much until we had all…
Several Friends of Unfair Park, including the man responsible for this photo, have asked in recent days: What gives with the Chase Tower’s color-scheme makeover? One call to building management later, and I can assure you: It has nothing to do with Valentine’s Day or NBA All-Star Weekend doings. Rather,…
Reserved seating in Los Angeles movie theaters has been around a few years, and patrons love it. But, far as I know, that incentive has yet to make its way to Dallas. Till now: Studio Movie Grill sends word that it’s offering reserved seating beginning pronto. Truth is, Schultz and…
Friend of Unfair Park PeterK shares yet another unusual eBay find: a 1903 cabinet card featuring one William Doyle, who, best I can tell, played for the mighty Dallas Giants of the Texas League from 1903 till 1905 — during which time he counted among his teammates one Branch Rickey,…
Dallas IMAX Aerial Showcase from Phillip Thomas on Vimeo.You may not know the name, but you’re very familiar with the work of filmmaker Phillip Thomas — he’s the man behind the camera for such things as the Dallas Mavericks’ home-opening videos, the IMAX intro at Museum of Nature & Science…
Tonight’s the Democratic gubernatorial debate at KTVT HQ in Fort Worth — can’t wait! In advance of what could be an epic showdown, “hair-care guru” Farouk Shami sends word that he’s picked up the endorsement of Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway following a Friday-night winding held by the Interdenominational…
Maybe I’ll get around to writing this for City of Ate: Why can’t Dallas do a proper Hebrew deli? Sure — it’s a dying art and an endangered species. So says David Sax in his book Save the Deli; as NPR put it a few months back, he’s on a…
Let the branding begin as we transition from Super Bowl ads to NBA All-Star Week advertisers. Here’s a sneak peak at what to expect over the next few days as Dallas (and some place called Arlington?) becomes a city-sized billboard hawking everything from T-Mobile to Gatorade to Foot Locker to…
20. Some of us picked Saints 33, Colts 31, so we’re not terribly surprised. 19. Of all the things on my to-do list today, calling Barney Stinson – whoever the hell he is – isn’t one of them. 18. Entertaining, electric game. Two things that jumped out at me in…
While Major Mike’s off helping Haiti, I spent my Saturday on the Code 58 set at Fair Park, where Bradley Whitford, Colin Hanks and their castmates took a day off from filming Matt Nix’s buddy-cop action-comedy to talk to local media in between publicity-still shoots. We’ll have more forthcoming from…
My littleyounger brother, Major Mike, began his deployment to Parts Unknown a couple of weeks ago when his ship was rerouted — Destination: Haiti. He and his men — the few, the proud, the Walking Dead — were part of the mighty Battalion Landing Team tasked with assisting medical crews…
Maybe you’ve heard: Richard Hayner, the Denton resident who maintains the Texas International Pop Festival Web site, is trying to raise enough green to plant a Texas historical marker where the old Dallas International Motor Speedway once stood. That’s where, over a long Labor Day weekend in ’69, Sly and…
