I get that Gary Catwright believes his generation of sportswriters is the best that ever was. Believe me, I get it. I even agree. I grew up reading Blackie Sherrod’s transcendant scattershootings in the Dallas Times Herald and while at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram I penned praise pieces on Dan…
CBS won’t officially announce its fall lineup till Wednesday, but today word came down that it’s given the green light to at least one new comedy: Accidentally on Purpose, starring Jenna Elfman as … lesse here .. a “a San Francisco movie critic who finds herself accidentally pregnant after a…
But two months ago, Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm told Unfair Park she was “looking for quarters in the couch” in order to cover the estimated $100-million budget deficit. Won’t be nearly enough. She and the Dallas City Council will go over the ugly why’s and what-to-do’s Wednesday, during yet…
Was watching the Orlando Magic dethrone the Boston Celtics last night and it re-dawned on me that the Mavericks need a savvy, veteran player who can create – and make – his own shot. Who’s not afraid to initiate a physical confrontation. Who’s fearless. A player like the Magic’s Hedo…
In about an hour, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle will go before the city council’s Public Safety Committee to present the city’s latest crime statistics, at least as counted through the end of April. This sneak peek, for those who can’t read be bothered to read the whole four pages…
Just last October, KXAS-Channel 5 was congratulating anchor Mike Snyder for 25 years of service: “Mike has changed very little over the years, and is still dedicated and committed to his journalistic craft.” But last night, Ed Bark noted that Snyder may be on his way out of the 10…
Three months ago, I spoke with Karl Zavitkovsky, head of the city’s Office of Economic Development, about the enormous pile of cash Curtis Lockey wants from the city in order to redo the old LTV Tower — about $76 million from the Downtown Connection Tax Increment Financing District for a…
On this glorious morning of May 18, 2009, I hereby pronounce that your Texas Rangers are champions legit magical contenders. Look, I’ve been a Rangers fan since I witnessed Frank Howard whistle a homer out to center in old Arlington Stadium back in April of 1972. Like you, I’m happy and…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have asked when we’re going to address Saturday’s Dallas Morning News story about a letter from the city of Dallas to the Texas Attorney General’s Office in which it’s suggested that there is, in fact, a draft of HVS’s convention center hotel financial feasibility study…
Since becoming mayor less than two years ago, few have enjoyed the success of Tom Leppert. First a key victory in the Trinity River toll road campaign, then two more big wins last week after defeating two charter amendments, and now his very own commemorative ceramic tile. Even though we’re…
Fort Worth-born horn player Jim Price is usually a footnote in most Rolling Stones histories; his contributions to the canon — he appears on Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St. and Goats Head Soup — seldom merit mention, save as a sideman to sideman Bobby Keys, the Slaton, Texas, native…
Tried to listen to The Ticket’s “Great Game” last night, but … no, unh-unh. (Though it sure did sound like a great game — from 16-1 to 20-20, awesome.) But, fortunately, Patrick Michels did stop by Frisco’s Dr Pepper Ballpark just long enough to grab yet another installment of Awkward…
According to its Web site, Apogee Software “is considered the founder and father of the local Dallas-area game development community,” but it’s no more. The PC shareware developer’s been dead all of a week now, some 12 years after Apogee’s 3D Realms announced development of a video game, Duke Nukem…
The paper version of Unfair Park this week features the story of Ron White, the 2009 U.S.A. Memory Champion, who lives in Euless.To help document his quest to prove that everyone — even a college dropout — can not only accomplish daunting mental feats but literally do anything they put…
Friend of the show Don Johnson, who maintains East Texas Photo, happened by Reunion Arena yesterday, where the demolition’s in full swing. And he snapped a handful of terrific photos that he’s posted to his Flickr page. But this one in particular stands out — “Reunion Inside-Out,” Don calls it…
Last week, our favorite Barking Dog pointed out the latest Resident Parking Only zone in the Lower Greenville area — the seventh such RPO zone to take effect in the last year, Avi notes. To that list, add an eighth: Avi sent Unfair Park an e-mail last night in which…
I’ve heard of the 20-20 feat in baseball. But never the 20-20 final score. I was at a premiere party/fundraiser last night and unable to attend The Ticket’s second annual “Great Game” at Frisco’s Dr Pepper Ballpark, but from what I’m gathering it was – as expected – a unique, memorable…
Earlier this week, WFAA-Channel 8 reported that the Majestic Theater is losing its operator, Dallas Summer Musicals Management Group, at the end of June, because, look, it’s just lost too much money to continue running the designated city landmark. Which isn’t necessarily the case: Dallas Summer Musicals president Michael Jenkins…
Check out this slideshow for more photos from the party.For the first time in a long time, the Dallas Cowboys are actually acting like a unified team. In the wake of the Valley Ranch practice facility collapse on May 2, last night’s premiere of Spike TV’s new reality series Fourth…
Elm Street-based Blockbuster’s stock is tanking this morning — down more than 27 percent before the sun’s even warm, to about 83 cents. It was bound to happen following yesterday’s quarterly report, which noted a 20-percent drop in total revenues over the same period in ’08. But, fear not, CEO…
Jose and Alicia Elizondo, the parents of a Garland teen who died on March 19 from gunshot wounds suffered after a Garland police officer responded to a 911 call for a suicide attempt, have filed a civil rights and wrongful death suit in Dallas County District Court. The 15-page lawsuit…
The headline says it all. But this missive, which we just received from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s office concerning the fight over funding at Dallas Independent School District’s magnet schools and learning centers, says it better. Certainly, longer.Update at 5:15 p.m.: As the DISD board of trustees is due to…
