What if the Cowboys would have taken this guy over Troy Aikman. Cringe at the thought, I tell ya. Cringe. So there I was, a snotty-nosed lil’ 24-year-old. Couple years out of college, cutting my journalistic teeth at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. On this particular Sunday – Dec. 18, 1988…
You say this is not Sarah Palin? Hunh, coulda sworn. This time around, the Canadians have asked SMU political science prof Cal Jillson — the print journalist’s go-to guy for all things political — for his preview of Thursday night’s veep debate, wherein Joe Biden will try not to say…
Patrick Michels One more photo of Mayor Tom Leppert giving a speech about the convention center hotel, and we’ll have enough for a free night! Tom Leppert’s chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh, had billed the mayor’s speech today before the Dallas Regional Chamber as an opportunity to weigh in on…
Josh Howard isn’t a bad guy. So says Josh Howard. Josh Howard isn’t Jewish. Nonetheless — on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year — the Maverick’s period of atonement likewise commenced. The marijuana admissions. The crappy play. The defiant birthday bash. The drag racing. The charity softball…
Says the Hall of Fame QB-turned-ESPN talking head, Jerry Jones has the best football team in the league … on paper. Only, they’re a team without a leader or a “moral authority in the locker room.” They do, however, have a petulant, occasionally team-wrecking crybaby about whom Young knows plenty…
We dangled a teaser photo late yesterday, but thanks to the good people down at Dallas’ newest cushy downtown hotel, we’ve got a dozen more shots from the Joule’s opening gala last Friday, which boasted quite the guest list. Not the headiest kind of news, but there’s a special kind…
The New York media has spent the past several weeks lamenting the loss of George Steel, who’s due to become the Dallas Opera leader this week; there was a New York whine in August, then this mention in The New York Times two weeks back. In advance of his going…
View Larger Map Speaking of downtown development, about two weeks ago we mentioned that the city had compiled a list of three dozen-plus vacant buildings downtown, the purpose of which was to identify roadblocks to development — at least, as far as Mayor Tom Leppert and the city’s economic development…
Right this way, sir. To the end of the punt-return line. Jim Leonhard. Brian Witherspoon. Leodis McKelvin. Syndric Steptoe. Michael Bumpus. Buster Davis. Give up? Those, believe it or not, are just a handful of the 45 NFL players that are better punt returners than the Cowboys’ Pacman Jones this…
Ann Margolin Sure, the city council elections are still more than seven months away, but candidates are starting to file, and none may be more significant than Ann Margolin. After spending a year on the Dallas Park and Recreation Board representing District 13, Margolin quit the board and filed to…
Late yesterday, in advance of Thursday’s Economic Development Committee meeting, members of the city council were given a memo called Atmos/Forest City Conveyance. In it, the city details a deal that involves shifting the four-building Atmos Complex, which sits behind the old Statler Hilton Hotel on Commerce, from Forest City…
Mike Schoder, center in the white shirt, and some of CD World’s staff over the years More bad business news today, as we begin the New Year with news of closings. First off, an era ends as CD World goes the way of the 45 single: Over the weekend, owner…
His arrow is suddenly pointing down. Don’t look now, but just guess who has the best passer rating in the NFL? Not Brady nor Manning nor Romo nor … Would you believe this guy? Believe it. Six touchdowns will do that for you. As for the rest of the NFL’s…
Moments ago, the Dallas Independent School District posted to its Web site a media release announcing the elimination of “at least” 160 central staff positions today — “63 of which had been filled by employees.” Says the release, it’ll save the district “up to $3.6 million for the current 2008-2009…
Forget the bailout that wasn’t. Forget the stock market crash. Forget the blame game. This, from the grand-opening shindig at downtown’s latest happening hotel The Joule on Friday night, is one of the signs of the Apocalypse. You can look it up. –Robert Wilonsky…
The Dallas Business Journal’s done the dirty work of localizing the effects of the bailout bust: The paper’s compiled a list of some dozen Dallas- and Fort Worth-based companies and how far they dropped following the House of Representatives’ vote against the $700-billion bailout bill. Not sure who’s the biggest…
Robert Benton and Paul Newman on the set of Twilight Writer-director Robert Benton turns 76 today, a birthday worth noting for two reasons. One, as we documented in the paper version of Unfair Park five years back, the Oak Cliff-born filmmaker possesses an accomplished and acclaimed résumé: co-creator of Esquire’s…
Rep. Jeb Hensarling By now, you’re no doubt aware that the House voted against the $700-billion bailout, with several prominent Texas Republicans voting against the president. Among those leading the charge: Dallas’ Jeb Hensarling, who, as the debate began on the House floor, called the plan one that would put…
Mitchell Rasansky Even for City Hall junkies, the budget process can be a bit overwhelming to follow closely. So when the council passed the city’s $2.7 billion budget last week, it’s unlikely much interest was generated — other than relief that the council was able to make the necessary amendments…
Lotta this going on yesterday. And today. Likely the rest of the week. Everee-Day is like Sunn-daay! Random, irrational thoughts from my 8+ hours of Sabbath on the couch. With a lap full of pizza. And a belly full of … Diet Dr Pepper? 10 a.m. – Saturday’s leftover: ’Splain…
Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway Before last week’s pro-hotel shindig in the Flag Room at City Hall, I decided to attend Wednesday’s council meeting. No particular reason, although the Fairfield zoning case was on the afternoon agenda. Ironically, I ran into Kat Truitt on my way down the elevator…
State Rep. Tony Goolsby, former Unfair Park-er Matt Pulle just called you a chicken, because you refuse to debate Democratic challenger Carol Kent. And because you and your people won’t call Matt back — which, when you think about it, “makes sense,” Matt writes. “If you’re afraid to be seen…
