So you’re saying wearing one of these will not get you into the Mavericks’ locker room, then? Damn it. I’ll have much more on Bloggergate in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park. (Wait till you get a load of how the thing really started.) But this morn’ I get…
Speaking of Jerryworld, as we were below, a Friend of Unfair Park sent his missus to a meet-and-greet with the Dallas Cowboys’ owner last week. During that chat — with “prominent citizens,” says our Friend — Jerry Jones offered this novel approach to dealing with the exorbitant prices being charged…
Kevin Millwood, the Rangers’ … um … ace? Sure, we’ll go with “ace.” One season commencing and another, um, crashing? Tonight on Fox Sports Net Southwest you can watch Your Texas Rangers begin another march toward mediocrity in their season opener against the Seattle Mariners at 5:40, followed by your…
Forbes this morning features the “10 New Super-Stadiums” under construction ’round the world, and turns out that the billion-buck, under-construction Jerryworld in Arlington ranks No. 3 on the list, which is parsed by price tags, behind the New York Giants’ new Meadowlands stadium ($1.3 billion) and the New York Yankees’…
George Gillett, left, and Tom Hicks before their relationship became “unworkable” Been, like, days since our last item about Tom Hicks, George Gillett and the squabbling over Liverpool FC’s ownership. But today comes nasty word that Gillett, with whom the Rangers and Stars owner bought the fabled team one year…
Josh Howard poured in 30 points. Jason Kidd finally had himself a game with 19 points and 15 assists. And the Dallas Mavericks unleashed a 70-point first half on the Denver Nuggets. So, guess what? The Mavs’ margin on 7th place in the Western Conference is all but poof. Nuggets:…
SMU’s football team (and, really, how cute) is prepping for its annual Red-Blue Scrimmage, which takes place April 5 at 1 p.m. at Gerald J. Ford Stadium. And this is how the Mustangs are trying to get you there. June Jones, you are so fired. –Robert Wilonsky…
In this corner, entering his 30th consecutive season as the radio voice of your Texas Rangers…Eric Nadel! And in this corner, approaching his 2,000th consecutive game as a Major League Baseball public address announcer in Arlington except for one season…Chuck Morgan! Though mired in a local baseball environment that long…
Well, besides seeing if they’ll make the playoffs, course. But courtesy Odenized (and, like, um, Fox Sports Net) comes this video from last night’s Mavs-Clippers game, during which a very tall benchwarmer with a bum ankle is sorta, kinda interviewed by Mark Followill during the latter half of the third…
What if it turns out Malik Allen was the most important of Dallas’ trade with the Nets? I went to Mavericks 103, Clippers 90 last night, and came away with some distinct impressions: Fresh off his three-hour appearance on The Michael Irvin Show, Adam “Pacman” Jones was on hand with…
For the most part, Adam “Pacman” Jones’ day on The Michael Irvin Show sounded like this: “I had a horrible childhood” and “It was blown outta proportion.” Finally, in hour three of his sit-in, we got to the relevant stuff. Jones, currently the property of the Tennessee Titans, does indeed…
Just got the official word from the Mavericks: “Dirk Nowitzki has a moderate high left ankle sprain and a mild left knee sprain. He is currently walking in a protective boot without crutches. No timetable is set for his return.” OK, words like “moderate” and “mild” are a relief –…
For those who might have been Eastering yesterday, or just slow to rise, here’s the precise moment at which the Dallas Mavericks’ season officially ended. No doubt, Richie will be along shortly to blame it on Jason Kidd. –Robert Wilonsky…
KTVT-Channel 11 Making the virtual rounds today are screenshots from a recent KTVT-Channel 11 piece, shot inside the Dallas Cowboys’ inner sanctum, that appear to show how Jerry Jones and Wade Phillips are ranking the defensive backs available in the upcoming draft. To backtrack, Deadspin has an item today based…
Buy one today, while they still mean something … ain’t gonna happen tonight in Little Rock, Arkansas. But that won’t stop lil’ UT-Arlington from showing up as blowout fodder for the No. 1-seeded Memphis Tigers in the NCAA Tournament first-round game. After waiting 49 years for their debut, the Movin’…
From stage. To national stage. UT-Arlington, whose athletic legacy seemed eternally chained to both the humor of playing hoops on a theater floor in Texas Hall and the horror of axing its football program, is about to participate in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. It’s historic. It’s surreal. It’s reaffirmation…
Hard to believe that just two years ago, Avery Johnson was Coach of the Year. 1. Jason Kidd riding the pine for three-quarters of the second half while Tyronn Lue runs the show. Remember the big trade? Ya know, the one I never liked? Wasn’t it because Kidd’s experience, leadership…
This morning, many photos of Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo snapped during the Mavs’ loss to the Lakers at the AAC are making the virtual rounds — like this one and this one, among others. But this one? The best, no question. Speaking of the Mavs, sort of, the team…
After the AT&T Cotton Bowl game packs up and leaves Dallas in January 2009, our grand old decrepit/refurbished Fair Park stadium will almost immediately host another college football bowl game. So says State Fair of Texas president Errol McKoy.”I’ll say it with certainty,” McKoy told Unfair Park Tuesday afternoon. “We’ve…
Josh Hamilton, with his last stop before Arlington Josh Hamilton, among your newer Texas Rangers, was huzzahed this a.m. in Dallas’ Only Daily — appropriate, given that the oft-suspended, formerly addicted outfielder who once wore Cincinnati red is batting .600 during spring training. Evan Grant’s profile (his second in two…
If you were a fan of the local wrestling scene in the 1980s (hand raised high), you know the name Gary Hart — man was larger than life, even when standing alongside the likes of the Fritz von Erich and his big boys. Hart was danged near responsible all by…
UTA Mavs UTA’s Anthony Vereen, who scored 25 points during yesterday’s Southland Conference championship game in Katy Not those Mavs, though they did too. These Mavs. The never-ever-ever been to the Big Dance and hey-that’s-my-alma-mater Mavs. Our area’s big boys can’t win a lick with a Doherty or a Dougherty,…
