For the last little while, the great Frank Luksa — who’s written for every single local daily in the history of ink, danged near — has been contributing to ESPN.com. For instance, a couple of months back, he offered up tales from Dallas Cowboys’ training camps past. This morning, as…
Nice photo of Tracy Rowlett in this morning’s New York Times, in a story about Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s Shale.tv, due to launch sometime this month. As you no doubt recall, the former KTVT-Channel 11 anchor doesn’t take kindly to folks who dismiss the site as an online informercial for the…
Sarah McDaniel For those who like to do their Sunday-morning reading on a Thursday, two local items of note in The New York Times’ sportsy supplement Play. One’s a lengthy, engrossing Mimi Swartz-penned piece on the selling of Parker’s Nastia Liukin — whose name is misspelled throughout much of the…
I know — this is very last-minute. But, if nothing else, you will have a second chance to catch KERA-TV’s second installment of Nowhere But Texas if you miss tonight’s airing, which begins at 7 p.m. on Channel 13, natch. There’s a Saturday-morning rebroadcast at 11:30, and it’s worth a…
Speaking of Mayor Tom, as we were below, turns out you can speak to the man himself in a couple of hours. He’ll be appearing on KERA-FM (90.1) at 1 p.m., as the guest on Krys Boyd’s Think. As for the subject: “What does the future hold for Dallas and…
Probably should have mentioned this, like, oh, I dunno, Friday maybe? But, yes, I did host a late-night music show on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) on Saturday night that lasted till the wee small hours of Sunday morning. It’s called Till 2, as in: Nothing good ever happens after 2…
Note to anyone paying attention and/or still left over at 508 Young Street: Please, in the name of Sweet Baby Jesus, call Tom Maurstad and tell him he can stop Twittering from the Toronto International Film Festival. Hurry, before it’s too late. Oh … no … oh, God … too…
Apparently, it’s Video Friday — easier than reading, at least. But for the first time, Pepsi’s partnered with the National Football League to sell … soft drinks, I think, but also MP3s, maybe? And the star of the new ad is the quarterback of Your Dallas Cowboys, who’s now tall…
Missed this Sunday morning — really need to remember to turn around and Face the Nation more often. Anyway, from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Fort Worth native Bob Schieffer had plenty to say — and sing — about being from “the Fort Worth-Dallas area.” And for those…
So, back to the Texas Horse Park, Inc. and its funds, or lack thereof, for just a moment before this long holiday weekend. Willis Winters, assistant director of the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, tells Unfair Park he does not know the amount that THPI has raised and says it…
Morrey Taylor Hammer and his hankie I know Richie mentioned it yesterday, but the official media release just arrived in our in-box, and no better time than now to share it: “Greg Williams to Join 103.3 ESPN.” He starts September 8 and will hold down the 7-10 p.m. slot with…
The press release from ESPN Radio, hot off the presses: Arlington, TX – High profile Dallas / Ft. Worth sports-radio personality Greg Williams will join RJ Choppy to co-host 103.3 ESPN Radio’s new evening (7 p.m.-10 p.m.) show beginning September 8. Williams has spent more than two decades on Dallas’…
Still haven’t seen a copy of A.H. Belo’s Briefing, the single-section freebie being chucked on the lawns of the 75-thou-and-up crowd not currently taking The Dallas Morning News, luckies. Alas, all I’ve seen is the online media kit, which describes the ad supplement thusly: “Briefing delivers concise and informative news,…
A Friend of Unfair Park e-mails with some literary doings courtesy a familiar face: KTVT-Channel 11 chief meteorologist Kristine Kahanek has a kiddies’ book forthcoming titled Katie and the Magic Umbrella: A Stormy Adventure. The book’s due in stores on Monday, and from the publisher’s description, the 44-pager aimed at…
Greg Williams of ESPN Radio. How weird does that sound? The longest-running, worst-kept secret (ahem, welcome to the party mainstream media) in local radio finally has replaced its question mark with a period as former Ticket co-host Greg Williams has officially landed a show on ESPN Radio. Williams confirmed to…
After news of yet another delay in the Trinity River Project, we thought it was about time to check in on the progress of the Texas Horse Park, especially with the deadline for Texas Horse Park, Inc. to raise $15 million rapidly approaching. Turns out THPI ain’t nowhere close to…
Innocent until proven guilty. Or at least indicted. I’m just a toy-box tinkering sportswriter whose never been indicted, so I’m learning how these jurisprudence things work. The answer: Slowly. I was wondering this morning what the heck is going on with LIVE 105.3 FM’s Russ Martin. Surely you remember him…
Skin has cash and, apparently, safety goggles. Ben’s the other guy. I’ve always loved, er, at least really liked Ben & Skin. The dudes are fast, funny, fresh, friendly, finicky and, best of all, freaky fans of friggin’ alliteration. But in the ramp-up to them taking over middays 11 a.m.-3…
Bob and Dan vs. Ben and Skin. Delicious. Another radio industry source tells me just now that Live 105.3 is indeed shifting its midday focus toward sports and former Ticket hosts. But instead of Greg Williams and Mike Fisher, Ben & Skin have landed the gig. Commencing 8.25.08. — Richie…
Careful Romo, next thing you know Jessica might leave you for a syndicated star. Back to sports after this short break for your weekly breaking radio news: Richard “Big Dick” Hunter, host of the always innovative and usually intoxicating Wild Ass Circus on Live 105.3, is going big time. I…
Our old pal Sarah Hepola points us to Jody Rosen’s story in Slate today about “the weekly alternative for Montgomery County” that likes to steal other folks’ stories and credit them to some dude named Mark Williams. Rosen was tipped to The Bulletin by a Slate reader who noticed that…
Last month, the Department of the Army published War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Series of Cases, 2003-2007, a textbook selling for $71 on Amazon, which is currently out of stock. It’s not exactly a coffee-table tome, as The New York Times notes today that “the pictures show shredded…
