Attention Jerry Jones: Michael Vick gets out of prison in 15 months. Rae Carruth will be only 44 when he’s eligible for parole in 2019. Dwayne Goodrich is almost halfway through his sentence. Art Schlichter is a free man. No one avoids his pursuers like O.J. Simpson. And, who knows,…
After moving into his new contemporary home on a bluff overlooking White Rock Lake, Chip Northrup was riding his bicycle when he noticed 20-foot-tall light poles sprouting on the west side of the park. The closely planted poles triggered alarm bells in his head. As a former member of the…
With McMansions galore, a concrete-chic urban planning model and seemingly never-ending sprawl, Plano is many outsiders’ vision of hell. But to Stefan Merrill Block, it’s home, not to mention the inspiration for his debut novel, The Story of Forgetting, recently released to critical acclaim and high commercial expectations by Random…
Apparently, Jessica Simpson’s on the cover of every magazine — by which I mean, like, three, if’n you include the new Esquire, D and, now, Glamour, which interviewed Simpson “at her favorite Dallas bistro,” which is? And the subject at hand is none other than Cowboys QB Tony Romo, with…
If you’re looking for the proper way to lament-ebrate today’s firing of Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson — who, yes, loses his gig whilst Texas Rangers skipper Ron Washington keeps his, as so many of you have pointed out — look no further than this eBay auction featuring an…
Avery Johnson, picking up his Coach of the Year award two years ago. Which seems like a million years ago. Either Mavs owner Mark Cuban takes the suggestions of Unfair Park (and everyone else with eyes) pretty damn seriously, or else Avery Johnson’s dismissal had become that obvious. Probably the…
Daniel Rodrigue See, stuff like happens all the time at Valley View. But at NorthPark, not as often. As we mentioned in yesterday’s missive from NorthPark Center — where, on Monday, all manner of chaos was brought about by a viral marketing campaign for The Dark Night — Arlington prog-rocker…
That’s what ESPN — and 32 e-mails in my in-box — says. I’ll take all of yer words for it, as I am out as well. To lunch. Richie? –Robert Wilonsky…
Lee Trull For a freelance actor-writer, being hired for the new resident company at Dallas Theater Center is like being called up from the minors to the big leagues. And for all-around utility player Lee Trull, it also means being the first Dallas actor to be named to the nine-member…
Two down, 12 to go, Don Hill! This just in from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Andrea Spencer, among those named by the feds in the low-income housing development corruption case at Dallas City Hall, pleaded guilty this morning in a federal courtroom to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery…
View Larger Map After last week’s big non-vote by the city council on the land acquisition for the convention center hotel, the topic was revisited briefly during the afternoon open microphone session. It turns out that as I was writing my wrap-up of the discussion here at Unfair Park HQ,…
Brandon Bass. There. Now that I’ve addressed the positives from the Mavericks’ short-circuited post-season, let’s move on to trying to sort out the shit. Get comfy. It starts, of course, with the head coach. Avery Johnson must be fired. Now. Because of his micro-managing, defiant devotion to his blessed “system”…
John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller’s heirs today demanded that Irving-based ExxonMobil — otherwise known, way back when, as Standard Oil — get its head out of its oil drum and start looking into “renewables and alternative fuels,” pronto. Said Peter O’Neill, the Rockefellers’ liason to the ExxonMobil cartel and…
Henry Brant We begin this a.m. with a note of passing that has nothing to do with the end of the Dallas Mavericks’ torturous season. The Washington Post carries today the obituary for composer Henry Brant, the 94-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winner who died Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, California…
KTVT-Channel 11 Oh, and Mavs lose, Stars win! KTVT-Channel 11’s got the goods: video from Dallas County Commissioners Court today, where Item No. 6c on today’s agenda was, simply, “Sheriff Overtime.” Nothing simple about it, though, as John Wiley Price and Ken Mayfield went at it over the amount of…
I’m gonna invite Josh Howard over to watch, on a loop, this FC Dallas-provided video of Pizza Hut Park as it goes from soccer venue to hosting Jimmy Buffett and Edgefest within a four-day period, all whittled down to 110 triumphantly scored time-lapsed seconds. –Robert Wilonsky…
Dallas County District Attorney’s Office James Lee Woodard, who served 27 years in prison before his release today In the wake of today’s release of James Lee Woodard, yet another Dallas County prisoner exonerated by DNA evidence, State Senator Rodney Ellis of Houston revealed plans for a day-long Summit on…
Yeah, I know. The end is near. The Mavs packed their white flags and vacation itineraries on the flight to New Orleans yesterday. They are six-point underdogs against the Hornets tonight and, according to NBA history, have about a nine percent chance of rallying from down 3-1 to win the…
Alex Gordon, who’s very touchy I was gonna pass along this Kansas City Star story to KTCK-AM (The Ticket, 1310) afternoon-show co-host Corby Davidson. But when I talked to Davidson earlier today, he said he’d already had it e-mailed to him, like, “75 times, at least.” Problem is, today’s story…
Daniel Rodrigue Bobby Cunningham, left, and brother Jon were among the clowns to gather on a NorthPark parking garage yesterday afternoon. It started with coordinates posted to a movie studio’s promotional Web site; it ended with chaos, confusion and, finally, a movie trailer. A dozen cities — among them, New…
Courtesy Deadspin this a.m., we’re directed to the blog of none other than Robin “Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams” Leach. His, ahem, spywitnesses claim that Cowboys QB Tony Romo lost some $2.5 million on the Vegas green felt last weekend, which, apparently, mightily miffed Jessica Simpson. Writes Leach: “Insiders told…
No doubt you heard yesterday that Fort Worth-based American Airlines will, beginning May 12, charge $25 for a second checked bag — if, course, yer flying coach. The reason’s obvious: rising fuel costs and the need to cover the tab, one piece of luggage at a time. Well, today Fortune…
