Wade Phillips Shows His Cards?

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…

John Wiley Price, You’ve Been Schooled

John Wiley Price, namesake of a new African school Later this year, Masai children in rural Kenya will begin classes in a school named for “one of Texas’ greatest sons.” They — indeed their parents and just about everyone else in Kenya — might be a bit puzzled about the…

The Biggest Upset in the History of March Madness …

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’…

Winning Off the Court, Sure. But On?

Got our copy of Aspire Higher: Winning On and Off the Court with Determination, Discipline & Decisions — otherwise known as Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson’s inspirational self-help tome, which comes complete with an eight-page forward from … Jerry Jones? O…K. Don’t wanna spoil the ending, but this is the…

Maverick Madness

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…

Arguments Creationists Make to Counter Evolution

Point, Counterpoint Here are some of the arguments that creationists make to counter the theory of evolution, along with their scientific counter arguments: Biological structures are too complex to have arisen by chance. “Chance plays a part in evolution (for example, in the random mutations that can give rise to…

Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Begins

A few weeks before the March 4 Republican primary, a group of candidates gathered at the Shady Valley Golf Club in Arlington for a meet-and-greet luncheon with voters. For the most part, the candidates were seasoned pros who all seemed to know each other, but one stood out from the…

Dallas Lawyer Specializes in Animal Welfare and Rights

Veterinary malpractice, wrongful canine death, lawsuits against unethical breeders—the legal system is going to the dogs. Attorney Yolanda Eisenstein specializes in “animal law.” So far, she’s the only lawyer in Dallas whose practice focuses on the rights, needs and welfare of pets. Like hotel queen Leona Helmsley, you want to…

Jim, Your Crazypants Look a Little Snug

For those who can’t get enough Schutze talk — and by that, I mean Schutze — may we direct your browser elsewhere, if only for a moment? Swell. Because over on FrontBurner, I’ve discovered the name of my first novel: “Somebody was deep throating Jim Schutze.” Meanwhile, over on The…

Muffin Feels Fuzzy. How ‘Bout You?

Dallas-based CringeMedia, purveyor of the best worst broadcasting bits available on VHS, is back on the YouTube after a brief absence. Which means more CringeVideo for watching with your eyes, if you dare. And which means, praise the Baby Jeebus, more and more Mr. Peppermint. Because, notes CV in the…

Harry Thomason on His Good Bad Road

Harry Thomason, one of the producers of 12 Miles of Bad Road Got quite the surprise in the morning mail: all six unaired episodes of 12 Miles of Bad Road, the set-in-Dallas series HBO shut down before producers Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason got the chance to shoot the 10…

Man, That Parade Was Awesome

Because it’s never too late for, um, art. The above photo comes, of course, from Saturday’s Greenville Ave. St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and it’s courtesy council member Angela Hunt — who has plenty more just like it available on her blog. –Robert Wilonsky…

Tat’s the Perfect Business For You

Ever wanted to get in the tattoo bidness? Because, really, now’s your big chance: Ace in the Hole, on W. Mockingbird Lane for the last year after moving out of its decade-in-Deep Ellum digs, is up for grabs on eBay at this very moment. And you can either take the…

They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To

Annie Hall’s among the eight United Artists films screening in April at the Inwood. So many film fests from which to choose: the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, which kicks off next week; the USA Film Festival, which this week announced its kickoff date (April 21); and now the UA…

Dallas Likes It Expensive and Often

The French Room at the Adolphus, still the best restaurant in Dallas, says Zagat’s Texas survey. The new Zagat Survey’s out covering the entirety of Texas’ dining choices — by which they mean “1,505 restaurants in Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio.” Tops in Dallas: The French Room at…

The Best Photo of Dallas … Ever?

Fine. Perhaps that headline’s a little too gassy with hyperbole. But it’s been Unfair Park’s pleasure — nay, honor — to run a few of Justin Terveen’s photos in recent months. They’re extraordinary — like, oh, this one from New Year’s Eve and this one of the skyline, which Brad…

Albatross Necklace

Albatross necklace: So what was the late political commentator Rufus Shaw talking about when, in the weeks before his suicide, he wrote a blog post bemoaning what he called “the purveyors of hate and personal destruction” in the community? Here’s one possible example: Halice Furtado was executive principal of Redirections…

Shame on Us, as Usual|A Slice of Pie, Please

“Buzz,” by Sam Merten, March 13 Shame on Us, As Usual That’s enough. Good God! Dallas finally gets a politician who actually wants to do the right thing, no matter the cost, and what do you do? You try to burn him! Craig Watkins will go down in history as…