Following yesterday’s release of that damning, mammoth report about all flavor of fiscal shenanigans at the Fiesta Bowl, the question immediately became: Well, what about the Cotton Bowl taking its place in the BCS rotation? But Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports explained, initially, Not so fast:If there is an immediate…
A year ago today we were dissecting the depth of a Texas Rangers’ pitching staff anchored by No. 1 and 2 starters named Scott Feldman and Rich Harden. Hopefully that perspective will soften the blow of a 2011 rotation that includes Alexi Ogando and a bullpen that features Mark Lowe, Dave Bush…
Every year, the Airports Council International — a trade org representing most of the airports in the world — asks terminal travelers how they really feel about their skymalls. And every year, the ACI manages to keep those reports secret. Except this year: The Times of London has hidden behind…
Since the beginning of the year, two reports have documented how Texas’s school districts punish their students: Texas Appleseed’s Ticketing, Arrest & Use of Force in Schools How the Myth of the “Blackboard Jungle” Reshaped School Disciplinary Policy, released in January as part of its Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline series, and…
As we noted a couple of weeks back, former DeSoto High School Eagle and Texas A&M Aggie Von Miller is among the high-profile plaintiffs named in the lockout class action brought against the National Football League. His name’s right there alongside the likes of Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Payton…
This just in, stemming from this, and this. From the Garland Police Department: Garland investigators have obtained warrants for Aqib Talib and Okolo Talib in connection with a disturbance police responded to on March 21 in the 900 block of Green Pond Drive. On Monday, March 21, just before 7:30…
Saturday afternoon’s screening of Cooper & The Castle Hills Gang at NorthPark Center, among the handful of family-friendly offerings at the Dallas International Film Festival, is nearly sold out; all that remain are rush tickets. But if you’re desperate to see the 50-minute short about kids who have to help…
Forthcoming are Jim’s thoughts on the mayoral candidates’ forum held last night at Thomas Jefferson High School, which looks like it needs every cent of the $8-mil renovation that’s just commenced. But during the forum, Mike Rawlings referred to his public-educational platform, which he introduced yesterday during a press conference…
In the wake of yesterday’s news that former Richardson Berkner star and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ stud cornerback Aqib Talib is a “person of interest” in a shooting in Garland last week, a couple of things have been cleared up but many more questions remain. Questions, say the Garland Police Department, that…
Nice to see the reigning American League champs haven’t forgotten about those Texas Rangers associated with all those seasons in hell — chief among them Jeff Burroughs, the top draft pick in ’69 (for the Washington Senators) and my first boyhood ball-playing hero. Burroughs, who came to Arlington with the…
As you no doubt recall, Doug Havard — the former Winston School and SMU student who skipped town after being arrested on charges of counterfeiting, selling GHB and armed robbery, among many others — was brought back to the U.S. a few days ago following a six-year prison vacay in…
A lengthy federal suit filed this morning by the national advocacy group Children’s Rights says Gov. Rick Perry and other state officials have neglected their legal responsibility to the children in state care, and violated their constitutional rights, by “failing to either return them safely to their families or find…
Back in September, when Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa was being considered for the Las Vegas gig, trustee Edwin Flores told Unfair Park: “He’s a hot commodity. Outside of Dallas he’s a rock star.” A few Friends of Unfair Park with long memories have disagreed, but the district…
Lying to the NCAA while at Oklahoma State. Bucking NFL tradition and not carrying Roy Williams’ shoulder pads. Blaming the media. Cutting in line at The Apple Store. Being, according to Dallas police, involved in a “major disturbance” at P.F. Chang’s. Not knowing the Dallas Cowboys’ playbook. Getting ticketed for parking in…
The Film Festival Formerly Known as AFI Dallas kicks of Thursday with an opening-night fete at the Winspear Opera House, where Ann-Margret and fest co-founder Liener Temerlin will be honored before a screening of Sundance fave Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey. My chat with Dallas International Film Festival Artistic Director…
Yes, 105.3 The Fan is tweaking again. But this time it’s not merely another shuffling of the deck, but more so a commitment to talk sports in the morning. Out at The Fan as of April 8 are long-time radio veterans Jagger and Gregg Henson, to be replaced Monday, April 11,…
We’ve written a few times in recent years about author Carla Main, who remains locked in a legal tussle with Highland Park developer Hiram Walker Royall over Main’s ’07 book Bulldozed: “Kelo,” Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land, which chronicles the brouhaha over land grabbed from a family…
Late last year, you may recall the excitement surrounding the Christian TV mega-network Daystar, whose co-founder Marcus Lamb announced on the air that he’d had an affair with one of his employees. Three ex-employees, he said, were trying to extort $7.5 million from Lamb and his wife Joni, threatening to…
Turns out the Dallas Chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly isn’t the only organization minimizing the mayoral candidacy of Edward Okpa. As we reported Friday, local RNHA chair Jason Villalba originally excluded Okpa from tonight’s debate at Thomas Jefferson High School. He later reconsidered after receiving phone calls from…
You’ll be reading plenty in the next few days about a certain other film festival coming up in town — but for all you high-minded cinephiles who just can’t wait, good news: Thursday night at the Texas Theatre, the Found Footage Festival’s back for its third stop in Dallas, with…
Friday night, at the Arts Magnet fund-raiser, two friends used their phones to show off their oh-lucky-me early looks at Martin Creed’s Work No. 1190: Half the air in a given space — otherwise known as that room full of balloons you see above. It officially took up residency in…
In a letter posted this morning to his website, District 2 city council candidate Billy MacLeod urged city and county officials to move the polling location for one of the district’s highest-voting precincts and questioned the appointment of its election judge by the office of his opponent — incumbent Pauline…
