For the last three years, David and Shannon Croft have tried to excise the phrase “one state under God” from the Texas Pledge of Allegiance, four words added in the summer of ’07. The couple had kids at Rosemeade Elementary School in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, and the self-proclaimed “humanists”…
11:54 a.m. With a Texas Rangers playoff game followed by a Dallas Cowboys contest, this could be one of the wildest, most wonderful Sundays in the history of metroplex sports. Up two games to one, the Rangers can close out their American League Divisional Series against the Tampa Bay Rays…
Jeezum Crow: Buzz just got back from the land of the leaves, bike-riding our butts off in the rainy, chilly, hilly terrain of Vermont so we could watch the foliage turn colors and say, “Now that was a vacation.” But with a state about the size of the Panhandle’s handle…
Two minutes in and you begin to realize this much: With each extra chew, every labored swallow, with every passing second, you’re losing. To your right, they’re eating much faster than you are. They are shoveling the food in hand over hand, and so are you, or at least trying…
Governor Rick Perry recycled his campaign stump speech and sold it as his State of the State Address to the crowd gathered at the Hyatt Regency this afternoon, as Perry bragged about the economy and railed against Washington for failing to secure the Texas-Mexico border. “In a word, the state…
Dallas Cowboy by Kit Nelson, never more appropriate than today[Update at 4:41 p.m.: The original petition filed this afternoon has been added. It’s after the jump.]This morning we told you the U.K. courts had cleared the path for New England Sports Ventures to buy Liverpool FC — thus ending Tom…
Back in December we introduced you to Tommy Eugene Barber, a 32-year-old Dallas man who pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of securities fraud. Long story short: Barber ran something called T-Bar Resources, LLC, which he used to sell interests in oil and gas drilling projects. Two of…
Yesterday we spoke with Dallas Independent School District trustee Edwin Flores about a proposed policy before the board tomorrow: “Freedom from Bullying.” Which is great news, says the Resource Center Dallas. But the center’s higher-ups believe the bullying policy doesn’t go far enough, especially when it comes to protecting gay,…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback ratings. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings — if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here — the…
Soup Can”Schepps” has been a brand name in Dallas since 1942, when Harmon Schepps started the dairy with a single truck that became a ginormous bidness since swallowed up by Cityplace-based Dean Foods. (Fun fact: Harmon was called to testify in front of the Warren Commission due to his friendship…
This morning, a Friend of Unfair Park who lives in Austin but has come home for work sends in this disgruntled missive:I usually work and live in Austin. I ride my bike to work there frequently, and I’ve never once had an issue with a driver. I’ve worked in Dallas…
Late last night, Jamey Newberg was kind enough to send this sports highlight from the Texas Rangers’ first-ever post-season series triumph: Ford C. Frick finalist Eric Nadel’s final-out call, an homage to the late, great Mark Holtz. It’s below, courtesy Mike Disen of KRLD. Stop it, sports tears. Stop it…
Willis & Woy Sports GroupJordan WoyAgent Jordan Woy, who’s done deals with some 400 athletes (from Ray Crockett to Flozell Adams to Jason Witten) over a 20-plus-year career, is a powerful guy — so much so, at least, he’s found a permanent spot on Richie’s annual breakdown of the 50…
At the time – April 30, 2009 – I called the Dallas Cowboys’ draft class of 2009 a “dirty dozen.” And, no, it was a compliment. Fast-forward to today and, unfortunately, it’s uglier than ever. Making room on the roster for a tight end in light of another injury to…
Sam MertenNational Public Radio’s John Burnett went to the State Fair of Texas and asked those lined up to buy fried whatnots: Are you tired of Governor Rick Perry? Why, yes! Um, no, not at all. Maybe? (Perhaps Burnett should have waited till he read this morning’s paper.)Evan Smith, ex-Texas…
TexasRangers.comAs last night’s Game Five wore on, the damnedest thing began to happen: My neighborhood, in Northwest Dallas, began echoing with mighty, mighty shouts of joy. A few friends reported the same thing in other parts of town — you didn’t even need to have the Rangers-Rays game on to…
10. Antlers > Rays. Ironic that the Rangers – who for years and decades floundered playing feast-or-famine baseball founded on the home run – scored their first three runs via speed. Think about it, the Rangers small-balled, manufactured and ran their way to the American League Championship Series. Yes, Texas,…
A Friend of Unfair Park who knows where to find me October 23 — the Plano Center — suggests I think again. Because, see, I had plans to take the 7-year-old who lives in my house to meet and greet one William Shatner, who’s been booked for months to appear…
First there was the jewelry heist; then, the safe boost. Now, courtesy the Dallas Police Department, we’re inside the Home Depot on N. Central Expressway and Forest Lane — from which the man seen in the photo here, and in the video on the other side, schleps “two armloads of…
The Grand Ricchi, some dayAfternoon, Unfair Friends! Once again I find myself at City Hall, moving and shaking as I do among the political hoi polloi, bringing you the livest, bloggingest account of today’s Economic Development Committee, wherein we’ll be hearing about the Downtown Connection TIF District, meaning the mixed-use…
About a month ago, Patrick Michels sat in on the planning session for Deep Ellum’s attempt to build a Better Block, a la Oak Cliff’s two experiments with taking back the streets. Today, organizer Brandon Castillo sends more details — as in, when and where. Castillo had hoped to stage…
Since last we posted a little taste of Ron Howard’s 1978 made-for-TV Cotton Candy, a few clips have found their way to the YouTube. Like the Battle of the Bands at top — if nothing else, it’s 11 minutes spent inside a Town East Mall that don’t like that no…
