I’ve hinted at this name a couple of times in the wake of Tom Hicks defaulting on a loan, selling Mesquite Rodeo and generally looking for a bailout. But now let’s blurt it out unequivocally: David McDavid is interested in buying controlling interest of the Texas Rangers. “I have the ability and I have…
More scenes from yesterday’s Cowboys Stadium ribbon-cutting, including this debonair turn by Mayor TomLeppert, who cruised the VIP section — you know, around Arlington mayor Robert Cluck’s front-row seat — before moseying to the back of the crowd.Not sure if party guru Steve Kemble was behind this over-the-top affair, but…
Based on preliminary calculations and TAKS results, a record number of Dallas Independent School District campuses are poised to be classified as “recognized” or “exemplary” by the Texas Education Agency. Until now, not one non-magnet high school in the district has been deemed recognized, and this year six are slated…
Last year, Jesse Hyde wrote several stories for the Dallas Observer and Unfair Park about Farhat Chishty’s quest for justice for her son Haseeb, who, till last fall, had been one of 630 residents at Denton State School — where, in 2002, Haseeb was savagely beaten by a caregiver who…
Sure the field isn’t as strong as this week’s Colonial and its reputation in PGA Tour circles is crumbling, but from what I witnessed last week the HP Byron Nelson Classic is alive, well and oblivious to any economic downturn or reluctance to party hearty. Thanks to The Pavilion, of course…
Before hundreds of Cowboys greats, fans and local politicians, Jerry Jones stood and opined on his hopes that the huge new stadium behind him would be a beacon of hope to our country in its hour of greatest need.”We could never have imagined five years ago that we would be…
I’m all for lending a helping hand to paralyzed Dallas Cowboys’ scouting staffer Rich Behm. Pemieres. Galas. Fundraisers. Auctions. Columns. You name it. But I dunno, something about putting Tony Romo’s health at risk just doesn’t sit right. Tonight at 7 at Hebron High School a team of old Cowboys will play a…
Shortly after Judge Carter Thompson said to Jerry Lee Evans, “It’s the court’s hope that your next 23 years are happier than the past 23 years,” Dallas County’s latest DNA exoneree appeared, via satellite, on CNN’s Larry King Live. He was joined by Dallas County public defender Michelle Moore –…
Overheard at last week’s HP Byron Nelson Classic: Jesus effin’ Christ, didja see those? In other words, screw Tiger Woods. You, I and the tipsy woman with the low-cut top, high-rise bottom and oscillating morals know the truth: As long as it has The Pavilion, The Nelson doesn’t need Tiger…
Stand and deliver: On behalf of Dallas, Buzz would like to make the following statement: Listen, world, we’re sorry about that whole Kennedy assassination thing. Real sorry. Now, can we just move on? Apparently not. A new Web site—a sort of photo sharing, socializing spot called www.stoodthere.com, based in the…
“Magnetic Subtraction,” by Jim Schutze, May 21 Bunch of Dupes What I, too, find scary is how many people actually believe [Superintendent Michael] Hinojosa and his “fairness” and “equity” stance. It is unbelievable how easily deceived some people can be, how the masses will simply follow and not really question…
It’s a balmy morning in April, which to Anthony Tovar means only one thing: crunch time. Instead of walking the halls of Sunset High School in his usual happy-go-lucky way, greeting teenagers with a grin and calling them by name, the principal is hunched over paperwork in his office, his…
In a sworn deposition filed in Dallas today, Dallas County Judge Jim Foster is quoted saying he has spoken with the FBI “on many occasions” concerning an ongoing FBI investigation of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and the southern Dallas “inland port” project. Reached for comment this afternoon, Foster…
After spending 23 years in a prison cell for a crime he did not commit, Jerry Lee Evans’s first order of business is a Big Mac from McDonald’s. So said the man who, at a little after 2 p.m. today, was welcomed back to the free world by Judge Carter…
The city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee yesterday afternoon met for 90 minutes in executive session after Unison Consulting, the city’s consultant for Love Field airport, presented a briefing on the benefits of competition for the airport’s concessions. Because rent is paid to the city based on a percentage of…
At last night’s “Day of Decision Rally,” timed to coincide with the California Supreme Court’s ruling on Proposition 8, the cries of “We’re here! We’re queer! Get used to it!” rang out above the roar of traffic at the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue. “Se-pa-rate, church…
If you’re a loyal Sportatorium reader, chances are you aren’t hot enough to be a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. (But who knows, send me a photo and I’ll be the judge.) But I bet some of you aren’t even smart enough. Surprise, it’s not as easy as it looks. (Check out…
One week ago today, Dallas artist Chet Phillips (and I’m a big fan) was featured on Drawn!, a must-read for the illustration and cartooning fetishist. Specifically, Phillips’s latest project got the shout-out — a brilliantly assembled collection of 14 trading cards called World War Monkey: A Portrait Gallery of Military…
A Friend of Unfair Park wants to make sure we know that Ellis Short — co-founder of Dallas-based Lone Star Funds, and a bigwig at locally based asset management company Kitano Capital — is no longer partial owner of the Premier League’s Sunderland club (otherwise known as The Black Cats)…
wee see – collection one from Rolyn Barthelman on Vimeo.During Record Store Day last month, I took the 5-year-old who lives in my house to the Good Records all-day shindig, where one Julie Doyle slipped us a Polyphonic treat: a sneak peek at something called Wee See, about which Mrs…
In the end, soon-to-be former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis is so much Michael Finley and Michael Young: A great leader and good player buried in a shitty era. Except that – with his annual bitching about this or that – Ellis may have tarnished his ultimate legacy. Considering the 33-year-old…
Yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas, Silveroak Holdings, Ltd. — better known as Bob’s Steak & Chop House — filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. Bob Sambol and his attorney, Mark Ralston, say the bankruptcy filing has nothing to do with Lee Thompson’s claim that Sambol owes him $300,000 –…
