Either reporter Jim Knox deserves a couple Emmys or else his office — otherwise known as the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington — has become baseball’s most fertile field for intriguing off-the-field story lines. Colby Lewis’ post-paternity-leave return to the mound stunk like a bin full of dirty diapers, the Rangers made…
It’s like knowing what you’re getting for Christmas. Being able to shake the gift-wrapped present for confirmation. But then having to wait for what feels like forever to actually open it. It’s the NFL schedule, this year the ultimate tease. With the lockout mired in mediation and the NFL Draft…
It’s The Big Day today for gas drilling activists here at City Hall, and as Robert mentioned yesterday, the environmentalist set kicked off the party by joining up with the local NAACP chapter to take a tougher look at gas drilling and compressed natural gas. The “historic alliance” makes a…
While writing all those items about the old Dallas High School (or Crozier Tech) at the beginning of 2010, and long after, I heard, time and again, the same thing: The owner will never, ever sell. Those with whom I spoke — city officials, preservationists, even those who worked for…
10. When the Mavs play with emotion and efficiency, they are tough to beat. Last night the intensity was there courtesy of Jason Terry, Tyson Chandler and the spunky J.J. Barea. And so was the execution, to the tune of a franchise-record low six turnovers — including an almost unfathomable…
At the end of February, city and council officials explained Dallas’s meager 0.8 percent population growth over the last decade thusly: “The third-largest city in Texas is simply built out.” Which lead police chief-turned-mayoral candidate David Kunkle to wonder whether it wasn’t time to re-brand Big D as the “‘donut…
Over here you’ll find the highlights from last night’s mayoral debate held in front of dozens on the SMU campus; KTVT-Channel 11 was kind enough to cut it up into little pieces, lest we choke on the whole thing. But let’s begin the morning at the end of affair –…
The Dallas Independent School District sent word earlier this afternoon: It is splitting the mammoth Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center on E. Eighth Street into two schools — one devoted to humanities; the other, arts and science. The six magnets housed within Townview, among them the TAG Magnet, the School…
Below, unhappy Friend of Unfair Park Ben notes in the comments that the Dallas Wave (formerly known as the Standing Wave) is off-limits — meaning, you can wave adios to that May 7 dedication ceremony that’s been on the books since last fall. Willis Winters, second-in-command at Park and Rec,…
Back in December 2008, we introduced you to foul-mouthed Jonathan Neerman, who had the misfortune of taking over as Dallas County Republican Party chair during a Barack Obama-led Democratic ass-kicking at the polls. One day after the GOP swept local state House races and lost again to the Democrats countywide…
While package stores keep on feeling the “significant impact” of the election that opened up beer and wine sales citywide, lawyers for the city are one step closer to beating back that legal challenge over the petitions that got the issue on the ballot back in November. Today at the…
Was watching Rangers-Yankees Sunday night on ESPN and was struck by something. As our TV pictures have been more clear via HD, our screens have gotten more cluttered with an avalanche of information. On the screen at one time were graphics for the network, balls, strikes, outs, runners on base,…
As Patrick mentioned yesterday, the city council will at long last debate that gas-drilling task force Angela Hunt pitched only after Dave Neumann promised but failed to deliver his own proposal. In advance of The Big Day, several groups — Downwinders at Risk, Dallas Area Residents for Responsible Drilling, You…
What you see above is a 47-second sneak peek at a sneak peek of a film Wired.com shot at the Hilton Anatole during the installation of Reuben Margolin’s “kinetic sculpture” Nebula, which was hung at Harlan Crow’s hotel back in October. Reason I mention it: Wired shot about 100 hours’…
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park, which opened on June 6, 1936, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK espied this one-of-a-kind keepsake up for grabs on eBay courtesy Minneapolis-based seller “celluloid”: a bronze coin commemorating the 1894 Texas State Fair. That was…
Weird game at American Airlines Center last Saturday night. In Game 1 of the Mavs-Blazers first-round series, Jason Kidd made six 3-pointers, Marcus Camby had more assists than Dallas’ point guard and the Mavs shot 19 fourth-quarter free throws to Portland’s two. The Mavs survived an ugly game, but things…
Yesterday on the City Hall Blog, Rudy Bush noted that Love Field concessionaire Gilbert Aranza has sued the city in an effort to halt its efforts to find new food-and-beverage and retail concessionaires. As we noted last month, the city recently opened up the bidding process, and Aranza, who’d wanted…
Once upon a time Michael Irvin taught me a journalism lesson. Using a trash can for emphasis. It was back in 1997. The media had descended on Valley Ranch after Irvin’s name surfaced in yet a another police report. This time, he and offensive lineman Erik Williams were accused of…
Yesterday President Obama gave four brief interviews to local television stations, among them WFAA-Channel 8, which sent Brad Watson to Washington. Their chat has become something of a national news item — not because of what was said during the interview, during which Obama scolded Gov. Rick Perry for being…
Perhaps you’ve forgotten: On May 1 council member Delia Jasso will officially proclaim it Terry Southern Day to coincide with a screening of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb at the Texas Theatre, after which Terry’s boy Nile and I will talk about…
Mayoral Mike Rawlings just posted to his campaign website his Southern Sector Development Plan, which kicks off by ID’ing what the former Pizza Hut CEO and Park Board president refers to as “key beachheads”: Bishop Arts & Jefferson Avenue, Pinnacle Park/Mountain Creek, Lancaster Kiest Transportation Corridor, Paul Quinn/UNT Dallas Education…
In the wake of news that Dish Network’s looking to keep only a few hundred of Blockbuster’s brick-and-mortar locations once the deal’s sealed Thursday, several Friends of Unfair Park living in North Dallas have asked: What will become of the Preston Royal location? It’s a good question — not only…
