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DALLAS — If Monday night was Mike McCarthy’s worst moment of a bad season — a loss created by a special teams gaffe in a game in which young DeMarvion Overshown suffered another major injury — then things at least improved for him during the week leading up to the Carolina game today. At least he learned Bill Belichick isn’t coming here to replace him in 2025. I thought Belichick coming to fix Jerry’s problems (while becoming a problem of a different sort) was at least remotely possible. More likely was Belichick finishing h...
DALLAS — Steve Sarkisian filed his own complaint Sunday about the College Football Playoff process, adding to the pile around committee members. Frankly, I don’t know why they serve. The perks are snacks and all the football you can watch and talk. Pretty much what I do for a living, and coaches and athletic directors and commissioners don’t take potshots at my credibility. At least not publicly. Anyway, Sarkisian took issue with first-round byes for the four highest-ranked conference champs. First I’ve heard him gripe about...
AUSTIN, Texas - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is one of three senators seeking to become Senate majority leader next year, when Republicans take majority control of the Senate. Here are five things to know about Cornyn. He's a former justice and attorney general Cornyn was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and served as a justice for seven years before becoming the first Republican elected as Texas attorney general since Reconstruction when he edged out Democrat Jim...
DALLAS - The feistiness of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones finally surfaced Tuesday, two days after the most one-sided loss of his 36-year tenure in Dallas. As fans have hoped, Jones is finally threatening to hold some people accountable around here. Starting with radio hosts. Jones, as you cannot possibly be unaware, makes two appearances a week on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM) during the NFL season. And when he was asked about his offseason mistakes and frequent unwillingness to spend...
A Texas university is launching a new degree dedicated to the art and business of influencing. Beginning this fall, the University of Texas at San Antonio is offering a bachelor's in digital media influencing for aspiring content creators. The program, which is available online and in-person, will cover technical aspects like photo editing and website development, but also audience psychology and data analytics. "We want to take the idea media influencing and bring it into...
Mavericks fans are well-aware that former point guard Jason Kidd and current guard Kyrie Irving have led teams to championships: Kidd as a Maverick in 2011; Irving with Cleveland in 2016. Fewer fans probably know that veteran Maverick forward Markieff Morris played a significant role in the Lakers' 2020 championship run in the Disney World bubble. But how many fans know that another Maverick has NBA Finals experience? Granted, Derrick Jones Jr. played in only four of the six...
MINNEAPOLIS – Afterward, Luka Doncic hugged teammates and coaches, but someone was missing. As the Mavericks gathered for the Western Conference finals trophy presentation in Target Center following Thursday night's Game 5 rout of Minnesota, Doncic kept gazing around the court. Finally, he spotted the person for whom he was looking, his father, Sasa. They embraced. Sasa almost didn't make it from Dallas to Minneapolis in time because his original commercial flight had to r...
Utility provider Xcel Energy said in a Thursday statement that its facilities appeared to have been involved in igniting the Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle. The fire, which began in Hutchinson County before engulfing more than 1 million acres, is the largest wildfire in state history and among the largest in U.S. history. Hundreds of firefighters have been battling a cluster of wildfires for more than a week, and officials confirmed at least two people have died in the blazes. Gov. Greg Abbott said in a recent n...
An 80,000-acre ranch listed for $180 million sustained major destruction during the wildfires that have been raging through the Texas Panhandle for the last week. Turkey Track Ranch, established in the 1870s, was one of the first large ranches in the region. It’s located along the Canadian River near the town of Borger. The ranch was also the site of the Adobe Walls battles between U.S. soldiers and Native Americans in the 1860s and 1870s. The 6-acre battle site is preserved and contains two monuments. The managers of the T...
Multiple wildfires scorching the Texas Panhandle had merged as of Thursday morning, creating the largest wildfire in state history at more than one million acres burned. The forest service said the largest of the fires, the Smokehouse Creek fire in Hutchinson County, was an estimated 1,075,000 acres and 3% contained as of 9 a.m. Thursday. The 687 Reamer fire, which stood Thursday at roughly 2,000 acres, burned into the Smokehouse Creek fire, the service said. According to...
An estimated 65 people in the U.S. have died as a result of tornadoes this year, the National Centers for Environmental Information estimates. That includes three killed in the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday night. Tornadoes are rated from EF0 (lowest) to EF5 (highest) on a scale that measures their wind speed and storm damage. Only four lives have been lost to tornadoes in New Mexico since 1950, according to the National Weather Service. Two people died in Clovis in 2007, one in Maxwell in 1964 and one in...
A fiery explosion in the Texas Panhandle killed more than 18,000 cattle and critically injured one worker in what is being described as the deadliest barn fire for cattle on record. Fire tore through the holding pens of Southfork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt on Monday night, as the cattle were waiting to be milked, authorities told local news outlets. A dairy farm worker rescued from the building was taken to a hospital and was in critical but stable condition. Investigators have not...
DALLAS - Back in the day when Jerry Jones picked up on Jimmy Johnson's trick of trading out of the first round, and suffered the consequences as a result, it was easy to poke fun at Cowboys drafts. Not so much anymore. Especially in the first round. Of the organization's last dozen first-rounders, nine have made at least one Pro Bowl, and Tyler Smith, last year's No. 1, is trending the same direction. But just because Will McClay has kept the lid on the war room the last...
AUSTIN — A longtime influential Republican Representative from the Dallas-Fort Worth area has filed legislation calling for a constitutional amendment election to legalize casino and sports gambling in Texas, including at Lone Star Park horse race track in Grand Prairie. Political and sports industry leaders in Dallas and Fort Worth have been pushing for expanded gambling to allow casinos for years for the jobs, tourism and economic benefits it would bring to North Texas. The Las Vegas Sands corporation and others in the gamb...
DALLAS - Add Philadelphia's Jalen Hurts to the list of problems, not just for the Cowboys - we saw that, specifically, on Oct. 16 and, realistically, all season - but for Dak Prescott's future. Last Sunday, in much easier fashion than one might have imagined as the 49ers ran out of quarterbacks, Hurts joined the popular "Made it to the Super Bowl at 24" Club. The number refers to a quarterback's age at the start of the season in which he reached his first Super Bowl. Among...
DALLAS - Most Texas public schools reviewed this fall passed random inspections meant to detect whether an intruder could gain access to campuses, but more than a quarter of them still need to make improvements. Nearly 3,000 campuses underwent the surprise audits and at about 95% of them, inspectors weren't able to get unauthorized access, according to a new report from the Texas School Safety Center. At about 130 campuses, inspectors were able to gain unauthorized access...
DALLAS - It's him. Miles. He's the problem. It's him. On the surface, you wouldn't know it. Miles Andres is a sweet, idealistic young man, determined to make the community a better place. He's taught elementary school, coached youth sports, worked on a couple of political campaigns and intends to pursue a master's degree in public policy. Something darker lurks, though: his birthday. He'll turn 27 on Feb. 21, which, save for a playoff miracle, will correspond directly with...
DALLAS - Newly released audio from the Wings Over Dallas air show gives insight into the moments before and after the collision that killed six airmen and destroyed two WWII-era aircraft in November. A 36-minute air traffic control recording The Dallas Morning News obtained from the FAA contains conversations between multiple pilots and the show's air boss, who is responsible for airshow operations on the taxiways, runways, and demonstration area. The Nov. 12 midair collision...
A humble supermarket staple is no longer. Egg prices have soared in recent months, driven largely by a devastating outbreak of avian flu. Some stores have even placed limits on purchases as reports of egg shortages emerge. At a Kroger in Fort Worth on Thursday, a dozen store-brand eggs cost $4.89, while cage-free, organic eggs hit $9.99. Customers were limited to three cartons. “It’s just sticker shock,” said Beth Johnson, as she picked up a few groceries for her family. “We used to eat eggs without even thinking. Now it...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The national championship hopes ended early for TCU. Georgia took all the suspense as well as the Horned Frogs out of the game before halftime. By the time the end came in the College Football Playoff title game, the Bulldogs had their second consecutive championship with a 65-7 win. Georgia (15-0) became the first repeat national champion since Alabama in 2011 and '12. Quarterback Stetson Bennett threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more. "It's spec...
DALLAS - In recent years, Mark Cuban's vision for a new arena has included a 20-story Madison Square Garden-like structure with window views of Dallas and fans arriving in autonomous cars. Now his plans are substantially larger in scope, grandeur and - he believes - economic windfall for Dallas and Texas. And himself, naturally. "My goal, and we'd partner with Las Vegas Sands, is when we build a new arena it'll be in the middle of a resort and casino," Cuban told The Dallas...
DALLAS -- In "Star Wars," Luke Skywalker grows up on the hot desert planet Tatooine. His family owns a moisture farm that uses devices called "vaporators" to pull drinking water from the air. But while vaporators are a figment of science fiction, the technology that makes them work may be moving closer to fact. Researchers from Xianming "Simon" Dai's lab at the University of Texas at Dallas are developing technology that can pull water from the air. They recently published a p...
Jerry Jones said it Sunday night after Sunday's 40-3 deconstruction of what used to be the Minnesota Vikings. And I am inclined to believe every word of it. "I think we've had adversity. We very easily could have some more adversity,'' the Cowboys owner said. "But I sure do think what I see out here right now is a team like you could go get a Super Bowl with.'' If you're of a belief that's nothing more than Salesman Jerry talking, I would advise that he rarely throws out...
AUSTIN, Texas — What used to be a novelty has now become commonplace in Texas politics – the $1 million check. In the past 16 months, Gov. Greg Abbott’s received six such donations. His Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke, pulled down four $1 million checks in seven months. The rush of seven-figure checks demonstrates the no-limits nature of the state’s campaign finance laws and a growing national spotlight on Texas, experts say. Texas is one of 11 states that don’t limit individuals’ campaign contributions in races for sta...
Another day, another great wealth transfer. President Joe Biden has delivered on his campaign promise of student loan debt relief with a $300 billion plan that will take money from blue-collar workers and turn it over to white-collar workers. When Democrats look back on why they keep losing the votes of many lower-income communities, they might reflect on the fact that the government just agreed to hand $10,000 in taxpayer-funded debt relief to individuals who earn up to $125,000 a year. The economics of this decision only...
