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Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard signed the franchise tag on Thursday, guaranteeing him $10.1 million in 2023. The Cowboys and Pollard have until July 17 to negotiate a long-term deal or he will have to play the season on the tag. The Cowboys placed the tag on Pollard just days before releasing two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott. Pollard is coming off a career-year in 2022. He amassed 1,007 rushing yards and 371 receiving yards with 12 combined touchdowns, while...
Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Uranus are parading across the western sky this week. But the best time to see this conjunction is Tuesday. Stake out a post with a clear view of the western horizon — clear of tall buildings and trees. Seeing all planets may pose a problem, especially with Mercury and Jupiter. Also, find a good pair of binoculars to help spot the planets. “Once you have found a proper viewing site, and with binoculars in hand, wait until approximately 20 to 25 minutes after the sun has set” writes Joe Rao,...
Jeff Blackburn, an esteemed Texas attorney and prolific criminal justice reformer, died Tuesday at the age of 65. Blackburn was a resident of Taos in New Mexico, best known for his criminal defense work in Amarillo and across Texas. Blackburn founded the Innocence Project of Texas, spearheaded criminal justice reform efforts and fought on behalf of wrongfully convicted people across the state. Blackburn was diagnosed with cancer in 2022, and he had been planning his funeral for the past few months, longtime friend Cory...
More than 385 miles west of Fort Worth, the small Texas town Muleshoe has become a key place in the current landscape of college football. How could that be possible for a town with a population of just over 5,000? Muleshoe, just 22 miles from the New Mexico border, is home to the National Mule Memorial. It's also home to two of the greatest offensive minds in college football. One is USC head coach Lincoln Riley. The other? His brother and TCU offensive coordinator Garrett Ri...
The Dallas Cowboys defense was the definition of feast or famine in the 40-34 win against the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday at AT&T Stadium. Every time the Eagles had the ball, they either scored or turned the ball over. Despite surrendering 27 points to a backup quarterback, the Cowboys defense deserves credit for forcing some game-changing plays. Two takeaways came in the fourth quarter when it appeared Dallas was on the brink of falling behind again. Tied 34-34, DaRon Bla...
The status of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will have a huge impact on Saturday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles (13-1) were initially installed as 1.5-point underdogs against the Cowboys (10-4). The Eagles on Thursday declared Hurts out for the game with a sprained right shoulder, and that made the home-standing Cowboys a 6-point favorite. Backup Gardner Minshew will start against the Cowboys. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said Thursday he has already reviewed game tape of the 2021 season finale a...
ARLINGTON, Texas - That the Dallas Cowboys were discussing end zone celebrations earlier in the week before Thursday's 28-20 victory against the New York Giants speaks volumes about how good this team feels about itself. The whack-a-mole celebration that set the households across the nation on fire while people were just sitting down to enjoy a piece of sweet potato pie was only given a green light if the Cowboys were up by two touchdowns. Imagine thinking you are going to be...
Fort Worth-based rail freight carrier BNSF said Thursday that avoiding a national strike of railroad workers spared the region from significant supply chain disruptions. The company’s Alliance facility is critical to the regional and national supply chain. In the wee hours of Thursday morning, President Joe Biden announced a tentative deal had been reached that could end the protracted labor dispute between railroad carriers and 12 unions that represent the nation’s 115,000 unionized rail workers. In anticipation of a str...
With the country’s current struggles — inflation, a lingering pandemic, a possible housing crisis — parents are struggling. Add school supplies, new shoes, and lunch money for their kids, and parents surely feel some stress. As students return to school, it might be tempting to shelter them, to limit their dreams, in case they aren’t fulfilled, or to communicate too much (or too little) about the current struggle now. This is a mistake. Despite the last few turbulent years, kids are still overcoming odds and making their d...
Partisans quickly retreated to their corners late Monday when news broke that the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. Republicans — including many Texas elected officials — and hard-right commentators declared the U.S. a banana republic, where the ruling regime sics law enforcement on its political enemies. On the left, there was glee over Trump surely headed for prison, even though few know exactly what federal agents were after or why. Given the history of both the FBI and Trump, the smartest react...
FORT WORTH - Whole Woman's Health is shuttering its four clinics in Texas and working to move to New Mexico to offer abortion services. The abortion provider has clinics in Fort Worth, McKinney, Austin and McAllen, but after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last month, abortion services are mostly unavailable in the state. Whole Woman's Health has launched a GoFundMe to raise money to move to New Mexico, where abortion laws are less restrictive, according...
One really disturbing crime is sometimes all it takes to enact change at any level. The Uvalde, Texas, shooting has done that, encouraging new federal gun legislation and school safety provisions. It has also revealed the limitations police hope to place on public release of body camera footage. The Texas Department of Public Safety has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to prevent the public release of footage from cameras that law enforcement officers wore during the shooting at Robb Elementary School, citing one of the...
The asking price for the nearly 65,000-acre ranch in the Texas Panhandle once owned by oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has been reduced again. The ranch, located 85 miles northeast of Amarillo, is now listed for $170 million after a $50 million price drop. Mesa Vista Ranch includes a massive lodge with more than 25,000 interior square feet, a 6,000-square-foot family house, a two-story gate house, a gun and hunting gear storage facility, a chapel, and 10,000 square feet of porches and patio areas. The property also includes a...
Texans will soon be able to carry a handgun without a license after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill allowing for the permitless carry of firearms. The new law, which goes into effect Sept. 1, allows those who are 21 and older and not otherwise prohibited from having a gun to carry a handgun without a license. Abbott signed House Bill 1927 on Wednesday and held a ceremonial signing for the legislation and other new gun laws on Thursday. He was joined by members of the Legislature and representatives from the National Rifle...
It really has come to this: Americans can’t even agree on what time it is. As most of us were springing our clocks forward and feeling like we were robbed of another hour of sleep last weekend, debates on the wisdom or folly of daylight saving time raged across the nation. Texas is among a few states considering whether to join Hawaii and Arizona in staying on standard time. Others want to stay on daylight saving time, and not fall back an hour to standard time in November. President Trump signaled his support for the l...
