After this weekend in the NFL Playoffs, my dream of a Colts/Bears Super Bowl is still intact. Growing up, I learned from my parents to always root for the black quarterback, no matter who he is playing against. Back then there were no black coaches to cheer for. But black...
This Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday will be observed, celebrating the birth of one of the greatest leaders this world has ever known. Many companies will give their employees the day off to commemorate the day as they choose. I would urge everyone not to use Monday as a day to...
10. The Statue of Liberty can still work I can't remember seeing it run in a game, and have only fleeting memories of executing the play at the park back in the day. But Boise State brought back the coolest play in football: The Statue of Liberty, executing it perfectly...
I was blessed to meet Mr. Wilton Hollins 8 years ago when he was the director of Friendship-West's J.C. Holmes Male Chorus. Our subsequent friendship led to a collaboration that we called "Buy It Out", where we advocated cooperative economics in the African-American community through a selective buying program. Wilton is Human...
I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't let you in on a sleeper that I recently discovered. My wife and I went to Blockbuster for the first time in at least a year over the Christmas Break. Generally on a trip to the Big B, we will get a...
Because I didn't do any blogging over Christmas, I was late in founding out via Michael Davis at Dallas Progress that Albertson's was closing it's West Cliff Shopping Center location. I had probably been in there within hours of his post, though I've never done a whole lot of shopping there. Good thing Mike had given...
Today, Don Hill made his official announcement that he will seek to succeed Laura Miller as Dallas' next mayor. He, along with everyone else in Dallas, will be part of the May 12 election. Take a look at who may or may not be running for Dallas mayor at this...
O.K. you know it's pretty bad when I had a reminder on my phone Tuesday morning telling me about the start of the new Dallas "Too Good To Throw Away" Recycling Program. As I read the alert, I lamented the fact that I had not received my Big Blue recycling roll-cart. My original request...
I logged into My Yahoo News on Sunday afternoon for my weekly ritual of checking the early box office returns. After viewing "Dreamgirls" last Thursday evening, my wife and I both wondered aloud how many millions the movie would make on its way to the number #1 spot. To my surprise,...
