On Thursday, Ellis Davis Field House in Dallas will host the PrimeTime Tour, featuring 5 top-notch high school basketball games. Damon Sayles of the Dallas Morning News has a story in today's Sports Day on Virginia's Oak Hill Academy. Oak Hill will be playing in the showcase at Davis. Oak Hill...
By now, fans of the Steve Harvey Morning Show have found them at their new home on 105.7 KRNB. The show has made a few subtle changes, including the addition of "Nephew Tommy" a.k.a. Thomas Miles. In the interview that follows, Tommy tells a great story about touring with the late great...
On Saturday, the Dallas Branch of the NAACP will be electing a new leader. Community activist and University of North Texas graduate Casey Thomas seeks to become the groups next president. Mr. Thomas represents a new generation of young African-American leaders that have emerged in Dallas over the last year. He talked with Dallas South Blog about his candidacy. DSB:...
World AIDS day was almost two weeks ago, but at the rate that HIV/AIDS is spreading through the African-American community, we have to address the issue more than once a year. I recently had an interesting discussion with June Trimble, who works on HIV/AIDS related programs at UT Southwestern here in Dallas. The...
On Monday, the Foundation for Community Empowerment (FCE) held it's annual Partner's Luncheon at The Women's Museum in Fair Park. The foundation's President and CEO Marcia Page, and founder Don Williams (Chairman Emeritus of Trammell Crow Co.) hosted the gathering of community leaders who work closely with the group. "Miss Community" Dianne...
Do you know who Big Tuck is? I have to admit; I had no idea who Big Tuck was until the last week or so. The Dallas Morning News had an extensive article on the South Dallas rapper by Thor Christensen in Sunday's Guide Live section. Big Tuck is also the...
Sunday's running of the White Rock marathon reminded me of my foray into running back in 2004 when I ran The Rock's half marathon. My training went very well until I came down with a sinus infection 2 weeks before the race. Even though I lived in Grand Prairie at...
For the last few years, there has been plenty of talk and innuendo that Black Images Book Bazaar was on the verge of shutting down. However, last week a reliable source told me that the store's last days were eminent. Needing to hear the news for myself, I stopped by Black Images on my way home from...
What a difference 6 weeks makes. The last time I wrote about the Cowboys (Bledsoe…Romo…Oh No), the Giants had taken them to the woodshed, Bledsoe had been benched, and Romo had a less that stellar debut. But look at the 'Boys now, 8-4 with a two game lead in the division. If...
Nothing shakes up or shuts down Dallas-Ft. Worth like the Arctic Blast. It's like the local TV stations live for the words arctic blast, and wintry mix. Even the newspaper and radio are in on the act. Fox 4 had a guy in Gainesville doing a live spot who basically said,...
