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Without Top 50 All Time talent, most NBA teams are just searching

Without Top 50 All Time talent, most NBA teams are just searching

There is no trophy in sports harder to win right now than an NBA Title.  Another way to say it is that the list of NBA Championship Teams is one of the most exclusive in sports. For the last few years, since the Mavericks ripped my heart out, I’ve been...

Are you having trouble starting your exercise program?

Are you having trouble starting your exercise program?

BY JASON JOHNSON Are you having trouble starting your exercise program? Just get started. Don’t put it off. It doesn’t matter if you start on a Thursday after work or on a Sunday morning after church. Just get started. Mark it down on a calendar. Schedule it with yourself as...

Nature Sargent’s Tips from the Teacher:  Return to Routine

Nature Sargent’s Tips from the Teacher: Return to Routine

I’m glad introduce another Dallas South contributor, Nature Sargent who will generally focus on education.  Nature is a DISD educator and is a product of DISD schools.  Welcome to the Fam! Greetings Dallas South Family!  I am here to remind you that the idyllic days of summer are numbered and...

Is Dallas Main Post office about to close?

Is Dallas Main Post office about to close?

Late Friday afternoon I received a letter that supposedly went out from the American Postal Workers Union.  This letter was on American Postal Workers Union letterhead, and signed by President Larry Crawford and Secretary/Treasurer Jennifer D. Fulbright.  I was not able to call and very this information at (214)631-3162.  But...

AMERICAN AIRLINES RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES WITH THE FIRST EARL G. GRAVES AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP

AMERICAN AIRLINES RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES WITH THE FIRST EARL G. GRAVES AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP

American’s Employees Build on Graves’ Legacy Of Diversity and Inclusion as a Business Imperative FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines employees Gary Kennedy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and Frank Stanton, Tower Manager–Chicago, were awarded the first Earl G. Graves Award for Leadership to recognize their work in advancing...

CNN Black in America 2 Preview Clips

CNN Black in America 2 Preview Clips

As Michael Jackson news subsides (maybe) I expect the promotion of CNN’s Black in America 2 to kick up a notch.  The surprise ratings winner from 2008 is back for a different view in a nation that has now elected a Black man President. In commercials featuring Soledad O’Brien, she...

City of Dallas furlough has trickle down effect

City of Dallas furlough has trickle down effect

Tuesday is trash collection day in our neighborhood, and for once I had mine out on time.  But driving through my neighborhood after dinner around 9 PM on Tuesday night I noticed that everyone’s garbage was still out. My first thought was that they were running behind because of the...

Great Blogging While Brown Recap Video

Great Blogging While Brown Recap Video

Here’s a cool video which was recently posted on the Blogging While Brown website that recaps some of the presentations and panels that took place.  I’m not just promoting it because I have a cameo at the beginning, there’s some good info here.  Hopefully this will inspire some folks to...

Black Children kicked out of Philadelphia area pool for fear they may “Change the Complexion”

Black Children kicked out of Philadelphia area pool for fear they may “Change the Complexion”

Looks like a Pennsylvania Summer Camp group may have fallen victim to civil rights era discrimination when they wanted to go for a swim recently.  According to Philadelphia’s NBC Television affiliate, a group of African-American summer campers were prohibited from going to a private pool they had already paid to use. View...