Cowboys Beat the Buccaneers. A lot of drives ending in field goals and one TD called back because of a penalty made this one closer than it probably should have been. Dak Prescott bounced back in a big way from his worst game of the season (32-for-36 for 279 yards, and one score on the ground), and Ezekiel Elliott had 159 yards, one touchdown, and one of the most memorable celebrations of the season (which led to this majestic own). Cowboys are now 12-2, and this great sign exists.
Members of Police and Fire Pension System Reject Benefits Cuts. Voting in the pension’s plan amendment election ended Saturday, and the results — members were strongly against two of the three ballot items — mean the $2.39 billion fund could be bankrupt by 2028.
Veteran Denied Meal At Chili’s Strikes Deal With Brinker International. You remember the story of Ernest Walker, who was denied the free meal Chili’s offered to veterans after a customer at the Cedar Hill location questioned his service. The parent company of Chili’s will make a donation to Walker’s new advocacy organization for veterans, Feed A Million Soldiers, and cut a separate check to Feed Our Vets, which should provide meals to 100,000 veterans. So, a good result from an ugly situation.
Undrafted Rookie Dorian Finney-Smith Leads Mavs Over Kings. Finney-Smith had a career-high 17, and he is definitely one of the bright spots of a pretty drab season thus far.
Highland Park, DeSoto Win State Football Titles at AT&T Stadium. Good job, guys. More important for me, who was previously unaware this was about to happen, was seeing Scots QB (and grandson of Jerry Jones) John Stephen Jones in the owner’s box at the Cowboys game and realizing he is sort of a real-life J.D. McCoy maybe.
