SMU Wins AAC Tourney, Given No. 6 Seed In East Region. The Ponies are one of the hottest teams going (with 16 Ws in a row) and finished with the best record in school history, winning 30 games for the first time. But even after winning the AAC tournament on Sunday, they were still given a slightly disappointing spot in the NCAA tournament bracket. The six-seed does set up a potential second-round matchup against Baylor. Church fight!
Fourteen Arrested in Street Racing Bust In Pleasant Grove. A stretch of Forney Road, from Seldon Way to a railroad crossing, has been a haven for street racers for years — some say two decades — but DPD hopes the Friday night arrests will put an end to that. In other words, maybe now [extremely Vin Diesel voice] they’ll stop living their lives a quarter mile at a time.
Ruptured Gas Line Sparks Downtown Fire. If you were wondering where all the smoke was coming from Friday afternoon, here’s your answer.
X-Men Series To Shoot in Dallas. It’s called Gifted, and it’s created by Matt Nix (Burn Notice), who also filmed his series The Good Guys here. Filming begins this month.
DFW Airport Looking at $5 to $10 Billion in Infrastructure Repairs. It sounds like a lot, but … well, it’s a lot. Maybe if we start landing planes on Dallas streets we can get a little of that scratch.
FC Dallas Earns Tough Road Point. Resting many starters for their CONCACAF Champions League semifinals match against tough Liga MX side Pachuca on Wednesday, FCD was still able to scratch out a 0-0 draw in a rugged contest that saw nine yellow cards. And they could have brought home a win if Cristian Colmán’s first half strike hadn’t banged against the post. One of the new faces in the lineup was 17-year-old Paxton Pomykal, who became the youngest player ever to start for the squad and the first I’ve had to look up every time I’ve ever typed it.
