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Leading Off (02/11/19)

I wrote this while nursing my son through a migraine so that is my forcefield should there be any mistakes.
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Man Allegedly Punches One Police Officer in the Face, Bites Off Part of the Ear of Another (WHAT), and Kicks a Paramedic in the Chest. His name is Christopher Rogers and he is being charged with [deep breath] Driving While Intoxicated—2nd Offense, Resisting Arrest, Assault on a Public Servant (for the police officer), Assault on a Public Servant (for the paramedic), and Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant. He’s in a Denton jail.

Ursuline Academy President Apologizes For Yearbook Photos Showing Students in Blackface. Gretchen Kane correctly notes that the photos — and the event that prompted them, Senior Slave Day — should have been unacceptable 40 years ago, when they were taken. A note to North Texas private schools: if you have any blackface photos in your yearbooks, and I feel like you probably do, go ahead and get in front of it now and apologize and do what you can to make it right before you find yourself on the defensive. By now, I mean now. This week. Today, if you can. This is coming from a trained professional crisis manager.

Please Don’t Make Me Learn or Care About or Pretend to Care About Esports or the Dallas Fuel. Please. Please. I don’t want to. I can’t. I’m just a simple tree farmer who is lucky enough to write about Dallas. Let me be.

LUKA. My Slovenian son had 13 points in the fourth quarter, outscoring Portland all by himself Sunday afternoon. They had nine points as the Mavs came back from 15 points down to win by one. Maybe they can’t tank the rest of the season because Luka won’t let them.

Fernando Clavijo, R.I.P. The FC Dallas technical director had a wonderful story that you can learn about here.

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