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Disc Golf Is Taking Off All Over Dallas
Disc golf is easier, cheaper, and faster than traditional golf. Plus, there’s no dress code. Its recent popularity is really no surprise.
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Sports
Disc Golf Is Taking Off All Over Dallas
Disc golf is easier, cheaper, and faster than traditional golf. Plus, there’s no dress code. Its recent popularity is really no surprise.
Business
Welcome to Dan Hunt’s $1 Billion Soccer Empire
How the professional sports exec came to lead FC Dallas—and chair region’s bid for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup.
Business
Inside Hana Khouri’s Rise From Topgolf Exec to Drive Shack CEO
The innovative leader is working her magic at the $282 million company behind Puttery—a Rory McIlroy-backed mini-golf brand. She’s also the reason designers made the debut Puttery location in The Colony “knock-the-shit-out-of-it-proof.”
Arts & Entertainment
Famous Rollerskater Mo Sanders Wants You on All Fours
The former X Games participant now has his own shop in North Oak Cliff.
Sports
The Local Couple Who Bought a Pro Sports Team
Ivy and Young Byun are doctors with three kids under the age of 6. So of course they needed to get involved in a professional Ultimate Frisbee league.
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Business
Meet New Development Specialist Al Coker, AKA “The Grindfather”
Coker, who has closed nearly $3 billion in residential real estate sales since 2000, finds his rush on the skateboard.
Person of Interest
The Ball Is in Marc Stein’s Court
After more than two decades covering the NBA for the likes of ESPN and the New York Times, Dallas-based Marc Stein went solo last year. We caught up with him ahead of the playoffs.
Business
Dallas Stars Exec Alvaro Montoya Shares How His Family Arrived in America After the Bay of Pigs
The first Cuban American NHL player and current director of community outreach for the Stars says the U.S. traded the polio vaccine in 1963 to bring Cuban hostages, including his family, to Miami.
Basketball
From Slovenia, With Love
A countryman of Luka Dončić’s pays his first visit to Dallas. Of course brisket is involved.
Business
Deep Ellum’s Warstic Sports is Swinging for the Fences
Founded as a baseball bat manufacturer in 2011—backed by former MLB All-Star Ian Kinsler and Grammy Award winner Jack White—Warstic has added a coffee bar, batting cages, and Warstic University.