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Three Reasons the Cowboys Own the East By JSanders312 on May 26, 2021, 12:03am CDT +
Cowboys fans hold this truth to be self-evident: there’s no better franchise in the NFL. Even fans of other teams can (begrudgingly) appreciate a trip to AT&T Stadium, and give credit to legends like Tony Romo and Troy Aikman.
Even with the team’s recent struggles in the NFC East and lack of playoff appearances in the last three years, the franchise hasn’t lost popularity with its massive fanbase. They may not be quite as dedicated as Jets or Lions fans, but they don’t need to be.
The Ghosts of Comanche Crossing
In 1981 three Black teenagers drowned while in law enforcement custody during a Juneteenth gathering at Lake Mexia. Four decades later, Texas’s proudest Emancipation Day celebration still hasn’t recovered.
Lake Mexia, seen from Booker T. Washington Park, known locally as Comanche Crossing, on April 21, 2021.
Photograph by Michael Starghill
Every Juneteenth, as soon as Pamela Baker got to Booker T. Washington Park, she’d race to the merry-go-round, squeeze through the swarm of shrieking kids, grab one of the shiny rails, and hold on tight. After a few minutes, she would jump off and dart up the steps of the nearby dance hall to survey the throngs below. She and her brother Carl would weave through the crowd, looking for cousins from Dallas and Houston they hadn’t seen since the previous year. Eventually, her whole family would congregate under an oak tree their ancestors had claimed as a gathering place a century before, in the years after
Roy Exum: Why I Adore ‘Country’ Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
A long time ago, maybe 40 years or more, I would hit the road early Monday afternoon, drive hard to some town in Georgia and Alabama, and speak to the Quarterback Club in Athens, Gainesville, Muscle Shoals, or Decatur. It was easier than picking low-hanging fruit. Tell three good jokes, recite a poem, and share some inside SEC stuff and you were golden. They would pay a grand to $1,500 – later it was more - and my calendar was chock full. I had great fun doing it, met some great people, and enjoyed a lot of laughs.