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Jack Walker’s MARCH Editorial
Why 2 Never Advertise 4 Ever Unless You’re Always Up 4 the Down. By: Jack Walker Let me pump this dream through you, people of Abilene Texas and surrounding cities and towns—especially the spectacular arrangement of folks that have never seen a community newspaper before. Community newspapers are free. They cost you nothing and the…
Read MoreState Fair Classic Between Grambling, Prairie View Postponed Again, Moved
State Fair Classic moved to Globe Life Park this March By Demetrius Harper • Published February 22, 2021 • Updated on February 22, 2021 at 12:52 pm NBCDFW.com State Fair Classic in Fair Park moved to March 13, 2021 at Globe Life Field. The annual football game between Grambling State University and Prairie View A&M University typically held at the Cotton Bowl Stadium…
Read MoreBRADY, BUCS’ BEST IN NFL
JACK WALKER HAS COVERED THE SUPER BOWL FOR THE WEST TEXAS TRIBUNE FOR 5 OF THE LAST 7 YEARS AND HIS COMMENTARY HAS BEEN SEEN IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE (2015)
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Super Bowl LV Feature Story By: Jack Walker
Read MoreSB55= 2B by: Jack Walker Super Bowl Preview West Texas Tribune Exclusive
Super Bowl 55 Preview
Read MoreTuscola Jim Ned Wins First State Title in Football (with official Game Stats)
CHIEF OF STATE Tuscola Jim Ned overcomes 21-point deficit to force overtime and win it all on two-point conversion for first ever football state title. By: Jack Walker ARLINGTON- The Jim Ned Indians rallied to shock the Hallettsville Brahmas on the final play of overtime 29-28 at Cowboys’ Stadium, Thursday night in Arlington to secure…
Read MoreHardin-Simmons alumnus manages growing DFW soccer club
Macee Hall, Communications and Content Strategy Assistant, Assignment Editor (ABILENE, Texas)–A portion of Hardin-Simmons University’s graduates relocate to far corners of the world, but many find their callings closer to home. Outside of Abilene, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex houses one of the densest HSU alumni populations in Texas and includes Rusty Oglesby, high school coach…
Read MoreWilbert Montgomery’s Hall of Fame career ever-so-briefly stopped at Jackson State
BY RICK CLEVELAND, SPORTS COLUMNIST, JULY 23, 2019 When Greenville’s Wilbert Montgomery arrived at Jackson State in the summer of 1973, he found the running back position crowded with superstars galore. Walter Payton was a sophomore. Eddie Payton was a senior. Joe Lowery and Rickey Young, both future NFL backs, also were vying for playing time. Montgomery,…
Read MoreWe Are The Ship: The Story Of Negro League Baseball
David Dean•Wed, May 18, 2011 LUBBOCK, TX-The Museum of TTU is pleased to present the exhibition, We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, original paintings by Kadir Nelson, on view June 5 through July 31, 2011, in the Balcony Gallery of the Museum, located at 3301 4th Street and Indiana Avenue, where…
Read MoreCOACH AND QUARTERBACK DYNAMIC DUO DELIGHT IN RE-DEFINING DYNASTY FOR PATRIOTS
By: Jack Walker ATLANTA– Following a 13-3 triumph over the L.A. Rams Sunday night, February 3rd inside Mercedez-Benz Stadium, Tom Brady was illuminated by his grip on the glossy glimmerof the seven pound silver Lombardi Trophy punctuating his sixth Super Bowl title and a stellar – and still active – career as perhaps the greatest…
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