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John and Evan run down the Rangers roster, which coincidentally changed significantly between taping and production (but at least Evan threw MacKenzie Gore's name out there). Then Nathan Eovaldi stops by to chat about his recovery from offseason surgery, his exceptional pre-injury 2025, his relationship with new pitching coach Jordan Tiegs, the development of young starters and the value of clubhouse chemistry. Finally, with the announcement of Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran as Hall of Famers, Evan and John rank the contributions to the Rangers of the 11 Hall of Famers who played for the Rangers at some point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What should you be checking out at Trader Joe's? The Dallas Morning News food team has some ideas for easy items to pick up for your next get-together. The team also talks through the closures of Deep Sushi, Herrera's on Harry Hines and Rye. But there are also openings that should be on the radar of North Texas diners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As this winter storm moves into the area, power grid reliability is on the minds of many Texans. After the state experienced extensive power outages and freezing temperatures during a winter storm in February 2021, the Texas Legislature mandated weatherization of power facilities. In other news, with robotaxis now roaming North Texas streets, how will they fare when the winter storm comes to town this weekend? In snow and ice conditions, the Texas Department of Transportation “strongly advises” drivers to stay off the roads. But what about the robots? And if you have a flight leaving Dallas-Fort Worth or any place in the south this weekend, you may want to reconsider your travel plans. It is very likely that you will experience some disruptions in your plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Talmage Boston interviews Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the big winter storm nears, some North Texans are getting to their local stores while they can. Grocers around the region are seeing more activity as folks stock up. Key items include water and extra food that don’t require cooking or refrigeration, such as dried fruits, nuts and granola bars. Other items include flashlights and batteries, baby needs and first-aid supplies. In other news, Garland ISD’s board voted Tuesday to support a proposal that would end more than a half-century of court supervision. The 6-0 vote came weeks after the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas filed a motion seeking to have the district’s 56-year-old desegregation order lifted; a man has been sentenced to life in prison and found guilty by a Collin County jury for the kidnapping and sexual assault of an 8-year-old child in Plano in the 90s. Sixty-five year old Nicholas Carney of Ardmore, Okla., was sentenced to life in prison, 34 years after the initial crime he committed was reported; nd after five years serving Southern food in Dallas’ Lakewood neighborhood, Palmer’s Hot Chicken will close at Mockingbird Lane and Abrams Road and move to a delivery, catering and food truck business. The business will move to a ghost kitchen in Garland, where they will make the same recipes, without the dining room attached and make them available via DoorDash and Uber Eats delivery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Brad Townsend discuss [3:50]  the problems the city’s pro sports teams keep running into with city hall. And not just I.M. Pei’s masterpiece, either. Kevin even goes on a rant about the city’s lack of direction in general. Brad gives us the latest updates on the Wings, Mavs and Stars, then offers his opinion on whether the Mavs should trade Anthony Davis for pennies on the dollar. [30:04] Kevin and Evan also take another look at the Hoosiers’ win over Miami, cemented by a Carson Beck interception that looked a lot like the one that cinched SMU’s upset of Miami. And, as usual, the guys discuss the mess that is the Cowboys.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chuck Anderson on his path to real estate, leadership, the state of real estate in Downtown Dallas and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A winter storm is headed to North Texas, bringing with it the coldest temperatures of winter, following a month of record-setting heat. An intense cold front is expected to arrive early Friday morning, which should keep temperatures falling all day. ERCOT — which operates the power grid for most of Texas — is expected to have ample supply to meet the predicted demand on Friday. In other news, Dallas City Council members were split Tuesday on conceding power to try to save Dallas Area Rapid Transit; the Dallas Mavericks have narrowed their focus to two locations in the city of Dallas for their new arena, but a decision may not be made until July 1; and a new Tex-Mex restaurant called Loma is expected to open in the former Texas Rangers ballpark in Arlington in spring 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Friday, temperatures are expected to drop into the upper and mid-20s. Saturday is expected to see the most intense conditions, as odds favor a transition from rain to sleet to snow given the increasing depth of the cold air. In other news, President Donald Trump addressed the shift from Wall Street to Y’all Street as a negative thing in a social media post Sunday evening; Dallas police arrested five people early Monday morning after they gathered at a traffic accident scene and began assaulting officers and interfering with the investigation; an immigrant from Nicaragua was found dead at a Texas immigration detention facility last week. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a statement that Victor Manuel Diaz appears to have killed himself Wednesday at the sprawling tent complex at the U.S. Army’s Fort Bliss base in El Paso; and Dallas’ decorative crosswalks may have run out of pavement. In a newly released notice, Texas regulators denied the city’s request to keep the artistic markings and set an end-of-month deadline to plan their removal or risk losing state or federal transportation funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five years ago, the body of 28-year-old Christopher Whiteley was found near a wooded creek bed in Hood County, about 55 miles outside of Fort Worth.Deputies theorized a cougar had killed him. Texas wildlife experts said that was impossible. So what really happened?From its earliest moments, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News found the examination into Whiteley’s death was riddled with false assumptions and errors that forensics and wildlife experts say left too many unanswered questions.Now, the fourth season of The Unforgotten podcast from Free Range Productions in association with The Dallas Morning News examines Whiteley’s story in a six-part series entitled “Kill Site.” The series is hosted by Free Range’s Wes Ferguson, a former Texas Monthly editor based near Austin. The podcast draws from a 2021 investigation by former News staff reporter Charles Scudder, who is a contributor on the show.We’re dropping a new episode each week here in your Dallas Morning News podcast feed.This is episode 6: “Naming names.” This series contains mature subject matter and strong language, listener discretion is advised.Read The News’ 2021 report on Whiteley’s case, complete with maps, timelines and visuals: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2021/09/23/authorities-say-a-hood-county-man-was-killed-by-a-cougar-texas-wildlife-experts-say-its-impossible/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Oak Lawn Branch, the Skyline Branch in the Buckner Terrace neighborhood, the Renner Frankford Branch in Far North Dallas and the Arcadia Park Branch in West Dallas are being recommended for closure as the city moves toward a regional library model. In other news, two North Texas companies are moving their headquarters. Brinks Home is moving into a new headquarters just down the road in Farmers Branch. FiberLight, a Plano-based firm that designs, builds and deploys fiber optic networks, is moving to a new headquarters in Allen; country music star Kacey Musgraves will headline 2026’s Big Night, an annual fundraiser in Fort Worth; and Celina has been rocked this week by more fallout in the case of former Moore Middle School employee and football coach William “Caleb” Elliott, who is accused of recording boys in the locker room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's expensive out there, and we have some ideas about how to scrounge for savings. Plus, The Dallas Morning News food team catches up with readers on their 2026 food goals, a new opening near the American Airlines Center, and a few new bar openings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amid a recent spate of reported sightings of bobcats and coyotes in Frisco, local experts are encouraging North Texas residents to be aware and to take precautions to avoid negative encounters between pets, people and wildlife. Police said there is no indication the public is at risk. In other news, a Mesquite City Council member Brandon Murden was arrested shortly after midnight by the Mesquite Police Department and faces a charge of assault causing bodily injury to a family member; the city’s 2023 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows Dallas produced about 18.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, an 11% decrease from 2015, the baseline year for the city’s climate goals; and when will D-FW see its first snow? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A two-mile stretch of roadway in North Texas will soon be known as Charlie Kirk Memorial Parkway in honor of the late conservative activist. Commissioners in Hood County issued a proclamation Tuesday to dedicate Williamson Road, just south of Granbury, for Kirk. In other news, It’s goodbye to Rye in Dallas, the Greenville Avenue restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives last year. Rye is expected to close March 7; North Texas drivers can expect closures, detours and heavy traffic delays on Interstate 30 in downtown Dallas this weekend due to planned construction activity by the Texas Department of Transportation. According to TxDOT, all lanes of east- and westbound I-30 will be closed between the I-35E and I-45/U.S. 75 interchanges as part of the ongoing I-30 Canyon corridor improvement project; and a 52-story tower in downtown Dallas called The National is headed to foreclosure. The restaurants within The National will remain open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Mike Curtis discuss the repercussions [00:45] from Anthony Davis’ latest injury and how that affects the Mavs at the trade deadline. Kevin thinks they need a permanent GM to make these franchise-altering decisions. [36:31] Kevin and Evan make their CFP  predictions (Hint: The home field won’t help Miami). The guys also talk a little baseball and wonder if the Rangers [46:00] can catch possibly the league’s best team in Seattle.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prominent Dallas architects said City Hall’s layout and structural integrity remain well suited for modern government use, even as developers and some civic leaders insist the building’s condition and long-term costs require a broader rethink. In other news, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for flights to Dallas Love Field on Tuesday as the airport responded to a fire alarm; a two-mile stretch of roadway in North Texas will soon be known as Charlie Kirk Memorial Parkway; and it looks like Dallas Maverick Anthony Davis will not have surgery after all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fox News commentator on what "America First" means, AI chatbots, finding a purpose in life and the power of information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Why a $250 fee for Dallas Public Library card for nonresidents? Curious Texas answers; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presses Lockheed Martin to work faster; Minnesota sues the federal government to stop immigration crackdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five years ago, the body of 28-year-old Christopher Whiteley was found near a wooded creek bed in Hood County, about 55 miles outside of Fort Worth.Deputies theorized a cougar had killed him. Texas wildlife experts said that was impossible. So what really happened?From its earliest moments, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News found the examination into Whiteley’s death was riddled with false assumptions and errors that forensics and wildlife experts say left too many unanswered questions.Now, the fourth season of The Unforgotten podcast from Free Range Productions in association with The Dallas Morning News examines Whiteley’s story in a six-part series entitled “Kill Site.” The series is hosted by Free Range’s Wes Ferguson, a former Texas Monthly editor based near Austin. The podcast draws from a 2021 investigation by former News staff reporter Charles Scudder, who is a contributor on the show.We’re dropping a new episode each week here in your Dallas Morning News podcast feed.This is episode 5: “The Shank” — As reporter Charlie Scudder investigates the killing of Christopher Whiteley, he also discovers a life that was scarred by violence.This series contains mature subject matter and strong language, listener discretion is advised.Read The News’ 2021 report on Whiteley’s case, complete with maps, timelines and visuals: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2021/09/23/authorities-say-a-hood-county-man-was-killed-by-a-cougar-texas-wildlife-experts-say-its-impossible/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Democrats go statewide in Texas House races; Ilia Malinin, Plano’s Amber Glenn lead strong U.S. Figure Skating teams into Olympics and Dallas twins shine on Food Network competition show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices