If it isn't our old frenemies! Wes and Mark welcome Avs expert Evan Liu to talk about the next series.

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images A Coliseum classic The Texas Rangers scored four runs while the Oakland Athletics scored two runs. Tonight’s game felt almost nostalgic in how much it was just an endless parade of being kicked in the beans at Oakland Coliseum until Corey Seager finally broke through to rescue us from the foul mood that going 20 consecutive innings without scoring a run against the 2024 Oakland A’s had put everyone in. One day soon the Rangers will never return to the Coliseum and that will be a day to rejoice, though I would be lying if I said it won’t leave me a little wistful that such a tradition of madness will be lost. It may have been yet another struggle, but the Rangers won a second consecutive game where they trailed by multiple runs heading into the eighth. By doing so, they are now back in first place in the American League West. Player of the Game: He’s back. Corey Seager puts the @Rangers on the board and gives them the lead! pic.twitter.com/EDFjG5vKjG— MLB (@MLB) May 7, 2024 Up Next: The Rangers will next have someone who has yet to be named pitching for them against RHP Ross Stripling for Oakland. The Tuesday afternoon first pitch from Oakland Coliseum is scheduled for 2:37 pm CT and you can catch it on BS Southwest.

It would've been the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board.         

Flowers were everywhere, in line with this year’s theme: “The Garden of Time,” inspired by J.G. Ballard’s 1962 short story of the same name.         

DART repair work planned for May 10 to 12 is postponed yet again due to the Mavericks and Stars playoff games.         

Chelsey Warren said she carried her 4-year-old son, Lucas, on her back and fought to survive as water rushed through a county road.         

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images The old haunt in Oakland Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics Monday, May 06, 2024, 8:40 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / BS Southwest) Oakland Coliseum LHP Andrew Heaney vs. LHP Alex Wood Today's Lineups RANGERS ATHLETICS Marcus Semien - 2B Esteury Ruiz - LF Corey Seager - SS Tyler Nevin - RF Nathaniel Lowe - 1B Brent Rooker - DH Adolis Garcia - RF J.D. Davis - 1B Jonah Heim - DH Abraham Toro - 2B Ezequiel Duran - LF Shea Langeliers - C Davis Wendzel - 3B Darell Hernaiz - SS Andrew Knizner - C JJ Bleday - CF Leody Taveras - CF Brett Harris - 3B Andrew Heaney - LHP Alex Wood - LHP Go Rangers!

National Nurses Week is an annual celebration that runs from May 6th to May 12th, celebrating healthcare professionals in the U.S.         

David Corenswet is the next actor to portray Superman on the silver screen following Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill.         

Three students have been officially charged with a felony terroristic threat. Absences dating back to last Thursday are now excused after parents kept kids at home.         

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Rangers, taking on the A’s, in Oakland Texas Rangers lineup for May 6, 2024 against the Oakland A’s: starting pitchers are Andrew Heaney for the Rangers and Alex Wood for the A’s. The Rangers start a series in Oakland this evening. This series includes a doubleheader on Wednesday, because why not. The A’s have been surprisingly successful so far this season, and are just two games back of Texas. With a lefty on the mound, Evan Carter and Josh Smith are getting the day off. The lineup: Semien — 2B Seager — SS Lowe — 1B Garcia — RF Heim — DH Duran — LF Wendzel — 3B Knizner — C Taveras — CF 8:40 p.m. Central start time. Rangers are -135 favorites.

Social Security faces legitimate funding challenges, but it won’t completely run out of cash for monthly benefit payments.         

Wealthy candidates running in Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin present a fresh set of challenges for the GOP.         

All ten of the propositions making up the City of Dallas’ proposed $1.25 billion bond were approved by voters in the May 4, 2024 election. The election results will be certified by the City Council at their May 15, 2024 meeting.   The approved propositions include Proposition A, which provides $521,200,000 for streets and transportation; Proposition B which provides $345,270,000 ...

In March, D CEO Healthcare asked if Dallas-based Steward Health Care would go bankrupt. The health system answered the question Monday morning, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas and owing top creditors $600 million.  In addition to announcing the bankruptcy filing, Steward announced that it is finalizing the terms of debtor-in-possession financing from Medical … Continued The post Steward Health Files for Bankruptcy appeared first on D Magazine.

A video with millions of views claims to show actor Harrison Ford supporting pro-Palestine protesters. The video clip actually shows Ford at a climate change summit.         

Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images The second round series prompts questions The Dallas Mavericks start their second-round series of the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday. With that in mind, it’s time for some series-adjacent questions! Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Dallas Mavericks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Please take our survey The role player question is really interesting to me. Dallas has played SO WELL with Maxi Kleber and he’s no longer an option. And since Tim Hardaway is back healthy, one has to wonder if Jason Kidd will be tempted to play him or not. The answer to that question may decide the series. The defensive matchup questions are nerdy basketball stuff but the kind of questions that are key for how the early parts of this series will go. As for the series projection: Dallas in 5, let’s go!

The venue is already undergoing $140M in renovations         

At least four tornadoes had been spotted in north central Oklahoma, including one about a 45-minute drive north of Tulsa.         

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images One anonymous college coach believes the Cowboys drafted Tyler Guyton based solely on his arm length and athleticism. It has been a minute now since the Dallas Cowboys drafted Oklahoma tackle Tyler Guyton with their first pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, after trading down with the Detroit Lions of course. In the moment it felt like most Cowboys fans were on board with the move given the need at tackle, both in the present and future. Guyton offers an answer for a decade in an ideal world, much like his predecessor, Tyron Smith. It is possible that you have an issue with the way that Dallas has approached some part of their team this offseason. That is fine and understandable. Everybody has opinions and all of that jazz. But the Guyton pick (at least the spirit of it) seemed to be something that just about everyone agreed was in the best interest of where the Cowboys have found/put themselves this offseason, and therefore had almost a universal sense of approval from the fanbase. One person does not seem to feel that way. An anonymous college coach implied the Cowboys drafted Tyler Guyton only because of length and athleticism On Monday the folks over at ESPN released a collection of thoughts related to the NFL draft through the lens of coaches across every power five conference. Insights from those people clearly are interesting. This year’s draft featured a run on offensive linemen in the first round which exacerbated the Cowboys’ need to get a piece of it in Guyton. Dallas had a few more options when they were initially on the clock at 24 overall but traded back with the Lions and came away with pick number 73 as a result. Given that the selection in question became interior lineman Cooper Beebe made everything look great in hindsight. But as things relate to Guyton, the anonymous voice does not seem to feel like he is much of a player and may be more of an athlete. The implication seems to be that Dallas drafted Guyton based on length and athleticism, not necessarily production playing the game of football. “Whether they’re going to bust or not, you have to have the physical tools to be an elite tackle,” he said. “The Joe Alts, the Lathams, the [Olu] Fashanus, they’ve got them. Will they pan out or not? Who knows. But you can be an edge rusher at a lot of different heights, weight, sizes, arm lengths. Same thing with quarterbacks — you can just be a winner. At tackle, if you don’t have those [physical traits] that are rare, it’s hard.” Oklahoma’s Tyler Guyton, at 6-8 and 322 pounds, certainly fits the description and capped the run of first-round offensive linemen, going No. 29 to the Dallas Cowboys. “He never played at TCU, he was not an every-down player at Oklahoma last year, and he’s drafted in the first round,” a Big 12 coach said. “That’s because he’s long. It really is crazy. People think if you’re long and athletic, they can coach the rest.” To be fair to the anonymous voice here the implication seems to be said in a not-necessarily-rude way. Traits like length and athleticism are hardly common things and therefore justify taking a player in the first round. Thinking that “the rest” can be coached up is hardly a massive assumption, but even if it is, the Cowboys absolutely have the benefit of the doubt in this arena. Again, we can be upset about certain things that the Cowboys have done or continue to do, but when it comes to offensive linemen taken in the first round they simply do not miss. Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick, Zack Martin and Tyler Smith have all proven to be wonderful players for the team so a belief in the well providing the same relief that it has in the past is justified. Jerry Jones noted in the team’s pre-draft press conference that Mike McCarthy also has a history of developing later-drafted linemen in his overall tenure in the NFL which is obviously true. McCarthy’s days with the Green Bay Packers speak for themselves and haunt us in our deepest nightmares, unfortunately. But we have seen that trend ripple into the Cowboys as well. Terence Steele was an undrafted free agent who has thrived completely in the McCarthy era so much so that he was rewarded with an extension last year. Now obviously 2023 was not his best season, but getting that much runway out of a UDFA is the point that McCarthy and his staff also know what they are doing here. Hopefully everyone involved can help Tyler Guyton be the next great name in this overall discussion.

The Victory Green Gang is headed directly into another tough series, and that may be the way they like it.

Viral social posts claim an antisemitism bill would make it illegal to criticize Israel and the Bible. Here’s what we can VERIFY about the legislation.         

Hi-Line Drive is an odd little circulator through the Design District, four lanes with wide sidewalks and a wider median that guides cars and pedestrians past shopping centers, restaurants, apartments, and a hotel. Its median will soon be a key connecting point for the 50-mile Loop Trail, which will eventually tie the Katy Trail from … Continued The post Dallas: The City That Hates Pedestrians, Pt. 51 appeared first on D Magazine.

Gabe Sanchez (l) and Ryan Payne (r) of Saint Valentine and soon the reopened Black Swan. | Kathy Tran Gabe Sanchez and Ryan Payne said yes to the address Ross Avenue, what is up? The location of the former Fiction Coffee, which packed up all its locations and left town entirely, will reboot into Black Swan imminently. And that’s great news because Gabe Sanchez’s beloved Deep Ellum bar not making it through COVID was one of Big D’s major bummers for cocktail nerds. But what has caught our eye are the other partners — obviously, Sanchez’s partner in Saint Valentine, the excellent East Dallas bar they opened at the end of 2023, is involved. But so are Brian Rutt of Alice and Columbian Country Club and Pasha Heidari, who recently reopened Saint Martin’s Wine Bistro in a new location in East Dallas with his brother and also has the top-notch and completely wildly different cocktail bars Bowen House and Mike’s Gemini Twin Lounge as well as Las Palmas Tex-Mex. Getting a five-way call together first thing in the morning wasn’t happening, so we put the question to Sanchez. “It’s the best of both worlds. It’s close to everything — two golf clubs away from downtown, relatively close to Greenville. You can go to Henderson or Uptown and come here in the same night and it’s not a big deal. There’s cool shit in Oak Cliff and we want to do cool shit here too,” he says, noting that with a lot of people moving to the East side, along with more great restaurants opening up, it feels like there is an opportunity to be had. “If you go from where the freeway breaks out of Downtown to where Ross Avenue is, a lot of cool stuff is happening and we want to be part of it.” The plan was hatched over the holidays (yes, Saint Valentine did open on Thanksgiving week, and these dudes were already having a conversation about a second bar that quickly) when Rutt asked Sanchez how he felt about reopening Black Swan. It’s nostalgic for both men, and Sanchez notes that Rutt had his first date with his now-wife at the OG Black Swan — and adds that he’s got a high batting average on fixing people up, so for all the folks trolling in the Dallas subreddits hoping to find out where to meet someone in person, go to one of Sanchez’s bars. Sanchez tells Eater Dallas to expect a dark, small vibe and the return of the Clint Eastwood velvet painting from the original location and some other music-based art he’s borrowing back from friends. “If Saint Valentine is the Black Keys, Black Swan will be more like Freddy King and Albert King. More blues, more dark.” He says to expect a big city bar vibe in a tight space, like those in San Francisco and Chicago, where you’ll be close to the drinker next to you. The footprint will be very similar to the original location as well. The biggest difference might be that this time around, Black Swan will have a menu. He promises fun cocktails, nerdy but approachable cocktails, infused liquors, a section of rotating classic favorites, and that he and Payne will be behind the bar at least once a week. The press release did not share an opening date, but Sanchez says they’re “almost there” and “super, super close,” making it sound like it’s mere days and a shipment of black staff t-shirts away.

Dozens of businesses are offering free items or discounts for educators to honor their work.         

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Rangers have recalled Jonathan Ornelas to take Wyatt Langford’s spot on the active roster The Texas Rangers have placed outfielder Wyatt Langford on the 10 day injured list with a strained hamstring, the team announced today. To take his place on the active roster, the Rangers have recalled infielder Jonathan Ornelas from AAA Round Rock. Bruce Bochy said yesterday that Langford would be out 3-4 weeks, so the question was simply who was going to be called up to take Langford’s spot on the active roster today. There were only three position players who were 1) in the minors, and 2) on the 40 man roster — Ornelas, Sam Huff and Dustin Harris. And while it was possible that the Rangers would make a 40 man roster move to add someone like Sandro Fabian or Derek Hill, the most likely scenario was bringing up someone already on the 40 man. Ornelas spent a brief amount of time in the majors last year, in a similar situation where a warm body for the bench was needed. With Ezequiel Duran presumably getting regular DH at bats in Langford’s absence and Davis Wendzel already up, Ornelas would seem likely to be mostly used in late game blowouts or as a pinch runner. Ornelas can play all the infield positions, and has also played some center field in the minors. In 614 career plate appearances at AAA, he has a .258/.361/.366 slash line, and is 16 for 18 on stolen base attempts.

In a press release, company officials said Steward took the step as a necessary measure to allow the company to continue to provide needed care to its patients.         

You may be owed hundreds of dollars by the IRS. But the government is two weeks away from keeping that money for good unless you act.         

The move came hours after Hamas said it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal which Netanyahu's office said was “far from Israel’s essential demands.”         

Some of the singer's hit songs are "She Got the Best of Me" and "Beer Never Broke My Heart."