A mural by Michael McPheeters on a building off Commerce Street in Deep Ellum. Photo by Renee Umsted.
When Jerry Jones bought the Cowboys in 1989, he fired Tom Landry. It is a wonder the team is not more cursed, eh? Jones also upset the cheer staff. Director Suzanne Mitchell, “who replaced a squad of high school bobby-soxers with a scantily clad chorus line that became a choreographed global brand,” resigned. America’s Sweethearts heard rumors that Jones wanted their squad to appear in alcohol advertisements, somehow make the uniforms even skimpier and — clutches pearls — allow fraternization between the players and cheerleaders. (More)
THE BACK STORY
Too Tall: Watch this charming interview between Ed “Too Tall” Jones, then a 24-year-old Dallas Cowboys rookie, and his teammate and Dallas native Harvey Martin. (Oak Cliff Advocate)
Take a walk down memory lane with designer and Preston Hollow neighbor Jan Barboglio. (Paper City)
The newspaper only had one reporter in New York City that day, former Dallas Morning News fashion editor Tracy Achor Hayes, who was in town for New York Fashion Week. (Lakewood Advocate)
DEEP ELLUM BLUES
Cradle of rock ‘n’ roll: It all started in the Mississippi Delta, but also Oak Cliff, Texas. (Oak Cliff Advocate)
Terrestrial: Did you know that Dallas is home to the first radio station in Texas? Here’s the story of WRR, which is more than 100 years old. (Texas Monthly)
