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After a successful season-opening road trip, John and Evan break down what went right for the Rangers in Baltimore and Philadelphia and fawn a little bit about the glory of opening day. Evan can't stop gushing over the Brandon Nimmo impact. And John isn't worried about Nathan Eovaldi. Then Rangers Hall of Famer Michael Young, the first-ever guest on the podcast, makes his return. He's the second-most successful WBC bench coach we've ever had on. A week after winning bench-coach Robinson Chirinos joined the guy to discuss the Venezuela experience, Michael breaks down the challenges of being part of Team USA. And then we discuss ABS with him and he's got some hot takes. Finally, John creaks open the Archives in Arlington to remember Nelson Cruz's history-making start to the 2011 season and his complicated Rangers legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four years in, the Eat Drink D-FW team looks back at the moments that defined the North Texas food scene — the highs, the head-scratchers and everything in between. Think you know what lands at number one? You might be right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zul Mohamed pled guilty to 106 felony charges related to voter fraud, was convicted by a jury in Denton County and sentenced to prison. He appealed and was released from prison after a month. Now, Carrollton residents will see Mohamed’s name on their ballots again for the city’s mayoral election on May 2. Is this legal? It depends on the meaning of the word 'final.' Development Group filed to transform the Eldorado Towers property, off of North Stemmons Freeway, into apartments; a 31-year-old mother is accused of medical child abuse after allegedly lying about her child’s health conditions to medical professionals for years, leading to her 3-year-old son having a feeding tube surgically placed; and Chuy's, a Tex-Mex restaurant that opened on Dallas' McKinney Avenue in 1993, has been bulldozed. Crews knocked down the building near Knox Street this week to make way for a 12-story office tower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

West Dallas residents along Singleton Boulevard have long pushed to reduce industrial sites in their neighborhood. Now the city is working with them to rezone the area. In other news, If you’re a single 20- or 30-something in Dallas County, you need about $48,500 a year before taxes to cover basic needs, MIT’s Living Wage Institute estimates; American Airlines Center officials have opened an internal investigation after a video emerged on social media Tuesday of Dallas Stars fans doing what appears to be the Nazi salute at a game in December; the size of ERCOT’s large load interconnection requests soared by nearly 150 gigawatts to 410 gigawatts in just two weeks, a symptom of Texas becoming a hub for data centers and other high-tech industries; and the mother of Dallas police Officer Darron Burks has sued the parents of the man accused of killing him in late August 2024, along with a north Oak Cliff pawn shop she alleges sold the handgun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Shawn McFarland go over their Final Four picks, or at least Kevin and Shawn do. The guys also discuss Mark Cuban's expressed regrets over selling the Mavs to the Adelsons. He shouldn't expect an invitation to a Las Vegas Thanksgiving. The Rangers' fast start caught everyone by surprise. The quality of the Rangers' at-bats was also a topic of discussion, with newcomer Brandon Nimmo getting the credit both internally and from our guys for breaking the Rangers' mold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Top Dallas officials have fired back at Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recent lawsuit, denying they’re illegally withholding money from the police and arguing the state’s case is so weak it should be thrown out. In other news, no matter how you count it, this March was the hottest Dallas-Fort Worth has ever seen. As of March 30, the average temperature for the month was 67.4 degrees, about three-quarters of a degree above the previous record in 1907; a North Texas judge issued a temporary injunction blocking an effort to support a Muslim-centric neighborhood. Collin County’s 493rd Judicial District issued an injunction tied to development of The Meadow, a project planned to feature more than 1,000 homes; the Texas Stock Exchange is the planned primary listing venue of a new exchange-traded fund from Westwood Holdings Group, a Dallas-based investment and asset management firm; and as the James Beard Foundation slims its list of chefs eligible for a coveted culinary award in 2026, two Dallas-Fort Worth chefs remain as contenders. Both work at Italian restaurants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Cuban has had a change of heart, but not about the sale of the Dallas Mavericks franchise itself. Instead, in the latest episode of Intersections, Cuban said, “I don’t regret selling. I regret who I sold to. I made a lot of mistakes in the process, and I’ll leave it at that.” In other news, cosmetics giant Mary Kay is looking to sell its more than 500,000-square-foot campus in Addison; Texas lawmakers plan to study the possibility of annexing a chunk of its western neighbor. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows this month directed a state legislative committee to explore the legal and economic implications of adding one or more New Mexico counties; and Democratic state Sen. Taylor Rehmet of Fort Worth accused Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of “petty, partisan politics” Monday after the newly elected senator was left off a list of influential appointments. Patrick gave Rehmet zero committee assignments Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Entrepreneur and former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban on selling the Mavericks and the Luka Doncic trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First Baptist Dallas Church executive pastor Ben Lovvorn announced on Palm Sunday that construction will soon begin to rebuild the church’s 134-year-old historic sanctuary that was destroyed in a four-alarm fire in July 2024. In other news, Dallas police detained a man at the No Kings protest in downtown Dallas Saturday afternoon after an incident; The "Texas Furry Fiesta" was held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotelm this weekend, drawing more than 8,000 furries — people who create an anthropomorphic animal character; and the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had a “protein-packed” day after visiting Dallas-Fort Worth barbecue joint The Original Roy Hutchins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Rangers' season-opening roster was set, John and Evan break down the final decisions and how playing time might be split at some positions. We also revisit the cool moment of Skip Schumaker informing Carter Baumler that he'd made the team while on the mound in the middle of an inning. Former Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos, the bench coach for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, stops by to talk about the run through the tournament, the work the staff and players put in and the gratitude that washed over him and his countrymen after the win over Team USA. Finally, in the Archives in Arlington, we walk through some 21st Century season openers, including Alex Rodriguez's first game, which foreshadowed a season and an era. And John shares a little surprise about the time Nolan Ryan and Robin Ventura talked on opening day - for the first time in nearly 20 years since their brawl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spring Break served up more than just sunshine in Dallas-Fort Worth — it brought back some beloved local restaurants from the dead. We've got the details on the comebacks you need to know about.Plus, Tanner Agar of Apothecary and Flamant joins us to make the case for vermouth — the most underrated, misunderstood, and quietly essential ingredient in your glass. Think of it as the Paul Dano of booze: always in the room, doing serious work, and criminally overlooked until someone finally points it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attorney General Ken Paxton informed Kelly Hancock on Thursday the attorney general’s office would no longer represent the comptroller in an ongoing federal lawsuit regarding access Muslim schools have to the state’s new education savings account system. In other news, the D-FW area added more than 120,000 people from July 2024 to July 2025, according to a new census estimate; Dubai developer SEE Holding has scrapped plans for a roughly 2,300-acre mixed-use development in Kaufman County; nd the Dallas Mavericks have hired Kieran Kelliher as their new chief financial officer, an important move for the team’s business operations as the franchise prepares to move into a new arena in five years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SMU president Jay Hartzell on protests and free speech on college campuses, the future of college athletics and NIL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dallas police’s explosive disposal team scoured NorthPark Center in Dallas Wednesday after a reported threat caused a full evacuation. In other news, Brooks Potteiger, an evangelical pastor from Tennessee and a pastor for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on a podcast this month that he wants Texas state Rep. James Talarico to die by crucifixion, prompting conflicting explanations of what he meant; the owners of The Shops at Willow Bend plan to start tearing down the mall within the next year — even if the Dallas Stars opt against building a hockey arena at the 90-acre site; and one of the Dallas region’s most well-known names in furniture is closing its retail operations. Weir’s Furniture, founded in 1948, announced on Wednesday it will shutter after all its merchandise is sold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Historian Jon Meacham on his anthology book American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Shawn McFarland discuss the Rangers' final roster decisions going into Thursday's opening day in Philadelphia and deliver their predictions for the season. From Andrew McCutchen's surprising bid to the roster to the unprecedented talent at the top of the rotation, the guys cover it all, including their final take on ABS and their win totals in Skip Schumaker's debut season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Superintendents in several districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have announced their departures over the past few weeks. Some are retiring after lengthy tenures. Others left their districts more abruptly. In other news, city leaders promised to deliver the Dallas Wings a new practice facility in time for the start of training camp next month, but shovels have yet to hit the ground; at least two sightings of a coyote were recorded in the area on March 4 and March 12; and current MasterChef judge and former Top Chef “fan favorite” Tiffany Derry is opening a restaurant, sports bar and lounge called The Landing in Grand Prairie on April 9. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiple cold fronts should keep North Texans on their heels this week as temperatures fluctuate from the 70s to the 90s. In other news, Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Love Field were mostly normal Monday morning, defying long lines and worker shortages that have snarled passengers at other busy travel hubs; Tenet Healthcare, a major national for-profit health care company, has won a legal victory in a closely watched case related to a consumer watchdog group’s influential hospital safety grades; and the Texas Rangers selected former MVP winner Andrew McCutchen for their major league roster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Increasing pressure from state leaders to address a perceived liberal bias in the classroom, campuses are ensnared in battles over the very purpose of higher education. In other news, a federal judge ruled last week that Texas must make its new education savings account program available to a number of Islamic schools in the state after several alleged in a lawsuit they were shut out of the voucher-like program; a 79-year-old man was identified as the person killed Saturday morning after a loose wheel from another vehicle struck his car on the highway in Dallas. Richard Hood Dunham died at the scene; and for the fifth consecutive season, the Dallas Stars are heading to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New eats are dropping across the Metroplex — and we've got the scoop. We're talking a new Italian restaurant in Keller, a hot spot in Plano and a brand-new taqueria that basically grew out of Imelda's own reporting. (Yes, really.) Then we're diving into the protein craze that has completely taken over menus, grocery aisles and our entire lives. #Brotein is real, and we need to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John and Evan continue to whittle away at the biggest questions of spring. Evan is pretty high on how the Rangers have wandered, er, walked in the desert And he also offers his potential starting lineup. And the fellas sum up the WBC. Spoiler alert: Nobody's mad. Then Rangers Hall of Famer Ian Kinsler stops by to become the first member of the two-timers club and discuss the Rangers second base situation and the vibe Kinsler has heard about all spring. Finally, in the Archives in Arlington, we stroll down the lane of memorable season-opening moments, including the one where the Rangers were pulled off the field under a hail of baseballs and why Johnny Oates didn't leave his haunted hotel room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The University of North Texas will eliminate or consolidate dozens of academic programs that have seen low enrollment as it aims to close a projected $45 million shortfall. In other news, a month out from James Broadnax’s execution date, another man has admitted to pulling the trigger during the deadly 2008 robbery that sent Broadnax to death row; one of Dallas’ most exclusive office campuses is about to get bigger. Developer Crow Holdings told The Dallas Morning News in an exclusive interview that they plan to begin work soon on a second phase of Old Parkland East; and Rashaun Agee had 22 points and nine rebounds, and No. 10 seed Texas A&M beat seventh-seeded Saint Mary’s 63-50 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Ruben Dominguez added 11 points for the Aggies, who advanced in the South Region to face No. 2 seed Houston on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As climate change continues to reshape the environment and our lives, another place its impact can be found is in the earlier arrival of summer heat in North Texas. In other news, for many Muslims, it is a tradition to buy new clothes to wear for Eid al-Fitr, often referred to as Eid. The holiday this Friday is a time for family, renewal and celebration; he IRS estimates about 1 in 5 eligible taxpayers miss out on the Earned Income Tax Credit each year, leaving thousands of dollars unclaimed. Ascend Dallas is hosting free virtual Tax Credit Education classes in Spanish at 6:30 p.m. on March 24 and in English March 31 as part of its Tax Credit Tuesdays series; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dallas County’s elections chief is trying to scrap the precinct system pushed by Republicans and return to countywide voting for the May 26 runoff. In other news, as Dallas officials prepared to debate City Hall’s future, a commercial real estate broker helping analyze relocation options grew frustrated when his firm was not allowed to compete for the work; Texas’ school voucher-style program application window has been extended by two weeks, following a federal judge’s order Tuesday, citing concerns about the exclusion of Islamic schools from the program; and Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall icon of the State Fair of Texas, is getting a new pair of boots. The State Fair announced this week that Aaliyah McNeal had produced the winning design of the 2026 Big Tex Boot Design Contest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Calvin Watkins discuss [2:04] the Cowboys' offseason moves. Calvin tells us why the Cowboys traded Osa Odighizuwa to the 49ers and why a third-round pick in return was better than he thought they'd get. The guys also discuss the priorities in the draft now that the Cowboys have made the bulk of their free agent moves. [21:14] Evan breaks down a potential starting lineup for Opening Day, fills us in on a "lighter" Corey Seager and notes that a bad spring is good for Joc Pederson. We'll take his word for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rick Welts, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, on the Luka Doncic trade, his vision of the Mavericks as a sports entertainment company and conversations about a new arena in Dallas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Once a skeptic, Sen. John Cornyn has become one of President Donald Trump’s most eager allies. Cornyn’s loyalty has put him in line for Trump’s coveted endorsement in the May 26 runoff, potentially a huge boost over Paxton. In other news, Dallas is the worst major city in Texas for allergies, but conditions are improving; students will soon be able to study at Texas A&M University’s new Fort Worth campus. The downtown campus, which broke ground in 2023, is opening its first building and starting classes this fall; nd a federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal died Saturday morning at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital about 11:45 p.m. Friday. In other news, Dallas mayor Eric Johnson said the I.M. Pei-designed City Hall is aging, expensive to maintain and ill-suited for modern government operations; Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler each won their first Oscars, moving tributes were paid to Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Rob Reiner and an absent Sean Penn won best supporting actor at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday; and nearly a decade of waiting ended Sunday for the SMU Mustangs, who are finally going dancing once again. The Mustangs enter the tournament as an 11-seed and will face Miami Ohio in a First Four game in Dayton on Wednesday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John wants to know if there are positive signs about the Rangers offense and Evan delivers the goods. But he's got no answers for John on the state of the bullpen. Then Pete Incaviglia joins the guys to talk about the 40th anniversary of his legendary rookie season, his enduring love for the game that has him in Cleburne for the summer. He also weighs in on what he saw as Kumar Rocker's first manager in professional baseball. Finally, with Rule 5 pick Carter Baumler holding an excellent chance at making the team, John cracks open the archives to delve into the history of Ranger Rule 5 picks. Carlos Tocci anyone? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Dallas a bread town? This week on Eat Drink D-FW, we make the case — and break down why that line snaking out of Shy Boy is absolutely worth it. We also get into a conversation that's been a long time coming: what's the real difference between a food influencer and a food journalist, and does it even matter anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was not always easy to reach during several behind-the-scenes economic development discussions over the past year, even as business leaders sought direct contact with him. In other news, Frisco ISD trustees named Todd Fouche as the lone finalist to become the next superintendent after a unanimous vote Thursday evening; Ashley Furniture is ending its manufacturing operations at a site in Mesquite. The retailer will cut 266 positions with the move that consolidates production efforts; and why is barbecue so contentious? Dallas Morning News Food Reporter Sarah Blaskovich asked for insight from Texas Monthly barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The arguments capped the two-week trial stemming from the July 4 protest last year in which an Alvarado police officer was shot and wounded. Jury deliberations will begin Thursday. In other news, customers of Invitation Homes, a Dallas-based single-family home landlord, could get a piece of a $47.2 million settlement the Federal Trade Commission announced on Wednesday; a development in southern Dallas is a finalist for a competition hosted by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company. Hoque Global’s University Hills project is among 16 other finalists for the drilling company’s plan to construct a mile-long tunnel; and Rep. Marc Veasey is urging Major League Baseball and the Texas Rangers to remove a recently installed statue at the team’s ballpark that he says honors a law enforcement officer linked to segregation-era resistance to school integration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington and Evan Grant team up from Surprise for an all-Rangers, all-the-time podcast. [3:45] Who's the star of camp this spring? What's going on with Josh Jung? What does the back end of the rotation look like? If the Rangers get off to a bad start, will Chris Young conduct a fire sale? And how's the new ABS challenge system working out so far? All this and more in a spring training special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Mavericks star Luka Doncic is no longer with his longtime fiancée, AnnaMaria Goltesh, and is seeking custody of their two daughters. In other news, several North Texas evangelical leaders are publicly vouching for Sen. John Cornyn’s morality and conservative credentials as the longtime incumbent faces a fierce Republican runoff with Attorney General Ken Paxton; North Texas families are navigating spring break travel plans both to Mexico, which was rocked by violence last month and elsewhere with higher gas prices and the Iran war complicating travel and squeezing household budgets at a time families are already struggling with rising costs; and a new federal proposal aimed at speeding approval of gene therapies for ultra-rare diseases could offer renewed hope to North Texans. The idea would allow the FDA to approve treatments if there is plausible evidence they address the underlying biological cause of a disease — even without large clinical trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Goodbye Dallas, hello Emerald City. Southwest Airlines is once again offering nonstop flights from Love Field Airport, where it is the dominant carrier, to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. In other news, as early as last May, AT&T’s exit from downtown Dallas appeared likely as CEO John Stankey questioned the “effective/sustained governance” of Dallas; in a year of firsts for Cooper Flagg, growing frustration led to another for Mavs rookie; and Hi, D-FW! Come visit us at our pop-up newsroom event at Shops at RedBird today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pull up a chair to chat with reporters, editors and visual journalists to discuss story ideas or receive a free headshot. We'll be set up from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 10 through 12 at The DEC Network, 3560 W. Camp Wisdom Road, Suite 200. We’re here to connect and listen. See y'all there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 2.3 million voted in the Democratic primary, the party’s highest turnout since at least 2000. It also marked the first time since 2008 that Democratic participation exceeded Republican turnout. In other news, Lancaster beat previously unbeaten Austin Westlake to win the UIL Class 6A Division II state championship; No. 4 Texas beat three-time defending champion and third-ranked South Carolina 78-61 on Sunday to win its first Southeastern Conference Tournament title. In the Big 12 Championship game, West Virginia avenged two regular-season losses to TCU, beating the reigning Tournament champion 62-53 in this year’s conference title game on Sunday; and Snarf's Sandwiches opened another location in North Dallas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our food team is growing! In this episode, we introduce the newest member of the DMN crew before diving headfirst into the glorious chaos of a Weird Sausage Taste Test — dubbed the "Fizzy Glizzy" — where nothing is off-limits and palatability is not guaranteed. We also have the scoop on a Giant Hot Dog Challenge making waves in the D-FW dining scene (think: meat sweats, bragging rights, and a very big bun). And because we believe in balance, we swing to the other end of the food spectrum to talk salads — the local spots that are doing them right, the ones that break your heart and why a great salad in Dallas is both rarer and more exciting than it should be.Eat Drink D-FW is your guide to the Dallas-Fort Worth food scene at dallasnews.com/food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just as Team USA is about to start its quest for the World Baseball Classic title, manager Mark DeRosa, a Ranger in 2005-06, joins John and Evan to discuss his team's chances, his fervor for putting together the roster and even the possibility of Wyatt Langford joining the roster at some point in the tournament. But first, John and Evan run through the various injuries impacting the Rangers in spring training and mull the pitching situation. Finally, the guys end their historic tour of Rangers spring training sites with reminiscing over the surprise move to Surprise. What once was a dusty little desert ghost town sure has grown up, but the facility has remained leading edge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The local Republican Party’s decision to revert Dallas County to precinct-based voting caused hundreds of voters to go to the wrong polling sites on Tuesday – but it also triggered a cascade of problems within county operations that further derailed voters. In other news, parents in Coppell ISD are demanding answers after ammunition was found on three separate occasions on a middle school campus; Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to press forward with his GOP challenge to incumbent Sen. John Cornyn despite President Donald Trump’s demand that the candidates wrap up the fight; and expect possible delays on Interstate 30 as more of the Canyon project’s 2.3 mile stretch begins construction. The Texas Department of Transportation broke ground on the I-30 Canyon project Thursday morning in downtown Dallas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Interfaith leaders in the Park Cities are urging residents to fight proposed service reductions by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, saying the cuts could leave workers, low-income worshippers and people with disabilities without reliable access to jobs, services and churches. In other news, President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an end to the Republican Senate race in Texas, promising to soon endorse either incumbent Sen. John Cornyn or his challenger Attorney General Ken Paxton; the Republican fight for attorney general heads to a runoff that will test whether Mayes Middleton or Chip Roy can consolidate support from voters who backed their eliminated rivals. The race could also become more volatile as Middleton and Roy now have only one target left: each other; and Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of getting a first job, squeezing opportunities for young and entry-level workers in fields most exposed to AI while boosting pay for more experienced employees whose know-how is harder for software to imitate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Joe Hoyt talk [00:12] about Joe’s mock draft 2.0 and what it portends for the Cowboys with the 12th pick. Joe tells us what he learned at the combine and how that affected his picks since his first mock draft. Should Jerry Jones trade up? Down? Whatever he does, they need two impact players on Day 1. [35:15] Evan tells us where the Rangers are at the mid-point of spring training. Still a lot to be determined, particularly in the bullpen and on the bench, but, except for the back of the rotation, everything else seems set. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices