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Trevor Brazile competes in the tie-down roping event during the 2015 National Finals Rodeo.

Tatum Rice of Weatherford captures the National Horse Cutting Association World Championship Futurity open division title on a filly named Crey Zee, Sunday, Dec. 9 at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth.

Hours before his death, Isiah Robertson gave a final speech at Grand Prairie High School

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Ex-NFL player Isiah Robertson was just killed in a car crash. This was his final speech.

Isiah Butch Robertson was killed in a car accident in Mabank hours after giving a final speech at Grand Prairie High school. He played for the Los Angeles Rams and was in the Black College Football Hall of Fame.

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Hours before his death, Isiah Robertson gave a final speech at Grand Prairie High School

Former NFL player Isiah Robertson gave a speech at a Grand Prairie High School banquet Thursday night. Hours later, he died in a car crash near Dallas.

Clint Allen on Wood I Never during the Cutting Horse Summer Spectacular Open Finals in 2007.

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Cutting horse veteran Clint Allen advances two to Futurity semifinals

Clint Allen has advanced two horses to the open division semifinal round at the 2018 Futurity, which runs through Dec. 9 at Fort Worth’s Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum.

Lonnie Allsup rides Play Taquita during the NCHA National Cutting Horse Association Futurity competition in 2001. Allsup died in January 2018 at age 84, but his family remains competitive in the cutting horse business.

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Allsup family going strong in cutting horse business in carrying on cowboy’s legacy

Lonnie Allsup died on Jan. 28 at the age of 84, but his family is keeping their cutting horse business going strongly and his legacy alive during the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity in Fort Worth.

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What it’s like inside the cockpit of a Red Bull Air Race plane? “I wouldn’t recommend it”

Texas Motor Speedway is hosting the season finale of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship this Saturday and Sunday. The event will feature pilots reaching speeds of 230 mph navigating through a course.

Decatur resident Kaique Pacheco, shown competing in the Eugene Built Ford Tough Series PBR on Oct. 2, took over the top spot in the world title race with a second-place finish in Tuscon. The 22-year-old Brazilian will hold the top spot heading into the World Finals Nov. 2-6 in Las Vegas.

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Decatur resident wins 2018 PBR World Championship

Though he was dealing with a nagging knee injury and was bucked off during the 25th Professional Bull Riders World Finals’ closing performance on Sunday, Kaique Pacheco, a Brazilian who lives in Decatur, clinched the 2018 world title and the $1 million bonus that went with it at T-Mobile Arena.

Harrison Barnes (right hamstring) participated in the Mavs’ practice Friday but is still not likely to play Saturday in the home opener.

Dallas Mavericks

Carlisle gets to the point after Mavs’ season-opening loss: ‘Everything sucked’

Rick Carlisle didn’t mince words Friday on the eve of the Dallas Mavericks’ home opener. Their performance to open the NBA season “sucked,” and Harrison Barnes is unlikely for Saturday.

The NBA and its fans will be realizing that the Luka Doncic hype is legitimate.

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Playoffs? Three bold predictions for the Mavericks, Doncic, Jordan this season

It would be hard for the Dallas Mavericks not to improve after winning 24 games last season. But will they improve enough to be one of the eight best teams in the Western Conference?

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, second from right, and UFC fighter Conor McGregor, right, are seen on the sidelines before an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. The UFC has never held a fight at AT&T Stadium and McGregor is the one name big enough to consider the Octagon will come to Arlington.

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Nothing is stopping Conor McGregor and UFC from coming to Arlington, Jerry Jones says

The UFC’s biggest name attended the Dallas Cowboys game at AT&T Stadium on Sunday. He is the only name big enough to get the UFC to hold an event in Arlington, Texas and NFL owner Jerry Jones is on board.

Kory Koontz, right, in action during the National Finals Rodeo in 2006, has earned his 22nd trip to the National Finals at age 47.

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Youth, experience a winning formula for team roping partners headed to Las Vegas

Pro team roper Kory Koontz, 47, and 23-year-old heading partner Dustin Egusquiza clinched the team roping title at the Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo and have qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

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This 70-year-old diver is winning gold

Maryhelen Bronson took up diving again recently after a long hiatus. She's been winning national competitions.

Bodyboarders jump into the surf along Waikiki Beach ahead of Hurricane Lane, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Ever wanted to see a T-Rex surf through the sea? With this viral video, now you can

One man has dressed up like a Tyrannosaurs Rex and been captured on video riding waves on his surfboard using hydrofoil.

James Vick, a graduate of Mineral Wells High School, is the main card this Saturday in the UFC’s Fight Night 135.

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UFC fighter from Mineral Wells on verge of superstar status with main event win Saturday

James Vick of Olney came from nothing and has fought his way all the way up to a top 10 ranking in the UFC. He has his first big shot on Saturday night as the main event in Fight Night 135.

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The Animal wins cutting horse Summer Spectacular

Decatur cowboy Trevor Brazile, shown competing in December 2015, tied tied for first in tie-down roping with a time of 7.3 seconds at the K-Days Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, July 20-22.

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Weatherford cowboy, 17, rides experience to title at NCHA youth competition

Lance Cooper, 17, of Weatherford clinched the senior division title (ages 14-18) on a horse named Fancy Rey at the National Youth Cutting Horse Association’s Summer Scholarship Cutting at Will Rogers Coliseum.

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Deal to reopen Fort Worth Cats’ LaGrave Field full of dreams, but is there money?

A land swap is giving the Save LaGrave Foundation a chance to restore the abandoned Panther Island ballpark as a sports-events complex. But the foundation needs to raise $4 million to close the deal with the Tarrant Regional Water District and the stadium’s Houston-based owner.

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