Before the Cowboys, the Salesmanship Club of Dallas brought football to North Texas

It’s not surprising that roughly 10 members of the Dallas Salesmanship Club sit on the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee.

The Salesmanship Club has always been there for North Texas, especially for its children and needy. The Club’s fingerprints are also all over the history of North Texas sports.

Everyone knows about the Byron Nelson Golf Tournament, but the Salesmanship...

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The Host Committee chair will get the Rangers season started on April 5

The Texas Rangers today announced that Roger Staubach will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the team’s 2010 home opener on Monday, April 5 against the Toronto Blue Jays (1:05 p.m.).

Staubach, who had a legendary career as the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969-79, was instrumental in the selection of North...

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Online voting now open for the top moments in North Texas Football history

Alert to football fans everywhere, especially North Texans: Online voting is now underway to determine the “100 Greatest Moments in the History of North Texas Football.”

Besides casting ballots at various public outlets, fans can now vote in the comfort of their own homes at www.centuryinthemaking.com.

Results will...

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As the daughter of legendary NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, Anne Marie Bratton has quite a story to tell

Almost no one knows that Pete Rozelle’s daughter is a member of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee.

Anne Marie Bratton has attended several Committee meetings and functions over the past year, and as she puts it, “I’m not going to wear a sign. Just no one knows it.

“I don’t even think Jerry Jones knew because at the Super Bowl last month I was talking to him at the...

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The Super Bowl changes lives — if you don’t believe us, just ask these North Texas legends

No matter what Duane Thomas said, there is nothing like it, the Super Bowl, the ultimate game — for that season — in the NFL, and maybe worldwide.

The game has made guys and broken guys; has made careers and destroyed careers; has landed guys in the Pro Football Hall of Fame or has kept them out; and in the end, win or lose, has affected the post-football lives of many a player.

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Team Sasha collects LEGOs for SLANT 45 in honor of a friend’s life

Sasha Okhotskiy loved LEGOs. Even when the brain cancer returned and he did not always remember one day from the next, he spent hours in his room at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, making art from the little plastic pieces.

At the hospital, Sasha put together smaller items. He had already built a remarkable carousel. And a four-foot-tall Empire State Building. He used 5,922 LEGOs...

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Roger Staubach, Tony Romo, Nolan Ryan and more combined for a new spin on a Faith Hill classic
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Notable North Texas athletes, mayors, and personalities offered their singing talents (or at least singing efforts) to recreate Faith Hill's hit single "This Kiss." The must-see video debuted before Faith Hill's concert at Bass Hall in Fort Worth for the opening concert of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee's Kick-off Concert...

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The North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s Kick-off Concert Series began last Saturday with Faith Hill in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH — Faith Hill lit the fuse on the Host Committee’s yearlong countdown to Super Bowl XLV on Saturday night in downtown Fort Worth that included its own share of stars in the Bass Performance Hall audience.

Perhaps most striking were the number of people from outside Fort Worth who made the trek westward and from around North Texas for the first leg of the historic Super Bowl...

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With the first concert quickly approaching, Bill Lively and the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee prepare for an exciting year

When last month’s game ended in South Florida, North Texas immediately went on the Super Bowl clock. But in the collective eyes of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, the official countdown begins Saturday night in Fort Worth.

That’s when Faith Hill takes the stage at the Bass Performance Hall for the first of three dates comprising the Host Committee’s unprecedented Kick-Off...

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The newest Host Committee Staffer talks Super Bowls, Olympics, and Great Escape

The Host Committee has added another heavy hitter to its lineup. Glenn Menard, whose eye-opening résumé includes directing operations and managing facilities for a variety of big-time sporting events, is Super Bowl XLV’s newly-added Director of Operations.

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