Attention all pet owners! SPCA of Texas, NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and Cuddly, would like to invite you to “DFW Pets Are Family Day” on Saturday, September 14, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at La Academia de Estrellas in Dallas. The event will offer free pet food, vaccines, microchips, and more to pet-owning families across our community.

Partner organizations include SPCA of Texas, Dallas Animal Services, GoodPup, Humane Society of Dallas County, Spay Neuter Network, Dallas Pets Alive!, The Love Pit, and Operation Kindness.

DFW Pets Are Family Day is made possible through Cuddly’s partnerships with several Texas-based organizations, including Operation Kindness, SPCA of Texas, and Dallas Animal Services who are partnered with NBC 5 /Telemundo 39’s Clear the Shelters™ campaign. The event is also made possible through generous donations from individuals and other organizations.

DFW Pets Are Family Day
Saturday, September 14
8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
La Academia de Estrellas
4680 W Kiest Blvd.
Dallas
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How well did Mike Zimmer’s first game back as Cowboys defensive coordinator go? Let one of his former standouts tell you.

Zimmer’s defensive play calling in Dallas’ Week 1 victory over the Cleveland Browns impressed many, including Cowboys icon DeMarcus Ware. Ware particularly liked how Zimmer used do-it-all weapon Micah Parsons at different spots.

“Micah needed someone to come in to move him around a little bit. To help him be a lot more disruptive,” Ware told The Dallas Morning News on Thursday. “I got to see him play on the defensive line, a little bit of [a] linebacker position. That’s where Micah needs to be. The offenses do not need to be able to point Micah out and say, ‘He’s always on the left side.’”

Ware used the phrase “catalyst” to describe Parsons, noting how his influence led to key plays from DeMarcus Lawrence, Trevon Diggs and others.

Drafted by the Cowboys in 2005, Ware started his professional career on Zimmer-led defenses. Zimmer was the team’s defensive coordinator during the two-year span (2005-06) where Dallas shifted from a 4-3 scheme to the 3-4. Ware thrived in the new system as a pass-rushing outside linebacker.

The Pro Football Hall of Famer said an aggressive approach was among the changes he noticed in Dallas’ shift from Dan Quinn’s scheme to Zimmer’s.

“They blitzed a lot. I know that, from a cornerback’s standpoint, a linebacker’s standpoint, a lot more movement of the defensive line and bringing guys off the edge,” Ware said. “I know that playing with Zimmer, how his defense is — it was a lot more aggressive.

“It wasn’t about, ‘OK, you sit here, you play the B-gap and hopefully things work. No, I need these athletic guys moving around to create havoc in the backfield.’”

Ware added that he expects the Cowboys’ Week 1 blueprint to carry over through the rest of the 2024 season. He wants to see consistency in the team, especially when road games bring tougher opponents later in the year.

Before the Cowboys opened the season, they signed two of their biggest stars in Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb to major extensions. Like many Cowboys fans, Ware said he was happy to see those deals get signed. He also noted how Parsons is next in line for a big-money contract.

“With Micah, you can’t get rid of Micah,” Ware said. “You just can’t draft a defensive guy that’s going to come in and be as impactful as he’s been. So, he’s next. I think those are the three guys — when you get your defensive guy, a wide receiver and you’ve got your quarterback — guys that can get out there, just be the great leaders on the team and drive them where they need to.”

Going into Week 2 of the NFL season, Ware will be at AT&T Stadium ahead of the Cowboys’ meeting with the New Orleans Saints. He’s partnering with Crown Royal for a tailgating experience that will promote the brand’s Purple Bag Project.

The project is designed to send care packages to deployed military members. Those attending will also get a chance to see the Crown Royal Rig, an 18-wheeler that is touring multiple NFL stadiums this season.

Ware is maintaining high hopes for the Cowboys as they enter another year. Although Dallas will take on NFC heavyweights like the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles, Ware could see the Cowboys making it to Super Bowl LIX in February.

Their opponent? The three-peat-seeking Kansas City Chiefs.

“We need to stop this 28-year drought. Are you kidding me?” Ware said. “It hurts a little bit. Especially me having nine years of that.”

Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.

Football season has just begun but the New York Liberty already secured a sweep of Dallas.

Paced by a brilliant first quarter for Sabrina Ionescu, the Liberty completed a season sweep of the Dallas Wings with a 99-67 victory in Arlington. Between 16 points of her own and dishing off assists to Betnijah Laney-Hamilton and Courtney Vandersloot, Ionescu played a direct role in 21 of the Liberty’s 25 scoring entries in the opening period.

With the win, the Liberty (31-6) reduced their official magic number to clinch homecourt advantage throughout the upcoming WNBA Playoffs to one. They can officially clinch the top seed on the bracket with another win or if the second place Minnesota Lynx lose to Chicago on Friday. The two teams are slated to battle on Sunday afternoon at Barclays Center (3 p.m. ET, WWOR).

The Liberty avoided any semblance of a trap game thanks to Ionescu’s early outburst: they led by 10 at the end of the first period and, save for a couple of brief couple of cutdowns to eight at the onset of the second, they kept the double-figure advantage throughout the evening, making it permanent when Vandersloot successfully converted an and-one opportunity at 7:22.

With her early tally, which ended up at a team-best 20, Ionescu got several landmarks out of the way quickly: she passed Crystal Robinson to become the fifth-leading scorer in franchise history. Her first of four three-pointers, sunk just 22 seconds into the game to open scoring, also gave her 60 games with at least one, just six short of the WNBA record set by Ivory Latta.

The only other Dallas threat came in the third quarter, when a series of quick tallies in transition cut the lead to 14 early in the third. A quick timeout from head coach Sandy Brondello, however, quickly restored seafoam sanity, One 17-9 run later more or less broke Dallas’ will and allowed the Liberty to empty its bench and expand its largest leads of the evening.

One of the Liberty’s points of emphasis was containing North Texas’ leading scorer in Arike Ogunbowale. New York contained the reigning WNBA All-Star Game MVP to 11 points on 3-of-13 from the field and shutting down the thought of a comeback. Despite the struggles, Ogunbowale did leave College Park Center with a little bit of history.

With her 11, Ogunbowale passed Deanna Nolan to become the leading scorer in Wings franchise history, which began under the branding of the Detroit Shock in 1998. Ogunbowale was the Wings’ leading scorer on Thursday alongside reserve Maddy Siegrist. Already eliminated from playoff contention, Dallas (9-28) shot only 37 percent from the field, including 4-of-18 from three-point range. Half of that tally, which was earned by Ionescu alone, was sunk by Sevgi Uzun.

Equally inspiring on the Liberty ledgers was a 17-point outing from Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, once again back in the starting five after leaving Sunday’s win in Las Vegas early with a knee injury. Vandersloot (5-of-7) and Breanna Stewart each had 11 while Jonquel Jones paired eight with seven rebounds. The game’s one-sided nature saw all but one New Yorker get on the scoresheet, as the seafoam reserves put up 32 points.

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