Ezekiel Elliott will play Sunday afternoon against the Kansas City Chiefs after all. On Friday morning, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Elliott an administrative stay, clearing the way for the running back to play prior to the court’s hearing arguments in his appeal next week. On Monday,…
It’s nearly certain at this point that the Cowboys are going to be without Ezekiel Elliott when they take the field against AFC West-leading Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon. Barring intervention from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the budding superstar will miss the team’s next six games,…
Ezekiel Elliott is likely to miss the Cowboys next six games, following a decision from U.S. District Judge Katherine Failla. Late on Monday night the judge decided to uphold the six game suspension handed to Elliott by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stemming from domestic violence allegations made by Elliott’s ex-girlfriend…
The Cowboys won the biggest game of their still young 2017 NFL season Sunday, beating the Redskins 33-19 in Maryland. The team now sits at 4-3, coming off its two best performances of the year as it heads into a vital three-game stretch. After the Cowboys’ victory against the Redskins,…
One way or another, a reckoning is coming in Ezekiel Elliott’s legal fight with the NFL over his yet-to-be imposed six-game suspension. Both sides, thanks to Elliott’s aborted initial lawsuit in Texas and the circuit court skirmish that followed, have had amble opportunities to make their case, leaving the New…
For most of the year-plus that Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has fought domestic violence allegations made by his ex-girlfriend, Elliott has preferred to let his lawyers, his dad or Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones speak for him. Wednesday, as rumors surfaced that Elliott’s battle with the league over…
This afternoon in Washington D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Trump administration will square off in an ongoing legal skirmish over the attempt of a teenage immigrant in a detention center to get an abortion. With Texas law in the spotlight, it’s not surprising that the state Attorney General Ken…
Ezekiel Elliott remains eligible to play for the Cowboys, thanks to a ruling from U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty Tuesday night. The judge granted Elliott a temporary restraining order, allowing him to continue playing until a preliminary injunction hearing or Oct. 30, whichever comes first. Elliott’s request for a preliminary…
Anyone watching the recent legal and media combat between the NFL and Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has a right to be confused. The NFL has hit Elliott with a six-game suspension stemming from domestic violence allegations. He is appealing that suspension, and the legal battle is winding its way through…
As things stand, Ezekiel Elliott will not be starting at running back for the Cowboys when the team returns to the field Oct. 22 against the 49ers. Instead, he could begin serving his six-game suspension stemming from domestic violence allegations his ex-girlfriend made against him in 2016. If the team…
After Monday’s U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing, neither Ezekiel Elliott nor the NFL should feel comfortable in their nearly year-and-a-half-long legal battle over domestic violence allegations made against the Dallas Cowboy. The league, which desperately wants to enforce a six-game ban handed to Elliott by Commissioner Roger Goodell…
Dallas concert promoter Gabe Reed wanted to be a rock star. In the late ’80s, he assumed the persona “Tomi Child” and made an appearance in documentary filmmaker Penelope Spheeris’ Decline of Western Civilization II: the Metal Years. Reed put down the microphone, picked up a law degree at SMU,…
Next week, the Dallas Cowboys may finally get some clarity on star running back Ezekiel Elliott’s status for the rest of the season, following a critical hearing before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. After oral arguments on Monday, the court will decide whether or not…
When now Dallas County District Judge Brandon Birmingham started working in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office’s cold case unit, there was set of files that was forbidden fruit, even for the highest ranking members of the office. “There, in the warehouse of the DA’s office in a corner, was…
The job listing was clear. KTVT-TV (Channel 11), Dallas’ CBS affiliate, needed a traffic reporter with “strong knowledge of local traffic in the Dallas/Fort Worth area” and at least five years of professional broadcasting experience. The station seemingly had the perfect candidate, too. Tammy Dombeck, a longtime fixture on local…
Ezekiel Elliott will keep playing for at least two more weeks. On Friday afternoon, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals elected not to make an immediate decision on the league’s request to stay a lower court decision that’s allowed Elliott to play as the case has made its way…
After 15 months, the end of the NFL’s investigation into a series of domestic violence allegations made against Dallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott is coming into focus. Sometime soon, as early as today and likely no later than next week, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will…
Work crews are dismantling a Dallas statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a Dallas park bearing his name. The statue had nearly been taken down last week, but a court order and fatal traffic accident delayed the statue’s removal. The Dallas Observer’s Facebook Live coverage is here. You…
A federal judge dissolved a temporary restraining order Thursday that barred the city of Dallas from removing a statue of Robert E. Lee from Lee Park. U.S. District Judge Sydney Fitzwater approved the order yesterday, halting the work crews that had started the demolition at Lee Park. Plaintiffs argued that their…
Even as work crews began dismantling the Robert E Lee statue, it seems a court has intervened. Councilman Scott Griggs posted on Facebook that a Temporary Restraining Order has been granted in federal court preventing the statue of Robert E. Lee from coming down. “Case filed by Hiram Patterson against…
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will not begin serving his potential six-game suspension until at least week two, when the team plays the Denver Broncos, after a federal court hearing in Sherman on Tuesday night. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant III did not rule on Elliott’s request for a…
It was a long weekend, so there was plenty of time for sleuths to pour through the thousands of pages of exhibits that accompanied Ezekiel Elliott and the NFL Players Associations’ request for a temporary restraining order against the league. While Elliott’s lawsuit is intended to cutoff the six-game suspension…
