A Bad Night In Omaha

Did Michael Jordan's son end his hoops career with arrest? UCF shows signs ofpushing him out

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Omaha Police Department

NBA legend Michael Jordan's son, Marcus, is finally making headlines like his father did for many years, but for the wrong reasons.

The lesser known Jordan, 21, was arrested in Omaha, Neb., outside of a hotel on Sunday morning.

Police responded to a call reporting a disturbance at an Embassy Suites. When they arrived on the scene, Jordan was having a heated argument with two women in the hotel driveway. The arresting officers charged him with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and obstructing officers.

Jordan did not enroll in summer courses at the university and decided to not attend the optional summer practices.

The University of Central Florida basketball player was belligerent towards the arresting officers and was described as, "very animated, intoxicated and uncooperative."

Jordan was booked for resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and obstructing officers at the Douglas County Department of Corrections. He was released from custody Sunday night.

Jordan, a rising senior, was the second leading scorer for the Knights this season — averaging 13.9 points per game. Jordan also ranked second on the team in assists per game (2.4) and first in minutes per game (35.9). Jordan had his best season as a collegiate athlete in his sophomore year, averaging 15.2 points per game, 3.3 assists per game and 2.8 rebounds per game.

Despite two seasons of being the team's most potent guard and scorer, Jordan's future with the Knights is uncertain as of now.

Jordan did not enroll in summer courses at the university and decided to not attend the optional summer practices. There are rumblings that Jordan may leave the college to pursue a business opportunity or to continue his basketball career in a professional capacity overseas.

The Knights continue to recruit guards, and the addition of point guard Daiquan Walker could mean Jordan's status would change from a scholarship athlete to a walk-on athlete. Shooting guard Matt Williams, an Orlando native, has also signed on to play for UCF this season.

As of now, the university has stated that Jordan is still a part of the team.

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PIGSKIN PAST

Texas football season kicks off early with new interactive film archive

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A new online exhibit from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image explores more than a century of the sport's history in Texas.

Triple-digit temperatures may say it's still summer, but football season is only weeks away. Before Friday night lights return and college stadiums roar back to life, Texans can get an early kickoff with Game Film: Texas Football Culture in Motion, a new interactive online exhibit. The project by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image celebrates more than a century of the state's high school, college, and professional football history.

The free digital exhibit uses archival game film, home movies, television broadcasts, and local news coverage to explore how football is woven into the fabric of Texas life. Rather than presenting a collection of videos, the archive has curated an interactive experience that lets visitors discover the people, traditions, innovations, and defining moments behind the state's football culture.

Game Film encourages exploration through interactive features. Visitors can follow a timeline of football milestones spanning high school, college, and professional football, click through an interactive state map highlighting archival footage available from schools and programs across the state, or browse themed collections devoted to Friday night culture and fan traditions.

This project, unveiled July 31, was assembled by Katharine Austin, a longtime curator at the Texas Archive, as part of the Texas Film Commission's Texas Moving Image Archive Program.

The interactive timeline traces the sport from its earliest days through the modern era, spotlighting milestones including:

1894: the beginning of the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry
1900: the first Red River Rivalry
1914: the formation of the Southwest Conference
1921: the UIL's first state football championship
1938: TCU quarterback Davey O'Brien becoming the first player from a Texas college to win the Heisman Trophy
1959: the founding of the Houston Oilers
1960: the Dallas Cowboys joining the NFL
1987: SMU's NCAA "death penalty"
1996: Drew Brees leading Westlake High School to its first state football championship
1999: Houston being awarded the NFL expansion franchise that became the Texans

Many later entries include original television reports and archival footage from the events themselves.

An interactive state map offers another way to explore the collection, highlighting schools, colleges, and professional teams represented in the archive.

One click reveals silent film of Austin High School's 20-7 victory over Sunset High in the 1942 UIL state championship, while another captures Timpson High School's homecoming celebration in East Texas, complete with parade floats, marching bands, and community festivities. Other sections spotlight Friday night traditions, Darrell Royal's wishbone offense, Bill Yeoman's Veer defense, behind-the-scenes stories from the Houston Oilers, and the invention of the quarterback flak jacket.

Game Film is the latest in a series of interactive exhibits from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, joining projects including Women on the Move, Journey to the Moon Through Texas, Meet Me in San Antonio, La Frontera Fluid, and Breaking News: Rescuing the First Draft of History. The archive's broader collection and the nonprofit both accept public donations of historic films, videotapes, photographs, and other moving-image materials, helping preserve Texas stories for future generations.

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