When technical difficulties prevent our planned guest from joining, John and Evan take a longer than usual look at the first 10% of the Rangers season. Evan offers an in-depth breakdown of the club, focusing on the issues surrounding the bullpen (an ongoing theme) and putting the record into context with the early-season schedule and the early-season stumbles of Houston and Seattle. John really digs deep into the archives in Arlington for the first game the franchise ever played way back when John was just a young man, and it turns into a breakdown of presidential first pitches. Nothing John loves more than mixing baseball history with presidential history.

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Tom Cruise walked into Pecan Lodge. No, really — and we've got the details on what he ordered. This week on Eat Drink D-FW, we're also talking about the arrival of Hofbräuhaus in Addison, the long-awaited return of New York Sub, and Tim Love's new Mediterranean restaurant coming to Fort Worth. Plus: listener tips and our definitive ranking of the most overrated foods in existence.

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With Dallas County GOP Chair Allen West’s resignation, party leaders still want to overturn his decision to allow countywide voting in the May 26 runoff and reinstate precinct-based voting for all voters. In other news, Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday warned Dallas that he would pull $32.1 million in state funds if the city does not repeal police department rules around collaboration with ICE. In other news, video and audio of the kidnapping of 7-year old Athena Strand was played during the eighth day of Tanner Horner’s capital murder trial; and a philosophy professor at Texas A&M University who made headlines earlier this year after administrators directed him to cut some lessons on Plato, will leave to teach at Southern Methodist University this fall.

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In a two-day outreach operation, the U.S. Secret Service collaborated with local law enforcement agencies to confiscate more than a dozen illegal payment card skimming devices during a search of thousands of point-of-sale terminals. In other news, a night watchman who assisted with a chaotic, haphazard rescue effort at Camp Mystic during a catastrophic flash flood told a state district court Wednesday that more able-bodied adults could have helped evacuate campers and more children could have been saved; millions of soccer fans will flood Dallas and other U.S. cities this summer for the World Cup. But it’s unclear whether they will get to join the time-honored American ritual of tailgating in the stadium parking lot; and Happy Potter-themed bars and experiences have been popping up across North Texas amid chatter and anticipation around a new HBO series.

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SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Joe Hoyt discuss the order of the Cowboys' needs and how that may impact their draft process. Joe says if they stand pat at 12, and if the draft fell just right, he'd guess they want Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles or his teammate, Caleb Downs, a safety. But their biggest need, as our guys project, is at edge rusher. Can they still get one in the draft? Kevin outlines the potentially mercurial nature of the Mavs' roster under a new GM, expected to be named the middle of next month. And Evan tells us why things are on the up and up for the Rangers in the West as they navigate what is potentially the toughest segment of their schedule this season. 

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The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth voiced support for the pontiff and criticized Trump for posting a “blasphemous” image depicting himself as Jesus. In other news, there's a one more example of the tension between Texas’ rural roots and its urban explosion, of a town trying to find a balance between being left behind by the 21st century and being swallowed by it; Baylor University approved two gay Christian advocates to speak on campus this month as part of a student-led counter event to a Turning Point USA tour stop planned for the same day; and the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan — the health insurance arm of Baylor Scott & White — announced Tuesday that it plans to stop carrying Texas Medicaid plans and individual marketplace plans later this year.

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Blake Walker, CEO and founder of Arcis Golf, joins Intersections podcast to discuss the Augusta National Women's Amateur golf tournament and the expansion of golf to attract different segments.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching an investigation into athleisure giant Lululemon over the potential presence of “forever chemicals” in its apparel. In other news, an argument over a gun at a weekend gender reveal party in Fort Worth preceded a mass shooting that left five people injured; tax season is nearing its end, and with the April 15 filing deadline looming, North Texans are anxiously asking: "What's a CPA?" "Where do I file my taxes?" "What forms do I need?" "How do I calculate my taxes?" and "Will I get a tax refund or a bill this year?" For answers to those questions, check out this article at DallasNews.com. ... The owners of the Spelled Milk Cereal Bar plan to open another shop in the McKinney-Allen area in about six to eight months.

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Columbus Aviators head coach Ted Ginn Jr. took to social media on Sunday to address his recent arrest in North Texas. In other news, In less than a month, Frisco voters will weigh in on an open mayoral seat for the first time in almost a decade. Former council members Shona Sowell and John Keating, retired business owner Rod Vilhauer and former Frisco ISD board president Mark Hill are vying to succeed incumbent mayor Jeff Cheney; a Dallas City Council member faults weather and stage positioning for the loud music that came from a weekend Fair Park festival and was heard miles away, prompting several complaints from people in the area; Dallas Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont talked with The Dallas Morning News and said his 27-month tenure as team governor largely will be defined by the night that can’t be erased and the trade that can’t be undone – for which he says fans had every right to hold the franchise and specifically himself accountable. And the Texas Rangers beat the LA Dodgers 5-2 on Sunday.

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Rangers beat reporter Evan Grant stops by to break down what's new on the concession menu at Globe Life Field — because eating your way through a ballgame is its own kind of sport. Then the team gets into Easter candy territory, and let's just say Peeps don't make it out alive.

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