🏀Top FW sports official is out; The Herd leader drops reins; AA flight attendants awarded $18M.

Jason Sands, Vice President of Sports at Visit Fort Worth and Executive Director of the Fort Worth Sports Commission, has left those positions after eight years in Fort Worth. During his tenure, Fort Worth hosted, among other things, the women's NCAA gymnastics championships and American Athletic Conference basketball championships. Cassie Poss, Director of Business Development for the Sports Commission, has been named Interim Executive Director. 

Majestic Realty and the Hickman Companies have landed NFI, one of the nation's largest third-party logistics providers, for its Fort Worth South Business Park, according to Seth Bodine of the Dallas Business Journal. NFI reports more than $3.6 billion in annual revenue and 18,000-plus employees. The lease is for 129,143 square feet in the fifth building at the 320-acre park located near where I-20 and I-35 intersect. Majestic Realty was represented by its Fort Worth team: Kyle Valley, Cameron Pybus and Nada Leanndra.

After a multi-year battle, approximately 400 American Airlines flight attendants have been awarded $18 million in a lawsuit with the company and its former uniform supplier in California. One employee will get $3.6 million. 

When a classmate’s prosthetic leg was uncomfortable and difficult to use, three Texas high schoolers built him a new one. Their prototype reads brain signals to anticipate a user’s intent and assist movement.

Kristin Jaworski, Fort Worth Trail Boss for 22+ years and Director of the Fort Worth Herd for 15+ years, has left those jobs, according to a recent change in her LinkedIn status and the Visit Fort Worth website, where The Herd is promoted. The LinkedIn profile shows her remaining as a marketing consultant for the Public Improvement District #11--Stockyards.

About $12 million worth of Arlington’s $175 million of infrastructure improvements and expansions are coming to the Arlington Municipal Airport ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Expectations are a need for the heavy hitters flying in for games.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill establishing a Higher Education Research Security Council to promote secure academic research at Texas’ 16 R-1 institutions, the most in the U.S. 

A former hospital in Bridgeport may soon find new life as a training ground for Weatherford College students. The school’s Board accepted a gift agreement for the former Doctor’s Hospital in Bridgeport from Medical City Healthcare. The $7-million donation, if finalized after a 90-day due diligence period, would be one of the largest the college has accepted.

A new report from USA Today ranked the 10 best malls that “elevate” the shopping experience, and two D-FW shopping centers made the list. Galleria Dallas came at at No. 3 and Grapevine Mills landed at No. 8.

Fort Worth has annexed 35 acres of Denton County land for a housing development and put a deny-for-now/hold on two other District 10 requests.

Here's to those still smarting about what the Dallas Mavericks received in return for Luka: The Memphis Grizzlies are trading former TCU guard Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony, four unprotected first-round picks and one first-round pick swap, sources told ESPN.

Goodwill North Central Texas has opened its Arlington–Little Road retail store at 4400 Little Road, Suite 105. Goodwill North Central Texas is based in Fort Worth, serves 18 counties and has 27 area retail locations selling donated goods.

Euless and the Dallas Stars have agreed to an extension of their partnership at the Children’s Health StarCenter, with updates and improvements included in the new lease that runs through 2024.

Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital has named Eli Smith President of operations in Fort Worth, Dallas and Waxahachie. He had been President in Frisco. Smith is recognized for his data-driven and collaborative leadership style, as well as his ability to build highly engaged teams.

Ford Motor Co. is giving Mustang fans another taste of nostalgia. The automaker unveiled the 2026 Mustang FX package, which pays tribute to the third generation of the vehicle and its 1980s and 1990s styling commonly known as the Fox body Mustang.

Why tariffs might not raise car prices, according to General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra.

Notable and quotable: “Fundamentally if there is a decision that I want to be involved in, I’m going to be involved with it. I don’t believe in delegating. And I think this is generally a good way for founders to operate.” —Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Meta Platforms

Daily digit: Total U.S. household debt — which is primarily composed of mortgages, student loans, auto loans and credit-card balances — increased by $167 billion in the first quarter to a record $18.2 trillion, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Significant stat: $10 billion = OpenAI’s annual revenue, nearly double what it was last year. The startup hit the revenue milestone in less than three years after launching ChatGPT.

Believe it or not: A Swiss man set a Guinness World Record by spending more than two hours completely buried in snow while wearing nothing but swimming trunks.

Announcements:

• Talbots: Promotes Nicole Shaffer to Regional Vice President. 

• Fort Worth: Promotes Pam Rambo Sexton to Assistant Director of the Environmental Services Department.

• New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy: Promotes Susan Altschuler to Program Manager.

• Howard Vincent Kurtz Emerging Theatre Artist Award: Presented to TCU theatre student Henry Cawood.

• The Marketing Blender: Adds Lisa Albert as Fractional Chief Marketing Officer.

• Rockport: Hires Nannette Eiland as CVB Marketing Manager.

• Puttshack: Hires Ryan Nowicki as Chief Operating Officer.

• JPS Foundation: Hires Beth Zimmerman as Director of Donor Relations. 

• Regional Transportation Council: Elects Johnson County Commissioner Rick Bailey Chairman.

• American Planning Association: Honors Freese & Nichols and Brownwood with Vernon Denies Award for outstanding small town plan.

• Big Shop Diesel Services: Names Jeff King as Business Development Manager.

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