LOCAL Houston | The City Guide MARCH 2016 | Page 6

LETTER
FROM THE
EDITOR

BEHIND
THE COVER

Photography by Sofía van der Dys

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BACK IN EARLY DECEMBER 2015, PHOTOGRAPHER MAX
BURKHALTER SET UP SHOP AT HUNKY DORY TO PHOTOGRAPH HOUSTON TEXANS CORNERBACK KAREEM
JACKSON FOR OUR MARCH SPORTS ISSUE. JACKSON
DRESSED HIMSELF AND NAILED EVERY SHOT BURKHALTER
SET UP FOR HIM. IT WAS UNDENIABLE IN THE EDIT ROOM
THAT HE HAD TO BE OUR COVER. THANK YOU TO CHRIS
CUSACK AT TREADSACK FOR ALLOWING LOCAL TO USE
THE BEAUTIFUL LOCATION FOR OUR PHOTOSHOOT.

des of March, March Madness, Forever Orange, Watt Just Happened,
Fear the Beard, this is H-Town – and on and on. The slogans abound; Houston fans are
loyal even in the face of defeat. With the Astros showing more promise than any other
team in the league, March is showing some serious spring fever worthy of our fans.
This city loves its teams and has built them stadiums worthy of envy dating back to the
Oilers days at the Astrodome. Speaking of the Astrodome, did you know there’s a
movement to document all the memories of the doomed dome to preserve it historically,
at least? Holly Beretto writes about it on page 57. Kareem Jackson is on his seventh
year with the Texans; our cover man sits down with Jayme Lamm to talk about his life.
Behind the scenes, we talked to new managing partner of the Dynamo, Mexican businessman and entrepreneur Gabriel Brener. This man doesn’t like to lose; we are excited
to see what he will do with the franchise. One of the largest sporting events in the
nation, Final Four, descends in Houston April 2–4. Although we don’t know the teams
who make the final cut at print time, read Jayme Lamm’s coverage on page 52.
From sport-related event coverage, to the woman behind the Dynamo dancers, and
even a former NBA point guard and Houston Rocket turned musician – LOCAL’s got your
sports covered.
Are you ready for Super Bowl 51?! February 5, 2017 – it’s going down in H-town.
LOCAL is excited to show the nation what we’re made of. It might be too soon for coverage, but it’s not too soon to get excited.

Carla Valencia de Martinéz
Editor-in-Chief

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Photographer Max Burkhalter
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OOPS:
We credited the wrong writer in last month’s interview with
Javier Fadul. Holly Beretto wrote that piece for us. We also
managed to not get it right in the article Getting It Right with
Kelly Siegler. The name of her show on TNT is Cold Justice
not Cold Case. We apologize.