From the XLV Media Center....day one

Milt Ahlerich, NFL vice president of security, waits beside the podium as Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks to media during the Super Bowl security news briefing at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Dallas on January 31, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Gang green, or yellow, or cheese

Gustavo Pizarro, of Philadelphia, Penn., from Roe Fabrications, installs signage of the Green Bay Packers on windows outside of the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas on January 29, 2011. When the Packers arrive in Dallas on Monday they will be staying at the Omni in Las Colinas. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Globetrotters and the Grannies

Harlem Globetrotter Special K Daley, of DeSoto, performs basketball tricks while in a joint practice session with the Texas All-Stars, also known as the Granny Globetrotters, at the DeSoto Recreation Center in Desoto, Texas, on January 25, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)


Laurie McGee, of Mansfield, a member of the Texas All-Stars, with the performance name Granny Globetrotters, prepares for a joint practice session with the Harlem Globetrotters at the DeSoto Recreation Center in Desoto, Texas, on January 25, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

...and now I'm off to photograph some H.S. basketball.

A lot of basketball lately

Dallas Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson (92) looses the ball while guarded by Orlando Magic guard Gilbert Arenas (1) during second half of an NBA basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Orlando Magic at the American Airlines Center on January 8, 2011. The Mavericks lost to the Magic 117-107. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Governor Perry's Inauguration

Governor Rick Perry's daughter Sydney rests her head on her mother, Anita Perry, during the benediction offered by former NBA player David Robinson after Perry (right) took the oath of office in front of the Texas State Capitol building in Austin on January 18, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

"It's the Big 12...it ain't Intramurals."

Baylor guard A.J. Walton (22) drives the ball by Kansas guard Josh Shelby (32) late in the second half of an NCAA basketball game between Kansas and Baylor at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas, on January 17, 2011. Kansas beat Baylor 85-65. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)


Aniecia Lujan, a Baylor student, stands in the main concourse of the Ferrell Center prior to an NCAA basketball game between No. 2 Kansas and Baylor in Waco, Texas, on January 17, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

HS basketball

South Grand Prairie post Chris Washburn (32) and Duncanville forward James Moody (40) both go up for a rebound during the second half of a high school basketball game between Duncanville and South Grand Prairie in Grand Prairie, Texas, on January 11, 2011. South Grand Prairie beat Duncanville 61-52. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

One of the 49 states from last week...

Austin Langley, 11, of Flower Mound, throws snowballs with neighbors in a nearby park after snow stopped falling on January 9, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)


Brad Burel, of Flower Mound, adjusts the hat on his daughter, Haylie, 5, while spending some time at a Flower Mound soccer field during wintry weather on January 9, 2011. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

A rainy, victorious New Year's Eve in Memphis

I spent New Year's Eve in Memphis with my road trip companions, roommates and best friends. We were in Memphis to watch our UCF Knights (not Golden Knights) play Georgia in the Liberty Bowl. UCF won 10-6; earning its first postseason victory in program history.

Post-game: Beale Street was a river, thus hampering New Year's celebration. The Knights winning was enough for me.

Oh, yeah, and in 38 hours in Memphis all I ate was BBQ.

Officer Smith

Jakisha Jones, a member of the Arlington Police Department Honor Guard, stands during the burial service for Arlington Police Officer Jillian Smith at Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

You can read Selwyn Crawford's story here. A video complied with a mix of still and video imagery by Ron Baselice, Jim Mahoney and myself, while edited by Ahna Hubnik, can be viewed below. The video segments consists of portions shot on a DSLR by Baselice and on an iPhone 4 by myself. I chuckled in appreciation of "mojo" journalism when I was asked, as my first assignment upon returning the DMN, to shoot video on the iPhone.