Nowitzkis 119, Carmelos 117

Now that, my friends, was a basketball game. A playoff basketball game, with everything on it. Delicious. Considering they still won’t win this series, the Mavericks had every reason to fold. And after the week he’s had, Dirk Nowitzki had every reason to pout. Instead? Dirk produced one of the grittiest…

Dallas Mavericks: Worst Week Ever

  You know that stupid VH1 show Best Week Ever? Well, when VH2 comes out with Worst Week Ever I’ve got a candidate: Your Dallas Mavericks, May 3-10, 2009. Sunday: Lose Game 1 to Denver Nuggets/ Fail to respond when Kenyon Martin punks star Dirk Nowitzki with a forearm to the back…

Dallas Mavwrecks: Series, Composure Both Lost

So much for winning. And so much for losing with class and dignity. Yes, unequivocally, the Mavericks got screwed in Saturday’s Game 3 loss to the Denver Nuggets. (We didn’t need – or really want – an admission by the NBA to confirm that.) But despite the team’s latest case of…

Life After Football: Good for Leon Lett

Speaking of players addressing the media in the most uncomfortable of predicaments, my I re-introduce one Leon Lett. Everyone remembers the former Dallas Cowboy’s all-time gaffes – at Super Bowl XXVII and in the snow against the Miami Dolphins in 1993. But afterward – unlike Dirk Nowitzki – Lett went…

Mavs-Nuggets: Irrationally Optimistic Game 3 Preview

Before Game 1: Doubtless. After Game 1: Defiant. Before Game 2: Determined. After Game 2: Depressed. Before Game 3: Desperate? Delusional? Dead? Fine, then you tell me. For my prediction of Thuggets in 5 to remain in play, the Mavericks have to win a game at home either tomorrow afternoon…

Dirk Duped By a Gold Digger. Can It Be That Simple?

Dirk Nowitzki bought her a ring. Bought her a dog. Bought her entire pack of lies. Sad to say, he went for Crystal Cristal Taylor’s exaggerated, elaborate head fake. Couple of weeks ago the Dallas Mavericks’ star gave an in-depth interview to the German newspaper Bild. In it, he talked about…

So Dirk, Does This Qualify as a Distraction?

Talking to reporters after the Mavericks’ morning practice, Dirk Nowitzki didn’t have much to add to reports that Cristal Taylor, the woman arrested at his home yesterday, is in fact his pregnant fiancee.”It’s pretty obvious I’m going through a tough time in my personal life right now, but like I…

The Top 10 Bodyguards in Case of Zombie Apocalypse

So you’re having a beer at your favorite watering hole. Next thing you know, zombies. Through the door. Crashing in the windows. Falling from the ceiling. Purgatory-confined, blood-thirsty zombies. Everywhere. This hasn’t happened to me in a while, but when it does I want an athlete to be my bodyguard…

Out of Catastrophe: Caring

Sometimes I have hope for this big ol’ rock after all. With the Dallas Cowboys named as the construction company and the lead engineer denying hands-on involvement, the aftermath of the team’s practice facility collapse is eventually going to get ugly. And pricey. But out of the rubble emerges some sanity, in…

This Just In: TNT’s Studio Crew is Comprised of Morons

Dear Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Chris Webber, And I mean this is the nicest way possible: Shut the fuck up! At the very least, actually listen before talking. Who knows, you might not make complete asshohles of yourselves next time. We all wish Mavs’ star Dirk Nowitzki was blessed with more…

Thuggets 2, Mavwimps 0

Already being out-jumped, out-run, out-dunked and out-funked, the Dallas Mavericks last night became a desperate team suddenly out-manned. And after another thorough loss to the Denver Nuggets – this one 117-105 in Game 2 of the NBA’s Western Conference Semifinals – it’s inevitable the Mavs will soon be simply out…

I Glove Elvis Andrus

It’s taken one month to realize that Texas Rangers’ rookie shortstop Elvis Andrus would be okay. It took one play last night to remember he’s going to be a star. For once, I think it’s safe to say the Texas Rangers knew what they were doing. In last night’s 6-5…

Nuggets-Mavs: Irrationally Optimistic Game 2 Preview

Certain that my prediction of Thuggets in 5 is spot on, my head is bursting with pride. But desperately wanting my Mavericks to pull the upset, my heart is breaking with pain. Before tonight’s pivotal Game 2 at Denver’s Pepsi Center, let’s allow the ticker to momentarily win the tug-o’-war over the…

Collapse, Chaos and Carnage at Valley Ranch

It was just last week I was watching The Science Channel’s Build It Bigger. The show details modern construction marvels, and this episode zeroed in on Jonestown Coliseum. “An engineering marvel that will revolutionize the football experience,” the host gloated in detailing Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ meticulous attention to details…

Thuggets 1, Mavwimps 0

Mike Fisher – DallasBasketball.com With his team trailing only 90-82 and eight minutes remaining in Sunday’s Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals against the Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks’ point guard Jason Kidd sailed a cross-court pass for … nobody? Lisa Salters? John Elway? Who knows? The ball whistled past Ryan Hollins and…

Between Downpours, A Glimpse of the Wreckage at Cowboys HQ

A break in the storm Saturday night drew a crowd of about a dozen gawkers — Unfair Park among them — alongside the network TV vans for a look at what remained of the Cowboys’ training bubble.WFAA’s Arnold Payne captured this chilling video of the collapse from inside, but by…

Dallas v. Denver: Nuggets in 5

I sincerely hope I’m wrong about this, but I have a feeling we’re all about to get really pissed. Watching the most athletic – and by far the most animated and arrogant – team in the NBA knock the Dallas Mavericks out of the playoffs could be very painful. Get out your hate…