The Dallas Stars have been falling, from the top of the NHL’s Western Conference down to eighth place. But as yesterday’s trade deadline came and went without any deals, the message is clear: The Stars aren’t giving up. It’s not only a bold move. It’s the right move. Leading scorer and…
Yesterday I flipped on the Mavericks and they trailed the lowly Toronto Raptors — playing without leading scorer Andrea Bargnani — and they trailed 22-3. 22-3! I couldn’t believe it. I was worried. I was…soothed when I realized it was the Raptors. By the third quarter the Mavs led en route to another…
Ties are for Troy Dungan or calf ropin’ or Oscar night or Mila Kunis’ brother (cuz kissin’ his sister would be bueno). But UFC? Watched UFC 127 with some buddies Saturday night and was entertained, but confused. Always figured in this manliest sports featuring bloody knockouts and tap-out surrenders they’d fight…
Enough of this asinine stuff about “best player available.” What if, somehow, at No. 9 in April’s NFL Draft that player happens to be a tight end? A weakside linebacker? A punter? Or, God and Tim Cowlishaw forbid, a quarterback? Under that premise, the Cowboys — 6-10 and desperate for…
Yep, pretty much the easiest list I’ve ever put together. On June 24, 1998 the Dallas Mavericks drafted robust, rotund — let’s face it, fat — Michigan forward Robert “Tractor” Traylor with the No. 6 pick in the draft. Three picks later the Milwaukee Bucks drafted a German teen named…
I don’t expect a Dallas Mavericks’ deal before this afternoon’s 2 o’clock NBA trade deadline. Couple of reasons. First and foremost, the Mavs are 41-16 after last night’s thumping of the short-handed Utah Jazz and have won 14 of 15 since Dirk Nowitzki’s sprained knee healed. With the additions of Peja Stojakovic and…
They came to honor the past, and wound up finding their future. Dale Earnhardt Sr., make way for Justin Bieber—at 200 mph. In a chaotic Daytona 500 that featured a record number of leaders, crashes and tears, 20-year-old Trevor Bayne shocked stock car racing by authoring a momentous upset and…
Even before Michael Young demanded to be traded, the likelihood that he’d swap uniforms before the expiration of his contract in 2013 seemed like a long shot at best. Despite a résumé that includes six All-Star nods, a batting title, an (undeserved) Gold Glove and five consecutive seasons of more…
Feb. 22, 1980: Americans 4, Soviets 3. Enjoy…
And you don’t either. Unless, that is, you think he’s the missing piece that will help this version of the Mavs beat the Lakers and Spurs and win the West right here, right now. The Mavs begin their regular-season stretch run tonight against the Jazz with a chance to improve…
I fully admit it, at the end of last season I was calling for C.J. Wilson to pitch Game 1 of the American League Division Series. Considering the way he’d pitched all year and the way Cliff Lee had struggled at times it made sense. Turns out both pretty pitched damn…
Back on July 15, 2009, Ross Perot Jr.’s Hillwood Center Partners sued Mark Cuban (and the Dallas Mavericks) over money made from the American Airlines Center, with Perot insisting that the AAC’s profits weren’t going to partners (including Perot, who still owns a 5-percent stake in the NBA team) but…
Love me some Tim Cowlishaw of Dallas’ Only Daily. Known him and respected him for years, going back to our days as competitive beat writers fighting for morsels about the Dallas Cowboys in the mid-1990s. I annually rank him among the metroplex’s 50 Most Powerful People in Sports. Dang, I even…
The Dallas Mavericks got better today. The Dallas Stars? Hmm. With the trading of Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to the New York Knicks, you can cross the Denver Nuggets off the list of NBA Western Conference powers in this spring’s playoffs. Raymond Felton is a decent point guard and…
I totally recognize that Blake Griffin is the shit. His in-game dunking has made must-see TV out of LA Clippers’ games. And you’d think that a dude who jumps over a car should automatically win the NBA’s All-Star Slam Dunk contest. But I watched a very entertaining dunk competition Saturday…
We knew Michael Young would show up to Texas Rangers’ spring training on time. We were pretty sure that he’d address the media and his teammates and act professional, saying all the right things. But did we think he’d already be taking grounders and throws at first base? Young apparently was…
10. NASCAR fans are loyal and rabid and … strange. I asked a guy who he was rooting for before Sunday’s Daytona 500 here in Florida and his answer: “Dodge.” Imagine NFL fans picking their favorite team based on whether they wore Nike or Reebok or Under Armour. 9. All the…
No doubt tired of taking it in the shorts over the icy weather and the “horrible mistake” involving Cowboys Stadium seating — the two things over which it had absolutely no control — the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee this morning sent a sneak peek at some early…
As reporters gathered around Roger Staubach following this morning’s launch of Mike Rawlings’s mayoral campaign at Dallas City Hall, questions inevitably shifted to his thoughts about the approximately 400 fans that were denied seats at Super Bowl XLV because portions of the temporary seating weren’t installed prior to game time…
Back in November in Cowboys Stadium, I went to the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito boxing match. In 2009 I went to UFC 103 at American Airlines Center. My judge’s scorecard: UFC > Boxing. By embarrassing submission. Got to debating the other day what event — other than Super Bowl XLV — could fill…
As we noted last week, attorneys representing Tom Hicks in the U.K. were in court trying to get a judge there to overturn his ruling that keeps Hicks from suing in the U.S. over last October’s sale of Liverpool FC to New England Sports Ventures. Hicks and his Dallas legal…
As promised, Roddy Beaubois did something amazing last night: He made us watch a mid-February Dallas Mavericks game against the lowly Sacramento Kings. And, unless you’re expectations were irrationally optimistic, he did not disappoint. In his first NBA game action since last April, the second-year guard scored 13 points, dished…
