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The NBA’s reigning MVP makes his only visit of the season to Dallas tonight as the strug-guh-leeng Mavericks host the undefeated Lakers. Two questions: *Will Kobe Bryant go off? *Will he even need to? It was three years ago that Kobe infamously torched the Mavs for 62 points – through…

Started way back in February ’07: Former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer Herb Adderley and Bernie Parrish, a former Cleveland Browns defensive back, decided to take on the National Football League Players Association, about damned time. Adderley and Brown, front men for thousands of other ex-ballers…

No, no Avery. The Mavs are 2-4, not 1-4. Nice try. Wanna know how crappy the Dallas Mavericks were yesterday afternoon against the previously winless Clippers. This about sums it up: “We just couldn’t get stops,” said Jason Kidd, “and we couldn’t make any shots at the other end.” Other…

When you think Highland Park, think wealth. And butlers. And Matthew Stafford. And, apparently, tennis. The Cowboys of the ’90s? Southlake Carroll of the ‘00s? They have nothing, and I mean nothing, on this local sports dynasty. Five state championships in six years. A record of 138-1 since ’03. 21…

Again, with feeling. Ol’ antagonist George Allen used to try to rile us up by declaring the days before a Cowboys-Redskins game “Dallas Week.” Back then it barely raised an eyebrow, much less the blood pressure, as Dallas routinely had loftier goals than simply dispatching of a finger-licking, hand-clapping coach…

Take me out OF the ball game. If the report in this morning’s Chicago Sun-Times is true, Mark Cuban won’t be buying the Chicago Cubs. Won’t be allowed to, in fact. Says the story: “’There’s no way Bud (Selig) and the owners are going to let that happen,”’ a Major…

Could she have given our hockey team the Kiss of Death? Dunno, have to ask the Republicans I guess. Compared to the Dallas Stars, the Cowboys are as harmonious and giddy as a group of true-blue Democrats. Maybe you’ve been too worried about your football team’s implosion to notice, but…

We called it: Mark Cuban will not be getting the Chicago Cubs. Well, to be accurate, we didn’t call it — our psychic friend Valentina Burton did, when she told editor Mark Donald that “someone tries to find a way to keep things in the family, he is blocked from…

The Fox-y Daryl “Moose” Johnston tells the New York Post today that the city of Dallas — and, one assumes, the surrounding cities, including the one in which the Cowboys actually play — has turned on his former team, good God. And he’s shocked, I tellya, shocked! “It’s unbelievable. The…

Ah, the good ol’ days? He played hard every night. Some nights – the 1-of-17 pratfall in Game 5 of the 2001 playoffs in San Antonio comes to mind – not too well, but always hard. And, with just a pinch of revisionist history turning all those fadeaway jumpers into…

Hello! Welcome! I see you checking out the ’08-’09 Dallas Mavericks. Yessirree, they’re a bee-yoot. You know the great thing about these Mavericks? They’re not used. They’re gently pre-owned. Seriously, and I don’t say this to just any customer, the Mavs are the best bargain on the lot. C’mon, kick…

Florida’s Tim Tebow might be available next year’s NFL Draft. The girl? Way out of our league. With the Cowboys teetering on the blink of an unfathomable implosion and missing the playoffs, it’s never too early to think about 2009. And it’s always nice to keep up with blasts from…

Well, three Cowboys in particular: Ken Hamlin, Tank Johnson and Keith Davis, who, from the looks of this slide show, flew to McAllen Friday night on a very swank private jet to attend the Stiletto’s Gentleman’s Club’s Erotic Costume Ball. Though, “erotic”? You say so … Robert Wilonsky…

Slowly but surely, Big Tex is rounding up his bad-ass buddies Gotta admit, I was a little jazzed yesterday when I heard the Texas Rangers signed Maddux to help their long-suffering pitching. I mean, since 2000 the Rangers have baseball’s worst staff and biggest ERA at 5.14. Granted he’s 42…

At the rate this Super Bowl or Bust season’s going for Your Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones has but four opportunities left to bring folks up to the owner’s suite in Texas Stadium before the joint gets bye-byed. It is, alas, a most wonderful treat for the special someones tapped to…

Is it time to see if he can save us? I’m not surprised the Cowboys got their ass kicked today. Doesn’t mean I’m not madder than Mike Singletary about a 21-point loss that felt more like 41. The dismal performance in the Meadowlands doesn’t exactly belong on this list, but…

Josh Howard and the All-Star gala were fantastic. Rest of the night? Bum-mer. Web Ed Patrick Michels has the facts and photos from last night’s big NBA 2010 All-Star Game announcement shindig. Leaves it up to me, I guess, just to fill in some blanks: *For some reason, seeing Mark…

Make-or-break year for him. And his team. Don’t believe it. The Mavericks, overnight, did not grow old and tired and shitty. Everywhere you surf entering tonight’s opener against the Houston Rockets – especially here – you hear how Dallas will be lucky to win 45ish games and lucky to make…

Debbie Downer body language. Broken pinkie. Disappointing results. The SI Jinx at work? I’d like to call out Sports Illustrated’s Peter King for turning tail on your Dallas Cowboys. Way I remember it, once upon a time King picked the Cowboys to make it to this season’s Super Bowl. (Of…

Yours for eight bucks on eBay. Mighty nice of the NBA to send out this media release moments ago regarding a 5 p.m. press conference today: WHAT: Major NBA Announcement WHO: David Stern, NBA Commissioner Mark Cuban, Owner, Dallas Mavericks Jerry Jones, Owner, Dallas Cowboys WHEN: Thursday, October 30; 5:00…

The Three J’s put on quite a show to start the ’94 season. After that, um, basically nothing. Tonight’s lid-lifter at American Airlines Center between the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets has a plethora of sub-plots that could possibly escalate into season-long themes: Rick Carlisle’s arrival. Avery Johnson’s departure. Jason…