Tractor traded: Do you remember Robert Traylor? He’s the backbone of the Dallas Mavericks. No, seriously. Before holding onto our chairs and grabbing our throats during tonight’s Apocalyptic Game 5 of the Mavs-Suns NBA Western Conference Finals at the American Airlines Center, let’s take a second to give credit where…
Do it for Don. And I don’t mean Nelson. Since he practically invented smallball and had an appreciation of Steve Nash way before the MVPs, it wouldn’t be shocking if, deep down, part of former Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson is rooting for the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Western…
Sports Illustrated They don’t call him The Rocket for nothing. Those hoping the Texas Rangers’ World Series push would be led by Roger Clemens, get a clue. Baseball’s worst-kept secret became official this morning when the seven-time Cy Young Award-winner signed a one-year, $22 million contract with the hated Houston…
Roger Staubach thinks Matt Nordgren–the Bishop Lynch stud who went to the University of Texas and found himself killin’ time behind Chris Simms and Vince Young–still has a shot at being an NFL quarterback. (Nordgren’s now with the Philadelphia Eagles, who start rookie mini-camps this week.) Staubach might be the…
Not to dog on Quick twice in one day, but we’ve a bone to pick with their “Weather” columnist—a blue-green-and-silver bone, with the word “Mavericks” inscribed upon it. See, the column not only offers weather predictions, but suggestions for weather-appropriate attire. For today (and tomorrow, Sunday and Monday), “Weather” shamefully…
Just wanted to see what it felt like to type those two words together: SMU wins. In the immortal words of Staind, it’s been awhile. Actually, the Ponies’ athletic department has won something. Something called the American Football Coaches Association’s 2006 Academic Achievement Award. The Mustangs compiled an abysmal 11-35…
You may remember a profile we ran on FC Dallas striker Carlos Ruiz last month. When Ruiz started playing Major League Soccer in 2002, he scored four goals in his first two games and went on to win the league scoring title and the championship. In the years since, however,…
I went to the American Airlines Center last night, and, like you, I want to pull Steve Nash’s hair out. Little bastard did it to his old team again, scoring 10 straight points in the blink of an eye down the stretch to help his Phoenix Suns rally over Dallas…
In wow-he-must-really-suck news, Quincy Carter got cut yesterday from the Montreal Alouettes less than a week into the team’s training camp. And the former Cowboys QB isn’t taking it lying down or toking up: “This is a joke…an insult,” he said Wednesday, just after the Canadian Football League team handed…
After his team upset the 49ers in San Francisco in the 1992 NFC Championship, exuberant Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson climbed atop a chair in the locker room with an interrogative declaration: “How ’bout them Cowboys?!” After his team upset the defending champion Spurs in San Antonio Monday night in…
You’ve seen the infamous pictures of Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash drunk in a bar with a pal taken way back in 2003. Now, I think, comes the unearthing of a tribute song to said friend. There is no way it’s real. But I know it’s real bad. Otherwise, I’m…
Dirk Nowitzki is humming David Hasselhoff. Steve Nash digs Nelly Furtado. And Michael Finley, well, he’s singing the blues. Those three once had perfect harmony as the Dallas Mavericks’ Big Three, but in a cruel act of irony it’s Finley–the one forced out of Dallas–who’ll be forced to watch as…
Early this morning I was among the hundreds of fans waiting for the Dallas Mavericks’ team plane when it landed a few minutes before 1 at Love Field. KTCK-AM’s (1310, The Ticket) Ben and Skin post-game show issued the call for us to greet the team, and greet them we…
It was all slipping away. The seemingly insurmountable 3-1 series lead. The 20-point lead in Game 7. Both were gone. Happy was giving way to heartbreak. But on the brink of an embarrassing, debilitating loss to the San Antonio Spurs Monday night that would’ve stung for years, Dirk Nowitzki grew…
As a player, Avery Johnson spurred the Mavs to win their Game 7 semifinal against the Kings in 2003. Can he do it as the team’s head coach tonight? On May 17, 2003, the Dallas Mavericks were about to host the Sacramento Kings in Game 7 of the NBA’s Western…
Think SMU hasn’t produced a decent NBA player since, oh, Jon Koncak? Don’t sell that load of Peruna droppings to the league’s two-time MVP. That’s because Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash is getting his mane all tangled up in a former Mustang named Quinton Ross. In Thursday night’s Game 6…
Jason Terry won’t be there, but the rest of Dallas should be. When the Dallas Mavericks host the San Antonio Spurs tonight at 8:30 in Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals at the American Airlines Center, it will be this town’s most important sporting event since the Dallas…
Says here Drew Henson oughta be considered as the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback of the future. Why? Because he’s gone 5-3 during his stint as QB for the Rhein Fire in NFL Europe, throwing nine TDs and three picks. Sounds about right for a Cowboys QB these days; the bar’s low,…
In case you haven’t heard the ridiculous news yet, the Mavs have taken a serious blow to their lineup for tomorrow night’s playoff game against the Spurs. Starting guard Jason Terry has received a one-game suspension for “punching San Antonio’s Michael Finley” during last night’s game. Really? Watch this (Windows…
At least, that’s what Dallas Cowboys’ wide receiver wants you to think as tries to ingratiate himself to a community more inclined to remember him as the dude who took a figurative dump on the Texas Stadium star during his days as a trouble-makin’ Philadelphia Eagle. Says here on his…
I know what you’re thinking. Is the TAKS test really that hard? Who the hell is Jimmy Hoffa? How did the refs not call a foul on San Antonio’s Tony Parker for clearly grabbing a handful of Dirk Nowitzki’s jersey on the potential series-winning tip at the buzzer? And, hmmm,…
You can get Cialis at the front door. Unlimited alcohol inside. There are girls with low-cut tops, high-rise skirts and flexible morals. Guys prowl in spikes and collars. Everybody has a cell phone, set on vibrate. Balls are getting wet. And everywhere you look: swingers. But this ain’t no party,…
