Is it just me, or does the next coach of the Dallas Mavericks look like Jim Carrey? In news that’ll jazz you about as much as finding an old penny in your jeans pocket, it looks more and more like the Mavericks are going to hire former Pacers and Pistons…
Paybacks are hell, eh? That sound you hear is coming from Buffalo. In the form of laughter. It took almost a decade, but the hockey Gods may have finally evened the score with the Stars, as Brenden Morrow had what clearly looked like a legal goal disallowed in a Game…
I smell a shutout. That, and a really stinky “room.” I could sit here and try to analyze and dissect tonight’s Game 5 between your Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks all afternoon. But it’s 82 and sunny and, honestly, I don’t wanna. Besides, what would it help? As close…
Too much to ask for this guy? Guess so. According to Mike Fisher – as Mavs-connected as anyone in this town — over at DallasBasketball.com, the Mavs have narrowed their coaching search to Mike D’Antoni, Rick Carlisle and Jeff Van Gundy. Two reactions: 1. Dang that was fast. 2. Yuck…
Perhaps the story of Colonel John’s well known amongst the horse-racing locals or even casual fans, but I’ll confess: I didn’t know till this a.m. that the 4-1 Kentucky Derby contender is named for a Dallas Iraq War vet — Army Reserve Lt. Col. John Geider. Says the Associated Press…
The Kansas City Brigade of the Arena Football League are 1-7 halfway through the season, and the schedule doesn’t get much easier the rest of the way — far as you know, anyway. Regardless, the team’s woeful record no doubt explains the opening sentence of this media release: “The Kansas…
Sorry, Stars fans. Put ’em away. Admit it, you got greedy. The Cowboys lose in the first round and the Mavs puke in the playoffs three years in a row and the Rangers remain the Rangers. So, naturally – finally — when your Dallas Stars took a 3-0 series lead…
Richie’s out the door, which doesn’t stop our Friends from sending along photos snapped at the American Airlines Center last night, during Stars-Sharks Game 5. Says the Friend who passed along this photo from the gift shop, where, apparently, Dallas’ one-and-done NBA franchise is completely cleaning house, from the head…
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? The Dallas Observer sports blog, duh. Right about now, we commence our sports exclusive blog, The Sportatorium. Unfair Park, of course, remains the award-winning trunk of our mighty blogosphere oak, where you’ll still get sportsy whatsits and the daily…
Mark it down. Avery Johnson will get another NBA head-coaching gig (he says he’s already been contacted by a team, by the way) and bring his new team into the American Airlines Center and kick his old team’s ass. Nothing new, really. It’s the curse of the ex-Maverick. I mean,…
On his way outta town Avery claims he never wanted Jason Kidd? Yeah, right. Listening to former — weird, huh? — Mavs head coach Avery Johnson speak from the cushy confines of the Ritz-Carlton, I was confused to whether he had just been handed a pink slip or a gold…
Per the GM, the guy in the middle isn’t a candidate to coach the Mavs. Methinks the other two have signficantly brighter futures. Just caught the tail end of Mavericks’ General Manager Donnie Nelson on The Ticket. As far as the next head coach, we now know: *It won’t be…
Ticket listeners just heard the morning Musers debate this a.m.’s breaking Pacman Jones news: Jailed 29-year-old Arvin Edwards tells Nashville’s CBS affiliate that the new Dallas Cowboys corner ordered him to shoot up a Las Vegas nightclub in 2007. Jones has maintained it didn’t go down like that: The former…
Attention Jerry Jones: Michael Vick gets out of prison in 15 months. Rae Carruth will be only 44 when he’s eligible for parole in 2019. Dwayne Goodrich is almost halfway through his sentence. Art Schlichter is a free man. No one avoids his pursuers like O.J. Simpson. And, who knows,…
If you’re looking for the proper way to lament-ebrate today’s firing of Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson — who, yes, loses his gig whilst Texas Rangers skipper Ron Washington keeps his, as so many of you have pointed out — look no further than this eBay auction featuring an…
Avery Johnson, picking up his Coach of the Year award two years ago. Which seems like a million years ago. Either Mavs owner Mark Cuban takes the suggestions of Unfair Park (and everyone else with eyes) pretty damn seriously, or else Avery Johnson’s dismissal had become that obvious. Probably the…
Brandon Bass. There. Now that I’ve addressed the positives from the Mavericks’ short-circuited post-season, let’s move on to trying to sort out the shit. Get comfy. It starts, of course, with the head coach. Avery Johnson must be fired. Now. Because of his micro-managing, defiant devotion to his blessed “system”…
Yeah, I know. The end is near. The Mavs packed their white flags and vacation itineraries on the flight to New Orleans yesterday. They are six-point underdogs against the Hornets tonight and, according to NBA history, have about a nine percent chance of rallying from down 3-1 to win the…
“I like the fear,” says Two-Face in this new NBA Playoffs promo that arrives just in time for the left side to bid adieu to the right. “‘It means I’m ready.” Laughing is fun. –Robert Wilonsky…
Really, the title of Avery Johnson’s new book gets a little funnier every day. Two sports shorts with which to commence the day, before the Dallas Mavericks end it ’round 8:30ish with yet another first-round shalom, y’all. Howard Beck in The New York Times documents yesterday’s Mavs practice that wasn’t…
Tonight at 7 p.m. in Philly, the 7-0 Dallas Desperados play the 8-0 Philadelphia Soul — you know, the team owned by Jon Bon Jovi? Moments ago, Sports Illustrated posted a lengthy Q&A with Bon Jovi about tonight’s …um … historic contest of undefeated Arena Football League teams. Bon Jovi,…
After last night’s dichotomous performances by the Mavs and Stars, it appears we’ll be having our spring over ice, thanks. Because while Dallas’ hockey team was dismantling the San Jose Sharks to take a 2-0 series lead, its basketball team put forth one of the most disturbingly ineffective efforts in…
