Subject: Cristal Taylor

• Dirk Nowitzki On the, Um, Rebound? Good For Him

  Imagine the mustaches and pointy ears Cristal Taylor will draw on these chicks in prison.Not real sure about The Dirty. Who is this "Nik"? What is a "Shim"? Isn't it a little way late to boast yourself as "the world's first ever reality blogger"? Whatever. The site has some interesting pics. Don'tcha think so, Cristal?

  June 2, 2009

• Texas Rangers Have Given Their Fans Something to Cheer About, Entering June With The Second Best Record in Baseball.

  June 4, 2009

• So Dirk, Does This Qualify as a Distraction?

  Patrick MichelsWe're thinking Dirk's probably had better days. 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 always have, I want to keep my private life private," he told reporters. "Really, I'm not at the stage where I can talk about it or feel co

  May 7, 2009

• Mavs-Nuggets: Irrationally Optimistic Game 3 Preview

  Danny Bollinger Bite the bullet, Josh. Or your jersey. Whatever works.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 or Monday night at American Airlines Center. It'll happen. Right? *In all-time Game 3s when trailing a series 0-2 the Mavs are 7-2.

  May 8, 2009

• Mavs-Nuggets: Irrationally Optimistic Game 5 Preview

  Stay classy, Kenyon Martin's girlfriend. Stay classy.Let's keep this short and sweet, as I'm scurrying off to Las Vegas this morning to accept a CLIO Award. (No, check that, they're whispering in my ear that my schedule actually calls for an Observer staff meeting in Uptown.) Guess the awards will have to live with appearances from Mavs owner Mark Cuban and ... Barry Manilow? *I'm not saying it's chicken shit for Cuban not to be at tonight's Game 5 in Denver. He has been committed to

  May 13, 2009

• Opponents Can't Defend Dirk Nowitzki. So Richie Whitt Will Do It.

  May 14, 2009

• Wanted: Dirk or Dirt?

  Dirk Nowitzki: Still fighting off aggressive attackersIn light of Cristal Taylor's first comments since being arrested at Dirk Nowitzki's house earlier this month, I've heard reactions ranging from "Wow, this is getting juicy!" to "I wonder how Brad Townsend would feel if we started digging into his life?" The saga reads as if ripped from the grocery-store tabloids: "Basketball star's ex-fiancee is pregnant in jail!" On one hand Dirk is the face of the Mavs' franchise and if he'

  May 20, 2009

• D.J. Mbenga 1, Dirk Nowitzki 0

  Watching the Lakers party in Orlando last night - I was wrong about L.A. in 4, but just barely -was a reminder how cruel sports can be. While former Mavericks D.J. Mbenga and Josh Powell hugged and kissed the NBA's Larry O'Brien championship trophy, current Maverick Dirk Nowitzki is left with remorse about hugging and kissing Cristal Taylor. Though they played in the NBA Finals only three summers ago, in a way the Mavs have never felt farther from a title. They were overmatch

  June 15, 2009

• From the International Desk, Dirk Nowitzki Is Tingling, and Tom Hicks Is Refinancing

  And, in international headlines this morning, Dirk Nowitzki wants to play with the German national team in the EuroBasket2009 tourney in Poland, which runs September 7-20. At least, if I read my Babel Fish translation correctly: "I believe already that it tingles/swarms." He needs to get that checked. Oh, my bad -- you wanted a link to the Bild interview in which Dirk talked about his jailed ex-fiancee Cristal Taylor. Here it is, though you've been warned, as Dirk says: "I will wash no dirty lau

  June 23, 2009

• Unbreaking News: Dirk Done with Gold-Digger

  Mike FisherDirk got duped. He went for an elaborate head fake and embarrassingly got caught in the air with nowhere to land. It could have been worse. Hpefully now that he's talking about his ordeal with ex-fiancee Cristal Taylor in Germany it won't be front-page news in Dallas. "I had some bad judgment," Dirk said yesterday in an interview that made zero sense to me until Google translated, "and that was it."

  June 23, 2009

• The Mavericks' French Misconnection Marks More of the Same on Draft Day

  July 2, 2009

• Big D Production

  July 16, 2009

• Whitt's End: 9.4.09

  ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *93.3 FM - the station formerly known as The Zone, The Bone, Quality Rock and who knows what all else - has for the last day or so been "stunting." That is, playing nonsense in advance of flipping formats. My station - 105.3 - played college fight songs ahead of changing from Live to The Fan back in December. Today at Noon we'll find out what's in store for 93.3. Maybe a simple switch to s

  September 4, 2009

• Whitt's End: 10.23.09

  ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Last night I got a foot massage. By a guy. And thoroughly enjoyed it. Now, now. Settle down. It's not what you think. Friend of mine tells me of a place where at 11 p.m. you can get an hour-long Japanese foot rub/back massage while drinking alcohol and watching TV. All for $29.99. I call that place Xanadu, but it's actually in Richardson. Foot Joy, indeed. If you can withstand the pa

  October 23, 2009

• Happy Basketball! Do You Believe in These Dallas Mavericks?

  Dirk looks excited about the season. You?​Last time we saw our Dallas Mavericks it wasn't pretty was ugly. Jason Terry was flopping (only 15 points per game), the defense was floundering (surrendering 115 per game) and owner Mark Cuban was flapping (his gums at Kenyon Martin's mom) in a 5-game playoff loss to the athletically superior Denver Nuggets back in mid-May. Tonight we can officially bury last year beneath this year as the Mavs open the 2010 season against the Washington Wi

  October 27, 2009