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April 3, 2006Another Reason For Dallas Sports Fans To Be Pissed Off
January 31, 2008The Beginning of the End?
March 24, 2008Uh. Oh.
March 28, 2008A Ranking You’ll Find Hard to Believe
October 8, 2008Bad Rap
When it comes to Danny Fortson, don't believe everything you hear
December 18, 2003Buzz
August 24, 1995Buzz
January 15, 1998Mavs held hostage
January 15, 1998Who's the boss?
January 22, 1998Whitt's End: 3.27.09
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dallas Police Chief David Kunkel can apologize all he wants for the indefensible actions of Robert Powell, but unless the officer is fired it will be a complete and utter injustice. Powell, who detained, lectured and threatened NFL running back Ryan Moats despite the player's mother-in-law dying as he spoke, in no way should make a living that requires/allows him to use a gun. Kudos to Moats - wh
March 27, 2009Not Tweet: Mark Cuban's Collecting $25,000 NBA Fines 140 Characters at a Time.
Earlier today, the National Basketball Association lifted $25,000 from Mark Cuban's pocket for comments Twittered after Friday night's game against the Denver Nuggets. Tweeted the Dallas Mavericks' owner, "how do they not call a tech on JR Smith for coming off the bench to taunt our player on the ground?" The player, of course, was Antoine Wright, with whom Smith had an altercation in January resulting in ... wait for it ... a $25,000 fine slapped on Cuban for getting upset with Smith. Ten minut
March 29, 2009NBA Fines Mark Cuban $25,000. Why Bother?
The NBA is a bunch of nit-twitts. Over the weekend the league fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $25,000 for his "criticism" of officials via Twitter, the real-time social network that allows schmucks like you and me to be flies on the walls of the rich, famous and exhibitionistic. Or to simply tell the world that you do, in fact, have a severe case of the Mondays. After Dallas' gut-gouging loss to the Denver Nuggets Friday night - don't know about you, but I find it extremely easy to
March 30, 2009Don't Rush Josh
Sad - and surprising - that your Dallas Mavericks are reduced to trying to hold on to 8th place in the Western Conference over their final nine games over two weeks. But with that gut-gouging home loss to the Denver Nuggets last Friday night, I think they fumbled away any realistic chance of moving up to 7th or better. Assuming they won't go 9-0 - starting tonight at Minnesota - the Mavs are all but locked in to face ... duhn-Duhn-DUHN ... the Los Angeles Lakers. You're right, they'll have
March 31, 2009How the Dallas Mavericks Can Avoid the Lakers
Not saying Dirk and the Mavs are sitting pretty. But they have a chance.About a month ago in this cover story Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told me his team didn't fear a first-round NBA Playoff matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers. "The Lakers don't intimidate us at all," Cuban maintains. "In the West it's going to come down to whoever stays the healthiest and gets hot at the right time." If it's all the same to him, the rest of us would like to avoid Kobe Bryant at all cost. Ri
April 1, 2009Meddling Maverick
Mark Cuban aims his hands-on approach at Dallas' downtrodden southern sector.
January 22, 2009Are We Golden?
March 27, 2008Relax Mavs Fans, Dallas' First-Round Loss Won't Be to the Lakers
The Mavs have successfully avoided the noid, better known as Kobe Bryant.While you were sleeping, the Dallas Mavericks officially succeeded in their lil' game of Avoid The Noid. Thanks to the Lakers' blowout of the Utah Jazz late last night, the Mavs won't open this weekend's NBA Playoffs as a no-way-in-hell-8th-seeded-underdog against Los Angeles. Not exactly how I planned it, but the Mavericks did indeed pass the Jazz for the Western Conference's 7th seed. In fact, there
April 15, 2009Mavs Have an Old Deamon to Exorcise
The Mavs better find a way to exorcise their old demon after suffering a Game 2 playoff loss against the Spurs
April 23, 2009Winning Spirit
December 1, 2005The Understudy
Avery Johnson will make a fine coach someday, but why today?
January 27, 2005House of Cards
The Mavs fell, but does that mean they're not playing with a full deck?
June 5, 2003Caution!
The Mavs win because they're a rare combo: freewheeling and careful
January 16, 2003Find our way
On its new album, The Apples in Stereo don't sound like anyone but themselves
April 13, 2000Mavs-Spurs Game 5 Preview: Uh-Oh
Dirk's getting double-teamed. What's your excuse?*Unless Mark Cuban smears Swine Flu on Tony Parker, I'm afraid the desperate and prideful San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks tonight, forcing a Game 6 Friday night at American Airlines Center. Why? Because home teams down 3-1 always win Game 5. Because Greg Popovich has won 75 percent of his games when facing elimination, best all-time. And because there's that nagging "internal devil" thing with the Mavs. *Deferential Dirk: O
April 28, 2009Pinch Yourself: Mavericks 106, Spurs 93
In hindsight, Dirk Nowitzki vs. Matt Bonner was a laugher.On second thought, forget The Alamo. And the San Antonio Spurs. What began as a competitive series that some of us skeptics thought the Spurs would win in seven games magically morphed into a hockey power play. Afforded basically a 5-on-2 advantage, the Mavericks ultimately skated past old, slow, buried San Antonio. Last night Dallas put the Spurs out of their misery with a 106-93 victory at AT&T Center that gave it the series,
April 29, 2009Kidd vs. Devin: Tweaking the Hindsight?
I still - as always - wouldn't have pulled the trigger on Jason Kidd and two No. 1 draft picks, etc. for Devin Harris and Antoine Wright, etc. But I'll admit, Kidd has been better than any of us expected. And today - as the Mavericks prepare to enter the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the Denver Nuggets - the trade looks less lopsided than ever. Diluted into a weakside, third-option set-shooter by a former, narrow-minded head coach (Avery Johnson) who considere
April 30, 2009Dallas v. Denver: Nuggets in 5
Mavs' fans, prepare to be nauseated.I sincerely hope I'm wrong about this, but I have a feeling we're all about to get really pissed. Watching the most athletic - and by far the most animated and arrogant - team in the NBA knock the Dallas Mavericks out of the playoffs could be very painful. Get out your hate hats, Game 1 against the Denver Nuggets is Sunday at 2:30. If you haven't seen a lot of Nuggets' games this season, just wait. A week from now you'll look back at
May 1, 2009Nuggets-Mavs: Irrationally Optimistic Game 2 Preview
Danny Bollinger Dirk Nowitzki has a case of the old-school Bird Flu. Certain that my prediction of Thuggets in 5 is spot on, my head is bursting with pride. But desperately wanting my Mavericks to pull the upset, my heart is breaking with pain. Before tonight's pivotal Game 2 at Denver's Pepsi Center, let's allow the ticker to momentarily win the tug-o'-war over the thinker. It takes a gigantic swig of blue Kool-Aid and some Cuban-colored bifocals, but there are reasons to be c
May 5, 2009Nowitzkis 119, Carmelos 117
Better late than never, a happy tune.Now that, my friends, was a basketball game. A playoff basketball game, with everything on it. Delicious. Considering they still won't win this series, the Mavericks had every reason to fold. And after the week he's had, Dirk Nowitzki had every reason to pout. Instead? Dirk produced one of the grittiest performances in franchise history, willing the Mavericks out of a sweep with 44 points, 13 rebounds and one victory that feels more
May 12, 2009The Mild-Mannered Mavericks Are Infected Again By Chronic Case of Whine Flu
May 7, 2009So 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, 2009Dirk Duped By a Gold Digger. Can It Be That Simple?
Patrick MichelsDown, but not out.Dirk Nowitzki bought her a ring. Bought her a dog. Bought her entire pack of lies. Sad to say, he went for Crystal Cristal Taylor's exaggerated, elaborate head fake. Couple of weeks ago the Dallas Mavericks' star gave an in-depth interview to the German newspaper Bild. In it, he talked about his girlfriend. Said he was "working" on a Mrs. Nowitzki. Said he bought his live-in girlfriend a Yorkshire Terrier named Luna. Then he characterized his love interest:
May 7, 2009Thuggets 2, Mavwimps 0
Dirk and his miniscule help have lots of questions to answer.Already being out-jumped, out-run, out-dunked and out-funked, the Dallas Mavericks last night became a desperate team suddenly out-manned. And after another thorough loss to the Denver Nuggets - this one 117-105 in Game 2 of the NBA's Western Conference Semifinals - it's inevitable the Mavs will soon be simply out. With Dallas swimming upstream against Denver's superior physicality and athleticism - I'll say it, the Nuggets
May 6, 2009This Just In: TNT's Studio Crew is Comprised of Morons
Dumb and Dumber.Dear Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Chris Webber, And I mean this is the nicest way possible: Shut the fuck up! At the very least, actually listen before talking. Who knows, you might not make complete asshohles of yourselves next time. We all wish Mavs' star Dirk Nowitzki was blessed with more of a mean streak. But the unprovoked attack on his character last night by TNT's Three Stooges - Barkley, Smith and Webber - was assinine. More importantly, it was wrong
May 6, 2009Mavs-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, 2009Dallas Mavwrecks: Series, Composure Both Lost
So much for winning. And so much for losing with class and dignity. Yes, unequivocally, the Mavericks got screwed in Saturday's Game 3 loss to the Denver Nuggets. (We didn't need - or really want - an admission by the NBA to confirm that.) But despite the team's latest case of Whine Flu, isn't it obvious the Mavs were an accessory to the rape by ditching their clothes and assuming the position? We didn't know it would be referee Mark Wunderlich swallowing his whistle, but - admit
May 11, 2009Dallas Mavericks: Worst Week Ever
You know that stupid VH1 show Best Week Ever? Well, when VH2 comes out with Worst Week Ever I've got a candidate: Your Dallas Mavericks, May 3-10, 2009. Sunday: Lose Game 1 to Denver Nuggets/ Fail to respond when Kenyon Martin punks star Dirk Nowitzki with a forearm to the back. Monday: After spraining his good ankle in Game 1, Josh Howard likens his physical status to "walking on egg shells." Tuesday: Lose Game 2 to Nuggets/ Nowitzki lambasted by a TNT crew crowing th
May 11, 2009Attention K-Mart Shoppers: He's Still a Thug
I was waiting for Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to apologize. But to CBS 11 camerman Bill Ellis, not Kenyon Martin's mom. He issued an "I'm sorry" to her? For what exactly?! As you probably know by now, I detest peer-pressure, politically correct apologies. I'm not suggesting Cuban's cyber-sorry to Lydia Moore isn't genuine. I am saying it isn't necessary. At all. Look, Mrs. Moore may be a sweet lady. But if she expects to show up at American Airlines Center during a ferocious and com
May 12, 2009Mavs-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“Whine Flu,” | "Dish" | “The Big Buy-In,”
May 14, 2009Opponents Can't Defend Dirk Nowitzki. So Richie Whitt Will Do It.
May 14, 2009Mavericks-Nuggets: A Requiem in 5 Predictable Parts
No Jason Terry. No Gatorade dump. Hindsight, they say, is 20/20. Sometimes, unfortunately, so is foresight. On Friday, May 1 I picked the Denver Nuggets to eliminate the Dallas Mavericks in five games. Last night it came to pass, in the form of Nuggets 124, Mavs 110. Dirk Nowitzki was as gritty as he was great. But Jason Terry never arrived, Josh Howard spent the series hobbling and the Mavericks had no answers for Denver's relentless energy and superior athleticsm. And, lest we
May 14, 2009Your Dallas Mavericks: Now What?
Danny Bollinger Was this block/fall Jason Kidd's last stand as a Maverick? The body was still warm. The emotions, still raw. But when it comes to the Dallas Mavericks, Charles Barkley doesn't give a damn. "They got problems," the rotund, ridiculous TNT analyst said last night in the minutes after Dallas' elimination by the Denver Nuggets. "They gotta get younger and more physical around Dirk." Chimed sidekick Kenny Smith, "As currently constructed, this is as good as this team gets.
May 14, 2009Whitt's End: 5.15.09
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Of the Texas Rangers' hot start - they are 20-14 compared to 14-20 last year - the most amazing feat is pitcher Matt Harrison's back-to-back complete games. If you're looking for Nolan Ryan's stamp on this team, there it is. The Rangers had only five complete games last year and none in '07. Ryan, who had six complete games for the Rangers as a 42-year-old and once threw 239 pitches in a gam
May 15, 2009D.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, 2009The Mavericks' French Misconnection Marks More of the Same on Draft Day
July 2, 2009Happy 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, 2009The Best 12 Minutes Ever By a Dallas Maverick. Take a Bow, Dirk Nowitzki.
I remember watching Mark Aguirre go off on the Denver Nuggets in March of 1984. In scoring 24 points in a quarter, the ball just seem to magically, directly commute from hand to hoop. He launched a wing jumper and you knew it was going in. Measured. Smooth. Beautiful. Nothing, in other words, like Dirk Nowitzki's historic performance last night at American Airlines Center. In the most dominating, productive 12 minutes of basketball in Dallas Mavericks' history, Dirk willed and skilled hi
November 4, 2009Drowned Out By Grandiose Doings in Arlington, the Dallas Mavericks Begin What Should Be a Loud, Proud Season
November 6, 2009
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