Dirk Nowitzki

It’s a Weihnachten Miracle!

Dallas Mavericks Already Putting Together Their 2012 Team. Sorta.

​The NBA is locked out. Dirk Nowitzki is preparing to play for his home Germany in Olympic qualifying. League stars are pondering playing overseas in Turkey and Italy and Spain and such in preparation of missed games next season. But, alas, the tireless work of a dance team never ceases. The ... More >>

The Seventh Annual 50 Most Powerful People in Metroplex Sports

Sorry, Cubes, but that goofy German just leapfrogged you.

Why We Love Sports in America: 2011

​Since I'm out on vacation next week let me get to this Fourth of July tradition a little early: Happy Birthday, America. Our country turns the ripe old age of 235 on Monday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I'll make time this weekend remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to have a ... More >>

The Best Team in Mavericks' History: '88 vs. '11

​While contemplating defensive coordinator Dwane Casey's departure to be the Toronto Raptors' head coach and whom they should take with the 26th pick in Thursday's NBA Draft, a couple more Mavs-related items buzzed through my brain this week. 1. Who from the championship team s ... More >>

The Mavericks Finally Fought Back, and They Have the Title to Prove It

Mark Cuban, Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavs shed labels and the Miami Heat on the way to their first NBA championship.

Mavs Fans Deserve a Title, and Have the Scars to Prove It

The Mavericks have too many noble causes to not produce one last comeback

2006: Broken Heart. 2011: Torn Tendon. Ugh.

​The frustrating thing about Dirk Nowitzki's injured finger? It happened on a play that wasn't a foul. "I thought I stripped him clean," Dirk said after last night's 92-84 Game 1 loss to the Heat in the NBA Finals. "Then I kind of looked down and I couldn't straighten my finger out anymore." ... More >>

You've Seen the Video, Now Own the Song (and Ringtone): Flula Borg's "His Name is Dirk"

​While we await some Important Documents, let me distract you with this.No doubt you recall last week's Greatest Video Ever (as opposed to this week's), in which German musicmaker Flula Borg pays homage to his "most favorite Basketballer from all times," one Dirk Nowitzki. Well, so happens that Bo ... More >>

Blazers 97, Mavericks 92: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. As we suspected, Portland's team is pretty salty. But their fans suck. Booing Mark Cuban is cool. Throwing shit at him is lame. 9. The Mavs are the NBA's best road team the last two regular seasons, but they're now 2-14 in their last 16 playoffs games away from the American Airlines Cen ... More >>

Texas Showdown

​10. As we suspected, Portland's team is pretty salty. But their fans suck. Booing Mark Cuban is cool. Throwing shit at him is lame. 9. The Mavs are the NBA's best road team the last two regular seasons, but they're now 2-14 in their last 16 playoffs games away from the American Airlines Cen ... More >>

The Dallas Mavericks are teasing us again with hopes of a championship run.

​10. As we suspected, Portland's team is pretty salty. But their fans suck. Booing Mark Cuban is cool. Throwing shit at him is lame. 9. The Mavs are the NBA's best road team the last two regular seasons, but they're now 2-14 in their last 16 playoffs games away from the American Airlines Cen ... More >>

Sans Dirk Nowitzki and an Effective Jason Terry, Mavs Lose 99-93 to Spurs

Sure, no Dirk hurt. But Terry's 3-for-16 shooting hurt much worse last night.​Two minutes and 13 seconds. That's all it took for the San Antonio Spurs to turn a two-point lead against the Dallas Mavericks into a 16-point lead with nearly nine minutes remaining in the second half. After Georg ... More >>

No Carlisle, No Dirk, No Problem: Mavs Stay Hot With 103-93 Win Against Thunder

Caron Butler hasn't been as productive as he was in Washington, but he's getting there.​Without their head coach and best player for most of the game, the Dallas Mavericks improved to 17-1 since November 20 with a 103-93 victory last night in Oklahoma City. Six Mavs chipped in with double-digit po ... More >>

Mav's First Round Pick Dominique Jones May Be The Answer, But The Team Must First Deal With Hard Questions Raised By Dirk Nowitzki's Free Agency.

Caron Butler hasn't been as productive as he was in Washington, but he's getting there.​Without their head coach and best player for most of the game, the Dallas Mavericks improved to 17-1 since November 20 with a 103-93 victory last night in Oklahoma City. Six Mavs chipped in with double-digit po ... More >>

The Dallas Mavericks Lift Our Hopes Only To Break Our Hearts. Again.

Caron Butler hasn't been as productive as he was in Washington, but he's getting there.​Without their head coach and best player for most of the game, the Dallas Mavericks improved to 17-1 since November 20 with a 103-93 victory last night in Oklahoma City. Six Mavs chipped in with double-digit po ... More >>

Prediction: Dirk Nowitzki Will Come Up Huuuuge Tonight

​Stay tuned later today for my interfacing with new Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg and details of a romantic moment that went horribly wrong. (And no, smartass, those are two separate stories.) But for now, in recent losses Dirk Nowitzki has taken one and zero shots in the fourth quarter ... More >>

The 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 ... More >>

Because I'm Better Than Bitter, 20 Things I Love

I love sports and stuff and, oh yeah, freaky things like, say, baby heads in glass vases.​No, no, no. You got me all wrong. Am I skeptical? Cynical? Inquisitive? Smart-assy? Guilty. But bitter? Hardly. I consider myself more tell-it-like-it-is realistic rather than jump-off-the-hi ... More >>

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 l ... More >>

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 digg ... More >>

Video of the Week: Dirk Back a Decade

Stumbled across this classic footage of a guy I'm glad the Mavericks didn't trade yesterday. Wow, I think Dirk Nowitzki dunked more in his 1999 All-Star Rookie Game appearance than in the rest of his career combined. As Hubie Brown predicts, "He's a handful." 

From Dirk Nowitzki, Peace and Joy

Danny Bollinger's the man who documents the moves of your Dallas Mavs; if you're not following his fantastic photog blog, which goes more behind-the-scenes than the Wizard of Oz, you're missing out. A week after this festive photo of Dirk Nowitzki snapped at a charity event made the rounds, Danny wa ... More >>

A Ranking You’ll Find Hard to Believe

Danny Bollinger's the man who documents the moves of your Dallas Mavs; if you're not following his fantastic photog blog, which goes more behind-the-scenes than the Wizard of Oz, you're missing out. A week after this festive photo of Dirk Nowitzki snapped at a charity event made the rounds, Danny wa ... More >>

Dirk Tapped as Germany's Flag-Bearer For Friday's Olympics Opener

Danny Bollinger's the man who documents the moves of your Dallas Mavs; if you're not following his fantastic photog blog, which goes more behind-the-scenes than the Wizard of Oz, you're missing out. A week after this festive photo of Dirk Nowitzki snapped at a charity event made the rounds, Danny wa ... More >>

Net Gain

Kidd and Co. take it to the Nets

Dirk on Dirk Ad: "It's Definitely Good."

Kidd and Co. take it to the Nets

Mavericks Don't Need Jason Kidd

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Another Reason For Dallas Sports Fans To Be Pissed Off

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Tonight, Tonight

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Have A Mav-ulous Holiday

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Pre-Season Jitters

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Dallas Sports Elite Swank It Up for Awards

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Your Weekly Creepy Dirk Video

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Mavs In Seven...Still

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Whoa, Nellie

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

Definitely Dallas

The Mavs will win the championship. Right?

MVPeaking

The Mavs will win the championship. Right?

In Dallas, Even the Fans Play "D"

The Mavs will win the championship. Right?

Dork Nowitzki

Turns out the best player on the NBA's best team is a normal guy

New Kids on the Block

The Nash-less Mavs try to hang tough and build a winning team from scratch

Best Maverick

Steve Nash

Moody Mavs

For a team headed to the playoffs, Nellie's group is a schizo bunch

License to Thrill

The new Mavs lineup will shoot now, ask questions in April

Best Kodak Moment

Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash's drunk pix

Best Response to a Dumb Sports Question

Dirk Nowitzki

Best Half of Basketball Ever

First half of the Western Conference Semifinals Game 2

Back to the Future

For Dirk, Don and the Mavs to compete with the Lakers, they'll have to look to an unlikely source for inspiration: the late-'80s teams of Mark Aguirre and Dick Motta

Boo ball

How much longer must we suffer the woeful Mavericks? Well, that's too long

Net gain

Things are looking up for the Mavs -- of course, everything's up from the bottom