Subject: Kobe Bryant

• Deja Boo?

  March 9, 2007

• Crushing Climax

  January 8, 2007

• In Terrell We (Don't, No Way, Uh-Unh) Trust

  October 13, 2006

• Sports News You Can Use or Peruse or, Even, Abuse

  June 7, 2006

• (Flawed) German Engineering

  May 9, 2006

• Jersey Whirl

  June 12, 2007

• Donnie Doolittle

  June 28, 2007

• Cuban Dancing Around Kobe

  October 17, 2007

• Scattershooting ...

  October 18, 2007

• NBA GMs Not High on Dirk

  October 25, 2007

• Merry Christmas!

  October 31, 2007

• Your Daily Jason Kidd Oops Update

  March 3, 2008

• Your Dallas Mavericks Were Almost Playing in Tonight’s NBA Finals

  June 5, 2008

• Mark Cuban, Jason Kidd and the Olympics' Gold Double-Standard

  June 22, 2008

• God Bless America. And Sports.

  July 3, 2008

• Chris Bosh Is Packed for China and the Olympics. Now, It's All Crackin'.

  July 21, 2008

• A Ranking You’ll Find Hard to Believe

  October 8, 2008

• Dirk Nowitzki Tunes Up for the Rock-ets

  October 27, 2008

• Mav. Wrecks.

  November 10, 2008

• How Many Points Will Kobe Bryant Score Tonight?

  November 11, 2008

• Oh and Three

  November 12, 2008

• Will Dirk Nowitzki Finish his Career as a Maverick?

  It's not exactly Calvin Watkins' expose in Dallas' Only Daily featuring five sources detailing the Cowboys' anarchy at Valley Ranch, but NBA.com's Art Garcia - formerly of your Fort Worth Star-Telegram - stirs your Mavericks' pot a bit this morning. Garcia writes that Dirk Nowitzki hasn't exactly "connected" with head coach Rick Carlisle and that several of the team's veterans think the head coach's practices "accomplish little." Oh yeah, and he addresses what a lot of us are fearing more

  January 22, 2009

• March Mav-ness

  March 19, 1998

• NBA Finals: Lakers in 4

  So DJ Mbenga and Josh Powell will have a ring but Dirk Nowitzki won't. Yeah, that seems fair.The only drama: When his Orlando Magic are dismantled by the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, will Dwight Howard shake hands or pull a LeBrat James? We all wanted Kobe vs. LeBron. Instead, starting with tonight's Game 1, we got ourselves a sweep. It's a nice story that the Magic and coach Ron Jeremy Stan Van Gundy beat the Celtics and LeBrons to win the East with a beast in the middle an

  June 4, 2009

• Who Would You Trade Dirk For?

  A year ago tomorrow the Mavs pulled the trigger on their controversial blockbuster, sending Devin Harris and two first-round draft picks to the New Jersey Nets for Jason Kidd. Lookie who's in town tonight? It's those same Nets and a very different Harris, fresh off his All-Star appearance and a 41-point torching of the Mavs earlier this season. For once, I'm not here to rehash the deal. I am here to say it looks more and more like the Mavs won't make a similar splash by tomorrow's 2 p.m. tr

  February 18, 2009

• Whitt's End: 6.5.09

  Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Might Michael Irvin's days at ESPN Radio be numbered? This isn't sourced "breaking news", but more so a simple putting two-and-two together and arriving at a common sense conclusion. And, no, it has nothing to do with Irvin getting sued for allegedly stealing his Fourth and Long concept or the mysterious disappearance of that gun-pointing incident he reported last January. Consider

  June 5, 2009

• The Top 10 Best Current Rivalries in Sports

  Tonight's the next chapter in one of sports' best rivalries. That's right, I said best.To be a true sports rivalry - more than just a plethora of games between teams in close proximity (see Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals) - the meetings between opponents must: *Take place at an advanced level, with championships on the line. *Feature sustained excellence by both teams over a period of time. *Include some form of contentiousness, be it physical alternations or trash-talking

  February 24, 2009

• Reality Bites

  July 11, 2002

• What's In My Closet? NBA 50 Greatest Edition

  Snagged this poster during All-Star Weekend '97 in Cleveland. It's the NBA's 50 Greatest Players. Was going over it the other day and wondering how different it would look today? Would Kobe Bryant bump someone off? Who'd get cut? Would Tim Duncan squeeze into the picture? Steve Nash? Our own Dirk Nowitzki? Then I got to counting the number of guys who spent some of their careers in Dallas ...

  March 19, 2009

• 10 Questions: Kenny Bowers

  Tom JenkinsBowers (left) with his vodka-pouring bartenders in a 2006 photoHe is synonymous with seafood in this market, having been associated with, oh, Daddy Jack's and Rockfish and Big Fish Little Fish before opening his own multi-purpose place, Kenny's Wood Fired Grill.Recently the Boston native added a new bar space (banking on the cougar image to attract the right crowd) and Kenny's Burger Joint in Frisco. So he's been busy.Bowers came to Dallas way, way back--so long ago the Cowboys still

  March 24, 2009

• Title Nein!

  Why does a game played below the rim fly so far above the radar?I play sports because I love them. But I watch sports because I love to see done what I can't do. I watch Tiger Woods because I can't hit a 7-iron 210 yards. I watch Andy Roddick because I can't hit a serve 149 mph. I watch Kobe Bryant because I can't dunk. I read ESPN The Magazine's Rick Reilly because he can write circles around me. I watch the Dallas Desire because, well, I can't tackle hot chicks without being a

  March 31, 2009

• How 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, 2009

• Sheepish Mavericks 96, Shitty Timberwolves 94

  Because the Mavs beat one of the worst teams in the NBA, they may get to avoid playing the best. Embarrassing that the Dallas Mavericks had to pull a leftover Easter rabbit out of their hat last night against the Minnesota Timberwolves at American Airlines Center. But in this economy ... sorry, in this Western Conference playoff race, a two-point escape beats the hell out of laying an inexplicable, rotten egg. The Mavericks actually trailed by seven points in the fourth quarter against a

  April 14, 2009

• The Dallas Mavericks Go for Broke, But Where Is it Getting Them?

  March 5, 2009

• Prodigious Passer

  January 8, 2009

• Relax 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, 2009

• White Elephants

  Mavs' draft gifts usually pale in comparison

  July 5, 2007

• Doctoring Dirk

  Why ransack the MVP's skill when we can simply reboot his psyche?

  May 24, 2007

• Dork Nowitzki

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

  February 23, 2006

• Best Rumor That Got Us All Worked Up Over Nothing

  Shaq to come to the Dallas Mavericks

  October 14, 2004

• Love Shaq

  We'll trade ya!

  June 24, 2004

• 'Boys Gone Wild

  And other tall tales of 2003

  January 1, 2004

• Take a Jump at the Lakers

  Kobe Bryant does his dunk and cover

  December 4, 2003

• Final Score

  Plus: Dumb Muggles; Tom U.

  June 26, 2003

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of February 15

  February 15, 2001

• Whitt's End: 5.22.09

  Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *You'll have to savor this offering like a cow with its cud, because this morning I'm headed out to the Byron Nelson to chug margaritas and chase girls in The Pavilion watch golf and conduct research for next week's column in the Observer's print product. Allow me an excused absence? *First it was Bill Parcells. Now it appears Tony Romo's going to avoid referring to Terrell Owens by name. And

  May 22, 2009

• Today In Music News: Weezy Loves Kobe, Rihanna Gets Her Diss Track On, LeAnn Rimes Is Clingy

  Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 8, 2009...Lil' Wayne has such a affinity for Kobe Bryant that he's penned a song about him called, shockingly, "Kobe Bryant."  Word is it's the best song ever about a once-alleged rapist.I guess Rihanna has officially moved on--she's writing a diss track about Chris Brown.LeAnn Rimes is apparently stalking the guy she allegedly had an affair with.  LeAnn, if he's not returning your calls, he's just not that into you...

  June 8, 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

• Radio Daze: 7.22.09

  Let's see, what went down on the dial while I was ransacking the craps table at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas? *Weird story about Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Not that he's accused of sexual assault. That happens. The bizarre twist is that ESPN - your worldwide leader - has decided to totally ignore it. Same network that went wall-to-wall with Kobe Bryant's similar situation, the way I remember it. Something smells fishy here. ESPN head honchos in Bristol, Conn.

  July 22, 2009

• Mavs Sweep L.A. Raise Your Hand If You Saw This One Coming.

  Maybe the sweet new baby blues are lucky?​After attending last Tuesday's sluggish opener at American Airlines Center, I didn't exactly think the Dallas Mavericks were a hideous outfit that would miss the playoffs. But I certainly didn't see them beating the Los Angeles Lakers. Maybe: 1) The Washington Wizards don't suck. 2) The Mavs don't either. Hung out Sunday afternoon at a party that included Mavs' radio voice Chuck Cooperstein. Fresh back from L.A. where the Mavs completed an unpre

  November 2, 2009