Mark Cuban

Mavs Fans Really Outdid Themselves with Their Uniform Designs

In the 72 hours since he announced that he was crowd-sourcing designs for the Mavericks' new uniforms, Mark Cuban has been swamped with quality submissions. See also Mark Cuban Wants You to Design the Mavericks' New Uniforms. For Free. Take this suggestion posted to Cuban's blog:

Mark Cuban Would Really Prefer You Didn't Take His Picture at the Gym

After sneaking this creepy mirror pic at the gym, Cuban says the photo-sneaker promised to delete the photo. It showed up on Twitter instead. What are those, anyway? Twenty-fives? Shoulder lifts, I'm thinking. First in an occasional series, What is Mark Cuban Lifting?

You Can Seek Mark Cuban's Advice for the Low, Low Price of $10,000 Per Hour

Why one would feel the need to seek Mark Cuban's advice, seeing as he doles it out readily on his blog, his reality show, in a dirt-cheap e-book, and via whatever other medium happens to be at hand, is beyond me. But if that's not quite enough and you're still looking to pick his brain, you now hav ... More >>

The Mavs Are Now the NBA's Fourth Most Valuable Team, But They're Still Losing Money

In spite of all the off-season turmoil, in spite of the fact that Deron Williams went to Brooklyn rather than coming home, in spite of the what-might-have-been speculation about Chris Paul and Dwight Howard in green and blue, the Dallas Mavericks still came out ahead. See also: Mark Cuban Says if ... More >>

Here's a Video of Mark Cuban Dancing Terribly to "Gangnam Style"

Oh, Mark Cuban. Your Dallas Mavericks brought us an NBA championship. You have the best investment-themed reality show on television. You have billions of dollars. But that's not why we respect you; we respect you because you're not afraid to do ridiculous things, like be videotaped clutching a Bud ... More >>

Mark Cuban Tackles America's Student Loan Bubble, Then Roots for It to Burst

In addition to sports team ownership and a sideline in media impresario-ness, Mark Cuban is quite the blogger: dishing out advice to the Occupy movement, fulminating about patent law, apologizing for some casual homophobia. And a few days ago, he aired his views on the small matter of student loan d ... More >>

Preview: Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses at Energy Square

Saturday, March 17, at Energy Square

Reminder: Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses Headline The Observer's St. Patrick's Day Concert on Saturday

We were all scared there for a while, weren't we? Earlier this year, it looked like the 33-year-old Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade might not happen, due to increasing fees and inadequate funds putting a kink in our beer-filled garden hose. And then Mark Cuban rolled out of bed, decided h ... More >>

AAC Challenges Local Cooks to Whip Up a Dish For Mavs' and Stars' Games

Maybe a nice schnitzel?​Sports venues are increasingly relying on celebrity chefs to bring glitz to their concession stands, but the American Airlines Center is trying to strike publicity gold by showcasing one very lucky amateur. The venue's asking local cooks to create a "signature offering ... More >>

A Year After Dallas Federal Judge Booted SEC's Case Against Mark Cuban, It Lives Again

Sam Merten​In July 2009, U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission's complaint that Mark Cuban violated insider-trading laws when, in 2004, he sold off $750,000 in Mamma.com stock. Cuban, of course, poo-poohed the claim when originally brought by the SEC ... More >>

Fab 50: Half A Hundred Power Brokers Who Shape Our Local Sports Scene.

There's an Untouchable Maverick not Named Dirk Nowitzki?

Danny Bollinger The Untouchable?​Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is grumpy. Understandably so. His team has lost 5 of 7 - punctuated by last night's embarrassing 36-point loss in Denver - heading into NBA All-Star Weekend right here in his own backyard. Cuban has apparently scrapped ... More >>

Sure, Your Dallas Mavs Haven't Won a Title. Doesn't Mean They're Not "Dominant."

​So says list-lovin' Forbes in its round-up of The Best (And Worst) Teams of the Decade, assembled using franchises' win-loss record during the '00s, playoff appearances, titles won and the value of the franchise (which, in the Mavs' case, has more than doubled since Mark Cuban bought the team in ... More >>

Mark Cuban on 'Roids: Rational or Ridiculous?

​Not sure they're exactly akin to LASIK eye surgery or Tommy John arm reconstruction, but I agree with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban that - at some point in our athletic evolution - there will be a legal, legitimate place for steroids in sports. "I'll get killed for saying this," Cuban sa ... More >>

Mark Cuban: Out of the SEC Frying Pan ... Into the Hillwood Fire

Just as Dallas Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban is finishing his jig in the wake of beating an insider trading charge from the Securities & Exchange Commission, today comes another legal pothole. This one from the guy who sold him the Mavericks. Hillwood Center Partners, which is contr ... More >>

Video of the Week: Dumbest Contest Ever?

Okay, I admit, I've bungee-jumped and dived out of an airplane and dared to criticize Mark Cuban and I might even like to run with bulls some day. But I'll be damned if I ever chase a wheel of cheese down one of the steepest pasture on God's green Earth. Wow.

Rinse and Repeat? Mavs Can Earn Believers Tonight

Mark Cuban = William Wallace?Was enjoying some second-hand smoke from Dale Hansen's seegar down in Victory Plaza before last night's Mavs-Spurs showdown. We were discussing this week's Observer cover story, owner Mark Cuban's unprecedented outburst, how Dale claims he's "too shy" to serv ... More >>

Mark Cuban Has a New ... Nemesis?

If the Mavericks keep blowing games to friggin' Oklahoma City, owner Mark Cuban will apparently blow a gasket and blow up his team. Says Cuban, in the most violent finger-pointing of his 9-year regime.     "Not only did it look like we had no idea what we were doing, ... More >>

Well, That Didn't Take Long

Last night, Mark Cuban posted to BlogMaverick his own version of a stimulus plan: "open-source funding." Which means? You post a potential business idea to his blog, and if it's good enough, folks will comment on the idea, build upon it or even steal it -- and, just maybe, he'll pay for it. There ar ... More >>

Mark Cuban Predicts Dow to Bottom Out at 6,500. Why? No Jump Shot.

Speaking, as we were below, of The Great Depression II: Electric Boogaloo, Forbes asked some of the wealthiest folks in the U.S. and A. to predict where the economy's headed in the coming year. Among those to respond to the survey was Mark Cuban, who offers his prophecy in terms easily understood by ... More >>

Dallas Mavericks' Owner Mark Cuban Charged With Insider Trading

Uh-oh. Breaking news this morning that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Mavs' owner Mark Cuban with insider trading, stemming from a 2004 sale of stock in an Internet company. Me? I dunno the diff between "insider trading" and a "hot stock tip", but I do this ain't g ... More >>

Major League Baseball to Mark Cuban: Yer Out!

Mark Cuban’s Plan to Make You Some Money

Mark Cuban: What Bailout?

Actual Cubbies Love Cubes

Commence: Re-Entry

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

In the Belly of the Beast (Or, at Least, the American Airlines Center)

What Happens in Vegas: Mark Cuban Will Dance With Big Bunch o' Bloggers

Mark Cuban Takes His "Dancing Pants" To Jimmy Kimmel's Show

We Were Hoping Mark Cuban's First Book Would Be ... Um ... Longer

Mark Cuban and Jerry Jones Are Powerful. Tom Hicks, Not S'Much.

Mark Cuban Shows His Ass, But Does Not Fall On It

Mogul Merger

Star Ball

(Definitely Not) America's Team

Look, Who Doesn't Want Some of Mark Cuban's Money?

Cruisin' with Cuban

A Cuban Sandwich

Wash Your Balls

Royalty pain

Don't forget to read the fine print

Be a Celebrity!

On Your Mark

Win or lose, Reunion Rowdies are now officially Cuban Crazies

Uh...Mark?

Cuban Whistle Crisis Redux

Cuban Gets Sirius

Airline Tickets for the Wright Price

Best Sunday Brunch (tie)

La Duni Latin Cafe | Maxim's

Best Quote

Mark Cuban comments on Nick's nutsack

Belo Blues

What does Mark Cuban have that Belo doesn't? Money. Lots and lots of money.