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June 14, 2011
The Champion of Championships: Where Does the Mavs' Title Rank?
Great. But is it the greatest? When Dirk Nowitzki accessorized his lefty layup in the final minute with private tears of joy and accomplishment last Sunday night in Miami, the Dallas Mavericks symbolically threw Don Carter's 10-gallon hat in the ring. After years of sheepishly having B ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Dallas Mavericks' Parade: Tip-Off is Thursday, 10 a.m.
Yep, that long agoThe Dallas Mavericks' championship parade -- paid for by owner Mark Cuban -- will start Thursday at 10 a.m. and travel from City Hall to American Airlines Center. Eff. That. Since Cuban is buds with Jerry Jones (see: 2010 NBA All-Star Game) and seeing that a Mavs' ti ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Why Mark Cuban Should Really Get Championship Rings for the Mavs
It just wouldn't be the same if Jordan had five rings and a show pony.Tough to tell how serious Mark Cuban is about forgoing championship rings and getting something else to commemorate the franchise's first title. But he seems pretty committed to changing it up. "Rings are old school," Cuba ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Everything You Need to Know About Thursday Morning's Mavericks Championship Parade
Photo by Patrick MichelsMayor Dwaine Caraway points out the exact spot at City Hall Plaza where he and council members will enjoy his winning-bet stone crabs and cigars. Arthur and Archie are not invited.In a moment we'll get to Patrick's account of what city officials had to say about Thursday m ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Kiddrae's Beautiful Video of Mavericks Fans Celebrating a Title. And: DART's Parade Plans.
MAVS in 6. from Kiddrae on Vimeo.I've been sitting on two videos with which I'd planned to end the day. But Dallas Area Rapid Transit just sent its rather lengthy list o' travel plans for Thursday morning's Mavs title parade, so I thought I'd share one -- Kiddrae's gorgeous short "MAVS in 6.," set t ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Dirk's Legacy: The All-Time Top 7 NBA Power Forwards
10 All-Star Appearances. 1 NBA MVP. 1 Ring. 1 NBA Finals MVP. 4-time All-NBA First Team 3-Point Shootout Champion Soft. Clutch. With Sunday's victory over the Miami Heat Dirk Nowitzki filled in the final void of his Hall of Fame resume. Only things potentially left that would improve his leg ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
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.
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June 16, 2011
Roddy Beaubois, Caron Butler Get Into Mavs Starting Lineup For Letterman's Top 10
Some of the staff's already downtown for the parade -- along with the thousands already on hand both at Victory Park and behind the barricades stretching back to the Dallas Convention Center starting point. And, this just in from Dallas City Hall:Accommodations will be made for people who are handic ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
2011 Dallas Mavericks' NBA Playoffs: My Top 10 Observer-ational Moments
10. It was a simple offensive rebound and putback layup off the glass, but when Shawn Marion produced it at the end of the third quarter on April 25 it gave the Mavericks a 14-point lead over the Blazers in crucial Game 5 of the first round, and it restored confidence in the Mavs two days af ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
What About Bob? He's at the Mavs Parade Too. Along With Some Guy Named Jamie Foxx.
Photo by Leslie MinoraEarly this morning Mavs fans packed the intersection of Griffin and Young, setting up chairs and coolers and settling in behind the barricade along the first block of the parade's route. And there, amongst the growing throng, was none other than the ubiquitous Robert Crawfor ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Speaking of Traffic: LBJ's Going To Get Worse Tomorrow Night as HOV Lanes Get Adiosed
Via.The tail end of the Mavs parade left the Dallas Convention Center moments ago; more to come from that traffic jam shortly. But till then, this just in from the folks overseeing the LBJ Freeway redo: The second -- and final -- wave of HOV lane closures is set to begin tomorrow night. Specifica ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Watch: The Mavericks End Celebratory Parade With "We Are The Champions" Singalong
Patrick MichelsJason Kidd and Terrell's Own Jamie Foxx After going on Letterman last night to talk about their win, their potential new Kardashian boos and their very dirty habit of licking the Larry O'Brien Trophy, the Mavericks paraded around Dallas today like the champs they are and ended up a ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Whitt's End: 6.17.11
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Jason Terry's voice is still hoarse from all the partying and cigars, but yet we're already peeking at 2012. Problem: The Mavs aren't a team built for the future, but rather the here-'n-now ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Download: Play-N-Skillz Release New Celebratory Mavericks Song Called "Victory"
Speaking of both Play-N-Skillz and Dirk, we'd heard on Friday that the hip-hop production duo was working on a track about the Mavericks and their NBA Finals victory. This morning, the brother Salinas formally released the track, called "Victory," no doubt a reference to both the championship and th ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Dwaine Caraway's Last, Lousy Act as Fake Mayor
During last Thursday's NBA championship parade for the Mavericks, Fake Mayor Dwaine Caraway -- remember, he's only interim Mayor because Tom Leppert up and quit -- rode in a red convertible and waved to his unadoring crowd. Yep, the guy who gave the key to the city to Michael Vick now wanted to sm ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
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 >>
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June 23, 2011
Down by the Trinity, Searching for Dallas' Enchanted Forest
Even better than a cheap plan for Trinity River green space? A free one.
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June 23, 2011
The Top 5 Worst Draft Picks in the History of Your Dallas Mavericks
Coulda been KobeDetermining the best Mavs' pick of all-time is simple: Dirk Nowitzki. You know the story. In 1998 then-general manager Don Nelson took the giant German in a draft-day switcheroo with the Milwaukee Bucks for the late, not-so-great Robert "Tractor" Trayor. Just a week after t ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
How Much Will the Mavericks Victory Parade Through Downtown Cost Mark Cuban?
Photo by Mike MezeulThis just in from Dallas City Hall: One week after last week's Dallas Mavericks victory parade rolled from the Dallas Convention Center to the American Airlines Center, the city's done totaled up the receipts and is ready to submit an invoice to Mark Cuban, who said he's happy ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Whitt's End: 6.24.11
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Love the Mavs' draft. Turning the 26th pick into Rudy Fernandez is a big win. Think of Fernandez, 26 and a three-year veteran with the Blazers, as a younger, better Peja Stojakovi ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Dirk Nowitzki Goes on Drinking Binges? You Don't Say!
Still amazed that the Mavericks won the NBA championship. Still surprised they did it without a playoff point from Roddy Beaubois (who should be ready for 2011-12 training camp in October after another foot surgery). And I continue to be miffed at how little the sports world really knew abo ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Video Explosion: Centro-matic, Selena Gomez, Virgin Wolves and Four Others Release Clips
One small step for local music. One giant leap for local music videos.Can't really pin down a specific reason for this, but there sure have been a lot of local music video releases in the past few weeks. Good ones, too, and featuring bands that run the entire local gamut. There's a new Centro-mat ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
The 2011 Mavs Vs. the '88 Version, In a Battle of Smooth Vs. Smothering
The Mavs are NBA champions, but are they the best team in franchise history?
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July 1, 2011
Whitt's End: 7.1.11
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Rangers return from Houston today to start a series in Arlington against the lowly Florida Marlins. Did anyone go to the airport to see the Silver Boot as Nolan Ryan triumphantly raised it? ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
With a Little Help From Hat Tricks' Friends...
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Rangers return from Houston today to start a series in Arlington against the lowly Florida Marlins. Did anyone go to the airport to see the Silver Boot as Nolan Ryan triumphantly raised it? ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Praying to JC for JWP: Attending the South Dallas Rally for John Wiley Price
Photo by Brantley HargroveAt Kirkwood Temple C.M.E. Church last night, 120 or so congregants petitioned an Ecclesiastical Court on behalf of a decidedly earthly cause: that of embattledDallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, the target of a sweeping FBI probe. Matrons fanned themselves ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Dollars, Taxes: As City Manager Finishes Work on New Budget, the Comptroller's Good News
Via.Click to embiggenOn Monday, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs will cut the city of Dallas a sales-tax revenue check for $16,658,081.23, as you can see above; City Manager Mary Suhm says that's 13 straight months the city has seen a "slight increase" in tax revenue, among the "slight, slow signs o ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Whitt's End: 7.15.11
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Derek Holland looked unusually sharp from the first pitch last night. Seattle's woeful offensively. I had a feeling, so I Tweetcalled for a no-hitter in the bottom of the 1st. Holland took ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Defending Champion Mavericks are Now Must-See TV
The champagne isn't quite dry and the NBA lockout is just getting started, but how good does it sound to be already talking about the defending champion Mavericks? Once a soft, underachieving team that nobody outside the Metroplex gave a dang about watching, the Mavs are now natio ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
The Seventh Annual 50 Most Powerful People in Metroplex Sports
Sorry, Cubes, but that goofy German just leapfrogged you.
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July 26, 2011
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 >>
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August 16, 2011
The Globes' Kyle Musselwhite Saw Big Bird At His Very First Show. And He Was Intimidated.
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. That's Kyle there on the far right.The Globes return to Dallas this week, only a couple of months since they were last in town. Ba ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
NBA TV to Fill Time With '80s Mavs Roundtable
What you see above is the second part of a Dallas Mavericks history-of posted on RetroMavs, the team's official throwback site, only yesterday. Hunh. Don't recall Reunion Arena ever being that empty ... but I also don't recall Ollie Mack possessing "NBA-class moves." Anyway. That reminds me: In abou ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
Last Night: Diplo at Rio Room
DiploRio RoomSeptember 1, 2011Better than: watching the movie Rio, I assume.DiploIt was a packed house at Rio Room last night -- a fact that, initially, maybe isn't all that impressive considering the room's 300-person capacity, but one that earns some serious points on other fronts. Like, say, t ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
TV Ratings: Rangers Mavericks Stars < Cowboys
I run a buffet here. Not every customer will like everything I put out, but hopefully most will find a little something to keep them coming back. I get this complaint frequently: "Why don't you write more about the Rangers? They're winning!" (Beat the Indians last night. AL West ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Whitt's End: 9.23.11
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Doomsday scenario for Monday Night Football: Quarterback Jon Kitna. Running back DeMarco Murray. Receivers Kevin Ogletree, Jesse Holley and Dwayne Harris. Center Kevin Kowalski. Left guard ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
At Fred's Downtown Philly, an Italian Hoagie Even a Cowboys Fan Should Consider
Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Shop: Fred's Downtown Philly The Sandwich: Italian Hoagie ($7.25) Bread: Amoroso's Hoagie, shipped right in from the City of Bro Love Top ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Do You Miss Pro Basketball Enough to Want to Watch the Josh Howard All-Stars?
Your World Champion Dallas Mavericks were supposed to take on the Indiana Pacers tonight at the American Airlines Center, the sixth of eight preseason games leading to November 1's regular-season opener against Chicago at the AAC. But with each passing day, it's looking more and more like the loc ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
Mark Cuban Wants to Adios the NBA's Salary Cap? Apparently. Quite the "Game Changer."
Photo by Sam MertenThis morning's New York Times looks at the NBA lockout and wonders whether all the owners -- those from small markets, those with big payrolls, those losing money, those winning titles -- are on the same page when it comes to demanding givebacks from their players. Long story s ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
In Legal One-on-One Against Ross Perot Jr., Mark Cuban Wins as Judge Tosses Case
On May 10, 2010, Hillwood Investment Properties' Ross Perot Jr. got the bright idea to sue Mark Cuban in Dallas County District Court, hoping to prove that the "reckless and careless" Dallas Mavericks owner had put the team $200-and-some-odd million in debt and "in imminent danger of insolvency." ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
The NBA Lockout is (Almost) Over. Here's What the Mavs Need to Do Before Christmas Day.
Photo by Mike MezeulCubes has some decisions to make.Editor's note: Rob Mahoney writes about the Mavericks on his ESPN-affiliated blog The Two Man Game and about basketball for The New York Times's Off the Dribble blog. Presumably his New York Times bio will henceforth note that he now writes ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Delonte West: Now There's a New Maverick Who Deserves His Own Reality Show
Delonte West did not schtup LeBron's mom. That other shit you heard? Yeah, that's probably true.It won't get the buzz that landing Lamar Odom or Vince Carter will, but last night the Mavericks made what will easily be their most interesting move of this abridged off-season, signing guard Delo ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
The Newest Mavs Won't Hurt the Balance Sheet, But How Much Will They Help on the Court?
On this season of The Shark Tank ...Rob Mahoney runs The Two Man game, an ESPN-affiliated Mavericks blog, and occasionally writes about basketball for Unfair Park. Mark Cuban and Donnie Nelson have never exactly run the Mavericks like an ordinary NBA franchise. They drafted a gangly German k ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
How Much Does Perot Dislike Cuban? Enough to Try to Take Away Mavs, Stars Fans' Parking.
It's become very clear in recent days that Ross Perot Jr. isn't about to walk away from his feud with Mark Cuban. On December 2, his attorneys notified the Fifth Court of Appeals that he intends to fight Judge Craig Smith's order tossing that suit in which Perot accuses Cuban of mismanaging the D ... More >>
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December 24, 2011
The Whore's Return: Before the Rematch, A LeBron Hater Rekindles His Love of Dallas
My relationship with Dallas before June 12, 2011, was tenuous. I got tattooed there with Dennis Rodman during the summer of 1994 and stayed for a week, but I was shit-faced the whole time. I visited for a few days during baseball's winter meetings in 2000, when A-Rod signed with the Texas Ran ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
No, Really, Mavs Fans. It'll Be OK. We Think.
"Oh J.J., how I miss thy Puerto Rican magic tricks."That sound you just heard? That was any and all illogically bloated expectations for the Mavericks' season hitting the ground with a thud. This isn't your typical championship defense. The Mavs made it clear in the off-season that they wer ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
It’s a Weihnachten Miracle!
"Oh J.J., how I miss thy Puerto Rican magic tricks."That sound you just heard? That was any and all illogically bloated expectations for the Mavericks' season hitting the ground with a thud. This isn't your typical championship defense. The Mavs made it clear in the off-season that they wer ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Here Come the Suns
"Oh J.J., how I miss thy Puerto Rican magic tricks."That sound you just heard? That was any and all illogically bloated expectations for the Mavericks' season hitting the ground with a thud. This isn't your typical championship defense. The Mavs made it clear in the off-season that they wer ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
The Mavs May Survive This Dirk-less Stretch, Thanks to a Crappy Batch of Opponents
Sometimes all you can do is take the win and move on. The Mavs were at home Monday night against the Suns, winning 93-87 in an ugly game in front of a seemingly disinterested crowd. It was the Mavs' second straight game without Dirk Nowitzki, who is sitting out at least four games (and maybe more) ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Down and Dirty Data, or: What Do the Short Season's Stats Say About the Mavericks?
Dallas MavericksShawn Marion's defensive versatility, combined with ball-hawking guards, means a surprisingly tough Mavs' defense.The Mavericks -- like virtually every other team during this bizarre, lockout-shortened NBA season -- are nearly impossible to pin down. A combination of odd sched ... More >>
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