Shaquille O'Neal

All We Want To Do Is Dance

Heat Don't Fail Them Now

Wading into Rough Waters

Parading Around The Arrogance

Hurricane Harbor

Feeling Charitable Toward Shaq

Of Shaq and Stack

Game Won

Say, That's Odd

One Down...

Uh...Mark?

And You Thought Gas Prices Were Out of Control

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

Diesel Does Dallas

Dirk Nowitzki On the, Um, Rebound? Good For Him

Imagine the mustaches and pointy ears Cristal Taylor will draw on these chicks in prison.Not real sure about The Dirty. Who is this "Nik"? What is a "Shim"? Isn't it a little way late to boast yourself as "the world's first ever reality blogger"? Whatever. The site has some interesting p ... More >>

At Least I Got Two Predictions Right

Imagine the mustaches and pointy ears Cristal Taylor will draw on these chicks in prison.Not real sure about The Dirty. Who is this "Nik"? What is a "Shim"? Isn't it a little way late to boast yourself as "the world's first ever reality blogger"? Whatever. The site has some interesting p ... More >>

Jesus, That Sure Looks Like Shaq

Imagine the mustaches and pointy ears Cristal Taylor will draw on these chicks in prison.Not real sure about The Dirty. Who is this "Nik"? What is a "Shim"? Isn't it a little way late to boast yourself as "the world's first ever reality blogger"? Whatever. The site has some interesting p ... More >>

God Bless America. And Sports.

Imagine the mustaches and pointy ears Cristal Taylor will draw on these chicks in prison.Not real sure about The Dirty. Who is this "Nik"? What is a "Shim"? Isn't it a little way late to boast yourself as "the world's first ever reality blogger"? Whatever. The site has some interesting p ... More >>

Girls on Girls: The Hottest Female Athletes According to Females

Okay, let's try something different. Something titillating. Since Observer staff writers Merritt Martin and Megan Feldman almost never get in a cat fight that spills over into the mud-wrestling pit, they instead want to entertain us visually-stimulated, testosterone-saturated dorks with their ... More >>

New Sportatorium Feature: The Totally Unsubstantiated Rumor Mill

Okay gang, I'm swamped up to here this week working on a Dallas Observer cover story for later this month. So I don't have the luxury of pouring economically dripping my usual time and/or effort into tracking down whispers. That said, I'd also never prevent a good rumor from potentially bl ... More >>

Free throwing up

Locked out and fed up, some NBA, uh, all-stars hoop it way down

Throw your hands in the air

Beatin' down hip-hop in 1998 like a stepchild

Grain of Terror

Why do we drink beer while watching sports?

All A-Twitter

I'd tweet this item, but ... no. Instead, this trio of Twitter-related items in a single post. As in: This morning, the Chicago Tribune becomes the latest in a series of stories to reference Addison-based TweetCongress, which, go figure, follows the tweets of those in Congress -- about 110 politicia ... More >>

Very Special

IMAX rocks the Effects

Assist, Nellie

Transformation started by Mavs' Godfather finally finished

Chumps to Champs

Remarkable journey takes Mavs from worst to--finally--first

All About Me | Easy on Erick | HP, Blah, Blah | Hiding in Plain View

Remarkable journey takes Mavs from worst to--finally--first

The Dallas Donuts

Can Dampier finally fill Mavs' middle?

Best Rumor That Got Us All Worked Up Over Nothing

Shaq to come to the Dallas Mavericks

Love Shaq

We'll trade ya!

Wheel Skills

Plus: Painting Miss Violet; Pontius Pilot

Cube Attitude

Plus: Folked Up and Holiday Graft Guide

Showtime

Fifty wins was cute and all, but now the Mavs will only go as far as Juwan takes them

Mavs Trade Down, Try Not to Fall Asleep

Trade proposal: Mavs Man and tonight's 24th pick for these two prospects?Like the Dallas Cowboys did a couple months ago, the Dallas Mavericks have made the decision to fortify their roster via quantity, not quality. But in an NBA Draft that features Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James ... More >>

Gooden-Uff

Trade proposal: Mavs Man and tonight's 24th pick for these two prospects?Like the Dallas Cowboys did a couple months ago, the Dallas Mavericks have made the decision to fortify their roster via quantity, not quality. But in an NBA Draft that features Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James ... More >>

Big Man Laughing

Trade proposal: Mavs Man and tonight's 24th pick for these two prospects?Like the Dallas Cowboys did a couple months ago, the Dallas Mavericks have made the decision to fortify their roster via quantity, not quality. But in an NBA Draft that features Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James ... More >>

Calling For An Ass Whoop

Trade proposal: Mavs Man and tonight's 24th pick for these two prospects?Like the Dallas Cowboys did a couple months ago, the Dallas Mavericks have made the decision to fortify their roster via quantity, not quality. But in an NBA Draft that features Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James ... More >>

NBA Dunkers Do Dallas In One Wild, Wintry Wonderful All-Star Weekend

Trade proposal: Mavs Man and tonight's 24th pick for these two prospects?Like the Dallas Cowboys did a couple months ago, the Dallas Mavericks have made the decision to fortify their roster via quantity, not quality. But in an NBA Draft that features Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James ... More >>

Why We Love Sports in America

​Happy Birthday, America.   Like tonight's July 5th fireworks show in Dallas, it's better late than never. Right?   Our country turned the ripe old age of 234 on Sunday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I tried to spend some time remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to ha ... More >>

Like I've Said Before, Dirk Nowitzki is the Most Underappreciated Athlete in the History of The Metroplex

​Through the years, I've attempted to defend Dallas Mavericks' star Dirk Nowitzki. Praised him in columns. Put him atop underrated lists. The guy has done everything except win a championship. Points. MVPs. Guts. You name it. Now he's gone an unprecedented step further. Name me another s ... More >>

Mavs Courting O'Neal? Oh Boy?!

​Your Dallas Mavericks are pondering an O'Neal, but not that one. Team source told me last night that the Mavs acquiring former Superman center Shaquille O'Neal is "a long longshot," but that Miami Heat center Jermaine O'Neal is a real possibility. Honestly, neither name gets me too ... More >>

First, He Was Tron. Then, The Big Lebowski. Now, Dirk Nowitzki's Navin R. Johnson.

Back in April we ran that Dirk Nowitzki film festival alluded to in the headline. Cute stuff, especially Dirk as The Dude. Tonight at the AAC, when Your Dallas Mavericks take on the Shaq-less Boston Celtics, debuts another addition to the filmography starring Dirk as Steve Martin as The Jerk. Sneak ... More >>

Shaq-Sized Chuckles

Back in April we ran that Dirk Nowitzki film festival alluded to in the headline. Cute stuff, especially Dirk as The Dude. Tonight at the AAC, when Your Dallas Mavericks take on the Shaq-less Boston Celtics, debuts another addition to the filmography starring Dirk as Steve Martin as The Jerk. Sneak ... More >>

Shaquille O'Neal Retires: My Top 5 NBA Centers in the History of Ever

He had lotsa laughs ... at the expense of the Mavericks​When the NBA All-Star Game came to Dallas in February 2010 I got to hop in a Hummer limo. Driven by a big guy. Who had no use for road rules, or police barriers. As he ran over a bunch of traffic cones and headed toward a security ... More >>

Six Reasons We Hope Shaq Doesn't Return to Music Now That He's Retired From Basketball

Stick with movies, Shaq​It's hard not to love Shaq. He's managed to create a superstar persona out of being a lovable oaf. Oh, and there's that whole basketball thing. He's one of the greatest players of all time, if only because of his size. But, yesterday, the Big Diesel finally went and announc ... More >>

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 >>