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Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him

In tiny Knox City, a sick boy and his robot sidekick keep beating the odds.

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 >>

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.

Lebron James Can't Catch A Break: New Song Kicks The King While He's Down...

Three days removed from Your Dallas Mavericks beating The Evil Miami Heat on their home court to clinch the NBA title, and it's still not a great time to be Lebron James, despite what he may go around telling people in press conferences.A new song written for The Chosen One by one Matt Smith (anyone ... More >>

Mavs, From The Finals to the Fontainebleau

Dallas, it would seem, has a new America's Team this morning, and so we'll get to the "news" in a moment. First, though, two Association videos -- sneak peeks at the "mini-movie" to come later this afternoon. On this side, Dirk Nowtizki, who "slew the fire-breathing demon of unfulfilled expectations ... More >>

Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry: Validation with a Vengeance

​As I watched Mark Cuban and Dirk Nowitzki try to keep an eye and arm on their new NBA Finals and NBA Finals MVP trophies, all the while swigging from a bottle of bubbly as big as a small pony, it struck me just how perfect this night was. The Mavericks -- those soft lil' Mav-wrecks -- were he ... More >>

Don't Look Now, But Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Won a Championship the Right Way

​Mark Cuban was fuming. His team had just blown a 23-point lead in a Game 4 loss to Portland in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Mavericks were two losses from another early-round exit, the likely firing of head coach Rick Carlisle and yet another in a seemingly endless re-shuffling of ... More >>

Whitt's End: 6.10.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *In 31 years of basketball, the Dallas Mavericks have won a combined (regular season and playoffs) 1,349 games. One more in Miami either Sunday or Tuesday and they are NBA Champions. *Histor ... More >>

Final Destinations: 2

Mavericks revenge is a dish best served with Heat.

Before the 2011 NBA Finals Start, One More Look Back at 2006 to Put Into Perspective Why This Series is So Dang Important

Sorry to pee on your Memorial Day barbecue, but you gotta get mad one more time before we can get even. Revenge, after all, is best served ... in South Beach. I know only Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry remain for the Mavericks and Udonis Haslem and Dwyane Wade remain on the Heat from the 2006 ... More >>

Let's Go Bulls! But Let's Never Forget the Heat!!

​We're rooting for the Chicago Bulls in tonight's Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Right? I know, in the regular season the Mavs were 2-0 against the Miami Heat and 0-2 against the Bulls. But the longer the series goes -- it's currently 3-1 Miami -- the more rest the Mavs will ge ... More >>

Miami Heat Would Have Lost to the Dallas Mavericks Without My Hex. They Don't Need My Help To Suck.

The Big German Takes on King James

As of Right Now, I'm Wishing Failure Upon ...

Miami Thrice, enjoy your demise.​Dwyane Wade in specific. And the Miami Heat in general. Take this lightly if you wish, but consider the career/personal plunges of my previous targets: *Terrell Owens (cut by the Cowboys, irrelevant as Buffalo Bill). *Tiger Woods (lost his wife, reputat ... More >>

Life During Wartime: Todd Solondz Returns, Grim as Ever.

Mercy Wine Bar Would Make Roy Orbison Proud

​"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street, pretty woman the kind I like to meet, pretty woman.  I don't believe you.  You're not the truth.  No one could look as good as you...Mercy!"  If rock 'n roll pioneer Roy Orbison were alive today, he might take great pleasure in knowing t ... More >>

Dallas is in the Super Bowl! Okay, How About AT the Super Bowl?

​The Cowboys won't be in Miami for Super Bowl XLIV February 7, but Dallas will be represented all over South Beach in the form of the latest and greatest in safe, sassy transportation - VAULT. I saw this thing - it's like a giant combo limousine/Hummer/armored truck - pull up to a D ... More >>

First Look: DISH

​ "Do you want to go to this restaurant opening?" I asked my boyfriend as we were heating up leftovers. Checking the temperature of his canned soup, he replied, "Can't. I'm broke." To which I informed him, "It's free, and it's sponsored by champagne and vodka." Apparently, I didn't even have t ... More >>

I'm on the All-Carb Diet

Record Grill doesn't give a crap about fat grams

Barber Shop

Barry Whistler pays tribute to a fallen artist

The Geisha Rub

Mysterious, sensual, entertaining? Nah, not this geisha.

Green Machine

Forget the sushi; stick with the specials at Asian Mint

Fast 'n Curryious

At Cafe Roti, fast food speeds to a higher life form

Kings of Clubs

The coke-drenched era of nightclubs is over, but now a new group of entrepreneurs is ready to reinvent the scene

Thom Tom Tim

Triple R Group lands its first chef

Jumping Fish

A new gig for Marc Haines

Changing channels

When the Mavericks made a deal with the USA Network, Tom Hicks' regional sports channel became less regional

Letters

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX