Mavs at Thunder: Okay, I’m Interested

Two years ago the Dallas Mavericks came out of the All-Star break thusly: In his first game back in Dallas after a trade from New Jersey point guard Jason Kidd took the opening possession against the Hornets in New Orleans and threw a perfect lob pass that Josh Howard dunked…

My 2010 Winter Olympics Preview

Look, I took time Friday afternoon to build a snowman and go sled-bounding down a hill. Done with winter. How long ’til Spring Break? I actually turned on the TV Sunday afternoon to see which was more boring: The Winter Olympics or Daytona 500. Auto racing was on hold because of…

After 7-Player Trade, Your Mavericks are Better. But How Much Better?

Three years ago to the day I loved Josh Howard. But this morning I’m thrilled that he’s no longer a Dallas Maverick. Why? Because lost in the parties and record-setting crowd of NBA All-Star Weekend was a seven-player trade that both re-shaped the Mavs’ roster and re-booted their hopes for contending…

All-Star Weekend, “Where WTF? Happens”

First thing yesterday, I buried a reference to The Basketball Jones’s first video from NBA All-Star Weekend. The kid liked it far more than I — he’s a sucker for wacky. Here’s the second installment, a marked improvement.TBJ Does Dallas: Where Winter Happens from The Basketball Jones on Vimeo…

I’m Dreaming of a White Chr … NBA All-Star Weekend?

What the what? There’s a mammoth blizzard in the northeast. There’s a – relatively speaking – mammoth blizzard outside your window. I got plans tonight, man. Big plans. Party plans. If you’re brave enough to get out and about tonight, I got your party hook-up right here …..

There’s an Untouchable Maverick not Named Dirk Nowitzki?

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 plans for an All-Star bash at his Dallas mansion, one…

Judge Spud: Webb Returns to the Height of His Popularity

Anthony “Spud” Webb dazzled Reunion Arena and captured America in 1986. Unfortunately, I’d seen his act before. As a horrible point guard for the 1981 Duncanville High School Panthers, I had the ball stolen from me on consecutive possessions by Webb, then a star at Wilmer-Hutchins. After the second theft, the…

Hey, What Happened to Hockey?

I still have a puck from the first Dallas Stars game, played at Reunion Arena on Oct. 5, 1993. Went to the game with Troy Aikman and I remember going into the locker room and meeting Mike Modano and seeing lots of hot women in the crowd and thinking “Whoa,…

NBA All-Star Week Shootaround

One of the more intriguing concerts scheduled around the NBA All-Star Week is a Saturday-night Haitian-relief benefit at the Palladium featuring Erykah Badu and Jamie Foxx. A couple of Friends of Unfair Park have asked how they can buy tix. Problem is, the event’s more or less sold out; I…

Okay, Football’s Over. On to 2010 and What?

Yeah, yeah. Who Dat and all that. Congratulations. Hug a troubled city. Now, let’s move on. To 2010. Next season is now this season. When the NFL kicks off next season your Dallas Cowboys will be a favorite to play in Super Bowl XLV next Februrary in Arlington. According to one…

Saints 31, Colts 17: My Top 20 Super Bowl XLIV Observations

20. Some of us picked Saints 33, Colts 31, so we’re not terribly surprised. 19. Of all the things on my to-do list today, calling Barney Stinson – whoever the hell he is – isn’t one of them. 18. Entertaining, electric game. Two things that jumped out at me in…