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…
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…
This is how it looked as workers transformed Cowboys Stadium from a football field to a basketball court for yesterday’s casual pick-up game. Alas, as there is no soundtrack, this suggestion: I see my old rock-and-roll frienemy, Knack frontman Doug Fieger, has died after a protracted battle with cancer, sad…
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…
10. As if Cowboys Stadium needed validating, the moment occurred two hours before tonight’s tip-off when two of the wealthiest, most powerful personalities in sports shook hands at midcourt. “Jerry Jones … nice to meet you.” “Lebron James … the pleasure’s all mine, Mr. Jones.” 9. When it comes to…
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…
One of the two parking-garage exits here at Unfair Park HQ’s frozen over; explains why the office is now holiday empty. But before I quit it, a few items of interest to keep you warm:USA Today profiles NBA All-Star Weekend co-host Mark Cuban, who’s, like, mellowed in recent years; hence…
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 …..
While the Mavs haven’t given folks a whole lot to get excited about lately with five losses in the team’s final seven games heading into Sunday’s All-Star Game (capped off by Tuesday night’s 36-point shellacking in Denver), hundreds of fans lined up yesterday afternoon at the Dallas Convention Center to…
So, Mark Cuban’s interested in biting off a piece of that Dallas Stars Popsicle — not the whole thing, mind you, just a taste. So he told Randy Galloway yesterday: “I have talked to somebody who is interested in buying the team, and I told them I would try to…
Mark Cuban, anyone?…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Since the Sports Business Journal story is subscriber-only, we’ll go with Convenience Stores News’s recap: Center Operating Company, which runs the American Airlines Center, is finalizing negotiations with nearby neighbor 7-Eleven to open a convenience store in the arena — a first for the Dallas-based company. It’s a 10-year deal…
Friend of Unfair Park PeterK shares yet another unusual eBay find: a 1903 cabinet card featuring one William Doyle, who, best I can tell, played for the mighty Dallas Giants of the Texas League from 1903 till 1905 — during which time he counted among his teammates one Branch Rickey,…
Let the branding begin as we transition from Super Bowl ads to NBA All-Star Week advertisers. Here’s a sneak peak at what to expect over the next few days as Dallas (and some place called Arlington?) becomes a city-sized billboard hawking everything from T-Mobile to Gatorade to Foot Locker to…
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…
Yes, yes it is Sportsy Thursday. So, then, from arena football to actual football …Late last night I was futzing around on eBay looking for something related to something else I’m working on when I came across this odd collectible: the contract allowing the Dallas Cowboys to hold their very…
Looks like it’s Sportsy Thursday ’round here. So, then, from puck to ball …Back in December we broke the news that the Dallas Desperados were on the comeback trail, along with the rest of an Arena Football League sidelined during the ’09 season. Turns out, the team that’s scheduled to…
