SURPRISE, Arizona — Regardless of your sports pangs, you should be plenty satiated today. The Mavs and Jason Kidd play at San Antonio. The Stars and Brad Richards host Chicago. The Cowboys — who appear willing to let Julius Jones walk — begin free agency. And out here in Arizona…
“Jason isn’t the guy who could take us to the next level. Management wasn’t comfortable putting the franchise in his hands.” —Mavericks interim general manager Frank Zaccanelli upon trading Jason Kidd on December 26, 1996 “Kidd’s skill set and leadership will help us close out games and series. Because of…
CharleyPride.com The Pride of North Texas: Charley Pride, that is, an annual fixture at Rangers spring training SURPRISE, Arizona — Eight months from now we’ll either remember this as the day your Texas Rangers commenced a stunning turnaround. Or, more likely, the day they unofficially officially began a ninth consecutive…
Dallas Stars/NHL Brad Richards, now a Dallas Star — the hockey team, I believe Out here in Surprise, Arizona, it’s sunny and 82 degrees and far, far removed from hockey season. But back there, I hear the team I said never makes any noise actually made some noise, eh? Not…
The greatness of Gorilla vs. Bear has hopped into the Wayback Machine and dialed up 1994 — back when one “J. Kidd” collaborated with Digital Underground’s Money B. on the shit … dang it … hit single “What the Kidd Didd.” It’s been kinda making the rounds in recent weeks:…
I’m headed out to Surprise, Arizona, today for a week at Texas Rangers spring training, which, I know, sounds about as inviting as a lunch-time waterboarding session. But, hey, duty calls. Like most of you, I’m not real jazzed about this Rangers season. We’re not alone. Fox and ESPN have…
Thomas O. Hicks Jr., VP of Hicks Sports Group Thomas O. Hicks Jr., what in the hell is wrong with you? I ask only because a Friend of Unfair Park sends along this story about how the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars’ owner’s sonny boy went to a pub in…
Excuse me if I don’t appropriately memorialize the 19th anniversary of Jerry Jones firing Tom Landry. Today is all about Jason Kidd’s homecoming. After getting traded by the Mavericks in 1996, Kidd was viciously booed in each of his returns to Reunion Arena. But when he takes the American Airlines…
If nothing else, Jon Stewart certainly ranks as one of Oscar’s … um … sportsiest hosts. Maybe? At the risk of offending our nationally acclaimed film connoisseur, I poked around a little on all my Internets today and realized I haven’t seen any of the flicks up for Best Picture…
One game, and already Richie’s proclaiming Kidd and empty jersey — one you can buy right here, matter o’ fact! Don’t worry, maybe one of the Mavericks will exercise an obscure trade veto, and we can nix this whole Jason Kidd deal before it’s too late. Oh, shit. Wait. We’re…
Hear that? It’s audible. But so quiet and muffled, almost tranquil. Is it the refurbished Mercantile Tower clock, silently ticking high above downtown? Two moths texting in a cotton field? Charlie Chaplin espousing the virtues of Roger Clemens? Nope. Just another winter hot streak by your Dallas Stars. Admittedly stripped…
With the initial sticker shock having subsided and a waiting list already topping 10,000, the Dallas Cowboys are openly happy with ticket sales at their new $1-billion palace in Arlington. But, privately, they’re even more thrilled at the demand for exclusive, elitist suites. A team source tells me this morning…
Avery Johnson, picking up his Coach of the Year award two years ago Evan Smith, the camera-shy editor of Texas Monthly, interviewed Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson for the mag’s forthcoming April issue. Evan kindly provides a sneak peak over at the Monthly’s Delay of Game sports blog, with…
This old Jason Kidd poster can be yours right now, for the low, low price of $15. I’m at American Airlines Center witnessing something I thought I’d never see — no, not this guy in concert, but, of course, Jason Kidd back in a Dallas Mavericks tank top. After the…
So, Jason Kidd’s a Dallas Maverick for the second time. Richie’s got more forthcoming in a sec about today’s ’bout-time blockbuster trade. But, for grins, let’s go stumbling down Amnesia Lane, to the day Jason Kidd became a Mav for the very first time. –Robert Wilonsky…
No more Hope-ing: Jason Kidd’s back in a Mavs uni as of seconds ago. Ready or not, Jason Kidd is a Dallas Maverick. After a week of machinations and maneuvers that took the deal from imminent to insane, the NBA just minutes ago finally stamped its approval. I’ll have more…
Till I can find a better version of the NBA’s “Where Amazing Happens” ad featuring Dirk Nowitzki, which debuted last night during the NBA All-Star Game, this shot-off-a-TV version will have to do. One significant note: It’s the first player-produced ad — which is why Dirk told the Fort Worth…
NBA.com Keith Van Horn, now more useful than ever All this dramatic transaction has been missing is Howie Mandel, 25 suitcases and a stage full of models. But now — maybe, just maybe — it’s over. With the NBA’s league office pondering the Mavericks’ reconfigured trade for Jason Kidd at…
Waytago, Stack. Waytago. The deeper we look into the Jason Kidd trade, the more obvious it is that the Mavericks screwed it up. Big time. First, Dallas apparently didn’t take time to make sure Devean George would be cool with being dealt to New Jersey — or anywhere else, for…
Randy Couture, which is also the name for our line of crotchless panties So far, Mark Cuban’s HDNet Fights has been a bit player in the burgeoning Mixed Martial Arts game, but that may be changing. This week HDNet filed suit in Dallas district court seeking to get MMA star…
Last night, the NBA announced that Dirk Nowitzki will replace Kobe Bryant in the Three-Point Shootout, which takes place at 7 p.m. on TNT tomorrow in New Orleans. On Sunday, of course, Nowitzki will be playing in the All-Star Game with Bryant, who’s yet to get an exemption from the…
NBA.com Or, maybe Mark Cuban knew Devean George would block the Jason Kidd trade, thus making it look like Cuban was willing to make a move he didn’t really want to make in the first place? The Mavs’ trade for Jason Kidd isn’t dead yet, but it’s severely wounded. I’d…
