Dirk Nowitzki News

Jason Whitlock writes about the sports world from every angle, including those other writers can’t imagine or muster courage to address.

Facebook and Twitter were bursting at the seams last night as the Rangers and the Cardinals duked it out in Game 6. Some of our favorite tweets came from two guys who know a little something about playing under pressure.

It’s actually kind of amazing how bad the Nets have been at drafting players over the past twenty years.

After meeting for 7.5 hours on Thursday, David Stern, Billy Hunter and Derek Fisher discuss the state of negotiations with a hint of optimism.

CHILD / CHILDREN / KIDS: Kevin Durant goes head-to-head in a shootout with Jake Cochnauer, 8 of Minnesota, during the second day of the Kevin Durant basketball camp at Heritage Hall in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 30, 2011.

Adam, Blake and Ders are back to the old grind for season two of Workaholics . Keep up with previews clips and tune in Tuesdays at 10:30/9:30c. Nick Swardson is back! Get all the latest on the new season of Pretend Time , airing Wednesdays at 10:30/9:30c. Watch extended and uncensored versions of Web Redemption and other highlights from the latest … (more)

As the Texas Rangers, one win away from their first World Series title, packed Tuesday for the return trip to St.

Thunder big man Serge Ibaka has signed a two-month contract to join Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid of the ACB League.

The NBA players’ association, not Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, proposed the elimination of the salary cap during negotiations aimed at ending months of labor strife, a league official said Tuesday.

The NBA owners presiding over the league’s increasingly bitter lockout of players aren’t united behind the idea that it’s better to lose an entire season rather than accept a bad labor deal.

World Series fever has pretty much taken over around these parts again. And for good reason: Having the hometown team participate in the Fall Classic in back to back years is somewhat of a rare treat — especially for a team that, until recent years, had been as perennially bad as our own Texas Rangers.

Dirk Nowitzki leading the Mavericks to the NBA title. Blake Griffin’s nightly dominance.

It looks like Dallas Mavericks forward/NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki has used his time away from basketball to help at least one of his athletic endeavors.

It was only the pregame show. As the ear-splitting cacophony rocked American Airlines Center before a recent Dallas Mavericks playoff game, the team executive Martin Woodall whooped gleefully over the din: “My clothes are shaking!” His words were discernible only to a lip reader; their sound stood no chance.

No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama had no such issues, setting up the first 1-2 matchup between Southeastern Conference teams in the regular season.