Nowitzki Returns Home To Germany After NBA Title
NBA star Dirk Nowitzki received a hero's welcome on Tuesday when he returned to his home town more than two weeks after leading the Dallas Mavericks to their first championship.
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NBA star Dirk Nowitzki received a hero's welcome on Tuesday when he returned to his home town more than two weeks after leading the Dallas Mavericks to their first championship.
Dallas Mavericks guard Roddy Beaubois has undergone surgery for the second time since fracturing his left foot while training with the French national team last summer.
Jose Reyes had four hits and scored three runs, as rookie Dillon Gee pitched six effective innings, and the Mets beat the Rangers 8-5 on Sunday.
Defenders Zach Loyd and George John scored in a five-minute span of the first half and Dallas posted its eighth shutout of the season to beat Portland, 4-0.
Lucas Duda matched a Mets record with three doubles while going 4 for 5 with four RBIs, Carlos Beltran snapped out of a slump with three hits and New York had season highs for runs and hits in a 14-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus is out of the team's lineup because of a sore left wrist. Andrus is still waiting to see the team doctor.
Adrian Beltre snapped a 13-game homerless drought and the Texas Rangers beat the New York Mets 8-1 on Friday night.
Dallas Mavericks star and NBA champion Dirk Nowitzki is better with the stepback, one-legged jumper than throwing a baseball.
The All-American story of redemption lives and breathes in the outfield at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
Reigning American League MVP Josh Hamilton is going to try contact lenses to help him see the ball better during Texas Rangers day games.
Eventually, someone taken in the first round of this year's NBA draft will blossom into a quality player. But the Mavericks don't want to wait.
Two people familiar with the talks told The Associated Press on Friday that the sides will resume negotiations early next week at an undisclosed site. The lockout is deep into its fourth month, and this will be the fifth set of "secret" meetings.
The Dallas Mavericks are already gearing up to defend their title, trading both their draft picks for Portland Trailblazers guard Rudy Fernandez.
Dallas city officials who tallied up the cost for a parade celebrating the Mavericks' first NBA title last week say it came to $340,947.
Nearly halfway through the season after their first World Series, the Texas Rangers have six wins fewer than the same point a year ago.