Dirk: Too Tough To Guard, But Easy To Overlook
Beyond eye-popping numbers, Dirk Nowitzki offered the TV talking heads hyping the Western Conference finals very little to work with.
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Beyond eye-popping numbers, Dirk Nowitzki offered the TV talking heads hyping the Western Conference finals very little to work with.
Dirk Nowitzki showed no rust from a long layoff, making 10 of his first 11 shots and an NBA playoff-record 24 straight free throws on the way to 48 points, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 121-112 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night.
Cleveland's Manny Acta and Toronto's John Farrell will be coaches for Texas' Ron Washington, the AL manager, Major League Baseball said Tuesday.
Deion Sanders is among the 16 players and coaches selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Colby Lewis pitched a five-hitter for his first career shutout and the Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Monday night.
The court on Monday decided that the NFL's lockout of players should stay in place until a full appeal is heard on whether it is legal.
The Mavericks will be playing for the first time in nine days. The Thunder are coming off a seven-game series that included a triple-overtime and another that needed a single overtime.
Injured sluggers Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz could be in the same Double-A lineup together by the middle of this week, and closer to rejoining the Texas Rangers.
Billy Kennedy returned to Texas A&M on Sunday, leaving Murray State to replace Mark Turgeon as the Aggies' basketball coach.
Third base coaches simultaneously juggle crucial bits of information to make split-second decisions that can be the difference in a game.
A subsidiary of the Oklahoma-based Chickasaw Nation is about to take ownership of Grand Prairie horse racing track Lone Star Park.
High praise came down from on high last week when Rick Carlisle tagged Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki as a top 10 all-time player. What do the numbers say? We checked them out.
Chris Davis homered and later drove in the tiebreaking run, as the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 on Sunday.
The Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers will make up their rained out game July 7, which had been an off day for both teams.
Alexi Ogando pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre homered, and the Texas Rangers beat Jered Weaver and the Los Angeles Angels 4-1 on Friday night.