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02/26/2010

Former Spurs guard Alvin Robertson faces charge of sexual assault of a child
Former San Antonio Spurs All-Star guard Alvin Robertson faces sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking charges, alleging he was among seven people who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution and made to dance at a strip club, authorities said Friday.

02/23/2010

Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams gets 5-year sentence
Former NBA star Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for fatally shooting a hired limo driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey by tearfully apologizing to the victim's family. He will be eligible for parole in 18 months.

02/22/2010

Jerry Jones: On Cowboys, partying with LeBron and Jay-Z
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones joined ESPN Radio in Dallas recently. Some highlights of the conversation.

02/19/2010

Knicks acquire Tracy McGrady in three-team trade
The New York Knicks acquired former scoring champion Tracy McGrady, and in doing so got in better position for a run at Cleveland's LeBron James – and a second superstar, too.

02/17/2010

Wizards deal ex-Mav Gooden to Clippers
The Washington Wizards sent Antawn Jamison to Cleveland after Wednesday night's victory over Minnesota in a three-team trade that sent Drew Gooden to the Los Angeles Clippers.

02/16/2010

Nuggets coach Karl diagnosed with neck, throat cancer
Nuggets coach George Karl has been diagnosed with neck and throat cancer and likely will miss some games and practices while undergoing a rigorous treatment program of radiation and chemotherapy.

NBA All-Star Game draws second-lowest TV rating
Cowboys Stadium's NBA All-Star Game may have attracted a record-setting crowd, but as a television event it wasn't exactly a hit.

Counterfeit sports apparel seized during NBA All-Star weekend
Nearly $200,000 worth of counterfeit sports merchandise was seized this weekend during the events surrounding the National Basketball Association's All-Star 2010 game in Dallas, federal officials said Monday at a news conference to show off the seized items.

Photos: NBA All-Star music, celebs, halftime show

Shakira performs as part of the halftime show during the game at Cowboys Stadium on Feb. 14.

TOM FOX / DMN

Shakira performs as part of the halftime show during the All-Star game at Cowboys Stadium.
Keys, Usher also perform
Stadium, stars dazzle fans
Stars help pack the house
Stadium passes biggest test yet
Blogs: Mavs | Scene | Stadium

02/14/2010

NBA All-Star Game a good dry run for Super Bowl
After Houston and UCLA played the Astrodome in 1968, before the biggest crowd to watch a college basketball game, a record that held for 14 years, the college game would never be the same, writes DMN's Kevin Sherrington.

02/15/2010

LeBron, D-Wade a duo made in All-Star fantasy heaven
Mostly the NBA All-Star Game is about fantasy. Come see the stars play together in a game that means little to nothing. See Steve Nash set up Dirk Nowitzki one more time. See Amare Stoudemire shoot a 3. See Dwight Howard take an alley oop from Rajon Rondo. See amazing dunks and no-look passes.

Cowboys Stadium could be in 'rotation' to host future All-Star Games, NBA exec says
The palatial stadium in Arlington gets rave reviews from the National Basketball Association.

The 10 best moments of All-Star weekend
The 10 best moments of All-Star Weekend

Bosh, Wade or LeBron in Dallas in 2010-11?
DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw answered this question and more in today's chat.

Cowboys Stadium, NBA All Stars put up big numbers
The glitzy NBA All-Star week that brought LeBron, Jay-Z and a foot of snow culminated Sunday night with a Texas-size exclamation point. A basketball-record-shattering 108,713 fans filled Cowboys Stadium for the 59th NBA All-Star Game. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference, 141-139, though the score won't be what is most remembered.

Cowboys Stadium passes its biggest test yet
For its biggest test yet, the NBA All-Star Game brought the $1.15 billion stadium its first truly national event Sunday night.

02/14/2010

Miami's Wade powers East, glides his way to game MVP honors

VERNON BRYANT / DMN

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James put on the kind of slick moves the Guiness World record crowd of 108,713 wanted to see. They delivered lob passes to each other and delivered a 141-139 East victory over the West in the annual All-Star Game.

Blogs: Mavs | Scene

02/15/2010

True to All-Star nature, Dirk Nowitzki's quiet with 22 points

MICHAEL AINSWORTH / DMN

As great a scorer as he has been, surpassing the 20,000-point mark in the NBA earlier this season, Dirk Nowitzki has never totally fit into the All-Star scene, writes DMN's Tim Cowlishaw.

Sherrington: Game is dry run for Super Bowl

Miami's Wade powers East, earns MVP honors

Stadium, All Stars put up big numbers

Raptors' Bosh shows he's one of the best

Blogs: Mavericks | Cowboys Stadium | Scene

Raptors star Chris Bosh shows he's one of the best
Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh played high school basketball at Lincoln and still lives in Dallas during the off-season. But he appeared right at home a few miles west Sunday night during the NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium.

Matchup of stars still awaits appropriate stage for rivalry
The rivalry has yet to truly bud. There's never really been an opportunity.

All-Star notebook: Huge crowd bodes well for 2014 Final Four
With 108,713, the largest crowd ever for a basketball game, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has an eye on the 2014 Final Four, which will be coming to Cowboys Stadium.

Host of stars help pack the house
Like a rock star saving his biggest hits for the grand finale, NBA All-Star Weekend finished off its four-day frenzy Sunday by commandeering the most outlandish venue it could muster.

Alicia Keys, Shakira and Usher perform at NBA All-Star Game halftime show
The NBA All-Star Game halftime show Sunday night at Cowboys Stadium was all about the women, specifically Shakira and Alicia Keys.

NBA All-Star Game results
A list of the scores from the NBA All-Star Game.

NBA All-Star Game MVPs
A list of the Most Valuable Players of the NBA All-Star Game.

NBA All-Star Game sites
A list of the sites of the NBA All-Star Game.

02/13/2010

Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki's star shines for all to see

Dirk Nowitzki celebrates after his team won the Shooting Stars event during NBA All-Star Saturday Night at American Airlines Center.

LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN

A week of celebrating Dirk Nowitzki will be capped by tonight's All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium.

Top Dallas All-Star moments

Archer: LeBron's former peers seek NBA shot

Previews: West | East

Contests: 3-point | Dunk | Team shooting

Sherrington: Kids' stuffs don't cut it

Nash exhilarated

Dirk pokes fun at Cuban's play

Photos: All-Star Saturday | Practice

Blogs: Mavs | Scene

Big stars want no part of dunk contest, and kids' stuffs don't cut it
The results of Saturday's slam dunk competition must have been particularly hard on DeMar DeRozan, who boasted going in that he hadn't lost a dunk contest since junior high.

LeBron's former peers trying to get a foot in NBA door

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There was a time Mustafa Shakur and Brian Butch walked with LeBron James, before the Cleveland star became a corporation, someone known by his first name only.

Top Dallas All-Star moments

Nowitzki's star shines for all to see

Previews: West | East

Contests: 3-point | Dunk | Team shooting

Sherrington: Kids' stuffs don't cut it

Nash exhilarated

Dirk pokes fun at Cuban's play

Blogs: Mavs | Scene

Dirk's shot from halfcourt is winner
This wasn't the NBA Finals. This wasn't even the NBA regular season.

Knicks' Nate Robinson becomes first 3-time dunk contest winner
This time, he wasn't Krypto-Nate. And no, Nate Robinson didn't surmount a 6-11 human prop – or even a 5-6 one – on his way to a thunderous dunk.

Foot Locker 3-Point Shootout: Boston's Pierce crowned
The NBA's 3-Point Shootout has now come full circle, with another Boston Celtics player winning the competition in Dallas.

Eddie Sefko's Western Conference preview

Eddie Sefko's Eastern Conference preview

02/14/2010

Nash returns weary but exhilarated
Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash showed up Saturday morning at the Western Conference's All-Star practice with his hair a little more disheveled than usual.

02/12/2010

Today will be more than an All-Star jam session

Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry both competed in the 2006 Three-Point Shootout, won by Nowitzki. Nowitzki will compete in the Shooting Stars contest tonight.

DMN FILE PHOTO

Barry Horn breaks down NBA All-Star Saturday night.

Dirk on writers' all-decade team

Post-NBA life not easy for players

Fans remember Wade's role in '06 Finals

Photos: Rookie challenge | Celeb game

Top moments in Dallas All-Star history

Dirk will start, guard LeBron

Celeb game: T.O. scores 10, Cuban 0

Rookies win | Raptor in dunk contest

Blog: Scene and heard

Top moments in Dallas' All-Star history
The history of All-Star brilliance for the Mavericks and the city of Dallas is a bit spotty.

Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki makes writers' NBA All-Decade second team
NBA beat writers have spoken. Their NBA All-Decade team includes a current Maverick (Dirk Nowitzki, second team) and a former Mavericks (Steve Nash, first team). Check out the rest.

Top Dallas All-Star moments

Cowlishaw: Introducing Kevin Durant

NBA's Chris Paul: 'I had Dallas Cowboys sheets on my bed'

Blog: Scene and heard from All-Star Weekend

Prostitutes, strippers expected to flock to Dallas

Cowlishaw: Dirk shouldn't start

Events schedule

Showcase could allow nation to finally discover Kevin Durant
It all seems a bit too soon, even now as the numbers pile up and up and up. And the numbers do not lie when it comes to first-time All-Star Kevin Durant.

Life after basketball isn't easy for NBA players
NBA players live the good life. Loads of money. The best food and the best hotels. Party like rock stars, if they are so inclined.

Guard play carries rookies over NBA sophomores
The NBA sophomores boasted a clear size advantage and had history on their side Friday night in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge.

T.O. scores 10, Cuban scoreless in celebrity game
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban went scoreless, but his Western Conference team beat the East, 41-37, in Friday night's Celebrity All-Star game at Dallas Convention Center. In a losing effort, former Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens scored 10 points, but only two in the second half.

Raptors' DeRozan prevails in Dunk-In
Eric Gordon came into the halftime dunk contest sweating. He had played the first half of the Rookie-Sophomore game. And Gordon, a Clipper, had thrown down a tomahawk dunk during that half.

Fans remember role Wade played in Mavericks' meltdown in '06 Finals
Dwyane Wade wants to be liked, although he knows it's probably never going to happen when he sets foot in Mavericks nation.

Nowitzki will start for West, guard LeBron

Magic: 'Mental toughness' has been Mavericks' downfall
As a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and an analyst for ESPN, Hall of Famer Magic Johnson keeps his finger on the pulse of the NBA. On Friday, Johnson praised the Mavericks while giving a brief diagnosis of their problems.

NBA star Chris Paul had 'Dallas Cowboys sheets on my bed'
If the Western Conference All-Stars need a tour guide Sunday at Cowboys Stadium, Chris Paul is their guy.

Hot air: A long time calling for Marv Albert
Marv Albert seemingly has been the voice of the NBA forever. He will be on the play-by-play call Sunday for TNT's coverage of the NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium. By his count, it will mark his 12th All-Star Game – if you count radio.

NBA players' union rejects owners' first proposal
Not only did the NBA players association reject the initial collective-bargaining proposal from the owners, union chief Billy Hunter said "it was agreed the owners would tear up their proposal."

Nancy Lieberman scores in honor of new friend who is ill
Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman had a mission at the NBA's Celebrity All-Star Game on Friday at the Jam Session.

Cowlishaw: Dirk shouldn't start All-Star; Spud's apathy cure

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Dirk to start

Ex-Mav Dennis Rodman a coach

Snow putting damper on events

Game tix cheaper, but Slam Dunk up to $3450

Events schedule

Who looks better? Dirk or LeBron?

Kidd in, Kobe out

Game filled with local Dallas stars

Photos: All-Star Jam Session

Mavs trade talk update

Live updates

Prostitutes, strippers expected to flock to Dallas for NBA All-Star weekend
The NBA All-Star game is a celebration of basketball, but for many in town now, it’s as much a celebration of decadence.

Snow putting damper on NBA All-Star events
Neither snow, nor slush, nor sleet, nor gloom of ice shall keep the hardcore NBA fan from soaking up the All-Star basketball action in North Texas.

02/11/2010

All-Star Weekend host: Dirk giving it his best shot

Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki hands a jersey back to a fan during an autograph session at the All-Star Jam Session on Wednesday.

VERNON BRYANT / DMN

As celebrity hosts go, the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki will not so much embrace the NBA's All-Star Weekend as he will endure it.

Dirk likely to start

Kidd in, Kobe out

Former area high school stars aligned in Dallas

Photos: All-Star Jam Session

No serious trade talk for Mavs

Jam session to begin early Friday

Lofty heights for All-Star Game

Best food for All-Star weekend

02/12/2010

Ex-Mavericks star Dennis Rodman makes coaching debut, takes shot at NBA commish
Former Dallas Mavericks star Dennis Rodman will make his professional coaching debut tonight.

02/11/2010

Dirk Nowitzki likely to start for West All-Stars
West coach George Karl said before tonight's game against San Antonio that he expects to start Dirk Nowitzki Sunday in the All-Star Game.

02/12/2010

NBA All-Star Game tickets cheaper, but Slam Dunk up to $3450
Attendance at Sunday's NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium will be Texas-size, but ticket prices in many cases are far more modest this year.

02/11/2010

Former area stars Deron Williams, Chris Bosh aligned in Dallas

DMN FILE PHOTO

While Dirk Nowitzki is seen as chief party-thrower for the NBA's All-Star Weekend, Toronto's Chris Bosh and Utah's Deron Williams will provide another local angle. Bosh starred at Lincoln and Williams at The Colony.

2002: Williams stands out in high school crowd

2003: Bosh opts for NBA draft early

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02/12/2010

How to spot NBA counterfeit All-Star material
The NBA is warning fans to watch out for counterfeit merchandise on sale this weekend.

02/11/2010

Dallas' first basketball star was ready to mix it up
On a weekend when basketball's biggest stars come to town to investigate any parties that might break out, it's only fitting to remember Dallas' first pro basketball star. Cliff Hagan left a mark. Maybe a couple of concussions, too.

02/12/2010

All-Star events schedule: Friday and Saturday
General admission tickets are available through Ticketmaster; some special events are sold out. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for children (ages 3-12), $12 for seniors or military personnel (with valid ID) and free for children 2 and younger.

02/11/2010

Mark Cuban: 'This will be the biggest All-Star ever'
When it comes to the NBA All-Star game, everything is bigger in Texas.

Jason Kidd replaces Kobe Bryant on West team

Dallas' Jason Kidd (right) is replacing injured Kobe Bryant on the West All-Star team.

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Jason Kidd will return to Dallas in triumphant fashion after he was selected to replace the injured Kobe Bryant on the Western Conference roster in Sunday's All-Star Game.

LeBron likes Cowboys, but how about Mavs?

Start Dirk at shooting guard for West

Photos: 1986 All-Star Game | Mavs in All-Star Games

NBA set for collective-bargaining session
Today, several NBA owners, lawyers and commissioner David Stern will sit down across from several player representatives, lawyers and NBA players association president Billy Hunter for a collective-bargaining session.

Who's a fashion stud? Who's a dud? Players rate LeBron, Dirk, Wade and others
Fashion is a key component of life for many NBA players. They want to present a slick look. Clean and lean. Here's a look at some of the best-dressed NBA All-Stars, and a few of the red-carpet busts, too.

Dallas taxpayers pay $2 million for NBA All-Star security
The NBA All-Star weekend officially kicks off on Thursday, but the parties were already under way Wednesday night. Downtown Dallas motorists can expect traffic delays, street closures and a lot of police.

02/10/2010

Spud Webb wowed Reunion crowd in '86 dunk contest
Spud Webb can't palm a basketball. His hands are too small to grip it. Such a deficiency might be a minor inconvenience for most, but for Webb it could have been, well, a giant shortcoming.

02/11/2010

NBA All-Star Jam Session a knockout with fans

Phoenix Suns pregame team member Joseph Odhiambo helps Ryder Astorga, 3 of Dallas spin a basketball at the All Star Jam Session

VERNON BRYANT/DMN

The Jam Session officially opens to the public at 4 p.m. today for a three-day run. Nearly 100,000 people are expected to attend the fan-friendly event.
NBA All-Star Weekend 2010: Resources, news and information

02/10/2010

Why 30-somethings like Dirk are in control of NBA

Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki (right) and San Antonio's Tim Duncan are two of the eight players over 30-years-old in this year's All-Star Game.

G.J. McCARTHY / DMN

In the NBA, old is in. There are eight players over 30 in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game, including the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki.

Spud Webb wowed Reunion crowd in '86 dunk contest

All-Hustle team

Video: Spud Webb recalls dunk contest victory

All-Star Jam Session a knockout with fans

Photos: 1986 All-Star Game | Mavs in All-Star Games

Jason Terry lone Maverick on Hustle list
The idea was proposed first by Denver coach George Karl when the Mavericks visited the Nuggets a couple of days after Christmas.

Sore ankle keeps Bryant out again
Kobe Bryant missed the Los Angeles Lakers' final game before the All-Star break with a sore left ankle.

Where to score a good meal during NBA All-Star Weekend

Elizabeth M. Claffey / special contributor

The Shrimp and Grits dish at Hattie's restaurant in Dallas.

Anyone who wants to eat before or after the game Sunday can take comfort in the thought that the Arlington area is home to what must be the densest concentration of chain restaurants known to man. And for the rest of the weekend, here are some great places to dine like a seasoned Dallasite.
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NBA All-Star Weekend parties have celebs flocking to Dallas
The plethora of Dallas-area parties surrounding the NBA All-Star Game this weekend may be a case, to use an old expression, of champagne wishes and caviar dreams. For the average Joe, getting into the hottest parties figures to be as easy as stopping LeBron James in his tracks.

02/09/2010

Dallas won't get All-Star Game again soon

Dirk Nowitzki's image adorns a skyscraper lighting up the Dallas night as North Texas gets set to host the NBA's All-Star Weekend.

MICHAEL AINSWORTH / DMN

This weekend's NBA All-Star extravaganza is sure to set a basketball attendance record. So, it'll be back in Dallas and Arlington again soon, right? Don't be so sure.

'86 game a shot of Texas flair

Dallas put best foot forward in '86

Video: Spud Webb recalls '86 dunk contest win | Convention Center preps for All-Star Jam Session

Photos: 1986 All-Star Game | Mavs in All-Star Games

Q&A with David Stern

1986 NBA All-Star Game brought Texas flair to NBA
Rolando Blackman still has the goody bag he received for playing in the 1986 NBA All-Star Game at Reunion Arena.

02/10/2010

In '86, Dallas put best foot forward as All-Star Game host
When the NBA All-Star Game first came to Dallas 24 years ago, the party went on all weekend long. And nobody had a better time than Pete Olenchek, a wide-eyed 20-year-old from Milwaukee.

02/09/2010

All-Star Kobe Bryant might not make it to Dallas
Kobe Bryant isn't sure if he’ll play in this weekend's NBA All-Star game in Dallas because of his sore left ankle.

Q&A with NBA commissioner David Stern
The Dallas Morning News recently sat down with NBA commissioner David Stern to touch on numerous topics regarding the league, the players and the future of the game.

02/08/2010

Ticket sales for All-Star Game in Arlington pass 90,000

02/09/2010

Dallas H-O-R-S-E competition gets All-Star Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant will defend his title in the H-O-R-S-E competition at All-Star weekend.

02/08/2010

NBA planning service projects throughout Dallas-Fort Worth area
In advance of next Sunday's All-Star Game at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, the National Basketball Association will sponsor five days of community events intended, according to the league, "to make a lasting impact on North Texas communities."

02/06/2010

NBA All-Star game is really filling it up
The NBA All-Star Game is only a week away. One local resident, Plano's Marques Haynes, can imagine what it will be like with a basketball-record 90,000-plus fans.

Video: Haynes on Jesse Owens in Berlin

TV analysts to join teams in All-Star Weekend's Shooting Stars challenge

Buy tickets | Official site

Cowboys Stadium seating map

Cowboys Stadium guest guide

More Mavericks/NBA

Mavericks/NBA blog | Photos

02/05/2010

TV analysts to join teams in All-Star Weekend's Shooting Stars challenge
This year, television analysts will join with pro stars from Atlanta, LA, Sacramento and Texas in the Haier Shooting Stars challenge Feb. 13, part of the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities in Dallas.

02/02/2010

The Colony-ex Williams picked for Skills Challenge at All-Star Weekend
It will be a busy weekend for hometown All-Star Deron Williams.

Alicia Keys, Shakira and Usher to perform at the 2010 NBA All-Star Game
The musical star wattage will be high during the NBA All-Star Game on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Basketball fans will be treated to performances by Alicia Keys, Shakira and Usher.

02/01/2010

Mark Cuban, golfer Anthony Kim highlight NBA All-Star Celebrity Game roster
Watch some of the hottest celebrities in TV, film and music take it to the basket during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, to be held Friday, Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. (CT) at American Airlines Center.

02/02/2010

Cowlishaw: Gilbert Arenas rebounding from his errant delivery
There is nothing in Gilbert Arenas' background leading up to this incident that suggests he will be anything but a good spokesperson for the league on this matter, writes Tim Cowlishaw.

Cowlishaw: Mavericks a minor injury from looking like Celtics
The NBA All-Star Game is coming at a good time for the Dallas Mavericks. In a loss to Utah which didn't even have Carlos Boozer available last night, the Mavs looked a lot like they had in two previous losses – old and slow, writes Tim Cowlishaw.

02/01/2010

Denver's Karl, Orlando's Van Gundy to coach All-Star squads
Stan Van Gundy will coach the East in the All-Star game after the Orlando Magic edged Atlanta for the second-best record in the conference through January.

01/31/2010

Texas-ex Durant goes for 45 as Thunder outlast Warriors
After scoring a season-high 45 points, Kevin Durant was bound to make a move in the NBA scoring race.

FSSW Video: Durant talks about game

Stoudemire, Nash carry Suns past Rockets in OT
Amare Stoudemire scored a season-high 36 points, Steve Nash handed out 16 assists and the Suns snapped a five-game road losing streak with a 115-111 overtime victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.

Anthony sits again, but Nuggets still beat Spurs, 103-89
Kenyon Martin scored 27 points and the Denver Nuggets won again without Carmelo Anthony, beating the San Antonio Spurs 103-89 on Sunday.

01/30/2010

NBA All-Star Game gives downtown Dallas a chance to shine
Arlington may be hosting the main event, but Dallas plans to own the stage when it comes to the decadent and celebrity-fueled frenzy expected to surround next week's NBA All-Star Game.

01/28/2010

Nowitzki only Dallas Maverick among All-Star reserves
Dirk Nowitzki is the only Dallas Mavericks player in this year's NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium.

01/27/2010

85,000 and counting: NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium sets record
Mavericks president and CEO Terdema Ussery said Wednesday that the Feb. 14 NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium is "past 85,000 tickets sold," the most of any basketball game in history.

01/26/2010

Blazers center Greg Oden apologizes for nude photos
Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden is apologizing for nude photos that have surfaced on the internet.

01/25/2010

Dallas Mavericks' star Dirk Nowitzki peddles NBA All-Star Jam Session tickets

Dallas Mavericks fan Stella Cuadra (foreground) touches hands with Dirk Dowitzki through the window glass of the American Airlines Center ticket booth where Nowitzki was selling NBA All-Star Jam Session passes Monday afternoon.

JIM MAHONEY/DMN

The Jam Session will feature fan-friendly, interactive activities leading up to the All-Star Game on Feb. 14.
Link: 2010 NBA All-Star Game
Link: All-Star Jam Session
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01/24/2010

Mark Cuban: Dallas All-Star Weekend will make 'Super Bowl look like a bar mitzvah'
Cuban says All-Star Weekend might be bigger than the Super Bowl in a way. "The Super Bowl, from a television perspective, is the biggest event of the year. But for attendance and partying, All-Star Weekend will make the Super Bowl look like a bar mitzvah."

01/25/2010

Son of former Dallas Maverick Uwe Blab dies after fight
Police say the 19-year-old son of former NBA player Uwe Blab died after a fight in San Marcos.

01/22/2010

How Mavericks fared in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game vote totals

01/20/2010

TNT crew praises All-Star Game slam dunk trio
Here are some excerpts from Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson talking on TNT about the Sprite Slam Dunk participants -- Gerald Wallace, Shannon Brown and Nate Robinson. See if you can find the flaw in the conversation.

01/18/2010

Knicks' Nate Robinson returning to slam dunk contest
Nate Robinson is returning to the slam dunk contest at All-Star weekend, where he will try to become the first three-time winner.

01/13/2010

OU-ex Blake Griffin to have season-ending surgery
The Los Angeles Clippers say Blake Griffin will have surgery on his broken left kneecap, ending the No. 1 draft pick's season before it even began.

01/06/2010

NBA suspends Gilbert Arenas indefinitely
NBA commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended Gilbert Arenas without pay Wednesday, saying the Washington Wizards guard is "not currently fit to take the court."

12/26/2009

Lakers: Artest injured in fall at home
Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest has injuries to his head and left elbow after falling at his home. Artest didn't travel with the Lakers to Saturday's game at Sacramento after tripping over a box and falling down a flight of stairs at his home on Christmas night, the team said in a news release.

09/17/2009

Unkindest cut of all
Michael Jordan didn't make the varsity as a sophomore at Laney High. He never really outgrew the snub, which he used as the impetus for what may be the most remarkable career in basketball history. Fred Lynch didn't kickstart it, though.

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