DALLAS – Legend has it that if former Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki would have stuck with tennis as his primary sport as a teenager, he had the talent to perhaps make it on the ATP World Tour. “I don’t know about that,” Nowitzki told us last year. “I was decent when I was a […]
Fresh off setting the record for longevity with one team, and bidding farewell to basketball, Dirk Nowitzki turns 41 years old today. He amassed 31,560 points in his incredible career, the sixth-most ever, and he retires ninth in made field goals, 11th in 3s, sixth in free throws, and sixth in wins. He is, unquestionably, […]
ARLINGTON – It’s very, very safe to assume that retirement really agrees with Dirk Nowitzki. “It’s been a blast,” the former Dallas Mavericks’ superstar said Wednesday night. “It’s been everything I’ve dreamed of – drinking everything and eating everything in sight on vacation and not really worrying about anything about staying in shape. “I think, […]
Dirk Nowitzki had a lot of those if-you-weren’t-there-you-blew-it moments in his legendary career. Most of the signature events happened in the playoffs, but not all of them. Of the 1,522 regular-season games Dirk Nowitzki played in his 21 seasons with the Mavericks, perhaps the most memorable of them all was on Dec. 2, 2004. If […]
FRISCO — As a mega-sports star himself, Dirk Nowitzki is very familiar with the numerous time demands placed on celebrities who get pulled in several directions. Thus, the newly retired Dallas Mavericks’ icon is taken aback that so many professional sports stars take time out of their busy schedules to participate in Nowitzki’s 2019 Heroes […]
Photos: Monica Borja, Dallas Mavericks AUSTIN – Texas lawmakers honored former Dallas Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki at the state capitol on Tuesday for his impact on the sport of basketball and praised his work through the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation. Nowitzki also received bipartisan support from the Texas House and Texas Senate, in addition to receiving […]
FRISCO – Dirk Nowitzki strategically lined up his penalty kick, stared down the one person between him and the goal – FC Dallas mascot Tex Hooper – and then proceeded to successfully kick the ball to its intended destination. That goal, attached with a huge roar from the Saturday afternoon crowd assembled at Toyota Stadium […]
FRISCO – Dirk Nowitzki barely made it onto the stage Friday night at the Omni hotel to receive the prestigious Roger Staubach Award when an overzealous Dallas Mavericks fan shouted: “One more year!” A gracious Nowitzki laughed and said: “It’s too late for that, my friend. I’ve been eating everything in sight for the last […]
DALLAS – Luka Doncic gazed in awe as a pyrotechnic swell of golden fireworks cascaded from the stage at the Fourth Annual Mavs Ball and encircled his teammate, Dirk Nowitzki, as 800 loyal Dallas Mavericks fans roared to a climatic punch after a bidder threw down $200,000 to eat dinner with the 21-year Dallas Mavericks legend. […]
DALLAS – Peg Hauswirth of Denton said her 92nd birthday turned out to be her best one yet. That’s because she finally got to meet her favorite sports star and hero: Dirk Nowitzki. “I told him he’s great and he told me I’m great…and I kissed him!” she said. Peg became a Dallas Mavericks fan […]