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 – 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 […]
The Mavericks pride themselves on being a veteran team, especially toward the top of the depth chart. And while it’s not easy to quantify exactly how “experience” helps a team win — at least in terms of stats — we don’t need stats to do it this season. We’re seeing it play out right in […]