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We've discussed how similiar the run the Rangers are making right now is to the way the Mavericks' did it earlier this year. Alok Pattani of ESPN Stats & Information took a closer look. The Matchup: The team with home-field advantage is mak...

Dirk Nowitzki says continued NBA stalemate would force him to look overseas

The goal is to win, and Josh Hamilton and Michael Young did what they had to do.

The Texas Rangers nominated Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki to throw out a first pitch before one of their home games in the World Series, but sources say that the recommendation has been nixed by Major League Baseball.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rangers catcher Mike Napoli has returned to the lineup, starting at catcher tonight. It means that he must pay up on several bets he made on the Miami Heat to win the NBA Finals. First on that list is his walkup music for tonig...

Boston sports fans have been treated to championships from all four of their major pro sports teams in the last seven years. A writer reflects on the way it is and the way it was in his hometown.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Mike Napoli knows he has to pay up on his NBA Finals bet with a couple of Rangers clubhouse attendants. Dirk Nowitzki reminded him of it before Friday's game. Nowitzki was at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington to throw out the first...

The process of aging doesn't always coincide with the process of maturing, as members of Detroit indie band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. write.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- As NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki was announced to the large crowd at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Friday night, he carried a basketball with him to the mound. Nowitzki shot his patented jumper before taking out a baseball an...

Dirk Nowitzki threw out the first pitch for the Rangers on Friday.

Hannah Storm tells the inspirational story of English soccer star Kelly Smith, who has overcome alcoholism and returned to the top of her game.

As Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski watched the LeBron James drama unfold after the NBA Finals, he couldn't but help think of a baseball equivalent. Read the entire story....

As Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski watched the LeBron James drama unfold after the NBA Finals, he couldn't but help think of Alex Rodriguez.

While craving any morsel of sports news from North America, Duff McKagan was happy to be traveling through Germany when Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks won the NBA title this week.

I was having dinner Tuesday night in Boston with some hockey writers covering the Stanley Cup finals. The talk turned to the big deal the media made about Chris Bosh playing through Game 3 of the NBA Finals after he got poked in the eye. The hockey g...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- If there was a starting pitcher who could understandably have some excuses for a poor performance, it was Matt Harrison. While Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki was fighting through a triple-digit fever in Game 4 of the NBA Finals a...