Dirk Nowitzki News

After shuffling through last season coping with a raft of injuries and a lack of depth, the Mavericks beefed up the roster in the offseason in an attempt to push the team back into contention.

That's what Cristal Taylor is saying to the German media from her cell in Vandelia, Missouri , where Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki's ex-fiancee is serving her five-year sentence.

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Screw me.

The Los Angeles Angels could have crumbled, overcome by waves of grief and sadness, when young pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in April.

Dirk Nowitzki hit a fallaway 18-footer as time expired in overtime to give the Dallas Mavericks a 115-113 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks last night.

One of the defining characteristics of the NBA in the 2000s was the unprecedented impact of international players on the league.

When you think of the great duos of sports and entertainment history, you have Batman and Robin, Abbott and Costello, Arnie and Jack, etc.

Rick Carlisle turned 50 on Tuesday, and Dirk Nowitzki was the only Maverick who bothered to get his coach a decent present.

The last time a basketball prospect in Canada received this much early hype, he ended up with a one-way ticket back to Europe.

Mark Cuban made the proclamation on the first day of training camp that fans will see a different Dirk Nowitzki this season, and not just because he hasn't had a haircut since the Olympic rings were shaved into his scalp in Beijing.

The starting point guard for 2008 Olympic champion Team USA never has gotten by with athleticism, and shot 40.6 percent from 3-point range last season.

Matthew Sekeres Vancouver and NBA: Bitter divorce to better bedfellows Basketball fans hold up signs during a preseason NBA game between the Phoenix Suns and the Portland Trailblazers in Vancouver, Thursday, October 22, 2009.

It's hard to miss what you never had. But if Dirk Nowitzki knew how good he would feel after taking a summer to let his body rest and his mind clear, he probably would have squeezed in more stress-free off-seasons in the last decade.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points before sitting out the final quarter and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 93-82. Cavaliers coach Mike Brown held out starters LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal and Mo Williams on the second night of back-to-back preseason games.

Some ride point guards and power forwards to a fantasy basketball title and if that's the case, half of your equation is in this list.

Basketball has long been an American pastime - the game was invented in Massachusetts and has been played primarily in the United States and dominated by America-born players for the majority of its century-plus existence.

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Isn't he? The league announced last week that Kobe Bryant sells more NBA jerseys in Europe than any other player.

The next time a star NFL athlete pulls over his luxury SUV at a city park, throws in with a bunch of weekend warriors for a rousing game of no-pads tackle -- or even rough 'n' tumble touch -- and risks getting carted off on a gurney probably will be the first.

SERBIA used a stingy defense to upset world champion Spain 66-57 in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday on the opening day of the European championship.