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Dallas Mavericks top Pistons in summer league (Dallas Morning News)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:05:00 GMT

Aaron Miles scored eight of his team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Mavericks held on to beat the Detroit Pistons, 79-73, in Las Vegas on Thursday.

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Dirk has Germany one win from reaching Olympics (Dallas Morning News)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:29:00 GMT

ATHENS, Greece – Dirk Nowitzki overcame an early shooting slump to score a game-high 20 points and lead Germany past Brazil 78-65 and into the semifinals of the Olympic basketball qualifier on Friday. Greece, Puerto Rico and Croatia also advanced to Saturday's semis. Germany will face Croatia and Greece will play Puerto Rico. The semifinals winners will qualify for the 12-team Olympic tournament, while...

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Dirk Nowitzki, Germany one victory away from Olympics (Dallas Morning News)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:07:00 GMT

Germany and Dirk Nowitzki defeated Brazil, 78-65, on Friday to earn a semifinal berth in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Athens, Greece. That means Dirk is one victory from achieving his lifelong dream of representing his country in the Olympics. Read more on the

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Source: Mavs nixed Artest-for-Howard offer (Arizona Republic)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:28:28 GMT

The Sacramento Kings have expressed interest in acquiring Dallas Mavericks forward/guard Josh Howard in a trade for All-Star forward Ron Artest, but the Mavericks aren't interested, according to an NBA source.

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Mavs Refuse to Deal Pot-Smoking Josh Howard to the Kings for Problem-Child Ron Artest (The Big Lead)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:40:01 GMT

Ron Artest - rapper, defender extraordinaire, and owner of some of the sweetest haircuts in NBA history - will not be traded to the Dallas Mavericks. The Sacramento Bee and Dallas Morning News are reporting that the Kings wanted Josh “Reefer Madness” Howard in return, and Mark Cuban balked. Cubes was more than willing to part [...]

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Ex-Maverick Lue signs with Milwaukee Bucks (Dallas Morning News)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:58:00 GMT

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Tyronn Lue and forward Malik Allen, giving new coach Scott Skiles two more veterans to work with. The team did not reveal terms of either contract. The 31-year-old Lue played for Atlanta and Dallas last season, averaging 5.8 points and 1.5 assists in 50 games. The 6-foot guard was drafted out of Nebraska with the 23rd pick in the 1998 draft. He has...

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PUR - Barea: “Croatia, Germany, Greece and... we’ll see” (FIBA)

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:10:01 GMT

ATHENS (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men) - The first round of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament has come to an end and Juan Jose Barea, the point guard of Dallas Mavericks and the Puerto Rico National Team, comments on the four quarter-final games. Croatia vs Canada “I think that Croatia has the upper hand. It is a better team, plays ...

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Cuban Says Theres No Such Thing As Online Hdtv (Contactmusic Ltd)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:09:37 GMT

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who made a fortune during the "Internet bubble" when he sold his broadcast.com, which provided online multimedia and streaming video, to ...

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Nowitzki leads Germany's rout of New Zealand (Dallas Morning News)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:39:00 GMT

In Athens, Greece, Dirk Nowitzki scored a tournament-high 35 points to lead Germany to an 89-71 victory over New Zealand at a qualifying tournament for the Olympics. Germany will play Brazil in Friday's quarterfinals. Croatia rallied to beat Mavericks guard J.J. Barea and Puerto Rico, 95-81, and will face Canada in the quarterfinals. Puerto Rico will face undefeated Slovenia. The eight quarterfinalists...

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FCC Hearing at Carnegie Mellon (The Navel of the Internet)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:24:26 GMT

Here’s the witness list for the July 21st FCC hearing at CMU: 4:00 p.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks 4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion 1 – The Future of Digital Media Panelists: Mark Cuban, Chairman & Co Founder HDNet, Owner – Dallas Mavericks Jon Peha, Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Mark Cavicchia,...

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Dallas Mavericks' Nowitzki leads Germany to victory (Dallas Morning News)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:52:00 GMT

The Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki scored 16 points in a 104-68 win over Cape Verde that put Germany in the quarterfinals of the Olympic basketball qualifying tournament in Athens, Greece. The twelve-team event will send three countries to the Olympics.

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Iran's national team to face Mavs in Utah (Dallas Morning News)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:40:00 GMT

NEW YORK – Iran's national basketball team has been invited by the NBA to train in Utah and play against NBA and NBADL teams in preparation for the Beijing Olympics.

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Kevin Love Notches a Double Double in his Summer League Debut (20 Second Timeout)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:49:00 GMT

Kevin Love had 18 points and a Vegas Summer League high 13 rebounds in his summer league debut as his Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Dallas Mavericks 88-74 on Monday. Love shot 7-13 from the field and committed six fouls and five turnovers. Although they play different positions and have completely different games, Love and O.J. Mayo will always be linked because they were traded...

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Mark Cuban buys Major League Soccer (Major League Soccer Fan Blog)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:54:27 GMT

It is simply amazing that Mark Cuban was able to buy Major League Soccer. The Texas billionaire was previously owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, but now he owns so much more. His recent purchase was not limited to Major League Soccer - but also included many other top professional sports leagues and [...]

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Mark Cuban: Still Terrified of TV Competition - When HD isn't HD, and how HDNet CEO thinks it should be fixed... (broadbandreports.com)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:25:52 GMT

One gets the feeling that if Dallas Mavericks owner and HDNet CEO Mark Cuban wasn't absolutely terrified of broadband video, he wouldn't be constantly ranting about how broadband video is going to fail. His latest blog entry laments that the high definition video you're getting online from alternative delivery sources (AppleTV, Hulu) usually is far from HD. His solution, is for upstart...

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NBA free agency: Mavericks sign former Jazzman McLeod, 2 others (Deseret Morning News)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:09:01 GMT

The Dallas Mavericks re-signed former Texas A&M standout guard Antoine Wright on Friday and also signed guard Keith McLeod and forward James Singleton.

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Summer League Begins (Sactown Royalty)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:33:19 GMT

All times Pacific. Sat 07/12/2008 1:00 p.m. vs Toronto Raptors Tue 07/15/2008 7:00 p.m. vs Portland Trail Blazers Wed 07/16/2008 3:00 p.m. vs Dallas Mavericks Fri 07/18/2008 7:00 p.m. vs Golden State Warriors Sun 07/20/2008 5:30 p.m. vs Houston Rockets Today's battle between Spencer Hawes and Andrea Bargnani should be fun to watch, but Friday's Golden State game is the one I'm waiting...

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Nets sign former Dallas Maverick Najera (Dallas Morning News)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:02:00 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The New Jersey Nets reached agreements with free agent forwards Eduardo Najera and Jarvis Hayes on Friday. The 6-foot-8 Najera, an eight-year NBA veteran who played collegiately for Oklahoma, averaged 5.9 points and 4.3 rebounds in 78 games last season for Denver. He previously played for Dallas and Golden State. Hayes played in 82 games for Detroit last season and averaged...

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Former first-round pick Wright re-signs with Mavs (ESPN)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:47:52 GMT

The Dallas Mavericks re-signed former Texas A&M standout Antoine Wright on Friday.

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Dallas Mavericks re-sign Antoine Wright (Dallas Morning News)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:40:02 GMT

Wright played two seasons with New Jersey before he was acquired by the Mavs on Feb. 19 as part of the deal that also brought Jason Kidd to Dallas.

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