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The Unlikely Protagonists Behind SMU’s Unlikelier Run to the ACC Title Game

Mike Piellucci — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:48:36 +0000

The term offensive genius is tossed around football somewhat liberally these days, but how smart does second-year SMU coach Rhett Lashlee look after making a couple of moves that are greatly responsible for one of the most unexpected stories unfolding in college football this season? Going into Saturday’s regular-season home finale against Cal, Lashlee’s Mustangs … Continued

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Where Do the Stars Stand at the Thanksgiving Cutoff? Let’s Ask the NHL

Mike Piellucci — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:15:05 +0000

Thanksgiving is often the first major reflection point of the NHL season. It’s the first league-wide break on the schedule, and since the 2005-06 season, 76.7 percent of teams that have been in playoff position when the turkey got carved were still there come April. There are some notable exceptions. Last season, the Edmonton Oilers … Continued

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Let’s Reflect on the Strangest Cowboys Game in Years

Mike Piellucci — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:06:40 +0000

Football, even when played perfectly, is a disorderly affair. You may have heard basketball compared to jazz, or soccer referred to as “the beautiful game.” Baseball is a gentleman’s game. Football will show up at Thanksgiving with a bottle of Schnapps and a box of fireworks and just see what happens. The ball is an … Continued

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Paige Bueckers Could Save the Wings. Can the Wings Convince Her to Do It?

Mike Piellucci — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Sometimes, losing pays. On Sunday, a lost, injury-blighted season did just that for the Wings, who won the WNBA Draft lottery and with it, the opportunity to transform their future with the top overall selection in April’s draft. Not all top overall draft picks are created equal, of course. Dallas had the good fortune of … Continued

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How Long Can the Stars Remain a One-Line Team?

Mike Piellucci — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:32:40 +0000

The Stars are 12-6-0, and there’s a sense around the team the record should be even better. But considering Pete DeBoer has led Dallas to the fourth-best record in the NHL since his hiring in 2022, there’s good reason to believe that come April, the Stars will be preparing for another promising playoff run. As … Continued

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The Cowboys Have a Decision to Make on Micah Parsons

Mike Piellucci — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:12:13 +0000

Welcome to the big dilemma of the Dallas offseason, which for all intents and purposes began the moment that Dak Prescott decided to have his hamstring surgically repaired. The Cowboys have paid Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and Trevon Diggs. They enter the 2025 offseason with one major decision as far as skill talent: trade Micah Parsons … Continued

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Thomas Harley Is the Stars’ Subtle Success

Mike Piellucci — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:51:02 +0000

If you were asked to predict the tone of a Thomas Harley piece before the season started, it would probably be the opposite of the one being written today: praise and elation over the 47 points the Stars defender scored last year, and how it was carrying over. As opposed to the tone today, which … Continued

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The Mavericks Are Figuring Out Who They Are

Mike Piellucci — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:02:07 +0000

Jason Kidd has often referred to the regular season serving as “test tube” or a “laboratory” for his team, as he tinkers with alchemy to perfect his potion for the playoffs. Starting and closing lineups, rotations, matchups, offensive and defensive sets; everything is on the table. Fourteen games into this Mavericks season, it is safe … Continued

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The Tyson-Paul Fight Means Whatever You Want it to Mean

Mike Piellucci — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:38:39 +0000

The most scrutinized fight of the year goes down tonight in Arlington, and Netflix would like you to treat it as a really big deal. Turns out welding a streaming giant’s resources to Mike Tyson’s cachet and Jake Paul’s audience makes that a manageable ask. A phalanx of media has descended on Arlington to cover … Continued

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Who Is Roki Sasaki, and Could He Be the Rangers’ Next Ace?

Mike Piellucci — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:38:51 +0000

Staring at the ticker running across the bottom of the TV screen can be rough for Dallas fans right now. I knew that as I sipped my beer and heard the thud of disappointment hit the bar to my left. I looked up, watched my friend from Allen stare at the words announcing Dak Prescott’s … Continued

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Explaining the Stars’ Offensive Drought

Mike Piellucci — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:43:11 +0000

It doesn’t make sense. The Dallas Stars were the premier offensive team last season, imposing their will with the kind of depth that became the envy of the league. That was no fluke, either. In the Stars’ first two seasons under Pete DeBoer, they were fifth in goals, with 297, just below the star-studded Toronto … Continued

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Let’s Check in on Klay Thompson

Mike Piellucci — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:30:00 +0000

The game clock inside Ball Arena in Denver showed more than seven minutes remained until the start of the third quarter on Sunday night. The halftime act had cleared out, and the court was empty. Except for one solitary player. Klay Thompson had come out early from the locker room to put up shots. After … Continued

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