Mike Piellucci

Some time back, StrongSide’s Jake Kemp clued me in on an unusual hobby of his. For the last year, he’d been visiting a baseball complex in Southlake called Top Prospects Academy, where he took private lessons to learn how to throw a baseball. Jake, it should be noted, was 40 and—not to put too fine … Continued

Nobody coached like him. Nobody acted like him. And, in my experience, maybe no coach knew how to have a good time like him, either.

The answer to that question is far from the only reason you should read David Moore’s excellent remembrance of the late former Mavericks coach and general manager. But because David covered Nellie closer than most, he got to spend time with the man in locales as workmanlike as King’s X (complementary) and as glitzy as … Continued

Plus: Quinnen Williams, Don Nelson, DeMarvion Overshown, headline predictions, and that Cooper Flagg rookie card.

For three years, Texas has been the epitome of mediocre. That has to change, whether or not they sneak into the playoffs.

Plus: Azzi Fudd, Von Miller, Cowboys preseason, and the end of the Mavs-Stars beef.

Plus: Azzi Fudd, Von Miller, Cowboys preseason, and the end of the Mavs-Stars beef.

He dreamed of being a soccer player. He settled on being a software engineer. So how did he become the richest kicker in NFL history?

If you know at least a little bit about the Cowboys, you’re probably aware that their kicker didn’t get to the NFL through the front door. Instead, Brandon Aubrey started as a soccer star in Plano, making it all the way to Major League Soccer before washing out after two seasons. Then he came home … Continued

At long last, college football is here. Mike Senior is fired up. Big Mike is not not fired up.