Short thread on something I've been watching all season: first, just how bad has Harley been? Using @evolving-hockey.com SPAR and xSPAR to compare him with other defensemen with similar usage at his age, his drop-off this year is unprecedented

You should care a whole lot about the new Cowboys DC for reasons that aren’t really about the new Cowboys DC. Why? Because who they hire and how they hire will say everything about if things are really changing. Here’s the incomparable David Moore: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Want to know what the Stars are doing at the trade deadline? First, let’s start with another question: when is Thomas Harley snapping out of his funk? Because the answer to that will shape a lot of what happens. Here’s the great @davidcastillo.bsky.social www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The Anthony Davis news is bleak for hoops reasons. It's even worse for emotional ones. Because the longer it takes the Mavericks to deal him, the longer it takes to get closure about the circumstances of how he arrived in Dallas. Excellent stuff from Jake Kemp: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The best offensive improvements from last year by DVOA include big-name playcaller hires such as Josh McDaniels, Ben Johnson, Liam Coen, and … Brian Schottenheimer

A deep cut that always gets me: jai alai. Steve-O going down like a sniper got him in the league sends me. www.instagram.com/reels/Ca-wks...

The end of Cowboys season means assessments. Here's a very happy one from @riversmccown.bsky.social: Brian Schottenheimer did so much to better this team's offense that his first season can't be viewed as anything but a real success. Can he keep it up? www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

maybe the better way to put this: the 4 team playoff, by its nature, couldn’t give you a winner that wouldn’t have sniffed the BCS Championship. but the 12 team format (and beyond) is far more likely to do that, and it’s still an adjustment to think that broadly

Miami is USC’s spiritual cousin and @jadubin5.bsky.social is one of the good ones, so I am all the way here for this resurgence

StrongSide: The Show is back with a hell of a guest -- the wise and powerful @jga41agher.bsky.social! Watch his documentary on Prime, then watch us gab about the DeAndre Jordan saga, the Mavs, the worst basketball game we've ever watched, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA9d...

the mavericks are a very weird team, beating good teams and losing to bad ones. there are three categories that help explain the madness and I wrote about it for @dmagazine.bsky.social www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The Mavericks beat very good teams and lose to very bad teams. They are weird--and frustrating. Fortunately, @boweman55.bsky.social has a one-stop shop for understanding them. Know these three stats, and you'll get their whole deal. Big-brain stuff here: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Man, @machinesports.bsky.social made the rounds back in the day

The NHL's three best teams play in the same division. The Stars are one of them. Since Dallas can't run from that reality, they need to act accordingly. Here's @seanshapiro.bsky.social on why the Stars need to make another big deadline swing as soon as possible www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

We are officially back and running post-holiday break, and what better way to kick things off with Jake Kemp? Here he is wrapping up the Cowboys' season with a call for Dallas to go all in... but, you know, for real this time. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Let’s hope we’re not bumping this @tiffin.bsky.social column on the regular six weeks from now www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

The good folks at D give us a holiday break, so we’ll mostly be dark through the new year. But I’ve got a couple of things going up, starting with this: UNT football was the best sports story in North Texas this year. Here’s why www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Good news: the very @zcrizer.bsky.social likes the Rangers' smart-at-cost moves. Bad news: Those types of moves won't get Texas where it needs to be on their own. Here's your one-stop shop for understanding what the last 10 days mean: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Glen Gulutzan walked into impossible expectations. The man who hired him, Jim Nill, believes he's exceeding them so far. @seanshapiro.bsky.social sat down with the Stars' GM to learn how Gulutzan has kept the Stars thriving amid plenty of early-season turmoil: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Second helping of StrongSide! The Cowboys have three games left that almost certainly will not matter for the standings. That does not mean there aren’t things to play for. Here’s David Moore on what we should have an eye on: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

It's time to talk -- like, really talk -- about all the things Ryan Nembhard has brought to the Mavericks. So @boweman55.bsky.social dove in like only he can to dissect what's changed, why it's changed, and what the expectations can be for the undrafted rookie: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

There's no separating the Cowboys' loss last night from what's lost them so many other games this season: Matt Eberflus' defense doesn't work in the modern NFL. Will the front office recognize that this offseason? Here's Jake Kemp on the latest low point: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

If Adolis hits anything even over .225 he's going to be an absolute cult hero in Philly and it's going to be awesome

There's no separating the Cowboys' loss last night from what's lost them so many other games this season: Matt Eberflus' defense doesn't work in the modern NFL. Will the front office recognize that this offseason? Here's Jake Kemp on the latest low point: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Friends, @riversmccown.bsky.social is here to inform you it's time to seriously consider an MVP case for Dak Prescott. Some stuff still has to happen. But in a weak year, when he's playing this well? It's a real conversation. This is excellent: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

StrongSide Episode 7 is here and our guest is the inimitable @jaredsandler.bsky.social ! Everything you need to know about the Rangers, plus @machinesports.bsky.social & I talking Hicks, Pickens, the feisty Mavs, me getting tired of Schottenheimer hagiography, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2A1...

Earlier this week, @davidcastillo.bsky.social wrote about the Stars’ window of opportunity with Tyler Seguin on IR. Now @seanshapiro.bsky.social takes it a step further: Mavrik Bourque is a big key to whatever comes next. Here’s why, and what scouts think of him. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Don't look now but the Mavericks are pretty frisky. Brian Dameris has your one-stop shop on what's changing on the court and why the record isn't indicative of where Dallas is trending: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Second dose of StrongSide! The late Tom Hicks bought the Stars 30 years ago today. His first big move proved to be one of the most important in bringing a Stanley Cup to Dallas. Jeff Miller takes us back in time to the Joe Nieuwendyk trade: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

There's been a lot of George Pickens discourse after the Detroit game. Here's the thing: in a roundabout way, said Detroit game is *exactly* why the Cowboys will and should extend him. Smart stuff from David Moore: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

My latest: Tyler Seguin's injury, why it sucks, why there's a silver lining just like last season, why there's not as much silver, and how it doesn't change the path forward for the Dallas Stars. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Not the best sign that @davidcastillo.bsky.social wrote a very similar column to this a year ago. But the Stars made the most of the LTIR opportunity Tyler Seguin’s absence gave them in 2024-25. Will they do it again this year? www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

The Cowboys lost, but they are no longer lost. That’s the message Jake Kemp is taking from last night’s game, whether or not Dallas does sneak into the playoffs. And I think he’s right. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Do you know high school football? I do not. @machinesports.bsky.social pretends to. But Greg Tepper? That dude knows EVERYTHING about high school football. So we got him on the show to talk about the playoffs, Signing Day & more. Also, UNT is making the CFB playoff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzIH...

If you haven’t noticed, the Rangers now play in a Mariners-ish level pitcher’s park. At @dmagazine.bsky.social today, I think about how their roster renovation might match their home. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

I'll keep saying it until I'm blue in the face: we are lucky to have @zcrizer.bsky.social writing about the Rangers. This, about how Globe Life Field's weirdness informs how the Rangers should shop, is Exhibit A of why he's so great. Go read it. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Today is National Signing Day, which means a bunch of general managers are spending a lot of money to get recruits in the door. But only one of those FBS general managers is 24 years old. Meet Raj Murti, whose name you’ll hear for a long time. www.dmagazine.com/publications...

Wise man that he is, @tiffin.bsky.social saves his righteous fire only for when it's necessary. Today is one of those times. Why, exactly, is the US Olympic team making it seem like Jason Robertson won't be on the roster in February? Because that would be dumb! www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Come for David Moore's Charles Dickens references, stay for the full breakdown on whether the Cowboys really do have playoff hopes (yes) and what else must go right to sneak back into the postseason (a lot). www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Last week, UTA hosted 400 of the swollest people alive at the Official Strongman Games World Final. We sent @whereskr.bsky.social to find out what it's like -- and what it's like when one of your best friends is among them. I loved this story: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

For years, and for reasons bigger than football, Post Malone's name sat atop the Cowboys wishlist of Thanksgiving performers. This year, they finally got him. David Moore spoke to Charlotte Jones to find out how tomorrow's halftime show came to be: www.dmagazine.com/arts-enterta...

It must be said that @brianphillips.bsky.social is one of the great writers of our time and a very nice dude. It must also be said that he should be put on trial for this lede (which I definitely laughed very hard at) www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...

The Thanksgiving cutoff is upon us, and in spite of more than a few bumps along the way, the Stars have a lot to be thankful for. Here's @seanshapiro.bsky.social on why so many teams would love to be where Dallas is heading into the holiday: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

He’s not what he used to be, but neither is the player Texas shipped out for him. And even a diminished version of Nimmo will help Texas quite a bit. @mikelikessports.bsky.social

Second helping of StrongSide! I wrote about Brandon Nimmo, a ball knower’s ballplayer, who will do a lot to help the Rangers whether or not he is slightly diminished dmagazine.com/sports/2025/11…

It's Jake Kemp on the comeback. Ya'll know what to do. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

The Cowboys could not hope for more out of George Pickens, and he's the right age to build around. This should be easy, right? @riversmccown.bsky.social knows as well as the rest of us that it's never that simple with this team. How does Dallas play this? www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay

New pod! The dude @yeahlikethebook.bsky.social joined @machinesports.bsky.social and I to talk all things local college football, from UNT to SMU to TCU. 30 years from now, this episode will be Mike Marshall's origin story in becoming a UNT megabooster: www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...

Ten years ago, Ralph and Razor called their last Stars game. Over the past week, they've found their way back to one another. Wonderful words from @tiffin.bsky.social on a reunion everyone has been hoping to see for quite some time. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...