If you know @seanshapiro.bsky.social, you know he doesn't tend to write pieces like what you're about to read. But with Jamie Benn's future in the balance, and the Stars refusing to make the tough call, he felt it was necessary. Mandatory hockey reading: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The dude @christianclark3.bsky.social has been all over the Mavs basketball ops hiring process, so it was only right that @machinesports.bsky.social & I brought him on the show this week to talk Masai Ujiri, a new GM, offseason roster turnover, and more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkHA...

Brian Dameris goes back a long time with Masai Ujiri, which makes him very equipped to answer the big question: why is Ujiri the right person to rebuild the Mavericks? Turns out, the reasons aren't limited to basketball. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Bryan Broaddus shares the true story of the Dallas Cowboys passing on drafting Randy Moss in the 1998 NFL Draft. Moss would go onto to be an NFL Hall of Famer with a 7-0 career record against the Cowboys that included 10 touchdown receptions.

All season long, @davidcastillo.bsky.social was nervous about this Stars team. Wrote it on our site. Said it on our show. Stuck to it. And he was right. This is the piece you need to read following the Minnesota series, about what went wrong & what must come next: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

All season long, @davidcastillo.bsky.social was nervous about this Stars team. Wrote it on our site. Said it on our show. Stuck to it. And he was right. This is the piece you need to read following the Minnesota series, about what went wrong & what must come next: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Said it a few years ago when he was semi-regularly clowning himself on social media & elsewhere (thankfully he seems to have tamped that down a bit), but I worried that people would remember Shaq more as a giant hacky bad-take-having pitchman instead of the absolute beast he was in his prime.

It's not quite Joba Chamberlain, but the Rangers and new manager Skip Schumaker have a decision to make: Is Jacob Latz best used as a closer ... or is he one of their best starters? I break down the considerations at @dmagazine.bsky.social. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Jacob Latz: pretty awesome! Jacob Latz: the first big decision of Skip Schumaker's tenure as Rangers manager. Here's the ultra-smart @zcrizer.bsky.social with a typically ultra-smart read www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The single most important thing to understand about tech futurism is that, when Anthropic’s predictions turn out to be wrong, they don’t have to give the money back.

This didn’t happen

Brian Dameris doesn't know whether Cooper Flagg or Kon Knueppel will be named Rookie of the Year tonight. What he does know, as a guy who was there at the start of the NBA's analytics revolution, is the race stands for something bigger: data vs. instinct. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

I shouldn't need to sell you on reading Jake Kemp on the Cowboys' first round picks, but if I do: there's a Conestoga reference that had me crying laughing, and there's a little intel from Malachi Lawrence's trainer on what Dallas is getting there: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The Stars are up 2-1 in the series and the power play is cooking. But if they are going to go deep this spring, the power play simply needs to be part of the arsenal. My lasted for @dmagazine.bsky.social www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The Stars are up in their series with the Wild. That's good! But the more they lean on the power play to get things done, the more nervous you should get. Here are wise hockey words from @seanshapiro.bsky.social. Ignore them at your peril: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Listen to StrongSide Episode 23: The Mindset is the Culture from @mikelikessports.bsky.social and @machinesports.bsky.social featuring Duke Manyweather.

What's better than a fun first-round Stars playoff series? The best writer on the beat, @tiffin.bsky.social, breaking down everything you need to know going into the Minnesota matchup about two very, very similar squads. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

I joined @reinhart.bsky.social for a couple of these and let me just tell you, as a public service: never eat at The Liam. Borderline unedible stuff www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...

Ended up writing about Azzi Fudd and the Wings, because it is very weird to me that so many outlets worked so hard not to acknowledge who she's dating & why it's a basketball story when comes to the top overall pick (even if it won't be going forward). www.dmagazine.com/micropost/le...

Yes, Azzi Fudd is Paige Bueckers' girlfriend. She also brings a lot to the table beyond that. But is a worthy No. 1 overall pick the player who fit the Wings best? Here's @juscarts.com with your one-stop shop on Dallas' offseason & where the team stands now: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

How many times can we get mad at the Cowboys for not doing enough to build their roster in the off-season? It's time to come to terms with the fact that the Cowboys inability to finish the job. @mikelikessports.bsky.social @machinesports.bsky.social @davehelman.bsky.social

Listen to StrongSide Episode 22: Reluctant Cowboys Fans Unite from @mikelikessports.bsky.social and @machinesports.bsky.social featuring David Helman.

Under Eric's editorship Seattle Met was one of the best city mags in the country: innovative, exciting, and, most of all, fun. We all looked to it for ideas to steal. Just an incredibly stupid decision.

One of the greats, in every sense of the term

New show: our pal @bobbykaralla.bsky.social joins me and @machinesports.bsky.social to talk all things Mavs - yes, that includes Cuban/Kidd/the Adelson family. Because you'll want to hear the perspective of two people who worked for the team when it comes to that: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG8p...

Wait a second, that's Isaac Harris' music! He's on the site today with a lovely story on Marvin Bagley, who talks about how he's reinvented himself as an NBA player. (There's one quote in particular that probably won't make Kings fans warm and fuzzy.) www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Personal news: I’m now a senior editor at D Magazine. Still writing, editing, and talking sports — just writing, editing, and maybe talking other stuff, too. Email still the same for all types of pitches. As you were!

New story: Two years ago, the Mavs, Stars, Rangers, & Wings all had to figure out their TV situations at the same time. They all arrived at different answers. For D CEO Magazine's sports business issue, I wrote about the Great Local Sports Media Upheaval: www.dmagazine.com/publications...

New for D Magazine: How Glen Gulutzan has turned the Stars from a good team into a very different good team. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The Stars were very good last year. They're also very good this year ... and very, very different. You can thank Glen Gulutzan for that. Here's @tiffin.bsky.social with the best one-stop shop you'll find anywhere on what Gulutzan has changed about the Stars: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

More StrongSide Opening Day coverage: the outstanding Zach Wolchuk joined @machinesports.bsky.social and me on the show this week for a lot of baseball talk and some NFL Draft mixed in, too. This was a lot of fun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPXx...

At long last, it’s Opening Day. @newbergreport.bsky.social and I celebrated the only way we know how: with 2,000 words of gabbing about the Rangers. Enjoy! www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

You've probably seen the picture, the point at the Oilers. It's just the tip of the iceberg for what Justin Hryckowian has meant to the Stars as a UFA find. On his impact, how he got here, & potential family connection in my latest for @dmagazine.bsky.social www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

With each passing month, I find myself more intrigued by the Justin Hryckowian experience. So I dug the hell out of @seanshapiro.bsky.social chatting with Rich Peverly to learn more about the most fun story of this Stars season -- and why his little brother is next www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

I am not breaking any news telling you that the Cowboys have problems at edge. But Jake Kemp might be when he shows you why Donovan Ezeiruaku is already more of a solution than people think. Great stuff here. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

The NBA Rookie of the Year race is tightening up, but don't get it twisted: the numbers still point to Cooper Flagg being the best player in this class. Here's Brian Dameris with the definitive case on why Flagg should go home with the trophy. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Listen to StrongSide Episode 19: Comparison is the Thief of Joy from @mikelikessports.bsky.social and @machinesports.bsky.social featuring @seanshapiro.bsky.social.

Opening Day is in less than a week. What should we expect from the 2026 Rangers? @zcrizer.bsky.social dove into the projections for answers, the best one of which is this: it could be Wyatt Langford's team as soon as this year. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

We were overdue for Stars talk on the show, and @machinesports.bsky.social and I were definitely overdue to get my guy @seanshapiro.bsky.social on the program. I promise, it was worth the wait. And not just because he has the best Zoom background in the game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF_K...

Jake Oettinger was unreal last night. That has not been the norm this season. So, which version of him will the Stars get as the playoffs near? Make time for this outstanding deep dive from @davidcastillo.bsky.social: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Cowboys free agency was rational, the defense is improved, and the unit still lacks enough high-end talent to really be a problem. It was same ‘ol, same ’ol. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Free newsletter: Why're we still doing this? Despite $1tr+ in investment, every AI company is unprofitable, LLMs have yet to provide tangible productivity benefits, and private credit-backed data center debt may be the next great financial crisis. www.wheresyoured.at/why-are-we-still-doing-this/

Ten days is enough time to call it: the Cowboys' offseason was more of the same, wrapped up in different packaging. Here's @riversmccown.bsky.social on why the latest round of Jerry Jones talk didn't amount to real action. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

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If you enjoyed my piece about the Rangers and One Riot, One Ranger from a couple of weeks ago, know that @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social just did the best piece that I've seen on the subject. Highly, highly recommended work: blogs.fangraphs.com/the-context-...

Wyatt Johnston is the scariest man in hockey on the power play. How much can Dallas bank on that in the playoffs, though? @seanshapiro.bsky.social dove into the numbers and called NHL scouts to take a stab at an answer: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

Listen to StrongSide Episode 18: Digging in the Wrong Place from @mikelikessports.bsky.social and @machinesports.bsky.social featuring Bob Sturm

You. Me. @machinesports.bsky.social. @sportssturm.bsky.social. Cowboys futility. Stars excellence. Cooper Flagg promise. Six dozen or so dudes who we thought would drop 80 points instead of Bam Adebayo. StrongSide, The Show. Get some. youtube.com/watch?v=aGdL...

I think there is something to explore that many nations at the WBC have come showing what they love about their country (dancing, celebration, tradition) to represent the people while the American team has shown up representing and only celebrating the military

If you want to know what is going on with Maxx Crosby and the Cowboys, David Moore has the lowdown. Whether or not you agree with it -- and I'm not sure I do -- is another matter. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...