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Mavs Nation, the scoreboard in Macao said Houston 135, Dallas 117. The postgame notebook said more about where this team is headed. Dallas Sports Journal's Grant Afseth, in a story also carried by Yardbarker, had Dusty May talking about Cooper Flagg after Flagg scored 17 of his 19 points in the second quarter and sat the whole second half. "Just to see how competitive he is... when the lights are on he moves differently," May said. "Just to see him in the game, his potential was through the roof." He also spelled out what the job is: " This is a big responsibility to help him on his evolution into being one of the best. " May said Dallas isn't running much offense for Flagg yet and is still learning "the play after the play." The shot chart shows what May wants. Dallas fired 51 threes and was 12-of-41 from deep through three quarters, per DSJ. Houston won the paint 42-34 and second-chance points 25-15, with 10 offensive rebounds in ...

Cowboys Nation, the morning-after news out of The Star was better than the game. Now the question is what Jerry does with the next month. Brian Schottenheimer met with reporters Friday, and the injury news from Thursday's 24-16 loss to Tampa Bay came back mostly clean, per NBC Sports' ProFootballTalk. CeeDee Lamb, who was in and out of the game on the final drive, has a bruised quadriceps . Left tackle Tyler Guyton's back X-rays were negative after he sat out the last offensive series, with Broderick Jones filling in. Joey Porter Jr., who arrived at AT&T Stadium sick and was made inactive, is feeling better. The one real concern is safety Alijah Clark, who has a hamstring issue and is day-to-day. That matters because P.J. Locke and Jalen Thompson are already on injured reserve. The calendar helps. Dallas doesn't play again until Oct. 18 at Green Bay, so the Thursday game buys three extra days of rest. Schottenheimer plans to use them to look at everything. ...

Year 24, new uniform, same LeBron. He barely shot and still ran the show. LeBron James played his first game for Philadelphia on Thursday night in Brooklyn and finished with 10 points, five assists and four rebounds in 18 first-half minutes, per the AP. He was credited with just one field-goal attempt, made it, and went 8-of-8 from the line after getting fouled four times. The Inquirer says all five of his assists came in the first quarter. He hit VJ Edgecombe for a transition layup and a halfcourt dunk, and found Dean Wade, Tyrese Maxey and Jabari Walker. The Sixers made seven straight shots after an opening miss and shot 22-of-24 from the line in the first half. It was the first time James, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid, Maxey and Edgecombe were on the floor together. Philly led 58-56 at the half and lost 114-108. Maxey scored 14, while Embiid had six points, three rebounds, three assists and eight turnovers, plus a technical. Embiid also addressed Mike Breen's report, which Br...

Buffs fans, the 29-7 final against Texas Tech looked ugly. The film on the defense looks a lot better. Colorado's athletics department released a piece Thursday on defensive lineman Sanata Hopper, and the numbers are wild. Against Texas Tech, Hopper had 10 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and five quarterback hurries, all career highs. CU says he's the first player in program history with at least five tackles for loss and five hurries in the same game. Citing PFF, the school says he's also the first FBS defensive lineman to post those numbers since 2020, a span of almost 10,000 games. The Buffs had 12 tackles for loss as a team, and Hopper was in on half of them. The unit as a whole showed up. Texas Tech came in averaging 36.2 points a game and had just 12 through three quarters, with the game 12-7 heading into the fourth. It was still a one-score game with 7:10 left before the Red Raiders scored two late touchdowns. Tech finished with 134 passing yards , its lowest of ...

Sic 'em. Everybody's talking about DJ Lagway's arm, but the Bears' run game is a big reason this offense is humming. SI's Brad Teague points out that five different Bears have scored rushing touchdowns through five games. Dawson Pendergrass leads the backs with 81 carries, followed by Caden Knighten with 49, Michael Turner with 28 and true freshman Ryelan Morris with 22. Baylor is almost perfectly balanced, with 201 rushing plays and 203 pass attempts. The big plays have come from the guys lower on that list. Morris broke a 63-yard touchdown run in Tempe that put Baylor ahead for good, and Knighten's 75-yard touchdown run made it 45-16 in the second half and sent Arizona State fans to the exits. Quarterback Nate Bennett has a 25-yard touchdown run against Louisiana Tech, and Lagway added an 11-yard score against the Sun Devils. Teague notes Lagway has spent most of the season dealing with a right ankle sprain. Turner hasn't scored yet, but Teague says ...

DFW, Week 7 got started a night early, and Thursday's game is going to be hard to top. Jesuit beat Prosper Walnut Grove 50-49 in overtime at Children's Health Prosper ISD Stadium, and the two District 6-6A teams combined for more than 1,100 yards. Walnut Grove got the ball first in overtime, and Kade Pittenger scored from 3 yards out for a 49-42 lead. Jesuit answered on its first snap with J.P. Livingstone's 25-yard touchdown pass to George Gladstone. Instead of kicking, the Rangers went for two and the win, and Livingstone hit Hunter Helm. Ballgame. Livingstone threw five touchdown passes and close to 400 yards. Jesuit's stats have him 23-of-30 for 395, while The Dallas Morning News has 396. Joseph Konings caught seven passes for 182 yards and two scores, including a 96-yard touchdown on the first play after Jesuit stopped Walnut Grove on fourth down inside the 5. Jesuit says that's its longest play from scrimmage since at least 2014. Ty Daboub ran for 111 y...

Wings fans, the GM is happy with the season and still wants more. Curt Miller talked to The IX Sports on Wednesday, with the semifinals going on without Dallas, and he called the year "incredibly successful." He has a case. The Wings went 27-17 after going 10-34 in 2025 and 9-31 in 2024. Paige Bueckers finished sixth in MVP voting, and Jessica Shepard was named Most Improved Player, all with a first-year coach and late-season injuries to multiple starters. "Really excited about what we did, but not satisfied," Miller said. "We had a lead with under two minutes to go in an elimination game, and could be playing tonight." Miller gave Jose Fernandez a lot of credit for his first WNBA season. Dallas finished fourth in offensive rating and led the league in assists per game. He was even louder about Bueckers: "Our franchise will continue to say that Paige Bueckers is a no-brainer, All-WNBA first team player, and we don't need validated by other p...