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Matt Mosley, contributor to SportsDayDFW.com and columnist for Texas Monthly, answered your questions during a recent live chat. Here are some highlights:Who is your breakout player for the Cowboys through two games?

Matt Mosley, contributor to SportsDayDFW.com and columnist for Texas Monthly, answered your questions during a recent live chat. Here are some highlights:How many Big 12 teams would you call legitimate conference title contenders right now?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

On Mavericks media day, prized rookie Luka Doncic showed versatility by answering questions in English, Spanish and Slovenian. The only reason he didn't answer in the fourth language he speaks, Croatian, is no one asked.Four hours later, as Friday's media day wound down and Doncic walked the American Airlines Center corridor to his last photo shoot, he watched a European soccer match on his phone.As for the multi-tasking the Mavericks will ask him to do on the court this season while shouldering expectations as the No.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

FRISCO -- On Friday afternoon, two preseason games into his return to the NHL, Valeri Nichushkin sat at his locker stall to speak to a reporter. The Stars dressing room was otherwise empty -- save for a couple cameos from fellow Russian forward Alexander Radulov.For Nichushkin, Radulov may be the closest and best example of what he's currently experiencing.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Jenny Boucek made history this summer when she was hired by the Dallas Mavericks to be an assistant to the team's basketball staff and special projects, making her the first female to join the team's coaching staff in franchise history.And so far, it has gotten off to a good start."This is a high-character bunch, all the way from the leadership to the players," Boucek said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

DALLAS -- One major surprise of the Mavericks' annual media day was point guard Dennis Smith Jr. saying he won't participate in this season's slam dunk contest."I don't think it's for me," Smith said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Update (Sept. 21, 12:49 p.m.): Dirk Nowitzki will likely come off the bench this season, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said in his press conference at media day. Carlisle said he hopes it's not Nowitzki's last season, but said there would be no farewell tour announcements.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

FRISCO - Damien Wilson has accepted the Sisyphean challenge of pursuing admission to the Hot Boyz.The Cowboys' defensive line group is exclusive: Only linemen merit the "Hot Boyz" nickname, they say, unless a linebacker like Wilson meets challenging criteria."I mean they give you this checklist," Wilson told SportsDay on Thursday, "and you go through the checklist and check all the boxes."And then they give you something on top of that."A sack?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

In the span of four years, Jeff Banister went from first to worst.He will not get a chance to reverse the club's course again.With the Rangers headed for a last-place finish and the team's second consecutive losing season, the Rangers decided to make a change, two sources said Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Chuck Carlton, Big 12 beat writer for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered questions about the league during a recent live chat. Here are some highlights:Why all this Heisman buzz for Kyler Murray if Oklahoma hasn't really played a legitimate opponent yet?