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    Tough Road Ahead

    Stars and Mavs make playoffs but face long odds at actually winning titles

    Brad Seal
    Apr 15, 2014 | 10:09 am

    Early April was a good time to be a Dallas sports fan as co-American Airlines Center tenants Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars clinched post-season berths in their respective sports.

    The Mavs survived a brutal Western Conference to finally snag a spot in the NBA playoffs, while the Stars just managed to grab the final wild card slot to chase Lord Stanley’s Cup.

    Both teams are lower playoff seeds, which means they will have a tough road to get to a championship. Although the Stars have at a realistic shot at making some playoff noise, history says the Mavericks have as much of a chance at winning a title as they do landing LeBron James as a free agent.

    History says the Mavericks have as much of a chance at winning a title as they do landing LeBron James as a free agent.

    The Mavericks are no stranger to first-round upsets. They were on the wrong end of one of the biggest first round upsets in NBA history. Those kind of moments are few and far between in the NBA as the league has created a playoff format that heavily favors the better teams.

    In the past 30 years, four top seeds have lost in the opening round, and only once has a team lower than the fourth seed won a title. (The 1995 Houston Rockets won the title as a six seed.)

    In fact, even making it to the finals as a lower seed is rarer than a missed free throw by Dirk Nowitzki. Coincidentally, if the Mavericks happened to be in the Eastern Conference this season, they would be a three seed and would have a much greater chance to advance past the first round.

    Although the NBA playoffs seem to work out exactly as planned, trying to predict the NHL playoffs is like tracking a paper airplane in a tornado — no seed is completely safe. In 2010, the seventh seeded Flyers played the eighth seeded Canadians in the Eastern Conference finals. In 2012, the eighth seeded Los Angeles Kings went all the way and won the Stanley Cup, while last season none of the two or three seeded teams made it out of the first round.

    Now the NHL has decided to make things even more interesting by introducing a new playoff format (apparently the NHL’s plan to increase its putrid television ratings is to further confuse viewers). This new format matches the Stars against the Anaheim Ducks, a team Dallas won two of three against during the regular season. Most experts are picking the Ducks, but those same experts are pointing to the series as a possible upset in the making.

    Not that Stars fans should start planning the route for the championship parade. In 37 seasons, only two teams seeded lower than fourth have won a title, and only nine have even made it to the Stanley Cup finals. Essentially if history is an accurate marker, the Stars have less than a 25 percent chance to make the finals.

    Sadly, that’s still a better chance the Mavericks have. Enjoy your local teams in the playoffs while you can, because odds are you won’t see them there for long.

    Stars fans hope they will have lots to cheer about in the playoffs.

      
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    Stars fans hope they will have lots to cheer about in the playoffs.
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    Baseball News

    Texas Rangers and MLB set jam-packed schedule for All-Star week

    Alex Bentley
    Jul 11, 2024 | 4:15 pm
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    Photo by Kelly Gavin / Courtesy of Texas Rangers
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    The 2024 annual MLB All-Star Game, along with its accompanying All-Star Week festivities, were awarded to the Texas Rangers and the Cities of Arlington and Fort Worth way back in 2022.

    The week has finally arrived, now with events taking place in Arlington, Fort Worth, and Dallas.

    Also known as the "Midsummer Classic," the All-Star Game is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and contested between the all-stars from the American League (AL) and National League (NL).

    The 2024 game will be played on Tuesday, July 16, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, for the first time since it opened in 2020. The last time the Rangers hosted an All-Star Game was back in 1995 game at their previous home, then known as The Ballpark in Arlington.

    The schedule of events is as follows:

    Friday, July 12: HBCU Swingman Classic at Globe Life Field, which highlights the history and legacy of HBCU baseball programs while also providing HBCU baseball players with the opportunity to showcase their talent on a national stage.

    July 12-15: Two MLB youth tournaments, the All-Star Commissioner’s Cup and Jennie Finch Classic, both of which will be played at the Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy in Dallas.

    • The All-Star Commissioner’s Cup features teams of youth baseball players (ages 17 and under) from MLB Youth Academies from around the country and in Puerto Rico.
    • The All-Star Jennie Finch Classic features teams of youth softball players (ages 17 and under) from MLB Youth Academies and Jennie Finch softball programming.

    July 13-16: The Capital One All-Star Village, a one-of-a-kind baseball theme park that will also encompass Esports Stadium and the North Lawn, will be open at Choctaw Stadium (formerly Globe Life Field in Arlington). It will feature a variety of family-friendly activities, including current and former player appearances.

    July 14: MLB Draft Opening Night will take place at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth and will be open to the public. This is the fourth consecutive year that the MLB Draft will also take place during All-Star Week. The draft will continue on July 15 and 16.

    July 15: The T-Mobile Home Run Derby will feature a variety of the best home run hitters in the league. Given his participation in the Derby in 2023, his performance in the 2023 playoffs, and this being a hometown game, don't be surprised to see Ranger right fielder Adolis García as one of the participants again.

    July 16: MLB All-Star Game, at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

    Event-specific ticketing and broadcast information will be announced in the coming months. For additional details, fans can go to AllStarGame.com.

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    This story was updated on July 11, 2024.

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