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AA llooookk aatt tthhee RRaannggeerrss aatt tthhee hhaallff wwaayy ppooiinntt July 2 - July 8, 2021 Vol. 19, Issue 45 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 July 2, 2021 - July 8, 2021 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 45 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 45 | July 2, 2021 - July 8, 2021 3 July 2, 2021 - July 8, 2021 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 45 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Mavs hire new General Manager Cover Photo: AROUND THE AREA Prior to joining Nike in 2002, Harrison when he helmed the Brooklyn Nets for one 4 played professional basketball in Belgium season. He is the third person since the RANGERS REPORT for over seven years. NBA-ABA merger (1976) to become a 5 BY DIC HUMPHREY Harrison spent his final three college head coach in the season after he retired as GOLF, ETC seasons at Montana State University after a player. As a rookie head coach, Kidd 6 BY TOM WARD transferring from Army West Point. He earned a pair of Eastern Conference Coach ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC was a three-time, first team All-Big Sky of the Month awards (January and March), 7 BY PGATOUR.COM selection and eclipsed 1,000 points in his leading the Nets to 44-38 record and an Nico Harrison introduced as Dallas three years at MSU. As a senior in 1995- appearance in the Eastern Conference THE LONGEST TOUR PLAYOFFS 96, Harrison led the Bobcats to a berth in Semifinals. 8 BY PGATOUR.COM Mavericks General Manager The Dallas Mavericks announced today the NCAA Tournament. On July 1, 2014, Kidd became the head The Spokane, Washington, native was coach of the Milwaukee Bucks in a trans- 2021 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES that they have named Nico Harrison as the 9 BY BO CARTER team’s general manager. Per team policy, also named an Academic All-American and action that sent two second round draft terms of the agreement were not released. a two-time winner of the Arthur Ashe Jr. picks to Brooklyn (2015, 2019). He 2021 ALL AMERICAB TEAM “We are very excited to bring Nico Scholar-Athlete Award during his career at became the first coach in NBA history to 12 BY NCBWA.COM Harrison to Dallas and have him join our MSU. He was inducted into the Bobcat lead two teams to the postseason in his organization,” said Mark Cuban. “Nico Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. first two seasons after helping the Bucks to COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND a 41-41 record and improving on their 15- 13 NOTES brings a wealth of basketball knowledge BY BO CARTER along with both executive and leadership Jason Kidd returns to Dallas win season from a year earlier. Kidd fin- The Dallas Mavericks have named ished third in NBA Coach of the Year vot- 14 THE TICKET WINDOW skills. He has proven to have a unique eye for talent on and off the court. I’m looking Jason Kidd their 10th head coach. ing following the 2014-15 season. Kidd, who was inducted to the In three-plus seasons with Milwaukee, AUTO REVIEW forward to watching Nico lead the Mavs to 18 BY KBB.COM new heights.” Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Kidd amassed a 139-152 record and Fame in 2018, begins his third stint in appeared in the playoffs twice before part- THE TICKET WINDOW Harrison joins the Mavericks after 19 spending the last 19 years at Nike, where Dallas after spending eight of his 19 sea- ing ways with the franchise midway he most recently held the title of vice pres- sons as a player with the team and helping through the 2017-18 season. ident of North America basketball opera- the Mavericks to the 2011 NBA title. “Dallas has meant so much to me as a tions. In his role, Harrison supervised Kidd joins the Mavericks after most player and I want to thank Mark Cuban for Nike’s basketball brand managers and recently serving two seasons as an assistant the opportunity to return as a head coach,” worked closely with many of the brand’s coach with the Lakers, where he was part Kidd said. “I am excited to get to work star players, including Hall of Famers of their 2020 NBA championship season. with this young, hungry and incredibly tal- Follow us on Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. “We are excited to welcome J-Kidd and ented team and to continue to build a win- “It’s a true honor to be the general his family back to Dallas,” Mavericks ning legacy for the Mavs organization.” Twitter & Facebook manager of the Mavericks; an iconic fran- owner Mark Cuban said. “He possesses a Kidd was drafted second overall by the chise with a rich history not only within winning mentality that carried him through Mavericks in 1994 NBA Draft and spent twitter.com/sportspagedfw the NBA, but across sports,” said Harrison. a Hall of Fame career as a player and has two-and-a-half seasons in Dallas before “I’m grateful for this rare opportunity and helped him successfully transition to the being traded to Phoenix during the 1996- facebook.com/sportspageweek- want to thank Mark and the rest of the NBA’s coaching ranks. 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He goes into this weekend as the hottest hitter on planet Earth. In the three game series with Oakland this week, he hit five home runs (at least one in each game) and drove in six runs.