July 24 - July 30, 2020 Vol. 18, Issue 48 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 July 24, 2020 - July 30, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 48 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 - Issue 48 | July 24, 2020 - July 30, 2020 3 July 24, 2020 - July 30, 2020 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 18, Issue 48 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Mavs announce scrimmage schedule Cover Photo: 4 AROUND THE AREA scheduled — practices will start Aug. 3, two games on NBA TV and one on Fox games will kickoff Aug. 27-29, playoffs Sports Southwest. Mavs.com will stream 5 RANGERS REPORT begin Nov. 12 and the state championships the first two exhibition games and ESPN BY DIC HUMPHREY remain scheduled for mid-late December. 103.3 FM will air all three. 6 GOLF, ETC. It's a stunning announcement from the The Mavericks will tip-off their scrim- BY TOM WARD UIL, who usually insists on treating all mage schedule against the Lakers on July PETITION DRIVE LAUNCHED classifications equally. 23, at 6 p.m. They will next face Victor FOR JIM THORPE Another wild card in this scenario: the Oladipo and the Indiana Pacers on July 7 BY BOB WHEELER UIL announces delayed start for Class 6A and 5A for 2020 Texas high school UIL must navigate local entities that are 26, at 3 p.m. Both games will be broadcast QUICK LOOK THE 3M OPEN putting tighter restrictions on things. For live on NBA TV and Mavs.com. 8 BY PGATOUR.COM football season The University Interscholastic League example: Hidalgo County (down in the Rio Dallas wraps up its scrimmages against 3M OPEN PREVIEW Grande Valley) and Houston ISD have Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers on 9 BY PGATOUR.COM announced that the start of 2020 Texas high school football season would be mandated in person learning can’t begin July 28, at 7:30 p.m. The game will be NCAA FOOTBALL PRE-SEASON until much later than the Labor Day start shown live on Fox Sports Southwest 10 TOP 25 delayed by five weeks for Class 6A and BY NCAA.COM Class 5A, while the rest of the state would the UIL has implemented. In these two Mark Followill, Derek Harper and Jeff SMU REPORT start as scheduled.The UIL made a monu- areas, extra-curricular activities (sports “Skin” Wade will call the game against the 11 BY DIC HUMPHREY mental and rather shochking announce- included) can’t start until in-person learn- 76ers from the Fox Sports Southwest stu- COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND ment on Tuesday, delaying the start of all ing begins. Will these schools see an even dios in Las Colinas. Followill and Harper 12 NOTES fall activities for the state's two largest shorter season (or possibly no season), or will also call the first two scrimmages for BY BO CARTER classifications, including Texas high school will the school districts seek to relax those Mavs.com from the Mavericks press con- AUTO REVIEW football, by five weeks. The announcement rules around practicing during the virtual ference room at the AAC. Chuck 15 BY KBB.COM does not change the schedule for the small- learning sessions? Cooperstein and Brad Davis will broadcast er classifications. Looking at the athletics calendar as a all three games for ESPN 103.3 from the 2020 NFL SCHEDULES BY TEAM whole, this move to push back the start of Mavericks locker room at the AAC. 16 BY STAFF For Class 6A and Class 5A, the UIL the season may be the last available move The Mavs will resume the 2019-20 regu- THE TICKET WINDOW pushed the start of practice, slated to start 18 August 3, to Sept. 7. The first week of to ensure a football season gets played in lar season against the Rockets on July 31, Texas high school football games will now this school year. There may not be another at 8 p.m. The game will be shown live on RESTAURANT REVIEW chance to delay the season further; but due Fox Sports Southwest and ESPN. 19 BY RICHARD POLLAK happen on Sept. 24-26, four weeks later than the original August 27-29 start date. to the size of our state and the varying con- This move has major impacts to all ditions in individual locales if the season 2019-20 Dallas Mavericks restart extra-curricular activities across the state of does move forward with its newly sched- Scrimmage Schedule Follow us on Texas, most notably football. The playoffs uled Sept. 7 start, there’s a chance that Thursday, July 23 for the two largest classifications, which some school districts won't be able to field @ L.A. Lakers, 6:00 p.m. Twitter & Facebook were originally slated to start on Nov. 12, football teams this year if the local health NBA TV, ESPN 103.3 FM will now begin on Dec. 3. The UIL state situation does not show improvement. 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He’ll be the number two starter behind Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander. The back of the rotation is likely some combination of Framber Valdez, Josh James and Jose Urquidy. The Astros also lost Will Harris, a bullpen workhorse. The bottom line is the Astros’ pitching doesn’t look as strong, while the offense should be just as productive. Alex Bregman, George Stringer, Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, and Yuri Gurriel make for a fearsome offense. Last season’s Rookie of the Year Yordan Alvarez is on the Injured List with an undisclosed injury, and there is basically no timetable for his return.