Mike Piellucci
@mikelikessports
Sports Editor, @DMagazine | Alum: The Athletic, FOS, VICE | Best Sports Writing '22 | CRMA Winner | Holler: [email protected]
My cover story from our May issue is now online. It's about how more than 50 Brazilians set up shop in a small Texas town and made it the bull riding capital of America. It's one of the most unique stories I've ever done. I hope you read it: dmagazine.com/publications/d…
every public comment from nico harrison since the luka donic trade has indicated he is trying to win a championship ASAP. yet dallas has (so far) had a quiet and modest offseason. my latest for @DMagazine is about how the mavericks aren't acting like a team that's all-in
About to hop on @DLLS_Mavs with my guy @tim_cato and the legend @TheSteinLine. Come through and let’s talk basketball things!
We don't know if the Mavericks are done making moves yet. But if they are, then a team that put itself in win-now mode is repositioning itself into something different. Here's @boweman55 on how the team's words and actions tell us two different things: dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
This man gets it
Kevin Clark: "When I look at Jerry Jones, I think of one thing: If the football Gods came down and said, 'Jerry, you get to win the next three Super Bowls... but the catch is, you can't do a press conference...' he looks at the football Gods and says, 'no deal.'"
Cowboys training camp gets underway today and the most important player in Oxnard is... Mazi Smith? Let @riversmccown make the case for why. And, yes, this should alarm you: dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
There is @NotJackKemp column for this dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
Jerry Jones on the decision to fine Trevon Diggs $500K for missing workouts. "We expect a player that's paid like Trevon to be here all the time ... to be leading."
Double dose of baseball words today! Fifty years ago today, the Rangers fired Billy Martin as manager. If you don't know the story, prepare for some truly wacko managerial behavior. And if you do, then you'll enjoy some mythbusting. I loved this piece: dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
Hey. Baseball content.
We're in that funky middle period between the MLB Draft and the trade deadline, so the great @SeanCBass took a look at the state of the Rangers farm system. Not the strongest crop, but still several names to keep an eye on as July 31st nears: dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
We're in that funky middle period between the MLB Draft and the trade deadline, so the great @SeanCBass took a look at the state of the Rangers farm system. Not the strongest crop, but still several names to keep an eye on as July 31st nears: dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
The greatest late night host of his era, bar none
"Hey, why did Colbert get the Late Show if Letterman promised it to Craig Ferguson?" It's, uh... a mystery for the ages.
We've been thinking about @zaccrain a lot this week at @DMagazine, for obvious reasons. So I decided to do my part and write a little bit about one of the things he loved most: his favorite basketball team. dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
This is the correct position
I don't really care if Dame being back on the Blazers makes a ton of sense. It is just rad in an emotional sense, and thus, in my view, very good. [bangs gavel]
Paige Bueckers is at the halfway point of her first professional season, and she's been everything the Wings could have hoped for. Here's @juscarts with a deep dive on all the ways Bueckers has cemented herself as a franchise-changer in her rookie year. dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
A new reset for the pass rusher & non-QB market set at $41 million per year. Micah Parsons continues his wait…
BREAKING: The #Steelers are finalizing a deal to make T.J. Watt the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history — it’s a three-year, $123 million deal with $108M guaranteed, per sources.
This is how you build good will with players
Cool gesture: The Texas Rangers gave starter Nathan Eovaldi the $100,000 All-Star bonus in his contract even though he didn’t make the American League team. Eovaldi has been brilliant this season, posting a 1.58 ERA over 91 innings. He’s one of the most respected players in MLB.