The tiny hands of children caressed all the trinkets and technological gadgets outfitted inside the new Mavs Reading and Learning Center at Youth World on Monday afternoon. The kids then jubilantly explored and surveyed the state-of-the-art STEAM area that is now home to coding robots, Lego build projects, art tutorial apps and books. “It’s all new, it’s […]
Jayda Batchelder is an avid Mavs fan, lived through Hurricane Katrina and then built Education Opens Doors. Her organization is one of eight selected by the Mavs Foundation to benefit from the ‘Chime In For A Cause’ campaign DALLAS – Growing up in South Dakota, Jayda Batchelder was an avid basketball player and fan. However, her home […]
DALLAS – When 2020 gives you lemons, find a new way to make some ice cold lemonade. That’s the motto for hundreds of North Texas children who have been squeezed from their traditional summer lemonade stands by the novel coronavirus and encouraged to get extra creative during the current times. Leaders with a local organization […]
DALLAS – Dozens of new techno-gadgets stood ready to connect a roomful of teenagers to hopes and dreams on the world wide web. And yet, sometimes a spirited game of Uno with a Dallas Mavericks player can override even the lure of electronics and the Internet for young people. It was part of a momentous […]
DALLAS – Ten young men with special-needs from Dallas ISD’s Thomas Jefferson High School took the runway Wednesday morning – some even in wheelchairs – during a fashion show, showing off custom-made suits, shiny new shoes, sharp haircuts and, best of all, a new sense of confidence. Dallas Mavericks veteran Dorian Finney-Smith surprised the students […]
]DALLAS – Dallas Mavericks veteran Salah Mejri and rookie Luka Dončić have a long history together, one that first ignited back in 2015 when they were teammates with Real Madrid in the EuroLeague. At the time, Dončić was just 16 years old and was the third-youngest player to make his debut in the history of […]
It’s late-September, and basketball is almost back. As much as the game is constantly changing, posing new challenges and presenting new hurdles for every player on every team to overcome en route to achieving their goals, Wesley Matthews’ life off the floor has become dramatically different in the last year, in the best way imaginable. […]
It was hard to tell when the kids were more excited. It could have been in the morning, when they got to play basketball with an NBA player at a free clinic. It could also have been in the afternoon, when they had the chance to stuff a shopping cart full with school supplies, all […]
As Mavs center Salah Mejri looked around the room, his eyes kept coming back to the computer screen. Next to him sat a mother and her children, and at the next table over was a mother, a father, and their daughter, hammering away on the keyboard. The new PC was freshly loaded with games for […]
DALLAS – Over two dozen kids jubilantly walked into the brand new Park Ninety Six 90 Reading & Learning Center in Northeast Dallas this past Tuesday. And the immense enthusiasm shared by 12-year old Alaysia Hill is probably the same passion shared by the other youngsters. Hill said: “I thought I was in heaven.” Indeed, […]