WHITT'S END: 10.30.13

      Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:

   *I've faced this reality already. That on June 12, 2011 my Mavericks might have peaked, never to be that good again. That Sunday night in Miami Jason Terry pumped in 27 points, Dirk Nowitzki was crowned NBA Finals MVP and Don Carter/Mark Cuban lifted the Larry O'Brien trophy. Since then? Splat. The Mavs haven't won a playoff game since. Last year they missed the postseason for the first time since 2000. So I can either re-watch Game 6 against the Heat, or I can stubbornly, naively believe that Dirk will get necessary help this season from newcomers Monta Ellis, Samuel Dalembert and Jose Calderon when they tip-off the 2014 season tonight against the Atlanta Hawks at AAC. I'll be watching, and I think this is a playoff team. But I know exactly where the dusty DVD is. Just in case.

   *Was watching Heat-Bulls last night when Saturday Night Live did this promo skit featuring an online dating service specifically catering to African-Americans and ... Wait, BlackPeopleMeet.com is real? What. The. What?! Like you, I'm curious about WhitePeopleMeet.com. But no thanks, I fear an online KKK rally.

   *In Jason Garrett's three-year tenure the Cowboys have lost 23 regular-season games. Sadly, it was pretty easy to find 10 heart-breakers among the bunch. Sunday's kick-to-the-crotch in Detroit is high on the list, which you can peruse over at NBC 5's Blue Star Blog. Cowboys are the most maddening team in the NFL. Their losses this year? By 1. By 1. By 3 on the game's final play. And by 9, in a game they led by 11. Grumble.

   *As I've said before I'm not a "gamer," but NBA 2K14 looks friggin' awesome. Not hard to fathom how some folks would be tricked into thinking they're watching an actual game at first glance.

   *I'm thinking this is totally staged and fake. No way the audio is that clear if the "victim" wasn't miked up. The video camera just happened to be rolling on a totally boring ass street when the truck magically appeared. And that lady sure is calm and collected to be presented with such a supposedly life-threatening scene. Alas, it is Humpday White Truck Wednesday, so ... enjoy? This, unfortunately, is real: Burglars steal a bunch of stuff from a farm in a ... White Truck.

   *The Mavs' GM that was hired August 1 has already resigned before November 1. Gersson Rosas, I didn't even get the chance to learn how to spell your name. Like it or not, Donnie Nelson still wields plenty of power in Dallas' front office.

   *Despite my best efforts, I'm hating LeBron James less as a person and appreciating him more as a basketball player a little more each game.

   *Hot.

   *Not.

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*UTA with a glance at national glory tonight. Former Mav John Lackey on the mound for the Red Sox in Game 6 of the World Series. I'm longing for a championship-clinching no-hitter, just so the national media will dig into Lackey's background and put a pin in Arlington.

   *It's "asterisk." Not "asterick." C'mon people. You don't get to change the English language just because you're lazy. Unless, that is, you don't mind sounding lazy.

   *Jason Hatcher's having a great season. As hapless and anonymous as the injury-depleted Cowboys' defensive line is, I can't imagine where it'd be without him. But Matthew Stafford dropped back to pass 50 times Sunday in Detroit and threw for 488 yards. On the one single solitary occasion that you got to him and sacked him, does it really warrant a celebratory look-at-me square-dance routine? Imagine how silly it would look if offensive linemen performed "victory" dances after each play in which they held Hatcher without a sack.

   *Do I need to tell you how great it is to have a fiancee who will help me search the Internet for hot girls? Didn't think so.

   *The Kansas City Chiefs are the NFL's only undefeated team at 8-0. How much money would you have betting against that? I'd have wagered every penny. Seriously. They were 2-14 last year. They are why we watch sports. Totally unscripted.

   *Shout out to a couple of my loyal partners. Lunching at Pollo Campero today and tomorrow is the 20th birthday for Apple Moving. If you're hungry see Kris. If you're planning a move talk to my man Will. But you know already knew that, right?

   *Christmas Eve. New Year's Eve. Happy Halloween ... Eve?

   *Today? Visit to the attorney to polish some paperwork and check up on my Small Claims lawsuit seeking to recoup my $6,500 apparently borrowed forever from my former friend. Then off to Fort Worth for some afternoon Buzzin'. Don't be a stranger.

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