Even before the command to "Start Your Engines" is given, the winner of Sunday's Daytona 500 already has a prior engagement in downtown Dallas on Tuesday night. Texas Motor Speedway has arranged for the winner of NASCAR's season-opening race to attend the Mavericks-New Jersey Nets game at American Airlines Center.
The ESPY ballot is out, and it's no surprise that Dirk Nowitzki and representatives from your Dallas Mavericks are represented in multiple categories. But they're not the only local representatives who are on the ballots.
DALLAS -- A lively discussion took place on a stage on floor of the American Airlines Center with a star-studded panel of the area's biggest sports movers and shakers. The National Sports Marketing Network North Texas Chapter held its inaugural event and attracted to its panel Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Texas Rangers general managing partner and CEO Chuck Greenberg, Hunt Sports Group chairman Clark Hunt, and Bill Lively, the president and CEO of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee.
