Mike Piellucci

3 days ago | dmagazine.com | Rivers McCown |Mike Piellucci

It is June. The NFL is about to go (mostly) on hiatus for about two months, surfacing for an OTA here or a signing there. The Cowboys have signed every member of their rookie class except for defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku. They have nearly $32 million in cap space. They also have a $24 million cap hit on Micah Parsons’ fifth-year option before they extend him, which means they could theoretically create even more cap space rather easily when they extend the star rusher.

4 days ago | dmagazine.com | Sean Shapiro |Mike Piellucci

There has been a lot to unpack since the Stars’ season came to an end in Game 5 of the Western Conference final. Where did the offense go after the two rounds of fireworks? Will Jamie Benn play again for the Stars? How close is this team, really, to being a Stanley Cup contender? But the biggest conversation, and most debated publicly, is what happened on Thursday night when coach Pete DeBoer pulled goalie Jake Oettinger 7:09 into the first period of the season-ending loss.

1 week ago | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

The playoffs are complicated. Each series is its own story, and each game is its own chapter encompassing a dozen moments and plot points. But the playoffs can also be simple. Each of those moments, those plot points, falls into one of two buckets: the things we observe and the emotions they inspire within us. That’s what we’re here to talk about.

1 week ago | dmagazine.com | Zach Crizer |Mike Piellucci

Look, everyone does it. You meet someone, you get an idea of them, and a full portrait blooms from a mere pinprick of actual data. Even worse, maybe you had already heard about them. You came in with a notion and sought confirmation instead of new information. Then you introduce yourself, maybe at a wedding. Turns out you’ve met them before. You’d say you know them now, but you really don’t. You see them again, in a different setting, and whoa, you had it all wrong. You start over.

1 week ago | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

The playoffs are complicated. Each series is its own story, and each game is its own chapter encompassing a dozen moments and plot points. But the playoffs can also be simple. Each of those moments, those plot points, falls into one of two buckets: the things we observe and the emotions they inspire within us. That’s what we’re here to talk about. What We SawFor three years under Pete DeBoer’s leadership, offense has been the Stars’ offense.