What Professional Athletics Can Be Seen in Dallas
Dallas, Texas is known as a classic southern city with many southern belles and good ole boys that are proud of their hometown and are proud to often use the phrase, everything is bigger in Texas. Texans love their sports and the city of Dallas has a great selection of professional sports to watch including the Dallas Cowboys NFL team, the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, The Dallas Stars hockey team and the FC Dallas soccer team says a Frisco lawyer. Because there are no big college sports teams located in Dallas, their professional teams have huge fan bases, particularly the Dallas Cowboys as football is the favorite sport in Texas according to a Frisco attorney.
The Dallas Cowboys have often been referred to as “America’s Team” and have won 5 Super Bowl wins. They currently play in the newly constructed Cowboy Stadium that was completed in 2009 and is located in Arlington which is right outside of Dallas. Due to the huge fan base, they have had the greatest number of sell out crowds out of any professional football team and were said to be the wealthiest NFL team with the largest revenue earnings by Forbes magazine. Their greatest rival is the Washington Redskins and Sports Illustrated said it is one of the greatest rivals in football history. Some of the best former players for the Cowboys have been Roger Staubach, Michael Irvin, and Troy Aiken just to name a few. Their cheerleaders also are the most recognized and popular cheerleading squads for professional football with their famous mini shorts and white cowgirl boots.
For lovers of basketball, the fans may go to watch the Dallas Mavericks play in Reunion Arena. They are a fairly young team as the previous professional basketball team in Dallas was the Dallas Chaparrals who later become the San Antonio Spurs. The Mavericks basketball team started in 1980 under the first head coach named Dick Motta. Jay Vincent, Derek Harper and Tim Hardaway were some of the best known players who played for the Mavericks. Present player Jason Kidd has the biggest fan base.
Also sharing the venue at Reunion Arena is the National hockey League team of the Dallas Stars. In 1967, the hockey team was known as the Minnesota North Stars. In 1993 the hockey team moved to Dallas where they became simply the Stars. They have had a consistent playing record winning the President’s Cup two times which is given to the team with the best overall record. They also won the coveted Stanley Cup championship in 2005 against the Buffalo Sabres in front of a sold out crowd at home.
The final professional team in Dallas is called FC Dallas and is the Major League Soccer team there. Their full name is Football Club Dallas and are located in Frisco, which is a suburb of Dallas and were formerly known as the Dallas Burn that began in 1996. They play at Pizza Hut Park which a newly built stadium made just for soccer and seats more than 20,000 fans.