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Have you ever seen Vince Carter jump over that French guy? This is like the journalism version of that.

Let's see. The first person I know of who swam through these waters and then wound up at ESPN The Magazine was Paul "Tall Paul" Kix (like the cereal, he always says). Paul was a senior editor (or something) at D Magazine. He left us for Boston Magazine but eventually found his way to Bristol, Connecticut, or wherever it is that ESPN people live. Then there was Cristina Daglas, who was the editor of D Magazine for a time. She left us and took a job at ESPN. And now Mike Drago is joining the Dallas contingent up north. Mike works at the Dallas Morning News and happens to be Nancy Nichols’ brother-in-law. Below you'll find Tom Huang's note to the staff about Mike's departure. I've started laying odds on the next Dallas media member to take a gig at ESPN. Eric Celeste, obviously, sits at the top of the board with the shortest odds. Right beneath him: Krys Boyd. Controversial, I know. But I have my reasons.

Tiny Crowd Turns Out To Support Small-Minded Irving Mayor. It could be worse. Irving could still have the Cowboys. Police Arrest Two Suspects In Early Morning Robbery At Gunpoint In Oak Lawn. It's been a rough few months in the Oak Lawn area, with at least a dozen unsolved burglaries and attacks, so this was a bit of good news. The suspects haven't been tied to any of the previous crimes, at least for now, and police plan to keep up additional patrols. Could be worse. Oak Lawn could get annexed by Irving. Two More Earthquakes Over the Weekend. A 2.1 on Saturday and a 2.8 on Sunday. Guess where? Come on. Guess. I'll give you a hint. It rhymes with "Irving." Wes Matthews Ties Mavs Record With 10 3-Pointers. His big second half -- he made eight 3s as part of his 28 points in the third and fourth quarters -- fueled the team's win against the Wizards. You know where they struggle with their outside shots? Irving.

In May, I predicted that the Cowboys would go 1-13-2. If you're not used to reading sports standings, that is one win against 13 losses and two ties. Given what a cannonball into a pool filled with broken glass the 2015 campaign has been thus far, as I asked in the headline, would 1-13-2 have been a worse season for the Cowboys? Pros: According to this, no team has ever tied twice in a season since overtime was instituted in 1974, which was also the year I and this magazine were born -- a pretty good year, all told. Since I don't think anyone is ever beating that, the Cowboys would have a permanent place in the NFL record book, alongside the mark it set in 1996 -- most players to wear a full-length mink to a grand jury hearing. Plus, all those forfeits! So, still terrible but you're getting something memorable in the exchange. Cons: No one wants to forfeit that many games in a season, no matter what. I don't even know why we're discussing it. This is dumb. Who brought this up, anyway? Jeez.

Jason mentioned yesterday that the Tulsa Shock have officially moved to Arlington and are now known as the Dallas Wings. The team also unveiled its new logo. Before I go on: it's awesome that the area finally has a WNBA franchise and I sincerely hope it does well and that people support them. THAT SAID, I don't dig anything about the new name or logo, so the franchise is off to a bad start. Dallas Wings is crazy generic, and put together with a clip-art logo, the whole thing looks and sounds like a gentleman's club out by the airport that's always really empty. It's like a bad sports bar in Mesquite that oddly doesn't even serve wings. It's the name of the cycling group that is always mad-dogging cars in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven by the spillway and sweatily (and honestly kind of chubbily) crowding the entrance. It's a fake Chili's fast casual joint at 635 and Greenville with a Bud Light poster from the 2012 NFL season by the doorway. Counterpoint: It definitely reminds me of being in Arlington.