Dirk Nowitzki never liked to talk about himself, ... managed a pecan farm in Mississippi before taking up residence in a run-down castle in Bavaria, where he headquartered in basketball season.

When Dirk Nowitzki enters the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, his ascendancy within the sport will be measured in the years he’s played, the points he’s scored, the games he’s ...

Dallas. In the summer of 2011, a wide-eyed, tall, lanky German kid stood amongst several thousand of his countrymen and celebrated the Dallas Mavericks NBA title as hometown hero Dirk Nowitzki ...