Lia Assimakopoulos
@lassimak
Covering the Dallas Stars, SMU & college sports for The Dallas Morning News. Say hi: lia.assimak@dallasnews.com. It’s pronounced uh-sih-muh-KAHP-uh-lis.
Stars GM Jim Nill is here speaking after signing Jason Robertson to a one-year contract yesterday.
Back in Charlotte for another ACC Media Days. SMU coach Rhett Lashlee, quarterback Kevin Jennings, offensive lineman PJ Williams and linebacker Brandon Booker are here today.
SMU announced it’s building the Kevin Jennings Recovery Center that will include saunas, massage units and other recovery tools for student athletes. Pretty unique to see a facility being named for a current athlete.
Here’s a look at the ACC’s new football tiebreaker rules — a change made after 7-5 Duke reached and won the ACC championship game before missing the CFP.
SMU formally launched a Heisman campaign on behalf of quarterback Kevin Jennings today, seeking to make Jennings the first Heisman winner from SMU since Doak Walker in 1948.
The Stars didn’t take me to Western Canada this year, but I found my way back.
Toronto Sceptres (PWHL) Assistant Rachel Flanagan is with the Stars during development camp as part of the NHLCA Female Coaches program.
The Stars have announced their roster for development camp, which runs tomorrow through Thursday.
Hello from Stars HQ for Day 2 of the NHL draft where the Stars will make their first picks of the draft. We might learn something today about Jason Robertson. We also might not 🙃
Allen native J.P. Hurlbert was chosen 23rd overall by the Detroit Red Wings. His parents met in Michigan, and he became a hockey fan watching the Red Wings as a kid. Hurlbert is the first native Texan taken in the first round since 2013.
In today’s SportsDayDFW: Read about J.P. Hurlbert, the 18-year-old from Allen expected to be the first Texan taken in the first round of the NHL draft tonight in over a decade. Full story: www.dallasnews.com/s...
Here is the schedule for Stars development camp next week at Comerica Center in Frisco. All sessions are free and open to the public. The roster will be released after the draft this weekend.
Fifteen months after Dallas traded him way, Logan Stankoven is a Stanley Cup champion.
Here is the initial rendering of the Stars' planned arena and entertainment district at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano:
Our Collin County reporter @KershLilly says this is about as full as she’s seen a Plano city council meeting.
Life on the Dallas Stars’ beat: from Canada, to courtrooms, to city council meetings. I’m at Plano’s tonight where the city council will vote on four agenda items related to the Stars’ proposed arena at The Shops at Willow Bend.
As much as I enjoyed spending my last three birthdays in the Stars press box, this is pretty great too ☀️
Today is locker clean out day in Dallas. We’ll hear from Jim Nill, Glen Gulutzan and players shortly.