Earlier this week, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban – “The Cube” to us bros – announced on his blog that the Mavs were going to get a makeover. But because Cubes is a new man for a new era, always thinking and scheming, there’s a catch – he’ll only re-do the uniforms if someone presents him with a good enough design.

So he’s putting it on Mavs and NBA fans to present the franchise with creative, edgy ideas by posting them to the team’s site. The Mavs could select one or they might select none. It all depends on how great your designs are. And the greatest design will be rewarded with riches beyond the common man’s wildest expectations…

Who will own your design ? The minute you post it, the Mavs will. If you think its horrible that the Mavs own your design. Do not post. If you think its cool that the Mavs could possibly use your design and you will have eternal bragging rights , then post away. If we really like your design and you , I may even throw in some tickets. If we don’t use your design, it will still be here on this site for now and ever more for you to glance longingly at. If your design is close , if not identical to other designs and we pick one of the other designs, for whatever reason, then thats just the way it goes.

If we don’t choose any of the designs,including yours.then we don’t choose any of the designs. That is life in the big city. Move on.

Oh, sorry. I meant that you don’t win anything at all. Not even a free jersey with your name on it, not even a Dwight Howard or Chris Paul jersey when the Mavs eventually sign them both in free agency. Just bragging rights. But that’s still pretty cool, I guess.

Anyway, just like our friends at The Basketball Jones, who created an amazing denim uniform design, I wanted to offer my own design. Fingers crossed!

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If you’re smart, you’ll listen to anything Freddie Roach says.

I mean, the guy’s known for being a great boxer, but he’s also responsible for teaching practically every current world champion in combat sports how to do their thing — he’s had a hand in training three current boxing champions and three current MMA champs, including Anderson Silva and GSP. Hell, he trained Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter and taught Shaq how to throw a punch.

That resume beats the dog mess out of yours, and everyone you know’s. His latest thing you should pay attention to is A Brother In Your Corner, a message to help out your drinking buddies like you’d help out a fellow fighter, and a contest wherein Jägermeister sends you to Las Vegas to train with Freddie. You get to take three of your friends, too, for one of the coolest bonding experiences you could possibly have.

You can enter at Jäger’s Facebook page by uploading a picture and briefly sharing a story about a time you had a brother’s back or he had yours for a chance to win. Freddie wants you to do it, and that’s good enough for me.

Anyway, if you’re one of the 700,000,000,000 who’ve descended upon my grand home town of Austin, Texas, for SXSW, I have two points of business for you:

1. Pick up your trash. I mean, seriously, Jesus, what were you, raised on a barn? We aren’t Philadelphia.

2. Any chance you’d like a pair of complimentary tickets to the world premiere of Summer League, the softball kickball film featuring With Leather editor-in-chief Brandon Stroud in not one, but TWO roles, just for being a With Leather reader?

Here’s your chance, friend. The film premieres on Monday, March 18, at the Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane (5701 W. Slaughter Lane), red carpet and all, and the showing is completely sold out. However, I wear a duck mascot costume for a portion of the film and therefore have hella pull and can snag you a pair of tickets.

Here’s all you have to do … shoot the film’s director, Lex Lybrand, a message on Twitter. Tell him that you’re a fan of @WithLeather and you want to see his flick. There are only two tickets to be had, so he’ll do a random drawing based on whoever’s messaged him on … let’s say, Friday, and let you know if you’re the winner. Then boom, you’re at the red carpet premiere high-fiving a dude you know from a sports blog, watching a great little movie made by some passionate locals.

Oh, and if you haven’t seen me in my duck costume, hold on to your butts:

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No, I said your dunk face.

If this is your first time on the Internet this week, let me catch you up to speed: DeAndre Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers dunked so heinously over Pistons guard Brandon Knight that our lives were changed, Brandon Knight died and now we’re all living in an alternate universe. I don’t know how it happened. It was so ferocious that the Internet put a Jim Ross call behind it and started a new meme. It was something.

Under Armour was quick to jump on the DeAndre Jordan’s Dunk Was Memorable bandwagon, have produced a series of animated t-shirts and are asking fans to recreate Jordan’s signature “eesh” face for an Instagram contest:

Want to win a trip to LA for you and a friend to meet DeAndre Jordan? Upload your best #DeAndreDunkFace to Instagram to enter for your chance to win.

The rules are intensely thorough, and I invite you to read them all for gems like “photo must not contain images of athletes in uniform,” and the suspiciously let-my-nephew-win-this fine print reading “sponsor reserves the right to contact competitors for additional information prior to selecting the winner.”

If you’re entering this, be sure to post your dunk face in the comments below.

The Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders are conducting an online contest for fans to pick a local girl to receive the opportunity to audition to join the squad. Basically, it’s a very nice way of saying, “Hi there, everyone thinks you’re great and now we get to decide that on our own, now go away everyone else.” It’s truly the democratic process at its finest. And while there are 68 girls on the online voting ballot, the buzz around this contest has been created mostly for just one 20-year old Colts fan.

Tella Toney is a lunch lady at Southridge High School, and while it sounds incredibly odd, she’s currently the favorite to win the Colts cheerleader audition, thanks to a ton of support from her friends, family and all of the students at her school. Admittedly, it’s a little strange writing about a 20-year female working at a high school and not including a mugshot.

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Would you like to win a free trip to Australia and $300 to stand in the corner of Bob Sapp for the 40-50 seconds it takes for whoever’s fighting him to knock him out? This is the contest for you!

The details:

Create a 30 second video that demonstrates your admiration (or hatred) for The Beast!
Upload to your youtube account.
Submit your video in the reply section below.
Make sure you have the address “youtube.com/BobSappTV” in the video and the video’s description.
Please title your video “BobSappTV Video Contest”
Winner will receive:
1 Round-Trip ticket to Sydney Australia
$300 spending money
Free Hotel and Meals
VIP access to the fight (CFC 21)
Become The Beasts Cornerman for the fight.

*Contestants must be 21 or older with a valid passport

*Contestants must know nothing about fighting and think Old Spice commercials are hilarious

Whether you care about Bob Sapp or not, you should give this contest a shot. It’s 30 seconds of work for 300 bucks and a free trip, and chances are he’s gonna get like 10 responses so if you’re even moderately funny and don’t slur his worthlessness you should be all right. Just put on boxing gloves and go BLAGH at the camera, he loves that.

[h/t Cage Potato]