Okay, so the O’Connell childhood hockey double is still a possibility, but on a national scale I’m now looking at the very real possibility of a Dallas double, Stars and Mavs having entered conference finals in basketball and hockey. Those teams share an arena, the American Airlines Center, which is now the center of North American athletics.

The AAC has been home to its NBA and NHL tenants since 2001. Back the Mavs were owned by a guy named Ross Perot, and nobody knew who Mark Cuban was. They’ve sold out over 800 games in a row, and now have the eyes of the basketball world upon them.

Stars have claimed exactly one Stanley Cup, 25 years ago as a matter of fact.

Sounds like time to make it a double.