{"id":256424,"date":"2026-04-19T03:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T03:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256424\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T03:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T03:20:08","slug":"mavs-head-coach-jason-kidd-in-attendance-to-see-dallas-pulse-sweep-columbus-fury-in-3-0-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256424\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavs head coach Jason Kidd in attendance to see Dallas PULSE sweep Columbus Fury in 3-0 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kidd invested into the pro volleyball team earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>DALLAS \u2014 The Dallas PULSE, DFW&#8217;s new pro volleyball team, swept the Columbus Fury in a 3-0 victory on Friday night, and Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd was in attendance to watch.<\/p>\n<p>It was the eighth sweep of the season for the PULSE, who have kept the Fury winless across four separate games. Just a few days ago, the PULSE also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/sports\/volleyball\/dallas-pulse\/dallas-pulse-secure-playoff-spot-in-debut-pro-volleyball-season\/287-0feb3061-c37b-41db-9d18-e8ba5983eea0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">secured its spot in the playoffs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kidd has been an investor in the PULSE since February, along with other former pro athletes and business leaders who say they believe in the future of women&#8217;s pro volleyball in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Kidd\u2019s involvement is also personal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He and his wife, Porschla Kidd, have a daughter who plays volleyball, and the family has shown a strong commitment to supporting women\u2019s sports. Kidd recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/mavericks-coach-jason-kidd-launches-north-texas-girls-basketball-program\/287-448bafdc-1bca-4808-ad32-61adb55cd703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" id=\"isPasted\">announced the launch of Jason Kidd Select South<\/a>, a North Texas\u2013based program aimed at developing elite players and expanding opportunities for female athletes.<\/p>\n<p>The PULSE will face the Indy Ignite in Indianapolis at 7 p.m. on April 19, with the game airing live on VICE TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kidd invested into the pro volleyball team earlier this year. DALLAS \u2014 The Dallas PULSE, DFW&#8217;s new pro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-256424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}