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Dallas Mavericks Dismantle Memphis Grizzlies in True Preseason Form
Despite the wandering anxiousness that muddles about during the NBA preseason in the days before regular season tipoff, there’s a stubbornly disobedient coolness that counteracts the anxiety, a coolness that can’t be described with words...
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Mavericks Hand LeBron and his Cavaliers First Preseason Loss
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . As NBA fans anxiously wait for the start of the 2014-15 regular season with wide-eyed wonder and desperation, there appears to be one question that festers on everyone’s minds:...
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Mean Girls 2: The Great Weight Debate of Chandler Parsons
Photo courtesy of Chandler Parsons/Instagram The cold corridors of the event level at American Airlines Center feels a lot like the spurious hallways of a Beverly Hills high school these days. If you happened to...
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For Reason and Rhyme: Dallas Mavericks Fall 0-2 in Preseason
Image courtesy of The Terrific TC/Flickr . Within the first half of a preseason game, fans are presented with all they really need to see – what they came to watch. They came to get...
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Houston Rockets Win the Game, But Dallas Mavericks Win the War
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/ Baller Mind Frame . New was the key word of Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center. With a sense of calm alacrity, Dallas Mavericks’ small forward Chandler Parsons emerged...
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OcTorture: San Francisco Giants Advance to 2014 NLCS
Image courtesy of Andy Rusch/Flickr . There’s a reason why San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence is the soul of his team, and it’s not really easy to explicate when attempting to put it in...
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Madison Bumgarner’s Crucial Error Costs Giants NLDS Sweep
Image courtesy of Andy Rusch/Flickr . There are a plethora of four letter words that begin with F in the English language: Fate, Fail, Fact, Fall . However, there was only one specific four letter...
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Welcome to October: San Francisco Giants Stun in 18 Innings
Image courtesy of Juli/Flickr . There was a brief moment during the six hour-23 minute National League Division Series game between the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants where a few new words were...
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San Francisco Giants Silence Nationals Park During Game 1 of NLDS
Image courtesy of Cathy T/Flickr . Writer TJ Macias' dog Chas, celebrating the Giants win . Tuning into the National League Division Series playoff games while sitting inside the comfort of their own homes, baseball...
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Take That, ESPN: San Francisco Giants Advance to NLDS
Image courtesy of Harsh Light/Flickr . It’s hard not to fall in love with the San Francisco Giants after attending one game at AT&T Park. You watch as the silvery fog rolls onto the drab...
