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2016-17 NBA Preview: Dallas Mavericks
Image courtesy of Scott Mecum/Flickr. NBA TEAM PREVIEWS Atlantic: Boston Celtics | Brooklyn Nets | New York Knicks | Philadelphia 76ers | Toronto Raptors Central: Chicago Bulls | Cleveland Cavaliers | Detroit Pistons | Indiana...
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“They’re Just Words”: Battling Sexism From the Men’s Locker Room
There’s a rare group of us, the known unknowns of stand-outs who frequent men’s locker rooms willingly. Sometimes we’re invisible, sometimes we are not. This group is bound together, whether we like it or not,...
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Is a Derek Fisher Player Comeback in the Near Future?
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . OK, so what if he was initially kicked to the curb by the New York Knicks after going an abysmal 1-9 as their head coach? Does that mean former...
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Desperately Seeking Elysium: Sports in the Wake of Tragedy
Image courtesy of Daxis/Flickr . It’s the execrable new normal: Blink and you’ll miss it. I’m not talking about the violence running rampant around the nation, oh no. Not that brand of normal. I’m talking...
Culture of Hoops
From Plan A to Plan “This Again?”: Mavericks Free Agency Woes
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/The BMF Five minutes before the clock struck midnight, a moiety of the press that covers the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex felt a tinge of brutal optimism at the approaching NBA free...
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The Curtain Draws on the 2015-16 Season for The Dallas Mavericks
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/The BMF . When I first faced him two years ago, he was simply a spec on the far end of a practice court, his larger-than-life frame faced toward the very...
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“Just One More Push”: Mavericks One Game Away from Final Death Gasp
It was a crucial moment in the career of Dirk Nowitzki , although it probably will get muddled up in the outlining shadow that whisks and tickles softly the golden light that is the crux...
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Flirting With History: The Story of a Recent Playoff-Hooded Mavericks
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/ The BMF. So, about Thursday night... You wouldn’t have guessed it based on the sights and sounds around Dallas during the day: the city was buzzing with energy, their orotund...
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Five-Finger Discount: Mavericks Steal Game 2 In Really Bizarre Way
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/The BMF Sports There were only 7.1 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of Monday night’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder when veteran Raymond Felton stood...
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Staring Into the Black, Bottomless Abyss: Mavericks Surrender Game 1 Early to Thunder
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/The BMF. We’ll start out in our happy place – a non vertiginous place that most likely consists of a lilac-scented meadow and a baby fawn with Japanese anime eyes sipping...
