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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: Honorable Mentions
Image Courtesy of Alexandra Walt/Flickr Most people find September to be a fun month of the year because football season is starting, or because their favorite television show is returning to air or because it's...
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Dirk Nowitzki's 2015 Celebrity Baseball Game Training Camp
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/BMF Sports . As the heat demolished everything in its path on Friday morning, the Dallas press stood eagerly on the field of the Dr. Pepper Ballpark, patiently awaiting the face...
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In the Hall of the Mountain King: A Year Inside the Dallas Mavericks Locker Room
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/BMF Sports . A pair of periwinkle pumps stepped lightly on the oddly fashionable carpet that lined the Dallas Mavericks locker room, unnoticed, unbidden, unforgiving as they blended with an overwhelming...
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Standing on the Wrong Side of History: Dallas Mavericks Fall in Game 5
Screen capture courtesy of NBA/YouTube . There was a chance, they said. But not much of one, they warned. Nevertheless, it’s still there for the taking. During the final seconds of Game 4 between the...
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Supine Musings: Confused Dallas Mavericks Gift Wrap Game 1
From an outsider’s perspective, an outsider who would only glance briefly at the showy ESPN notification on their iPhones every quarter during Game 1 of the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets showdown, the game seemed to...
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Sorry, Phoenix Suns – The Dallas Mavericks Have Other Plans
The tone was more than set inside the American Airlines Center on a particularly humid evening: The Dallas Mavericks, who had clinched their playoff berth the night before following Oklahoma City Thunder’s loss, were looking...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: Mavericks Collapse, Rockets Prevail
There was a moment in the third quarter of the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets game after Dirk Nowitzki scored on a turnaround fade away jump shot, pushing his team’s lead to 67-58, when the media...
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Sit Down and Shut Up: Monta Ellis Makes a Statement During Mavs Brilliant Win
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/Baller Mind Frame . Casting a light into the darkness and you have the story, that intertwining of pastoral of candy-coated fates one seeks to stitch with flare – but first...
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Dangerous Foreshadowing: Rick Carlisle Talks Struggling Defense, Raymond Felton, and Monta Ellis
Image courtesy of T.J. Macias/Baller Mind Frame . The mood was damp at the American Airlines Center the day following the Dallas Mavericks’ 98-92 loss to the Phoenix Suns, so it was most likely that...
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Calling a Spade a Spade: Game Blown by Mavericks, NOT Officials
Image courtesy of Michael E. Lee/Flickr . The interview room was buzzing as the press waited to be blessed with the sour "I-Will-Kick-All-Bunnies" demeanor of Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle following their tough 112-101 loss...
