| 04/28/2001 Blackistone: For Mavs, it's all about pride
If the Mavericks get swept out of the playoffs Saturday – on their own court, no less – a sweet season will have ended quite bitterly. 04/26/2001 Blackistone: Cuban's rants court disaster
Mark Cuban must go. He should no longer be allowed to sit courtside with the players and coaches he loves. For the league's good. For his own good. Particularly for his team's good. 04/25/2001 Blackistone: Whining won't lead to winning
SALT LAKE CITY – No one ever doubted the Mavericks' physical abilities in their first playoff run in 11 seasons. They didn't win 53 games by being untalented. 04/24/2001 Blackistone: Forget the socks and come to play
An open letter to the Dallas Mavericks prior to Game 2. 04/22/2001 Blackistone: Despite defeat, Mavs gain confidence
SALT LAKE CITY – They got knocked to the floor. Suffered an early bout with nerves. Lost their coach on a technical foul early in the second half. 04/21/2001 Blackistone: What's up, Don? Jazz should sound good to Mavs
Time was when it seemed like Don Nelson couldn't open his mouth without something absolutely outrageous spilling out: 04/19/2001 Blackistone: Mavs keep business approach
Only the next three or four games will tell if the Mavericks business-as-usual approach to their first playoff series since the Paleozoic period is the right way to go. If they win, it will have worked. If they get swept, they can go back to the drawing board. 04/17/2001 Blackistone: Jones seeks fresh start for self, UNT
DENTON – Something Johnny Jones's father-in-law told him suddenly came to mind. 04/15/2001 Blackistone: Web cast not exactly great viewing
Dear Mom and Dad: The other night I sat around the computer and watched a basketball game. It was the first pro game ever shown over computer lines. Computer folks called it a Web cast. 04/13/2001 Blackistone: Some stars never learn value of gold
Tommie Smith, the most infamous, if not the most famous, Olympic 200-meter gold medalist, put his medal up for auction. How could he? 04/12/2001 Blackistone: NASCAR too slow to buckle down
In the scheme of his newest profession, stock car racing, though certainly not to his 10-year-old daughter, Michael Roberts was just a guy. 04/08/2001 Blackistone: Sports fan makes the rounds
Make four sporting events in three different cities on one day, it was my chosen weekend task. 04/07/2001 Blackistone: A-Rod A-OK on reunion day 04/03/2001 Blackistone: Devils' mystique continues to sprout
MINNEAPOLIS – When Mike Krzyzewski got Mike Dunleavy to autograph a letter-of-intent to play college basketball in Durham, N.C., Dunleavy stood about 6-4. 04/02/2001 Blackistone: Favorites rise above Madness
MINNEAPOLIS – Draped from the upper deck of the Metrodome are the 65 names. Alabama State. Butler. Cincinnati. Eastern Illinois. Florida. Georgia. Hampton. On and on they go. 04/01/2001 Blackistone: When push comes to shove, Battier lives up to his billing
MINNEAPOLIS – He could've been a Rhodes Scholar. He's said to be selfless with his time, much of which he's spent talking to school kids. 03/31/2001 Blackistone: Grieving Wright family tries to cope
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – There were no Final Four banners flapping in the wind here. No boisterous fans from Arizona or Duke, Maryland or Michigan State bouncing down Brooklyn Boulevard. No coaches mingling on a corner. |
