| 05/05/2001 Cowlishaw: Time isn't on Hitchcock's side
In the end, it rarely comes down to X's and O's, to handling of pitchers,
to substitution patterns, to line combinations. Just voices. 05/04/2001 Cowlishaw: Stars' fate was written in the nets 05/03/2001 Cowlishaw: Hicks' hot seat awaiting Oates
The Rangers' nine-game deficit is not the reason for owner Tom Hicks' meeting with general manager Doug Melvin and manager Johnny Oates on Friday. But you talk to Hicks and you wonder just how many more of these meetings Oates will be attending if the Rangers don't climb back into the AL West race. 05/02/2001 Cowlishaw: Blues are mystery Stars can't solve
The Stars needed to see Mike Modano come flying back from an ankle injury They needed to see Ed Belfour making big save after big save. And they needed an early lead for a confidence boost that would allow them to play their game. The Stars got everything. They still lost. 04/30/2001 Cowlishaw: Another game at Reunion not in Stars
At the end, it was worth one final look around because this just might have been the end. 04/29/2001 Cowlishaw: Stars feel draft as youth serves Blues
Young legs and wrists could still save the Stars. They just don't have as many pairs to go around as St. Louis. 04/28/2001 Cowlishaw: This series looks like trouble
It was only one game and, if you notice, the same thing happened in Colorado and Buffalo and New Jersey on Thursday night, where visitors also captured Game 1 victories. No reason to panic there. 04/26/2001 Cowlishaw: If Eddie isn't better, Turek-led Blues will win
It was August 1986, and the Cowboys had just made Herschel Walker the team's first $1 million a year player. An angry Tony Dorsett blasted management and threatened to become a "disruptive force." 04/23/2001 Cowlishaw: For now, rooting for Red Wings is OK
As a result of a rather shocking turn of events, the Detroit Red Wings face elimination Monday night in Game 6 at Los Angeles. 04/22/2001 Cowlishaw: With flick of wrist, Nieuwendyk shines
Joe Nieuwendyk's first and last shot of the night came with 2:53 left in regulation, which, for a change, coincided with the actual end of the game. 04/20/2001 Cowlishaw: Savvy play keeps Stars alive
Muller from MacLean and Keane. The Grumpy Old Men, who think that nickname is inappropriate, breathed a little life into a team that was wheezing hard in the third period. 04/18/2001 Cowlishaw: Stars fail to take advantage early
EDMONTON, Alberta – The Stars received an early gift Tuesday night, if you are willing to accept the notion of a defenseman lying on the ice, eyes glazing over, as a gift. 04/17/2001 Cowlishaw: Nothing equals overtime hockey
EDMONTON, Alberta – The Masters, the Final Four, any game at Wrigley Field. Those are my stock answers to frequent queries as to favorite events to cover, but none quite fills the bill. 04/16/2001 Cowlishaw: Stars almost replay agony of defeat from 1997
EDMONTON, Alberta – It used to be that when the Stars and Oilers tangled in the playoffs, anything could happen. That has changed. Anything has been replaced by everything. 04/15/2001 Cowlishaw: Lack of discipline haunts Stars
Edmonton scored three power-play goals to two for the Stars. Dallas' once proud penalty kill was in shambles by mid-afternoon. "It was a strange game," said Mike Keane, who scored a goal 26 seconds after the opening face-off on a wild shot from the sideboards. "But the bottom line is our PK didn't do the job." 04/12/2001 Cowlishaw: Stars earned Game 1, but Oilers' well not dry
After 60 minutes, it was all tied. Edmonton and Dallas in overtime once more, and you knew if you had any sense of history that this would not be the final overtime session in which the Stars and Oilers would engage 04/11/2001 DMN playoff predictions Cowlishaw: Stars-Oilers has become matchup worth repeating
The Cowboys-Redskins rivalry has been placed on salary-cap hold until further notice. 04/09/2001 Cowlishaw: Tiger has answered all challengers
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Let there be no more newsprint wasted, no more airwaves filled with talk of Tiger's grand slam. Instead, let's acknowledge what Woods has become. 04/08/2001 Cowlishaw: Mickelson faces one major league hurdle
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The sweetest port-side stick in sports is swung by Phil Mickelson. Nearly as powerful as Tiger Woods, Mickelson's marvelous rhythm, in particular around the greens, is a source of genuine beauty. 04/07/2001 Cowlishaw: Masters mainstay Duval makes move
After a nondescript first-round 71, David Duval posted a 6-under 66 to charge to 7 under and a fourth-place tie, three strokes behind leader Chris DiMarco. 04/06/2001 Cowlishaw: Advantage, Tiger
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Why tinker with Augusta National? If the changes Masters officials have discussed for 2002 are meant to Tiger-proof the course, beware. |
