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Nick Neville, Jack Prince, Taylor Herndon,Jordan Greenberg, and Justin Greenbergall headed to Troy

The North American Hockey Leagueannounced its rosters today for the NAHLTop Prospects event to be held in Troy,Mich. from February 20-22. Nick Neville,Jack Prince, Taylor Herndon, and JordanGreenberg were named to the SouthDivision Roster while Justin Greenbergwill also be in Troy to compete as part ofthe NAHL 18U select team.

“We’re very proud of our five players whohave been selected to next month’s NAHLTop Prospects event,” Tornado head coachand general manager Tony Curtale said.“They’re all very deserving, dedicated,and talented enough to play hockey at theDivision-I level. We’re certainly excitedfor them to have the opportunity to get theexposure that will be available to them inTroy.”

Neville, a defenseman from BloomfieldHills, Mich., is in his first season in theNAHL. After playing his midget hockeywith the Little Caesars Hockey Club inDetroit, he came to Frisco and has scored3 goals and 19 assists in 41 games this sea-son. His 22 points lead all Tornadodefenseman in 2011-2012. Born in 1993,Neville was also eligible for the 18Usquad, but was chosen to represent theSouth Division.

Prince is another product of Little Caesars,winning a Midget Major national champi-onship with the organization before com-ing to the Tornado. Now in his third seasonwith the team, Prince is the captain andleading scorer, with 24 goals and 24 assistson the season. He has also scored fourgoals in a game twice this season, once onNovember 5 against New Mexico andagain on December 30 against Odessa.Herndon has scored 13 goals and 11assists in 2011-2012. He was the team’sleading goal-scorer on November 5, butsuffered a wrist injury and missed the nexttwo months before returning in earlyJanuary. In his first game back on January5, the Oklahoma City, Okla. native pickedup the Tornado’s lone goal against CorpusChristi.

Jordan Greenberg is in his first season as amember of the Tornado after spending lastseason with the Austin Bruins. Hailingfrom Plano, the elder Greenberg has comeback home and, alongside Justin, slid rightonto the top line with Prince. Jordanmissed five games in January with a hand


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injury and has 10 goals on the year whilehis 33 assists are tops on the team and sec-ond overall in the NAHL.

17-year-old Justin Greenberg scored hisfirst career goal on September 15 againstAlexandria and currently sits seventh on theteam with 24 points, most among Tornadorookies. However, he has been sidelinedsince December 28 with an ankle injury.Six teams will take part in the TopProspects event, with the rosters to be com-prised of 20 players from each of theNAHL’s five divisions. In addition, 20 ofthe league’s best 18-year-old and underplayers will make up the sixth team. Eachteam will play once a day during the three-day event, with all games scheduled to takeplace at the Troy Sports Center.

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FC DALLAS ADDS MATT HEDGES

FC Dallas selected defender Matt Hedgeswith the No. 11 pick in the 2012 MLSSuperDraft held today at The Kansas CityConvention Center in Kansas City, Mo.

“We had been tracking Matt all year as hewas competing for North Carolina, winninga national championship and his stock con-tinued to rise,” said FC Dallas head coachSchellas Hyndman. “We were kind of sur-prised he was still available at No. 11. He'sstrong. He's got great size at 6’4” and hehas really good feet, good movement,quickness and ball distribution. He’s alsogot a little bit of a bite to him that you wantin your defenders. He's going to be a reallygood fit for us to help bring more balanceand support to the center back position.”

A four-year starter, who compiled 85 startsbetween Butler University and theUniversity of North Carolina, Hedgesscored 18 goals and added seven assists asa defender. He was named to the NSCAAAll-American First Team as a senior, lead-ing the Tar Heels defense to a 0.69 goalsagainst average and its second national title.

Hedges started all 26 games UNC played in2011 alongside freshman and FC DallasAcademy product Boyd Okwuonu. Hefound the back of the net six times for theTar Heels last season.

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Ponies winning streak has coach pleasedby DIC HUMPHREYSENIOR [email protected]

MUSTANGS CHARGELast Sunday, the SMU women's basketballteam routed East Carolina 68-44. ChristineElliott canned 16 points, her high for thisyear, to lead all scorers; and she did so injust 20 minutes of playing time. At theother post, senior Heidi Brandenberg fromGarland added 12 more points, her careerhigh; as almost half the Mustangs' scoringcame from the two post players.

The combination of a defensive effort thatforced 20 ECU turnovers, the inside scor-ing from SMU's post players, and the tran-sition game that ended up with 10 points tonone off fast breaks, made this the mostcomplete game played this year by SMU.The Mustangs never trailed racing out to a10-4 lead in the first four minutes and tak-ing an eight point lead into the halftimelocker room.

In the second half though, the Poniesextended that lead to 13 at 39-26 in thefirst four minutes, and were never reallychallenged the rest of the way.

COACH HAPPY WITH EFFORTAfter the game, Coach Rhonda Rompolawas obviously pleased and surprised withthe ease of the win and the margin of victo-ry. The loss moved ECU's conferencerecord to 0-5, but three of the losses wereby six points or less to teams at the top ofthe C-USA standings. “I thought we did agood job of running the basketball andplaying our transition game.” She was par-ticularly pleased with her defense, especial-ly how her players executed the adjust-ments the coaches installed for ECU.“This is the second game in a row wherethe opposing team has shot under 30% in

the second half. And that's what coacheslook at. If you're going to keep teamsunder 30%, you're going to have a chanceto win.”

There's no question that this year has beendisappointing for the Mustangs. Seniorpost Elliott was thought to be an All-Conference type player, a player that couldbe a conference player of the year awardwinner. Instead, she's just the fourth lead-ing scorer on the Mustangs after Sunday'sgame, though she has been slowed health-wise. It was thus a good sign to see herhigh scoring game of the year.

Coach Rompola said about Elliott, “One of

the things I just told her after the game Isaid, 'this is probably the best game I'veseen you play all year.' Chris doesn't prac-tice every practice. She's had some kneeproblems and she just has to rest the knee.Her timing has been off this year becauseshe doesn't practice. She probably prac-tices about half the practices. The otherthing today, she finally looked for her shotmore. She needs to be more offensiveminded.”

The Mustangs are led in scoring by AlishaFillmore (10.7 PPG) from MansfieldSummit, Akil Simpson (10.0) fromDuncanville, and Samantha Mahnesmith(9.1) from Kennedale. Even with her

reduced playing time, Elliott still leads theteam with 7.5 rebounds per game followedclosely by Simpson with 7.0.

PONIES ON A NICE STREAKSunday's win moved SMU's record to 10-8for the season and 3-2 in Conference-USA.They are one of four teams with two lossestrailing 6-0 UTEP and 4-1 Memphis inconference play. However, the Mustangshave now won three in a row. Indeed, win-ning at Marshall a week earlier may havebeen the turning point of the season.Marshall is one of the more talented teamsand the trip to Huntington, West Virginia isone of the more difficult travel venues inthe conference.

“I think that Marshall game was a hugemental victory for us, Rompola said. “Ithink what our kids overcame, and wehung in there at the end. I think it reallygave us some confidence. I like what I sawtoday (last Sunday). I like how our kidsare feeling about themselves right now.”

This is Rompola's 21st season as headcoach of SMU's women's team, and lastSunday's win was her 376th, making herthe all time winningest coach in school his-tory. Her win last month over TCU sur-passed former Men's Soccer Coach (andpresent FC Dallas head coach) SchellasHyndman's total of 368. With the way herteam is jelling in late January, she has opti-mism that this year's team can find at least10 more wins to reach the 20-win plateaufor the eighth time in her coaching career.

The Mustangs are back home this Sundayafternoon against Tulsa after a trip toOrlando to face Central Florida onThursday night.


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by MIKE FISHERF I S [email protected]

Last Sunday, the Dallas Mavericks experienced DirkNowitzki's return at home against the San Antonio Spursafter a scheduled four-game absence during his “Dirk-OutWorkout.'' As a team, thanks to their 101-100 OT win, theMavs backed up the words uttered by Dirk from a week ofobserving the Mavs and their foes.

“I haven't seen one team in the West that I'm scared of,”Nowitzki said, and of course, the rest of the West mightfire right back at Dallas and Dirk, “They feeling is mutu-al, fellas.'

'But maybe the Mavs are about to get more scary in the

form of a returning MVP candidate.

It's well-documented that Nowitzki was forced to puthimself through an eight-day training camp after not beingwhere he needed to be physically to carry the load in theway the Mavericks expect of him. It's simplistic to sayNowitzki was “out of shape''; that's a relative thing andDirk bristled a bit when coach Rick Carlisle characterizedhim that way.

It became clear over the first month of the season thatNowitzki wasn't right, because of last season's lengthyplayoff run, extra time spent playing for Germany'snational team, a bothersome knee, the shortened preseasonor all of the above.

So the Mavs made the decision shut him down.

MAVS NEED DIRK TO BE “DIRK”The Mavericks will need to begin running their offense

through him again despite their 3-1 record in the fourgames without him. During a nine-game absence last sea-son, the Mavericks were a deflating 2-7 without theirsuperstar. This time around, the Mavs actually realizedsome team success and even development over theNowitzki-less stretch. So it's up to Nowitzki to somehowmarry the personal progress he's made with this contend-ing team's positive momentum.

A few things that will be need to be seen from Nowitzki…

Find His Most Lethal Weapon: The consistency inNowitzki's legendary jump shot needs to return. Almost allof Dirk's attack comes from defenses game-planningagainst his perimeter shot. It's become less and less a partof his game over the years, but Dirk's three-point shooting

to start this season was bordering on non-existent as hewas making only 24-percent of his long-rangers. He needsto continue to strike fear into defenses with his shot. If hecan't, he's not Dirk.

Next-Level Form: Nowitzki needs to prove, to himselfamongst others, that his knee and fitness are at a level thatconsistently allows him to make all of his basketball plays.Most importantly, that includes the ability to take the ballto the basket to score or facilitate when defenders closeout on his shot. When Nowitzki was playing this season,his feet almost appeared to be stuck in sand when makingmoves to the basket after showing his shot or pump faking.

Offensive Stability: When the Mavericks offense isoperating at a high level and moving the ball like it shouldwith Nowitzki as the centerpiece, it's a thing of beauty.“Flow,'' is what the Mavs call that part of their offensivesystem. With Nowitzki unprepared to play his normal rolewithin the offense, the Mavericks were a scoring sloth atonly 92.4 points per game through the first 16 outings.

Get to the Line: In every year except one since the2000-01 season, Dirk has averaged at least 6.1 free throwsper game. Dirk's current rate of 4.6 trips to the line pergame just doesn't add up. Dallas must get the easy pointsexpected from him.

Be the MVP: When he is operating at his normal elitelevel, Dirk is the Mavericks' best offensive player … evenwhen he isn't scoring, simply due to his sheer presence.The extra attention and double-teams Nowitzki consistent-ly faces allows his improved passing to be the main reasonDallas' offense has a flow to it. After a rocky start, theMavericks are more than a quarter into a solid season so

far based on their expectations.

With Nowitzki, they are capable of moving beyond“solid.''

“All we have to do,'' Dirk said, “is keep working andhopefully keep everyone healthy and be there when itcounts and in the playoffs.''

That's the talk of the champion. Sometime soon, Dallasis hoping to benefit from the production of one.

Mavs won’t make much noise without their MVP playing upto his abilities.

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“A Gimme putt: An agreement betweentwo losers who can't putt” Jim Bishop

With the golf season fast approaching, it'stime to get on speaking terms with one ofthe most valuable clubs in your bag, theputter. Putting is the one club that every-one should be reasonably good at, butalas, many are not. Perhaps that's whygolf allows us two putts on the greenwhen absolutely perfect putting wouldonly require one stroke. Putting is a com-bination of concentration, confidence andtouch. The common premise is that “put-ting is all in the head”. This dependsupon what head we're talking about theplayer's head or the head of the putter.The putting stroke that is best dependsupon the individual. Some of the bestputters in history had some odd-lookingstances and grips that worked quite well.Remember, too the most important key tobeing a great putter is “Feel.”

Over the years I've worked with manyblind golfers who had magnificent touchon the greens. If I gave them the exactdistances to the hole, they were uncannyin their ability to judge the correct dis-tance to the hole time after time. Myfather in his later years was considered'legally blind' due to complications withhis health. He continued playing golfuntil his passing a few years ago. Onetime we were on the course and I had toread the putts for him. If he missed theputt he would jokingly tell me that I musthave mis-read the break on the greens.On many occasions I make my studentsputt blindfolded so they can use their“mind's eye” and not their “physical eye”

to see the hole. This trust drill allowsplayers to project and make their stroketo the hole without trying to guide orsteer the ball.

There are two prevalent schools ofthought regarding putting. 'Never up,never in,” and “Let the ball die at thehole.” 'Never up, never in” may workwell on slow greens, but it will beresponsible for many three-putts on fastgreens. With this approach, the ball hasonly one door to enter the hole. The “dieat the hole” approach, meanwhile, hasthree doors it can enter: the front, andboth sides. A good putter learns to readthe greens by studying the contour,speed, texture of the grass and the grain.I recommend you start scanning the

green as you approach it. From this angleand distance, you can get a more accurateview of the contour. Once on the green,check the sight from both sides. Check

the grass while sighting the line of yourputts to the hole. The ball will travelfaster on fine, close-cut turf and when thegrain is with you. A cross grain willcurve the ball in the direction of thegrain. The grass will appear shiny withthe grain, and darker against the grain.Take a close look at the area around thecup of the hole, where the most break islikely to occur. Speed can affect break.Your first judgment on speed and break isusually the best. The longer you standover your putts, the more tension canbuild up. Once you make up your mind,don't start second guessing yourself and

go ahead and pull the trigger.

What's the easiest shot in golf? Well, it'sthe gimme putt. Your friends may give itto you, but I promise you serious com-petitors won't so you need to be preparedto knock in even those short tap ins. Howmany times have you made a putt afteryou have already missed it on your firstattempt? It's because we tend to place toomuch pressure on ourselves. Once thepressure is off we can be relaxed andexecute the stroke properly. A good drillto practice your putting is to start offmaking a bunch of really short putts in arow to help you gain some confidence.Then gradually move back a little furtherand continue the game of seeing howmany you can hole out in succession. I'llhave a lot more putting drills in futurecolumns. Finally, I have some more golflingo as they relate to putting for you:1.)a plumber- someone who drains a lotof putts. 2.) Afraid of the dark- When aputt comes to the edge of the hole anddecides to either stop short or proceedpast the cup. 3.)Dance floor- The puttinggreen. 4.)Flat stick- a term for your put-ter. 5.) Ice rink- a description applied avery fast green. 6.) Meat(left on thebone)-A statement describing a putt thatstops significantly short of the hole. 7.)Paint job- A putt that paints the inside ofthe hole and then rolls out. 8.) Toiletflusher- A putt that swirls around the rimof the hole before draining. 9.)Transcontinental- Similar to an oceanliner, a term for a very long putt. 10.)Liprosy-A frightening disease that affectsmillions of golfers, the symptoms areputts that keep skimming the lip of thehole but refuse to drop in.

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by MIKE KRAVIKCO R R E S PO N D E [email protected]

When the Dallas Mavericks thrashed thePhoenix Suns 122-99, they not onlyclosed the door on January, they hit the 1/3milepost of what has become known asthe Compressed Season. The win movedthe Mavs record to 14-8, no small featgiven the 1-4 start, injuries and declinethey've seen with some of their best play-ers.

Coming into the season, my Maverickworries centered around how they woulddeal with The Hangover of winning thechampionship last summer and the age oftheir backcourt.

Moving forward (but not forgetting) whathappened last season took a while but theMavs seem to be in a good place. Turningthe roster over, bringing in new playerswho had something to prove (DelonteWest, Vince Carter) and then giving moreresponsibility to younger players (IanMahimni, Roddy Beaubois) has been agood hangover remedy.

The Mavericks backcourt is another mat-ter...

MAVS BACKCOURT DEFYING AGE, BUTFOR HOW MUCH LONGER?Jason Terry turned 34 last Septemberwhich is a dicey age for guards because ofhow much that position taxes your legs.The position gobbles up careers becauseguards rely on speed and quickness topush the ball up the court, fill lanes, shoot,and play defense against other grey-hounds. Rolando Blackman was done at34. Joe Dumars made it to 35 before retir-ing. Isiah Thomas was cooked at 32.

Terry has shown no signs of decline andhas been (along with Shawn Marion) theMavs co-MVP to date. His performance(34 points, last second jumper tied gamein regulation) against San Antonio wasvintage Jet - instant offense, wanting theball in the fourth quarter and the ability tobe his best in the clutch.

The same cannot be said for Jason Kidd.

It wasn't easy watching Willie Mays stum-bling around at the World Series in 1973 -the superstar who stayed one year toomany - but that's where we are with JasonKidd.

Kidd has career lows in minutes (28),points (4.1), assists (5.1), rebounds (4.4)and shooting percentage (28.2%). One ofKidd's greatest strengths as a player hasbeen his durability (started at least 80games every year since 2005-2006) but sixweeks into this season, he suffered two

injuries that forced him to miss extendedtime. The NBA doesn't track the stat butKidd must also lead the league in cringeworthy 3-pointers that either become airballs or threaten to dent the rim and crackthe backboard.

Jason Kidd has been a fantastic basketballplayer throughout his career and was vitalto the championship last summer butFather Time now has him on the ropes andit's time for somebody to throw in thetowel.

Kidd's decline and injuries have beenunfortunate but it may have been the cata-lyst that finally freed Roddy Beaubois andallowed the Mavericks to get on with theirfuture.

Last Friday against Utah, Roddy Beauboisstarted in place of the injured Delonte

West and two minutes into the game, Kiddwent down with a strained calf. RickCarlisle was left with two options at pointguard- Roddy or Dominque Jones. Like adad sending his kid to college, Carlislethrew the keys to Roddy, took a deepbreath and said “Go.”

RODDY RESPONDING FAVORABLYMaybe it was the psychological relief ofplaying without having to look over hisshoulder but Beaubois responded with amonster game in the 116-101 win againstUtah. Roddy not only filled the stat sheet(22 points 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 4blocked shots) but he dazzled the crowdwith his electric speed and hops. In theovertime victory against the Spurs, it wasmore of the same and his stat sheet wasonce again gaudy (14 points, 7 assists, 3blocks).

Playing point guard is difficult becauseyou're required to get your teammates intothe flow of a game early (Mavs always getBrandon Haywood an early bucket so he'llrebound and play better defense) and alsoknow when to take your own shot.Roddy's role the past two years plus hasbeen to provide instant offense but thatrole has evolved and will be changing if

he's running the point.

The truly great point guards in NBA histo-ry were those who made their unselfish-ness contagious to their teammates. WaltFrazier did it with the Knicks. Magic didit with the Lakers. Kidd did it with everyteam he played on and both Steve Nashand Ricky Rubio do it today.

Making that unselfishness contagious iswhat Roddy B did when the Mavs crushedthe Suns. His own stat line was rathersedated (8 points, 7 assists) but the offenseflowed and the ball rarely touched theground. Instead of having one player gofor 30+ points, the Mavs had three players(none of them named Dirk) go for 20+points and shoot 55% from the field as ateam. Carlisle had to love Roddy's gameagainst Phoenix more than the othersbecause of how his unselfish play translat-ed to his teammates.

The Suns without Steve Nash (injured) arestaggering zombies and offer about asmuch defense as the Washington Generalsbut it was a road game for the Mavs aftertravel and an overtime win. All road winsin the NBA are good wins no matter theopponent and a big reason the Mavsplayed so well against the Suns wasbecause of the solid performance theyreceived from their young point guard.

The Mavericks schedule in February isbeastly (14 games, 10 against teams .500or above) but they're playing well andimproved play from the point guard willdo nothing but help.

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Special to Sports Page Dallas

New York Giants (9-7) vs. New EnglandPatriots (13-3)

Sunday, February 6, 2012Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolis, Indiana5:20pm, NBC, Channel 5

Line: New England -3, 55

All-time series: RS - New York 5-3; PS -New York 1-0

For most Patriots fans, the last four yearssince that unpredicted loss to the Giants inSuper Bowl XLII, which ruined NewEngland's perfect season, is a memory thathas been hard to let go. The Patriots nowhave a chance to wash away that dreadfulmemory when they face the Giants again onFebruary 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium inIndianapolis home of Super Bowl XLVI.

FAMILIAR FOESThere are only eight Patriots on today'sactive roster from that 2007 squad: QB TomBrady, K Stephen Gostkowski, RB KevinFaulk, OL Dan Connolly (practice squadthat year), LG Logan Mankins, LT MattLight, DT Vince Wilfork, and WR WesWelker and C Dan Koppen and DL MikeWright who were on injured reserve.

However, the Giants still have many of thesame personnel, like head coach TomCoughlin, QB Eli Manning, RB BrandonJacobs, DL Justin Tuck, K Lawrence Tynes,not to mention 11 other players. There is avery familiar feel to this game already, espe-cially considering how the Giants got thereagain, winning in overtime by a field goal.

THE QUARTERBACKS

Passing:

Eli Manning - 359-589 (13th), 4933 yards(4th), 29 touchdowns (6th)

Tom Brady - 401-611(4th), 5235 yards(2nd), 39 touchdowns (4th)

This has been one of the most intriguingseasons at the quarterback position in recentmemory, it's only fitting that we get to watchtwo of the very finest playing in the finalgame of the season....and that's the way itshould be. The main story related to thequarterback position in the 2011 season isthat three quarterbacks reached the 5,000passing yard benchmark. In fact, DanMarino’s all-time record for yards passingin a season was surpassed by 2 QB's: Drew

Brees and Tom Brady, and Eli Manningcame close, and was as good as anyone inthe NFL in the fourth quarter. Brady andManning met four years ago in the SuperBowl, with Manning connecting with DavidTyree and Plaxico Burress on a game-win-ning touchdown drive. After two dramaticand close championship games, we can onlyhope for more of the same.

HOW THEY GOT HEREIn the AFC Championship game last week-end, Brady wasn't quite Brady, and the Patshad to have some good fortune go their wayto secure the win. After Ravens receiver LeeEvans couldn't hold onto a touchdown passin the final minute and Billy Cundiff misseda field-goal attempt he normally makes, thePatriots secured their seventh Super Bowlappearance. Brady and coach Belichick are

on the cusp of more history together. All thetalk about the last two years of first-roundplayoff exits has been forgotten.

For the New York Giants, it was a great per-formance by Manning, who set franchisemarks for completions (32) and attempts(58) in a playoff game and more late gameheroics ...not to mention a little good for-tune as well. After punt returner KyleWilliams' first miscue, Manning convertedthe turnover into a touchdown. ThenWilliams muffed another punt in overtimewhich put the Giants in field-goal rangewhich led to the ultimate game winningfield goal by Lawrence Tynes (for the sec-ond time by the way).

So here we are, the Patriots vs. the Giants inthe Super Bowl. Again. What's interesting topoint out is how these two teams got to thispoint. The Patriots were a team on a missionall season. They came out clicking like awell oiled machine in Week 1, and neverstopped. Remember the Monday Nightgame against Miami and the 99-yard touch-down pass from Brady to Wes Welker....andthrowing for 517 yards? New England gaveup 24 points to a sub par team that night butthis was a bend-don't-break defense and thetemplate for New England's season wasestablished right from the start. In the divi-sional round playoff game Tim Tebow andthe Broncos were blown out of GilletteStadium by the end of the first quarter.Followed by the Patriots holding offBaltimore in the AFC Championship Gameby the skin of their rabbits foot.

The Giants, on the other hand, took a morestreaky and winding route to the postseason.They opened the season with a loss to the abad Redskins team. After week 9 and a vic-tory over the Patriots, they stood at 6-2. Butthe team started to struggle and the ques-tions about Tom Coughlin's job securityemerged yet again as in years past after suchperformance. New York entered the beefy

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part of their schedule against SanFrancisco, Philadelphia, New Orleans andGreen Bay, going 0-4 during that stretch.Injuries to their pass rushers depleted theirdefense, and they allowed 87 points in loss-es to New Orleans and Green Bay. Theywere 7-7 following an embarrassing, lack-adaisical loss to the Redskins, but cameback to kill the Jets' season the followingweek. In Week 17, they won a huge gameagainst a marginal, but desperate, Cowboysteam at home to clinch the division.

Although they won the NFC East with amundane 9-7 record, it appeared they werereally beginning to play their best football.

New York beat the crap out of Atlanta in thewild-card game, 24-2, and then shockedeveryone by beating the Packers, in GreenBay, convincingly 37-20. Then held off the49ers, giving Manning his fifth road play-off win, an NFL record by the way.

WELCOME TO INDIANAPOLISWhich brings us to the biggest game of theseason in Indianapolis which closelyresembles the 2008 Super Bowl all over.The Giants defense is healthy again, espe-cially their pass rush and will be putting alot of pressure on Brady. Although they willnot have the “perfect season” accomplish-ment on their mind this go round, they will

have revenge. Brady does have the luxuryof two tight ends, which is different than thelast meeting, however, many of thestrengths and weaknesses are the same.

New York is blessed with better depth atreceiver, and Manning has a lot more expe-rience and confidence after bring his teamback to the Super Bowl when everyonethought they were done.

Eli Manning would love nothing more thanto wion the Super Bowl in Indianapolis,home of the other other great Manning QB,and get a second ring which makes him thenumber one ring holder in his

family.....with Payton falling behind for thefirst time ever. On the other hand, Brady isprimed to perhaps enter that Joe Montanastratosphere, with a fourth ring putting himeven with one of the top 5 greatest QB's ofall time.

Both defenses will be tested. Both quarter-backs are playing for history, accomplish-ment and pride and someone will rise aboveit all and make the story line completelydifferent in the end than was predicted inthe beginning.

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1. 1973 – The first famous Super Bowlcommercial was for Noxzema featuringlegendary New York Jets quarterback JoeNamath.

2. 1973 – Master Lock ran the first oftheir long-running advertisements showinga sharpshooter shooting at and hitting aMaster Lock in a failed attempt to open thelock.

3. 1977 – Xerox introduced the 9200high speed duplicator system with BrotherDominic duplicating documents in amedieval monastery.

4. 1980 – A spot for Coca-Cola featuringPittsburgh Steelers All-Pro defensive line-man "Mean Joe" Greene, who is offered aCoca-Cola by a young fan and tosses thekid his game-worn jersey as repayment.However, it is technically not viewed as aSuper Bowl ad since it actually debuted onOctober 1, 1979, not during the day of thegame.

5. 1984 – Perhaps the most famous SuperBowl ad ever, the ad for Apple's Macintoshfollowed a 1984 theme. Directed by RidleyScott, the ad featured a woman wearing

track-and-field clothing sprinting into alarge auditorium and hurling a large ham-mer into a screen right before securityguards can subdue her. On the screen was alarge Big Brother-type of face speaking toa massive assembly of drone-like people.His last words were "We shall prevail,"before the screen explodes and leaves theaudience enraptured in gazing at the spec-tacle. The ad ran just one more time on tel-evision, perhaps compounding its renown.

6. 1985 – Generally considered unsuc-cessful, the Apple "lemmings" ad is shownfeaturing many PC users walking to theirdoom over a cliff.

7. 1990 – Ridley Scott directed an ad forthe Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo. The addepicts a dream sequence with the driver ina Twin Turbo 300ZX, competing against anunknown enemy. The ad was only run oncedue to complaints that it promoted streetracing. Nissan ran another popular SuperBowl ad for the 300ZX in 1995.

8. 1993 – In perhaps his most famous ad,Michael Jordan and Larry Bird play agame of HORSE for a McDonald's BigMac and French fries. The game is mademore interesting due to the increasingly

complex set of obstacles set for both play-ers.9. 1995 – Nissan again ran a commercial

for the 300ZX. The ad featured the car as atoy driven by a G.I. Joe picking up aBarbie-like doll. Despite being a popularadvertisement, Mattel successfully suedNissan to take the ad off TV.

10. 2000 – Year of the dot com commer-cials.

11. 2002 - Budweiser produced a com-mercial featuring the BudweiserClydesdales (titled "Clydesdale Respect")as a tribute to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.The commercial shows the horses walkingacross theBrooklyn bridge into New YorkCity. They then stopped, gazed at theruined New York skyline, and bowed inreverence and respect. 12. 2009 – Joe and Dave Herbert fromBatesville, Indiana create a Doritos com-mercial where one employee makes a wishcome true by throwing a snow globeagainst a vending machine glass and break-ing it (which was done in one take), andanother worker using the same snow globeto hit his boss in the "family jewels". Thead earned a US $1 million payday as the

number one ranked ad in the annual USAToday Super Bowl Ad Meter survey fromDoritos' owners, Frito-Lay as part of theirannual "Crash The Super Bowl" contest.

13. 2009 – Pittsburgh Steelers safety TroyPolamalu is involved in a spoof of the 1980Coca-Cola ad where a kid tries to give himhis Coke Zero.14. 2010 – In an ad for Snickers candybars, Abe Vigoda playing an old man withlittle energy is said to be "playing footballlike Betty White," with the 88-year-oldactress subsequently tackled for comediceffect.15. 2010 - A nationwide controversy sur-rounded Tim Tebow's decision to appear inan ad funded by the socially conservativeorganization Focus on the Family that wasbroadcast during Super Bowl XLIV onCBS.16. 2011 - Chrysler created an ad featuringshots of the once great industrial city ofDetroit, cutting to the visuals of rapperEminem driving the Chrysler 200 about thecity while his song "Lose Yourself"plays.At 2 minutes, this is the longestadvertisement in Super Bowl History.

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1967 - University of Arizona & GramblingState University Marching Bands,University of Michigan Marching Band, AlHirt, Arcadia High School Drill Team

1968 - Grambling State UniversityMarching Band

1969 - Florida A&M University

1970 - Carol Channing, SouthernUniversity Marching Band

1971 - Southeast Missouri State MarchingBand

1972 - Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, AlHirt & USMC Drill Team

1973 -University of Michigan MarchingBand & Woody Herman & Andy Williams

1974 - University of Texas Marching Bandand Judy Mallett (Miss Texas 1973) on fid-dle

1975 - Mercer Ellington & Grambling

1976- Up with People

1977 - L.A.Unified All-City Band

1978 -Tyler Apache Belles Drill Team, andApache Band Pete Fountain & Al Hirt

1979 - Ken Hamilton, Caribbean bands

1980 - Up with People, Grambling Band

1981- Southern U. Band, Helen O'Connell

1982 - Up with People

1983 - Los Angeles Super Drill Team

1984- U. of Florida and FSU Bands

1985- Tops In Blue

1986 - Up with People

1987 - George Burns, Mickey Rooney,Grambling Band, Disney characters.

1988 - Chubby Checker, The Rockettes,and the mighty CSUN Matador Wall ofSound

1989 -Elvis Presto, South Florida-areadancers and performers, with 3-D effects

1990 - Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw

1991 - New Kids on the Block, Disneycharacters,

1992 - Gloria Estefan with Brian Boitano& Dorothy Hamill.

1993- Michael Jackson

1994 - Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, TravisTritt, The Judds

1995 - Teddy Pendergrass, Tony Bennett,Arturo Sandoval, Miami Sound Machine

1996 - Diana Ross

1997 - The Blues Brothers ZZ Top, JamesBrown, Catherine Crier.

1998 - Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson,Martha Reeves, The Temptations, QueenLatifah, Grambling State University Band

1999 - Chaka Khan, Gloria Estefan, Stevie

Wonder, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, SavionGlover, Kiss

2000 - Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera,Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton,

2001 -Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, ChrisRock, Aerosmith, 'N Sync, Britney Spears,Mary J. Blige, Nelly

2002 -U2

2003 -Shania Twain, No Doubt, Sting

2004 -Janet Jackson, P. Diddy, Nelly, KidRock, and Justin Timberlake

2005 -Paul McCartney

2006 - The Rolling Stones

2007 - Prince

2008 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

2009 - Bruce Springsteen and the E StreetBand

2010 - The Wh.

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by Scott RozsaSTAFF [email protected]

If there's one thing that Dallas Mavericksfans will forever equate TNT analystCharles Barkley with, it is for being a per-petual Mavericks dissenter. For most of theentire decade that the Mavericks made theplayoffs, he was outspoken in his brush-offof the Mavs as title contenders. Last sea-son, he finally took the contrarious positionof backing Dallas through the playoffs - ineffect he was rolling the dice, if the Mavslost, then he could simply fall back on tenyears of mocking them, if the Mavs won,he would look like a Hoops Einstein.

He ended up with the last laugh, and Dallasfans immediately forgot all those years oftorment and cheap shots from theChuckster.

Well, it took less than a month in to thisseason for the 'Round Mound of ThrowingStuff Against the Wall to degenerate in tothe carnival barker role that he once heldso prominently in the eyes of MFFLs.

After last Thursday night's victory in Utah- never an easy place for visiting teams toplay, especially on the second night of aWest Coast back-to-back and the first gamein which All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzkiwas put on ice for a week - Barkley tookaim at the Mavericks defense, specificallytheir interior players:

“They're not the same team. They're soft inthe middle. They remind me of the pre-Tyson Chandler Mavericks where they justtry to out-score you. They lost their twobest defenders, Chandler and DeShawnStevenson; they can't replace those guys. Iknow people say their stats are better, butthey're not the same. They're a smallerteam.”

UH...HUH?Ridiculous. The best part about it is thatBarkley was the third of theShaq/Kenny/Barkley trio to offer his takeon the game, and the whole time O'Nealand Smith were talking, Charles had ahandful of papers that he was pouring overwith the intensity of a D student in an open

book final exam, and like that incapablestudent, Barkley clearly had no idea whathe was looking at.He clearly never look things like statisticsand empirical evidence - you know,WATCHING THE GAMES - get in theway of a good point.

Let's take a look at the major points of hisanalysis:

1.“They're soft in the middle.”Yes, losing Tyson Chandler in the off-sea-son was a grave blow - one that most fansthought the Mavs would never be able torecover from - but the combination ofBrendan Haywood and Ian Mahinmi havebeen perhaps the biggest surprise in thisunique season. A quick look at the numberswould suggest that this season's centercombo is nearly on par with last year's (fora lot less money):

-Haywood and Mahinmi are averaging acombined 13.6 ppg, 11.6 rpg and 1.5blocks. Chandler and Haywood averaged14.5 ppg, 14.6 rpg and 2.1 blocks. Notmuch difference there.

-The Mavericks are giving up 88.3 ppg thisyear, as opposed to 95.3 last season.Granted, scoring around the league is downroughly five points per game this year, buta difference of 7.0 ppg is noteworthy. Bythe way, they are ranked fourth in oppo-nents scoring and FIRST overall in oppo-nents field goal % (45.3% in 2012, 49.5%in 2010/11).

- The current Mavericks rank second in theNBA in opponent's points in the paint, giv-ing up just 34.3 per game, after ranking19th in the same stat last season (41.6).

2.“They try to out-score you.”This is laughable assertion. They are 22ndin the league in scoring (91.9 ppg); theyare shooting a lowly 43.2% from the field(19th); they are 23rd in 3PT% (30.4%);they are shooting just 73.9% from the line(23rd). If Barkly was talking about the“pre-Chandler Mavs” from the 1990's, he'dbe on-point, but if he's talking about any ofthe Cuban-era Dallas squads, he's out tolunch. Bottom line, they are winning with theirdefense.

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SHOULD RANGERS PURSUELEFTY OSWALT?

by KATE DELANEYS PE C IAL CO NTR I BUTO [email protected]

The Rangers still aren't finished shoppingfor arms; a familiar 12 year veteran mightfinally become a Texas Ranger. Don't besurprised if Roy Oswalt is added into theRangers rotation - how many times hasthis guy been mentioned as a possibility tojoin the club? The timing might finally beright for the Rangers to sign Roy Oswalt;they just need to win the tug of war withSt. Louis, the only other team seriouslylooking at the righty.

The question is: does the team need him?First, you have start with the price whichis in the neighborhood of $10 million dol-lars. Then you look at last year, he went 9-10 with the Philadelphia Phillies, record-ing a career low 93 strikeouts but he did

struggle with a back injury. Now, he'sreportedly pretty healthy and the Philliesditch could be the Rangers treasure if hepitches the way he has in the past. We'veall seen his arsenal of pitches through theyears: solid fastball, changeup, curve ball,slider and a better use of the change up inlast few seasons.

WHO STAYS, WHO GOES?Look at the rotation the way it stands rightnow; Yu Darvish, Derek Holland, ColbyLewis, Alexi Ogando, Matt Harrison, andNeftali Feliz. Adding Oswalt probablymeans that Harrison would go to thebullpen, he wouldn't be happy but wouldyou trade a young lefty? The Rangers,knock on wood, have been lucky the lasttwo years having a healthy rotation to takethem through these marathon seasons thatended in two trips to the World Series.Then again, Oswalt would sign a one yeardeal and give the Rangers some extrainsurance this year as the odds are some-one will break down on the pitching staff.Tough call for GM Jon Daniels who is stillbasking in the afterglow of signingJapanese pitcher Yu Darvish and all theattention the team is getting for the move.

Daniels had to love listeninG, through atranslator of course, the way Darvish was-n't shy about staking his claim when hewas introduced to the media a week ago.He said his goal is be the number onepitcher in the World and to take away thequestions about Japanese pitchers andplayers who make the transition to Majorsfor big bucks. Darvish is very aware of thetalk about deals that didn't pay off andwants to salvage the reputation of theJapanese leagues.

WASHINGTON RE-UPPEDDarvish's Manager Ron Washington does-n't have to worry about contract talkthroughout Spring Training as he got a

two year extension before packing forSurprise, Arizona. It's tough to argue hisstats in a game that is all about numbershis are pretty good, improving the wins ofthe club every year that he's been at thehelm. He started off in 2007 with 75 winsand look at the numbers for the followingseasons; 79, 87, 90 and last year a recordsetting 96 wins.

SUPER BOWL CRYSTAL BALLI couldn't finish this column without a pre-diction for the Super Bowl, even though itdrives my Mother crazy, I think she secret-ly keeps a list of my brutal predictions. It'sreally tough to decide between the Giantsand the Patriots, New England's offenseagainst the Giants defense. I could boreyou with all kinds of analysis but in theend it's just a guess - Giants 27 - Pats 24.Sorry Mom.

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Mark Cuban talks with BaDD RadioThe Dallas Mavericks owner

breaks down Lamar Odom andthe strange start to this season

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Bob: Are you worried that LamarOdom's heart is elsewhere?

Cuban: No. I'm worried that he's not

playing well, just like i'd be worriedabout any other player not playing well.When you look at the genesis of why he'snot playing well, none of them are that hedoesn't want to be here or that his heart isnot into it.

Bob: I think that's the big problemright now with a lot of people, andmaybe it's generated by knuckleheadslike us. We can put up with guys whoaren't hitting shots, or just aren't playingwell, but we can't put up with a guy whois depressed or sad or half-hearted.

Cuban: Look, Lamar is a bit of agoofball, but that can come across inmany different ways. That's one of thereasons Kobe said he was great in thelocker room. I don't question his motiva-tion or his desire, and trust me I knowhow upset he is that he's not playingwell. It's not a normal regular season. Ifthis were 45 games into the season andwe'd had a normal training camp and aplayer didn't work hard in training campand didn't put in the extra work, thenwe'd be trying to trade him. That's just

not circumstance now.

Bob: This is not just about Lamar,but about the whole thing. At what pointcan we start believing our eyes?Valentine's Day? March 1st?

Cuban: No, the playoffs. I'll tell you

why, because there is no time to practiceor prepare. The games are almost likepickup games. There's no preparationtime at all, whereas with the playoffs ifyou look at last year as the series wore onwe made great adjustments and our guyswere smart enough to implement them,and we had the time to work on them.

I think the teams that you see succeedin the regular season here, won't neces-sarily have the same success in the play-offs for that reason. Young teams canjust run right by you, jump higher thanyou, and your defense isn't ready toadjust to that. We work really hard ondefense and put out a lot of energy ondefense and our offense has suffered as aresult, because there hasn't been anytraining time.

Dan: So you're just kind of telling usright here that you're not offering the bestproduct, correct?

Cuban: Correct. That's one of thetrade offs for this year. We worked extrahard to make the arena experience betterto make it a good value for everybody,and it's frustrating for me as it is foreverybody else, but unfortunately I thinkthe product is still good but not as goodas it will be next year.

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