Bloggers in the Mavs Locker Room ?

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Mark Cuban Bans Bloggers From the Mavericks' Locker Room
Published 3/11/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
... At first glance, Cuban's decision seems unfairly slanted against those who don't have the power of a major media outlet behind them, but who still have an opinion and the passion to share that opinion about the team or the game on their blog. But according to Cuban (again, on his blog), it's really the opposite: he doesn't think the media should be using their power to get their own blogs preferential treatment over the ones that aren't printed in say, a daily newspaper. ...

So About The Internets: Commentary on the Mavericks Blog Ban.
Published 3/11/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm at Hardwood Paroxysm
... I didn't want to add Cuban to the running list of Top 10 Douchebags in the NBA for Hardwood Paroxysm (that's a whole other post on it's own). Luckily the head Maverick came out and explained his position. ...

LINKBAWL: 3/10/08
Published 3/11/2008 by kellex at le basketbawl: The NBA Basketball Blog
TwolvesBlog running the Blogger MVP/ROY Round 8 Rankings. Such a fabulous idea this has been! Awful Announcing watching NBA strip shows? The Sports Hernia reporting on the Shaq murdering the crowd debacle. Give Me the Rock and day 132 of 170: Cindy McCain, the Cougar. Mark Cuban kicks bloggers out of the Mavericks locker room. Should he be banning himself? RaptorsHQ roundtabling! The Sixers not getting enough ...

A blogger is a blogger is a blogger.
Published 3/11/2008 by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
... Mark Cuban has an interesting post on bloggers in the Dallas Mavericks locker room. As Cuban tells the story, DMN's blogger Tim MacMahon was denied access to the locker room because he was only a blogger, but is not a part of the print media, thus Cuban denied him access to the locker room. Cuban did continue to allow him to have access to the press conferences, just not the locker room. ...

Tuesday Rundown: And We Wonder Why Retired NBA Players Go Broke
Published 3/11/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... from the Mavericks locker room. Cuban defended this on his blog (pretty ironic), saying, “I am of the opinion that a blogger for one of the local newspapers is no better or worse than the blogger from the local high school, from the local huge Mavs fan, from an out of town blogger. I want to treat them all the same.” ...

Mark Cuban Hates Bloggers, Is a Blogger Himself
Published 3/11/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
... Mark Cuban - billionaire team owner, dancer, and blogger - has instituted a curious policy inside the Dallas Mavericks’ locker room: No stinkin’ bloggers allowed! ...

The Mavericks vs. the Bloggers
Published 3/11/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... And he has not yet replied to that, however on his blog (ironic, huh?) blog, Cuban discusses his decision, and McMahon specifically: ...

Tuesday’s Layup Drill
Published 3/11/2008 by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
... Mark Cuban says bloggers are no longer allowed in the locker room since “a blogger is a blogger is a blogger.” (I just wish someone had told me earlier — I’m behind on my ...

Open Letter To Mark Cuban
Published 3/11/2008 at CelticsBlog
... has the initial report: "My choice, my decision," Cuban said, adding that he hasn't discussed it with the league office. "We brought it to their attention after the fact. I think they recognized, look, it wasn't a blogging issue, it was a space issue. If you run out of space, you've got to put the velvet rope somewhere. So what do you do? Do I say, 'Oh, you're major media, you can get in and little mavsforum and mavstalk and mavswiki, you can't get in?' I'm not going to do that." Mark followed up on his blog and summarizes: So post my little newspaper rant, it comes down to ...

LINKBAWL: 3/11/08
Published 3/12/2008 by kellex at le basketbawl: The NBA Basketball Blog
Hardwood Paroxysm put on quite the Kobe Bryant blog day. That will give you enough to read about Kobe to last a frickin' lifetime and I'm not sure anyone would actually want that. Don't forget that we released the first ever Top 25 NBA Blog Rankings today. They'll be updated each month! Mark Cuban has officially taken on the blog world! Yesterday we posted an interview with Brendan Kirsch on the return of Slamball. Well he's also launched a blog to help keep everyone ...

Behold, the blackout is over. Long live Jordi.
Published 3/12/2008 by JScrubb at YAYsports! NBA
... 5) If you read other blogs besides this one, I am sure you have heard the news: Mark Cuban has banned bloggers from the Mavericks’ locker room. But what if the Mavs signed Rod Benson to a 10-day contract? Would he have to get dressed somewhere else? ...

Wild World of Wednesday - March 12, 2008
Published 3/12/2008 by Apryl DeLancey at Women Like Sports
... locker room from now on. Interestingly, he posted this on his blog. If you read his post, there are mixed reactions in the comments but seems to be a consensus that he is targeting one person in particular. Yeah, ...

WatchDog still welcome in Knicks' locker room, right?
Published 3/12/2008 by Neil Best at Watchdog
Mark Cuban and the Dallas Morning News have been feuding this week about the Mavericks' new policy banning bloggers from their locker room - including a Morning News staffer. I am too busy to follow this story closely, because I'm too busy blogging. Here is the Morning News' account. Here is Cuban's take. Jim Dolan better not try this with me. I mean, if I ever actually decide to attend a Knicks game, of course.

The Owner With A Boner Doesn’t Hate Bloggers. Just One Specific Blogger
Published 3/12/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... from locker room access at American Airlines Arena, an edict that leaves the Dallas Morning News’ Tim MacMahon on the outside looking in. Cuban, via his Blog Maverick, stresses the decision wasn’t bourne of prejudice against a new medium, but rather “what I didn’t like was that the Morning News was getting a competitive advantage simply because they were the Dallas Morning News. I am of the opinion that a blogger for one of the local newspapers is no better or worse than the blogger from the local high school, from the local huge Mavs fan, from an out of ...

The Fantasy Sports Take on Mark Cuban Banning Bloggers
Published 3/12/2008 by derrick eckardt at RotoNation - Fantasy Sports News, Notes, Jobs, Games, Tools
... . Normally, not a big deal, but Cuban himself is actually a very successful and popular blogger. As a blogger, this is something I find incredibly interesting. I noodled over this for the last couple of days, and have the following conclusions: ...

Diamondbacks 7/1, Royals 1/Athletics 2
Published 3/13/2008 by Jim McLennan <info@azsnakepit.com> at AZ Snakepit: Front Page Posts
... Interesting stand by Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks, who has decided to ban the Dallas Morning News blogger from the locker-room. It's kinda weird that Cuban - who runs a blog himself - would be such a Luddite here, apparently believing that an online reporter is less a reporter than one whose output appears only on the printed page. I should mention that I have no interest in reporting from the D-backs locker-room. This is covered more than adequately by Messrs. Piecoro and McManaman, and in addition, the acceptance of such a privilege could compromise my ...

Mose Schrute
Published 3/13/2008 by Chip's Moody Blues at Uwe Blog
... Nice interview with Michael Schur, aka Mose Schrute, aka Ken Tremendous. **** Gerald Laird=Mickey Mantle. **** Easy Eddie goes limp. (That is not an euphemism.) **** Who do the Stars play again? **** FWST Rangers blog better than Morning News'? **** UT football cash flow. **** Mark Cuban's so full of shit. **** Kinda wish Bill Simmons did more of this. **** Terrell Owens is just so ...

Credentials for Sports Bloggers
Published 3/13/2008 by Chad at Redleg Nation
... There has been a bit of a stink over Mark Cuban’s decision to ban bloggers from the Dallas Mavericks locker room. His explanation is here, and it’s completely reasonable; I don’t disagree at all with his perspective. What interested me most, however, was this comment: ...

Links: The Bloggers Unite!
Published 3/18/2008 by Lang Whitaker at SLAM Online
by Lang Whitaker Today, a bunch of bloggers are throwing down the mouse. And they’re aiming at Mark Cuban. Last week, Cuban made news when he announced that bloggers — specifically Tim MacMahon from the Dallas Morning News — would no longer be allowed in the Dallas Mavericks’ locker room. On his blog post explaining the policy, Cuban wrote… “Prior to last week, I had no idea this person’s primary job at the Morning News is to blog. I hadn’t seen or read it. ...

2007-08 NBA Worsties: Part 5
Published 40 hours ago by Basketbawful (noreply@blogger.com) at Basketbawful
... Mark Cuban wages a one-billionaire war on the great Blogging Menace: Cube Steak officially banned "bloggers" from the Mavericks' locker room. And in a move that was more ironic than having 10,000 spoons when all you need to kill Alanis Morissette with is a knife, the announcement was made on his blog. This was, of course, ...