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RRaannggeerrss SSpprriinngg TTrraaiinniinngg PPrreevviieeww Feb. 26 - March 4, 2021 Vol. 19, Issue 27 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 February 26, 2021 - March 4, 2021 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 27 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 27 | February 26, 2021 - March 4, 2021 3 Feb. 26, 2020 - Mar. 4, 2021 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 27 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Mavs second half schedule announced Cover Photo: AROUND THE AREA The Mavericks will host Kawhi at home and once on the road) and each 4 Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers in Eastern Conference team twice (once at NCBWA COLLEGE BASEBALL consecutive games on March 15 and 17. home, once on the road) in 2020-21. The 5 POLL - WEEK 2 LeBron James and the defending champion first half schedule included games from BY NCBWA.COM Los Angeles Lakers are slated to visit Dec. 23, 2020 to March 3, 2021. The 2021 RANGERS SPRING TRAINING Dallas for a two-game series on April 22 NBA Playoffs will begin on Saturday, May 6 NEWS AND NOTES BY DIC HUMPHREY and 24. The Brooklyn Nets’ trio of Kevin 22, 2021, and the play-in tournament will Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden be held during the week preceding and be GOLF, ETC 8 BY TOM WARD MAVERICKS ANNOUNCE 2020-21 will make their lone trip to American televised exclusively by ESPN and TNT. Airlines Center on May 6. THIS WEEK ON TOUR: WGC- SECOND HALF SCHEDULE 9 WORKDAY CHAMPIONSHIP The Dallas Mavericks announced their Dallas is scheduled to play 14 nationally Luka Doncic named starter for 2021 BY PGATOUR.COM 2020-21 second half schedule this week, televised games during the second half of NBA All-Star game THIS WEEK ON TOUR:PUERTO which includes 38 games beginning with a the season, including four on ESPN, three The NBA announced that Mavericks RICO OPEN showdown against in-state rival San on TNT, one on ABC and six on NBA TV. guard Luka Doncic has been voted as a 10 BY PGATOUR.COM Antonio at American Airlines Center on The team’s longest homestand during starter for the 70th NBA All-Star Game, TOUR PLAYERS SEND BEST Wednesday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. the back half of the season is a five-game which will take place at Atlanta’s State 11 WISHES TO TIGER WOODS BY PGATOUR.COM Of those 38 games, half (19) will occur stretch against New York (April 16), Farm Arena on Sunday, March 7, at 7 p.m. Sacramento (April 18), Detroit (April 21) CT on TNT. SMU REPORT at home and the other half will take place 12 BY DIC HUMPHRIES on the road. The team’s second half sched- and the Lakers (April 22 and 24). The Doncic (6-7, 230) is the first Maverick ule includes three games that were post- club’s longest road trip is also five games to be voted as a starter two consecutive COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND poned during the first half of the season – against New Orleans (March 27), OKC seasons after starting the game last year. NOTES April 7 at Houston (originally scheduled (March 29), Boston (March 31), New York He is just the third Maverick to start an 13 BY BO CARTER for Feb. 19), April 21 vs. Detroit (original- (April 2) and Washington (April 3). All-Star Game along with Dirk Nowitzki AUTO REVIEW ly Feb. 17) and May 12 vs. New Orleans The Mavs are scheduled to play 10 (2007, 2010) and Jason Kidd (1996). Kidd 17 BY KBB.COM (originally Jan. 11). back-to-backs during the second half of the is the only other Dallas player voted in as a 18 THE TICKET WINDOW After seeing 11 of their first 16 games of season. Four of those will require no travel starter (Nowitzki started as a replacement the season originally scheduled to be road (begin and end at home), two will be on for an injured starter twice). Don?i? is the RESTAURANT REVIEW contests (a postponed game resulted in the road, two are home-to-road and two are 32nd All-Star in franchise history and is 19 BY RICHARD POLLAK Dallas playing 11 of its first 15 away from road-to-home. the seventh Maverick to earn multiple All- home), the Mavericks are also slated to FOX Sports Southwest will air 35 of Star nods. play 11 of their first 16 games during the Dallas’ 38 games over the second half of Among league leaders, the 21-year-old Follow us on second half away from American Airlines the season with Mark Followill, Derek Slovenian ranks fifth in scoring (29.1 ppg), Center. Harper and Jeff “Skin” Wade calling the third in assists (9.4 apg) and 18th in Twitter & Facebook Dallas concluded its season series with action. All games can be heard on ESPN rebounding (8.6 rpg). 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