Mavericks Lift Credential Ban on ESPN Reporters Marc Stein, Tim MacMahon

November 11th, 2016 by Joe Pantorno Leave a reply »
The Dallas Mavericks and owner Mark Cuban lifted their credential ban on ESPN reporters Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon on Friday and will allow them to work on press row at American Airlines Center, according to SI.com.

Stein and MacMahon were banned from working Mavericks games earlier in the week.    

Cuban later explained in an email to SB Nation's Tim Cato that ESPN.com's inability to cover each game in-depth was what warranted the ban. 

"If I did nothing and the trend towards more and more games being covered by wire reporters continues, then it could get to the point where it was too late," Cuban wrote. "I felt like if I didn't do it now, I wouldn't have a chance to stop or slow what I felt was a negative trend for the Mavs and NBA."

Less than a week later, Cuban changed his tune after working with ESPN President John Skipper and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, via SI.com:

We are appreciative that ESPN will not commit to Mavs fans and all NBA fans with links to local and team provided coverage of ...

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