Article: WESTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW NEW RUNNING MATES, CHANGED PARTIES, CAMPAIGN PLATFORM, ISSUE FOR DEBATE, PLAY OFF CHANCES.(Special Pullouts)

Article: UNLIKE SEVERAL WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS, THE SONICS ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... youngest teams in the Western Conference, and our realistic ... Sonics stack up in the Western Conference, waiting for their ... another team's free agent is a starting salary ... Ollie. Only three Western Conference teams won more games ...

Article: NBA Free-Agent update
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Miami Heat Free agent Elton Brand signed an offer sheet ... the best teams in the NBA's Western Conference. The free-agent center signed a multiyear contract ... absence, is an unrestricted free agent. Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic ...

Article: AVS' RIVALS IMPROVED IN OFF-SEASON WESTERN ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  October 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Jim Benton News Staff Writer Western Conference general managers dived headfirst into the free-agent market during the summer in ... coach Bob Hartley said. ``The Western Conference is not a party. It's great ...

Article: Western conference dish: NHL
Sporting News;  June 10, 2002 ;     672 words ... ... to make a pitch for free-agent RW Bill Guerin, who ... Andrew Cassels in the free-agent market. Coming off ... pending restricted free agent Jarome Iginla receive ... with Calgary? One Western Conference G.M. says $6 million ...

Article: WESTERN CONFERENCE.
The Sporting News;  May 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Massenburg, 33, would give the Rockets some reside muscle and another body to lean on the Western Conference's big men. KEY COMPONENT: Re-signing free agent Mobley is the No. 1 priority. Mobley did not usually start, though he averaged 31 ...

Article: Gugliotta stays in limbo; Deal for Timberwolves forward waits as ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... NBA teams and two other premier free-agent forwards wouldn't have found ... and certainly would leave as a free agent as soon as he could. Besides, they didn't want to strengthen a Western Conference rival by handing over Gugliotta ...

Article: Stars get strength, scoring in Guerin; reliable scorer rated best ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... considered the top free-agent forward on the market ... as an unrestricted free agent for our team. A lot ... NHL executive from a Western Conference team said Wednesday ... far and away the top free agent (forward) on the ...