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DALLAS -- Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says his decision to revoke the credentials of two ESPN writers who cover his team was driven partly by concern that automated game reports could eventually replace human-generated content. Wholesale Nike NBA Jerseys .Cuban said Monday that he banned Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon from Mavericks home games to bring attention to the issue of companies using automation in sports coverage.The Associated Press, in a partnership with Automated Insights, produces automated stories on minor league baseball but does not use the technology for most of its sports coverage. The AP has at least one reporter at all games in the four major professional sports and most major college football and basketball games.Maybe I will be wrong but I see a direct path from the trends in coverage of games we are seeing over the last couple years to the automation of reporting on games and the curation of related content, Cuban wrote in an email to the AP. This isnt a knock on wire services or their reporters. They are valued and valuable in sports coverage.The billionaire who made his fortune through internet technology told The Dallas Morning News that ESPN had informed the club that it wouldnt have a reporter at every game and would rely on wire services. Barry Bedlan, APs sports product manager, said ESPN has relied on us for years.Nothing has changed from our perspective and there are no plans to change that, Bedlan said.Cuban said he was responding to what he considers a disturbing trend of reporters being replaced by machines.While it may seem counterintuitive to ban someone from covering us as a way of stopping automation, it really was my only option, Cuban said. As is evident by the AP partnership with Automated Insights, its not if but when.MacMahon has covered the Mavericks primarily for several years but has spent more time in other cities this season. 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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The new backup for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a little hobbled.Second-year pro Brett Hundley has an ankle injury that kept him out of practice a second straight night Thursday.Rodgers also didnt practice, given the night off for rest.Hundleys injury, which happened in practice Monday, could impact Green Bays plan for the Hall of Fame game against the Indianapolis Colts in Canton, Ohio, on Sunday.I think you have to be ready for the alternative, coach Mike McCarthy said before Thursdays practice.McCarthy has been mum about playing time for the Packers first preseason game, saying those decisions would be made when he meets with his staff Friday morning.With Rodgers unsure earlier in the week about how long he would play, if at all, Green Bay could turn to a pair of undrafted rookies to operate the offense against a Colts team that plans to play all of its available players.Joe Callahan and Marquise Williams, the unheralded newcomers behind Rodgers and Hundley on the depth chart, apparently were a focal point in the Packers preparations Thursday for the game.The two young quarterbacks were going to play a lot anyway going into it, and the game plan for the offense will reflect that, and thats part of the reason why we started working on that today in the individual meetings, McCarthy said. Thats tthe way it goes. Cheap Nike NBA Jerseys. Its pro football.Plus, the Packers have an extra fifth preseason game this summer, so that could influence how playing time is divvied up early on, especially at quarterback.Hundley assumed the No. 2 job after veteran Scott Tolzien signed with the Colts in the offseason. Hundley didnt see any in-season action as a rookie, but the fifth-round draft pick from UCLA posted big passing numbers in the preseason.The Packers signed Callahan and Williams as undrafted free agents in May out of Wesley College and North Carolina, respectively.After throwing for an NCAA Division III-record 5,063 yards and 55 touchdowns for Wesley last season, Callahan is excited for his first pro game.Yeah, first time, on national TV, so this will be pretty cool, he said. Its something that weve been working toward all summer.Game notes RB Eddie Lacy didnt practice Thursday. He dropped out of practice the previous night with an ankle injury. ... DT Mike Daniels returned to practice after missing a day for a personal matter. LB Jake Ryan remains out with a hamstring injury. 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