When a cowboy or barrel racer enters an arena, success is measured by individual effort in all but one rodeo event.
Team roping is the exception.
Two men and their horses work as one unit to rope a steer. The merger between the International Basketball League and the ABA 2000, which was announced Nov. 21, is on hold and might be dead. That's bad news for the Las Vegas Bandits, who were looking forward to being part of the new 14-team joint league that would have a stronger West Coast presence. As it stands now, the IBL is back to operating as a six-team league, and the Bandits will open their second season Saturday in St. Louis. Let's see, one player gets suspended because he got tickets to the NBA Finals from the father of his teammate.