21.   The next step, Payton said, is overcoming a mental block involving the pain in his elbow.

22.   This is where Nellie sees somewhat of a mental block, and he might be right.

23.   We have to get over the mental block.

24.   With hexes, jinxes or mental blocks no longer involved, this was simply a game the Kings could lose but could not afford to allow themselves to lose.

25.   But the Packers have lost five straight in Dallas the past three years and may have a mental block about the Cowboys.

26.   Chang said afterward that he had a mental block when he played Muster in the past.

27.   He blamed those meltdowns on a mental block, saying he had learned, finally, not to put too much pressure on himself.

28.   Then Mickelson faded at Colonial, and spoke frankly about needing to overcome a mental block.