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Cowboys may used Barber and Jones in same backfield (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:29:37 PDT

The Dallas Cowboys are experimenting with the idea of playing Marion Barber and Felix Jones in the same...

Wash. state Ryan Leaf case dismissed (AP)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:57:31 PDT

A lawyer for Ryan Leaf says a fugitive action filed against the former NFL quarterback in Washington state has been dismissed. The Whatcom County prosecutor had filed an interstate fugitive case against Leaf after he was arrested by federal Customs agents as he crossed the border from Canada in mid-June on his way to face drug and burglary charges in Texas.

Cowboys Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:15:26 PDT

The Cowboys went into OTAs and minicamps looking develop an identity on offense.

The departure of Terrell Owens means the Cowboys will not have the same wide-open offense they did in the past. His replacement as the lead receiver, Roy Williams, is more a mid-range threat than a downfield target.

Also the Cowboys plan to concentrate more on two-tight end sets with Jason Witten and Martellus Bennett. The biggest weapons are in the backfield with running backs Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice.

Look for the Cowboys to be more ground-oriented. They have sets where they will feature Barber and Jones in the backfield together, and clearly are focused on finding ways to get the speedy Jones the ball in the open field.

They also are experimenting with...

NFP: Five defenders who may surprise (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:02:00 PDT

New Jets safety Jim Leonhard is among the defenders projected to raise his profile this upcoming season.

NFL players among sports' leaders on Twitter (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:40:00 PDT

Players are using the site to send unfiltered messages, a trend that could force the league to react.

NFL players put the heavy in metal (AP)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:56:43 PDT

Marc Colombo lowers his bald head and leans his sweaty, 6-foot-8, 318-pound frame toward the microphone, growling to the crowd that the next song will "rip your face off." The sometimes scary stage presence of the heavily tattooed guitarist and singer, who is one of three Dallas Cowboys offensive linemen in the heavy metal band Free Reign, is a thing of beauty for the head of the...

Owens says he was 'scapegoat' in Dallas (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:08:23 PDT

Terrell Owens said he was the ''scapegoat'' for Tony Romo's in ability to assume a...

Fee for tours at new $1.15 billion Cowboys Stadium (AP)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:34:42 PDT

Fans concerned about affording to see a game or a show at the new $1.15 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington can still check out the place. For a fee. Tours began Friday at the retractable-roof venue of the Dallas Cowboys, the same day as thousands of hopefuls for the Fox TV show "American Idol" showed up for auditions.

3 Dallas Cowboys sign heavy metal record deal (AP)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:41:57 PDT

NFL offensive linemen bang heads all the time. A trio of Dallas Cowboys linemen are now professional head-bangers, too. Leonard Davis, Marc Colombo and Cory Procter have signed a recording contract as part of a heavy metal band called Free Reign. Their debut album for Australia's Riot Entertainment will be released this fall.

The giant TV in the new Cowboys Stadium was made for Xbox 360 (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:25:59 PDT

It's not at all surprising that someone did it. I'm just surprised that Martellus Bennett wasn't the...

Cowboys face bittersweet start in $1.1B palace (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:21:00 PDT

"America's Team" finds a sense of unity after a tragic practice facility collapse badly injured a team official.

Cowboys will only go as far as Romo takes them (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:13:53 PDT

The Dallas Cowboys will only go as far as quarterback Tony Romo leads them. While hardly a revelation for fans,...

Real reason behind T.O.'s exit from Dallas (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:31:00 PDT

Tony Romo figured heavily in Terrell Owens' exit from Dallas – just not in the ways you'd think.

Jerry Jones said Owens had to go for others to excel (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:59:03 PDT

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Terrell Owens was not going to be a dominant part of the team's...

DeMarcus Ware will be on the move for Cowboys (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:53:13 PDT

The Dallas Cowboys plan on moving DeMarcus Ware around more than in previous seasons, according to the Dallas...

Did Garrett tell Romo he needs to slim down? (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:51:37 PDT

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo denied a published report earlier this week that he was called into a...

Romo's aim: Better shape, smarter, more leadership (AP)

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:32:43 PDT

Jerry Jones' stated goal this offseason was to make the Dallas Cowboys more "Romo-friendly," a phrase that requires little reading into. Certainly not for Tony Romo. Romo recognizes the Cowboys are his team now, more than ever before. And, more than ever, he's acting like it. Romo is taking a new approach to conditioning in hopes of being in as good shape in December as he is in...

You will find no finer tour guide than Martellus Bennett (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:11:42 PDT

Cowboys tight end and blogging / twittering legend Martellus Bennett has apparently taken ownership of the...

Cowboys being cautious with Hurd, Austin (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:18:56 PDT

With Terrell Owens gone, wide receivers Miles Austin and Sam Hurd were supposed to take bigger roles in the...

Romo-to-Roy still work in progress for Cowboys (AP)

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:40:41 PDT

Roy Williams figures it is pointless to watch film from his 10 games with the Dallas Cowboys last season. There is nothing the receiver really wants to see. "Maybe if I watch T.O. or something," Williams said. "But I'm not going to watch myself block all day long. ... I didn't get many opportunities to catch a ball, which was tough on me because I know what kind of player I...

Cowboys' Romo: 'Highlight reels don't win championships' (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:08:55 PDT

According to the Dallas Morning News, Tony Romo's off-season preparation has gone to a new level.

Cowboys LB Ware not distracted by pending payday (AP)

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:01:19 PDT

DeMarcus Ware was almost to the bus and out of the heat when one of the Dallas Cowboys equipment guys stopped him to retrieve his No. 94 jersey. "Oh, this is where I want to be, America's Team, nowhere else," Ware said Monday, while stripping off the sweat-soaked jersey after the first practice of the team's minicamp.

Behm attends start of Cowboys minicamp (AP)

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:17:30 PDT

The Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant paralyzed when the team's practice facility collapsed last month attended the start of minicamp. Rich Behm, paralyzed from the waist down in the May 2 accident, sat in the pressbox Monday to watch the first practice session of the Cowboys' only mandatory minicamp.