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| Golf Tidbits: Special week for Tour rookie |
Mens PGA Golf |
05/07/2009 |
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| e a dog, but the fact that I was a professional sportsman and used to competing and fighting helped me," Ballesteros said. - Among the record 9,086 golfers that put in an application to play the U.S. Open were several professional athletes from other sports. That group includes Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, former NFL quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver, three former pro hockey players -- Grant Fuhr, Dan Quinn and Mike Dunham -- as well as Erik Hanson and Chris Sabo, who both played major league baseball. |
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| Bengals sign former Cowboys S Roy Williams |
NFL Football |
05/06/2009 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cincinnati Bengals have agreed to terms with former Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams, according to a story on the Bengals' website and confirmed by Williams' agent Jordan Woy. Financial terms were not disclosed. The five-time Pro Bowler was released by the Cowboys in early March after being selected with the 10th overall selection in the 2002 NFL Draft. The 28-year-old, who appeared in just three games in 2008 because of arm problems, had 512 tackles, 56 passes defense |
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| Cowboys' Folk has hip surgery |
NFL Football |
05/06/2009 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys kicker Nick Folk, a Pro Bowl selection as a rookie in 2007, had successful surgery on Tuesday to repair a right hip labral tear. The operation was performed by Dr. Marc Phillipon in Denver. Folk should resume light kicking work in eight weeks, and the organization believes he will be able to handle full kicking work in 12 weeks, which is around the start of training camp. The Arizona product made 20-of-22 field goals last season. |
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| Cowboys assistant paralyzed after facility collapse |
NFL Football |
05/03/2009 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant Rich Behm suffered permanent paralysis from the waist down after being injured Saturday, when the team's indoor practice facility collapsed during a thunderstorm. The Cowboys released information Sunday on three staff members who remained hospitalized following the accident. The team said Behm sustained a fracture of the thoracic spine, which caused a severing of the spinal cord and permanent paralysis from the waist down. Behm underwent surgery |
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| Cowboys' practice facility collapses |
NFL Football |
05/03/2009 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis was among those injured Saturday after the team's indoor practice facility collapsed during a thunderstorm. DeCamillis was taken away on a stretcher after sustaining a possible neck injury, and 10 total members of the team's staff were taken to area hospitals. There were two additional hospital walk-ins, but none of the injuries are considered life-threatening. The team said about half an hour into the second practice of th |
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| Around FCS: NFL draft full of FCS surprises |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/27/2009 |
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| boards after turning in some fast times during his Pro Day at Western Illinois last month, but few people would have expected him to be the first FCS player selection. Most draft observers anticipated him going in the fourth to sixth rounds. But the Dallas Cowboys fell in love with him and took Williams with their first available pick, as the 69th player taken overall. Perhaps the Cowboys are hoping to catch lightning in a bottle twice. In the 1997 draft, owner Jerry Jones and the Cowboys traded starting weak |
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| NFL Draft Update |
NFL Football |
04/26/2009 |
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| ichard Quinn (TE, North Carolina); Round Three: 65. New York Jets - Shonn Greene (RB, Iowa); 66. St. Louis Rams - Bradley Fletcher (S, Iowa); 67. Kansas City Chiefs - Alex Magee (DT, Purdue); 68. Chicago Bears - Jarron Gilbert (DT, San Jose St); 69. Dallas Cowboys - Jason Williams (OLB, Western Ill); 70. Cincinnati Bengals - Michael Johnson (DE, Georgia Tech); 71. Oakland Raiders - Matt Shaughnessy (DE, Wisconsin); 72. Jacksonville Jaguars - Terrance Knighton (DT, Temple); 73. Jacksonville Jaguars - Derek Cox |
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| D-II: Central Washington's Reilly worth an NFL look |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/20/2009 |
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| e out of Central Washington as a free agent in 1997. Kitna, who helped the Wildcats to the NAIA national title as a junior in 1995, has carved out a 13-year professional career with the Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions and now the Dallas Cowboys, and is still going strong. Kitna was brought into Seattle's camp in 1997 largely as a favor to a Central Washington alumnus who was connected with the Seahawks. After winning MVP honors in NFL Europe and leading the Barcelona Dragons to the 1997 Wo |
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| An idea golf fans should get behind |
Mens PGA Golf |
04/20/2009 |
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| rofessional golfers anymore -- and certainly not during a final round like what occurred Sunday on the Champions Tour. How absurd would it be if, during some Super Bowl in the '90s, Haas walked onto the gridiron and kicked a field goal while Smith's Dallas Cowboys were huddled for a fourth-down conversion? There are ample reasons to put an end to the antiseptic entertainment that has come to define these distracting Pro-Ams, and few reasons to keep them around. On Friday, Murray almost killed a woman when he |
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| NFL announces 2009 schedule |
NFL Football |
04/14/2009 |
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| day's action also includes the NFC champion Arizona Cardinals, who will welcome the 49ers to the desert. For the fourth straight season, the opening Monday night has a doubleheader with Buffalo visiting New England and Oakland hosting San Diego. The Dallas Cowboys will christen their brand-new stadium in a nationally televised Sunday night contest against the division-rival New York Giants on September 20. Byes begin on the season's fourth weekend, which also features a Sunday night clash between the three-ti |
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