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| Cowboys RB Barber expected back Sunday |
NFL Football |
10/02/2009 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber participated fully in practice Thursday and is expected back for Sunday's contest in Denver. Barber, who was held out of the team's 21-7 win over Carolina on Monday night, has been dealing with a left quadriceps strain. He was hurt in the fourth quarter of the team's loss to the New York Giants two weeks ago. Backup running back Felix Jones suffered a sprained posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the Carolina game and is e |
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| Giants' Phillips undergoes microfracture surgery |
NFL Football |
10/01/2009 |
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| d after he was diagnosed with patellofemoral arthritis in the knee. Phillips said the rehab period will be long but not painful. Phillips, New York's first-round pick (31st overall) in the 2008 draft, was coming off a stellar performance against the Dallas Cowboys two weeks ago, when he recorded seven tackles and intercepted two passes. The knee problem initially surfaced during training camp, but Phillips was able to play through the injury. An MRI last week revealed that Phillips' condition had worsened ove |
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| Broncos' new D gets first big test |
NFL Football |
10/01/2009 |
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DENVER (AP) -Admittedly a work in progress, the Denver Broncos' new 3-4 defense faces its first big test Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. Despite a banged-up backfield, the Cowboys (2-1) are the league's top-ranked rushing team behind a behemoth offensive line that promises to pose problems for the Broncos (3-0), who sport the NFL's top-ranked defense. ``We've got to buckle down and eat a lot of steak and potatoes this week,'' Denver linebacker Elvis Dumervil suggested. Actually, too much starch an |
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| Lousy Team Tour: staggering Redskins, winless Bucs |
NFL Football |
10/01/2009 |
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| a Bay Buccaneers, who are riding a seven-game schneid and have a quarterback making his first NFL start. After that? The Carolina Panthers, who will be 0-3 after their bye. Then it's the Kansas City Chiefs, who are 0-3 with the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys coming up before the Redskins. So, to recap: It's very possible the Redskins will make it all the way to Week 7 before playing an opponent that enters the game with a victory. ``These are the worst teams to play,'' fullback Mike Sellers said. `` |
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| Cowboys end sack drought; now it's Ware's turn |
NFL Football |
10/01/2009 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -The Dallas Cowboys defense broke through with its first sacks of the season Monday night against Carolina. Now it's DeMarcus Ware's turn. The reigning NFL sack leader is in a four-game sack drought that's his longest since his 2005 rookie season. He led the NFL with 20 sacks last year. Dallas had its first three sacks of the year and shut down the Panthers in the second half of a 21-7 victory. Ware didn't get any of the sacks, but nose tackle Jay Ratliff says he might as well have |
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| Cowboys better off away from home |
NFL Football |
10/01/2009 |
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| se home underdogs, one stands out in particular: the Broncos. Denver is 3-0, a better record than most of the preseason favorites, including Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh, New England, San Diego, Philadelphia and Super Bowl loser Arizona. Yet the Dallas Cowboys, who have been sloppy in splitting their last two home games - the first at Jerry Jones' billion-dollar palace - are giving 3 points. What's up with that? A deeper look should indicate why. Denver has beaten Cincinnati, Cleveland and Oakland. Th |
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| Cowboys running wild regardless of RBs' health |
Headlines |
09/30/2009 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -Imagine how many yards the Dallas Cowboys would be running for if they could keep their running backs healthy. Even with starter Marion Barber missing the last game because of an injury and backup Felix Jones leaving two games with injuries, Dallas has averaged a whopping 193.7 yards rushing per game, 23 yards better than any other NFL team. OK, three weeks into the season, league-leading totals are pretty worthless. But here's a pretty significant statistic: The Cowboys have run fo |
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| Old Big 12 rivalries hit new sites |
Division I College Football |
09/30/2009 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -When Texas A&M faces Arkansas at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium this week, it will renew an old Southwest Conference rivalry that had gone dormant for nearly two decades. Iowa State and Kansas State? They are simply meeting in the middle to play their Big 12 opener at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. As nearly half of the Big 12 takes the week off, much of the focus will be on the two games being played at neutral sites and what kind of splash they make. The conference h |
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| NFC East: It's crisis time in Washington |
NFL Football |
09/29/2009 |
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| nd will play their third straight home game when the Buccaneers come to town in Week 5. Tampa Bay was a 17-0 winner in its only previous visit to Lincoln Financial Field, which came on September 8, 2003. N.Y. GIANTS: After being pushed around by the Dallas Cowboys the previous week and forced to play Sunday's game without three key injured players in the starting lineup, the New York Giants defense had some questions to answer when it took the field for its Week 3 clash at Tampa Bay. Needless to say, the grou |
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| Cowboys show they can stop run, pass in same game |
NFL Football |
09/29/2009 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -They were solid against the pass, weak against the run in the opener. Then the roles were reversed in the second game. So Game 3 was a biggie for the Dallas Cowboys defense. Would they manage to stop both - or neither? To the delight of Wade Phillips, their head coach and defensive coordinator, it was a very definitive both, especially in the second half of a 21-7 victory over the Carolina Panthers. The Cowboys kept Jake Delhomme and the Panthers without a first down their first f |
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