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Hurd’s trial delay until August
A federal judge in Dallas has delayed the drug conspiracy trial of San Antonio Brackenridge grad and former NFL wide receiver Sam Hurd.
U.S. District Judge Jorge Solis granted the delay until Aug. 6. The delay was requested by Hurd’s co-defendant, Toby Lujan.
Trial had been set for April 2.
Hurd, 26, was arrested Dec. 14 in a federal sting at a Chicago restaurant. He was later...
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Cornerback makes big real-estate investment in L.A.
Orlando Scandrick is living the good life in L.A.
The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that the Cowboys cornerback has purchased a house in the Hollywood Hills for $2.1 million.
Scandrick, a 25-year-old native of Torrance, Calif., received a five-year extension worth $27 million last August. The deal included $10 million guaranteed.
According to the Times, Scandrick’s new digs...
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20 hours ago
Oddsmakers expect Cowboys to be fair to middling
The Cowboys are close to the middle of the pack when it comes to odds to win Super Bowl 2013, according to MGM Grand’s sports book in Las Vegas.
The Cowboys are placed as 20-1 odds, with 13 teams ahead of them and well behind early favorite New England at 5-1.
The Patriots lost 21-17 to the Giants on Sunday in the Super Bowl. Even as defending Super Bowl champions, the Giants come...
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6 days ago
Is McGee facing another season at bottom of depth chart?
Jon Kitna is back at school, Stephen McGee is fresh off bagging a big buck in South Texas and the Dallas Cowboys are preparing to search for a veteran backup quarterback.
Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash., introduced Kitna as its football coach on Thursday. Kitna recently retired after a 15-season NFL career, including the last three with the Cowboys.
Kitna will also teach math...
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17 days ago
Jones says changes coming in secondary
Jerry Jones indicated Monday that cornerback Terence Newman may have played his last game with the Cowboys.
Newman has three years left on his contract, but Jones suggested he could be sent packing after the Cowboys finished 23rd in the league in pass defense.
“In the secondary, I think we’ll get better,” Jones told reporters at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. “We’ll very...
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20 days ago
Newton, not Romo, worthy of Hawaii trip
The NFL made the right decision in selecting Carolina rookie Cam Newton as Eli Manning’s Pro Bowl replacement rather than the Cowboys’ Tony Romo.
Romo had his best season, finishing with the league’s fourth-highest passer rating (102.5) after throwing for 4,184 yards with 31 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions. But Newton set a rookie record with 4,051 passing yards and an...
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21 days ago
Cowboys hate seeing ‘dang Giants’ reach Super Bowl again
Cowboys linebacker Bradie James said it all in a tweet immediately after the Giants reached the Super Bowl with a 20-17 overtime win over the 49ers Sunday night.
“Them dang Giants!”
For the second-straight season, the Super Bowl will be tough to watch for Cowboys fans and Jerry Jones.
Last season, they had to grit their teeth while watching the Packers and the Steelers – two...
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21 days ago
Lee proud to have played for Paterno
Cowboys linebacker and Penn State alum Sean Lee called Joe Paterno “one of the great coaches in sports.”
Paterno, who was fired last fall amid a child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State, died Sunday after a short bout with cancer. He was 85.
“Coach Paterno had a great impact on my life, not only as a player, but as a person,” Lee said in a statement released by the Cowboys...
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22 days ago
Cowboys express sorrow over death of Paterno
Past and presents members of the Dallas Cowboys have taken to Twitter to express their sorrow over the death of college coaching legend Joe Paterno.
The longtime Penn State coach died Sunday. He was 85.
Paterno was fired last fall amid a child sex abuse scandal centered around his former defensive coordinator. Paterno left the game with more victories than any other major college...
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22 days ago
Hurd arraignement set for next week
Former NFL wide receiver and San Antonio Brackenridge graduate Sam Hurd will be arraigned on federal drug charge on Jan. 25 at the U.S. Courthouse in Dallas, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas.
Hurd will appear before Judge Jorge A. Solis.
Hurd, who played for the Dallas Cowboys from 2006 until he signed with the Chicago Bears last summer in...
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27 days ago
Heckler reportedly got under Bryant’s skin
Dez Bryant apparently has some thin skin.
The Dallas Cowboys second-year wide receiver became involved in an altercation at a Miami nightclub after he was heckled about his play and his debt problems, Blacksportsonline.com is reporting.
Bryant’s mentor, David Wells, has confirmed to several media outlets that the incident occurred at LIV, the same Miami Beach hot spot where the...
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27 days ago
(UPDATED) Bryant in trouble again
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant reportedly has had a run in with Miami police.
Citing an anonymous source, a Dallas television station is reporting that Bryant was “detained” by Miami police after a fight Sunday night at a Miami nightclub.
(Other reports have circulated that the Miami police are saying they have no knowledge of Bryant being “detained.”)
Bryant’s...
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28 days ago
Cowboys must do more to rebuild secondary than get rid of Campo
Dave Campo is apparently going to take the fall for the poor performance of the Dallas Cowboys secondary this season.
Reports surfaced Monday that the assistant coach will not be back next season after the Cowboys finished 23rd in the NFL in pass defense (244.1 yards per game).
Firing Campo is justified, but fans should hope that the club won’t stop there as it attempts...
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January 09, 2012
How far has Ryan’s stock dropped?
Rob Ryan has made it clear he’d jump at the chance to become a head coach.
But so far the bombastic Cowboys defensive coordinator hasn’t been linked to any of the five openings in the NFL: Jacksonville, Kansas City, Miami, St. Louis and Tampa Bay.
Speaking at his season-ending news conference Monday, Jason Garrett endorsed Ryan.
“If Rob has an opportunity to go...
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January 04, 2012
Cowboys believe offseason program will make a difference
IRVING – Shortly after the Cowboys’ 31-14 loss to the Giants, former Dallas fullback Daryl “Moose” Johnston offered a ray of sunshine to Cowboys fans by extolling via Twitter the virtues of Cowboys strength and conditioning coach Mike Woicik.
What Johnston said was similar to what he told the Dallas Morning News last year after the Cowboys hired Woicik.
“I think...
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January 04, 2012
Garrett likely mulling a Free-Smith offensive line position swap this week
IRVING – At his wrap up news conference Monday, Jason Garrett didn’t rule out the possibility of Tyron Smith and Doug Free swapping positions next season.
Smith was solid as a rookie at right tackle after the Cowboys made him the ninth overall pick. Free was a disappointment in his second season at left tackle.
“We’ll look at that,” Garrett said.
Garrett and his staff...
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January 03, 2012
Plenty of reasons to draft a cornerback in the first round
IRVING – Jason Garrett declined to say Monday whether the Cowboys should concentrate on offense or defense with the 14th overall pick in April’s 2012 NFL Draft.
“A hard question for me to answer right now,” he said. “We have a lot of evaluation to do between now and then with the bulk of our team and potential draft guys. We’ll have a lot of discussions about that...
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January 03, 2012
Garrett believes he’s a better coach after ‘learning a ton of things’
IRVING – Jason Garrett says he “learned a ton of things” in his first full season as an NFL head coach.
The Cowboys finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs after losing Sunday’s NFC East title game 31-14 to the New York Giants. Garrett is 13-11 since taking over from Wade Phillips at midseason last year.
“I’ve learned a ton of things – as a head coach, as an offensive...
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January 03, 2012
Jones shrugs off the heat that’s come his way after another disappointing season
IRVING – In the wake of another disappointing season, plenty of fans have turned their wrath on Jerry Jones.
But the owner says all that vitriol won’t make him give up his title as general manger.
“The facts are I’ve spent 22 years doing this exactly the same way,” Jones said Tuesday. “I’ve made a lot of changes from year to year as time goes along, but, frankly, I...
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January 03, 2012
Jones: ‘We’ve got to do better’
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Jerry Jones said he thought the Cowboys would advance to the playoffs right up until the final minutes of Sunday night’s 31-14 loss to the Giants.
With the NFC East title at stake, the Cowboys fell behind 21-0 in the first half. They rallied to pull within 21-14 with about 10 minutes left in the game, but the Giants (9-7) scored 10 unanswered points...
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January 02, 2012
Cowboys draft order, schedule set
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – With Sunday night’s 31-14 loss to the Giants, two things were set for the Cowboys: their first-round draft order and their 2012 schedule.
Dallas will pick 14th in the NFL draft in April.
The Cowboys finished third in the NFC East for the second straight year and will have an easier schedule next season as a result.
Not including NFC East foes, here’s...
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January 02, 2012
Kosier injures knee
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.Y. – Cowboys right guard Kyle Kosier suffered a major knee injury in Sunday night’s 31-14 season-ending loss to the Giants, tearing his left MCL.
Kosier got hurt in the third quarter but didn’t leave the game for good until there was 7:49 left. He’ll undergo further evaluation Monday.
Kosier signed a three-year deal worth about $9 million last July.
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January 02, 2012
Walker among inactives
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Nickel cornerback Frank Walker and special-teams ace Danny McCray are among the inactives tonight for the Cowboys.
The others are Andre Holmes, Shaun Chapas, David Arkin and Clifton Gathers.
Defensive end Osi Umenyiora is active for the Giants, but he will not start.
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January 01, 2012
Injured hand isn’t the only obstacle Romo will face tonight
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A bruised right hand isn’t the only obstacle Tony Romo will face tonight as he attempts to guide the Cowboys to a division-title clinching win over the Giants.
It’s been raining off and on here at MetLife Stadium, where temperatures are in the 40s.
Romo didn’t wear a glove or a wrap on his injured hand while warming up about two hours before kickoff...
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January 01, 2012
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