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| Cowboys ink FS Hamlin for six years, $39 million |
NFL Football |
07/15/2008 |
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| Irving, TX (Best E Casino) - The Dallas Cowboys agreed to a six-year, $39 million contract extension with free safety Ken Hamlin on Tuesday, just hours before the deadline to ink a long-term deal expired. The Cowboys placed their franchise tag on Hamlin this offseason, meaning they had until 2 p.m. (et) Tuesday to sign the 27-year-old to a multi-year extension. If the sides had not agreed on a new deal, Hamlin would have played the 2008 season on a one-year tender for $4.396 million -- the average of the to |
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| Rhoden grabs lead at celebrity golf event |
Mens PGA Golf |
07/12/2008 |
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| 22 points in the modified Stableford scoring system on Saturday to grab a two-point lead after two days of the American Century Championship. Rhoden, a six-time winner of this event, completed two rounds with 45 points at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is alone in second place with 43 points. First-round leader Jeremy Roenick and fellow ex-NHL star Pierre Larouche are tied for third place with 41 points. Roenick tallied 15 points on day two, while Larouche collected 18 points |
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| Roenick leads celebrity golf tournament |
Mens PGA Golf |
07/11/2008 |
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| k, Hull also eagled the 18th hole to post a one-under 71 worth 25 points. The out-of-hockey Hull was followed by fellow ex-NHL star Pierre Larouche, who was part of a four-way tie for third place at 23 points. All three players tied with Larouche -- Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, retired NFL signal caller Mark Rypien and former pitcher Rick Rhoden -- have demonstrated their golfing prowess before. Romo shot an 84 at Torrey Pines last month in an exhibition staged before the tough California course host |
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| B.C. Lions president and CEO Ackles dies |
CFL |
07/06/2008 |
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| ger. "It was our league that virtually adopted him when he was just a boy, and it's our league that has looked to him as a man for counsel, inspiration and leadership by example," CFL commissioner Mark Cohon said in a statement. Ackles also spent time in the NFL as an executive with the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins as well as with the now defunct XFL before returning to the Lions as their president. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2002 and the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. |
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| Line of Scrimmage: NFL Powerless Against Pacman Controversy |
NFL Football |
06/24/2008 |
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| h to call him, is not a victim, though he's handed that part out to many others in recent years. Even before the February 2007 shooting incident in Las Vegas that left a club bouncer paralyzed following an altercation initiated by Jones, the current Dallas Cowboys cornerback knew how to attract a criminal complaint at least as well as he could defend a slot receiver. In separate incidents, Jones allegedly spit in the faces of a couple of female barroom patrons, punched another unlucky lady, threw a haymaker a |
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| T.O. not at Cowboys mini-camp |
NFL Football |
06/17/2008 |
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| Irving, TX (Best E Casino) - The Dallas Cowboys started their three-day mandatory mini-camp on Tuesday without star wideout Terrell Owens, who missed practice with what team officials termed as a personal matter. Owens signed a three-year, $27 million contract extension earlier this month before news broke that he was placed in the NFL's "reasonable cause" testing program after missing a drug test. The veteran wide receiver attributed the missed test, and subsequent missed calls by the league office to Owen |
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| First Blood Part II: Stampeders extend Rambo |
CFL |
06/17/2008 |
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| mbo agreed to a multi-year contract extension on Tuesday. In 2007, Rambo set career highs in receptions (62), receiving yards (983) and touchdowns (10) in his third season with the Stampeders. The Ohio State product signed with Calgary as a free agent in 2005 after four unsuccessful attempts at making an NFL roster. Rambo was a seventh-round draft pick of the Oakland Raiders in the 2001 draft and played two seasons with the Dallas Cowboys in 2001-02, recording 14 receptions for 211 yards in his final season. |
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| Worker dies at Cowboys stadium construction site |
Headlines |
06/14/2008 |
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DALLAS (AP) - An electrician working at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium died Saturday when he touched a high-voltage line, the second serious accident at the construction site in less than a week. The man was standing on a ladder and performing an electrical test when he touched the power line, said Neal Strasser, a battalion chief with the Arlington Fire Department. The man became wedged between the ladder and the stadium wall. A co-worker carried him to the ground and tried to revive him, Strasser sai |
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| 3 injured in crane accident at Cowboys' stadium |
Headlines |
06/12/2008 |
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A cable failed as a construction crane was being lifted off the ground Thursday at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium, injuring at least three people, a team spokesman said. All three workers were hurt jumping off a crane cab to avoid falling parts after a cable connector failed, according to a statement by project manager Manhattan Construction. A spokeswoman at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas said one person was in critical condition and the other two were in fair cond |
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| Romo standing taller in pocket |
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06/12/2008 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -Tony Romo doesn't want to bore anyone with the minute details about the adjustments he's making, even though the changes aren't really obvious. Watch Romo during the Dallas Cowboys' offseason workouts, and the Pro Bowl quarterback doesn't seem to be doing anything different. Romo hits Terrell Owens in stride. Then he throws another pass on target to Jason Witten. So, what's different? Romo is concentrating on his posture in the pocket, standing taller and settling his feet more be |
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