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| Cowboys put franchise tag on safety Ken Hamlin |
NFL Football |
02/21/2008 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -The Dallas Cowboys designated Ken Hamlin their franchise player on Thursday, locking up the Pro Bowl safety through at least next season. The move essentially means Hamlin has a one-year contract at the average base salary of the top five safeties in the NFL: $4.4 million. It also keeps the unrestricted free agent off the market and extends the window to negotiate a long-term contract. Hamlin made his first Pro Bowl during the Cowboys' 13-3 season. He finished with 62 tackles and fi |
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| New Orleans' heritage shines at All-Star game |
NBA Basketball |
02/18/2008 |
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| . The game being in New Orleans, however, former Saints quarterback Archie Manning, father of Peyton and Eli, was treated like the biggest star if them all. The crowd erupted when his face appeared on the scoreboard video screen. Who heard boos? Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens. --- SPECIAL STARS: Carlton Lockett had a surprise for Dwight Howard. When the Orlando center, who won Saturday's slam dunk contest after donning a Superman outfit complete with a red cape, met Lockett, the youngster fro |
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| Paul, West eschew personal All-Star glory and turn focus to New Orleans |
NBA Basketball |
02/15/2008 |
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| puzzle back together.'' An enthusiastic crowd filled a makeshift basketball arena in the city's convention center for the game, which featured a mix of actors, singers and stars from other sports, including boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens. Owens, who played with Miller on the winning squad, ended up as the leading scorer with 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting and smiled widely as he was given the game's MVP trophy. Mayweather and Deion Sanders led their team wi |
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| Cowboys re-sign Ladouceur |
NFL Football |
02/14/2008 |
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| Irving, TX (Best E Casino) - The Dallas Cowboys signed long snapper Louis- Philippe Ladouceur to a five-year contract extension Thursday, keeping the player in Dallas through 2012. Ladouceur, a Canadian-born player and California product, has been with the Cowboys since the fourth week of the 2005 season. In his time with Dallas, he has snapped cleanly on 196 punts, 86 field goals, and 122 point-after attempts. |
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| Joe Kines named Texas A&M assistant, defensive coordinator |
Division I College Football |
02/13/2008 |
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| defensive coordinator. Kines, whose career included stints as interim head coach at Alabama and Arkansas and working with linebackers for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, replaces Reggie Herring. Herring had been hired in January but left to coach the Dallas Cowboys linebackers' less than a month later. Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman said Kines was ``what you call a 'ball coach.' He loves his players and he loves football and demonstrates that passion in his coaching. No one I have ever hired has a greater |
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| Thorpe Award winner Cason glad he stuck around for senior season |
Division I College Football |
02/12/2008 |
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| yll Lewis of Arizona (1990). Stoops, who was the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma before becoming Arizona's head coach four years ago, compared Cason with Roy Williams, who won the Thorpe Award in 2001 while with the Sooners and now plays for the Dallas Cowboys. ``Antoine was a pretty unique guy to coach,'' Stoops said. ``He has a great blend of talent and charisma and toughness that you look for as a coach. He reminds me of Roy in a lot of ways. He has that energetic smile and a way with people. That's |
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| Antonio Smith hopes to go from hoops to football at age 32 |
Headlines |
02/11/2008 |
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| reparation for Michigan State's pro day March 12. That's when more than 20 NFL scouts will evaluate him alongside traditional prospects such as receiver Devin Thomas. Gil Brandt, the NFL's scouting consultant and longtime personnel director of the Dallas Cowboys, said a team might invite Smith for a nothing-to-lose workout after the draft. ``If he makes it, it would be a heck of a story because it would be like the eighth wonder of the world,'' Brandt said Monday. ``Outside of the guy they made a movie ou |
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| 3 Redskins wear No. 21 to honor slain teammate Sean Taylor |
Headlines |
02/10/2008 |
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| Patriots were booed during pregame introductions. None of them - offensive linemen Matt Light, Dan Koppen and Logan Mankins, cornerback Asante Samuel and linebacker Mike Vrabel - reacted to the reaction from 50,044 in Aloha Stadium. Meanwhile, the Dallas Cowboys' 13-member delegation received the loudest cheers. Defensive end Osi Umenyiora, the lone member of the Super Bowl champions New York Giants, was the last one introduced. He posed for cameras and did a little shuffle as he stood onstage alone. -- |
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| Cowboys hire Texas A&M's Herring as linebackers coach |
NFL Football |
02/09/2008 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -The Dallas Cowboys hired Reggie Herring as linebackers coach Saturday, just over one month after the former Arkansas interim coach was named Texas A&M defensive coordinator. Herring filled the last of the positions that opened in Dallas after Tony Sparano became the Dolphins new coach and took three other Cowboys assistants with him. The 48-year-old Herring coached Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl after the Razorbacks fired Houston Nutt. Three days after the Jan. 1 game, Texas A& |
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| Miami signs cornerback Joey Thomas |
Headlines |
02/08/2008 |
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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -The Miami Dolphins signed cornerback Joey Thomas on Friday. Thomas was a third-round draft pick in 2004 by Green Bay, where he spent his entire rookie season. He spent part of 2005 with the New Orleans Saints, and was with the Dallas Cowboys during training camp last season. The 27-year-old former Montana State player has appeared in 25 games overall, with 31 tackles on defense and seven more on special teams.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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