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| Cowboys name Grantham D-Line coach |
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01/24/2008 |
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| Irving, TX (Best E Casino) - The Dallas Cowboys have hired Todd Grantham as their defensive line coach, the team announced Thursday. Grantham spent the previous three seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns, a position he was fired from January 11 after the Browns failed to make the postseason despite a 10-6 record. Grantham replaces Kacy Rodgers, who was named to the same position with the Miami Dolphins on Wednesday. "Todd is an outstanding person and coach," said Cowboys head coach |
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| Cowboys hire ex-Browns defensive coordinator Todd Grantham |
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01/24/2008 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -Todd Grantham was hired Thursday as the defensive line coach for the Dallas Cowboys, less than two weeks after the Cleveland Browns unexpectedly fired him from his job as defensive coordinator. Grantham has nine seasons of NFL coaching experience and spent the last three as defensive coordinator under Romeo Crennel in Cleveland. He is familiar with the 3-4 alignment favored by Cowboys coach Wade Phillips, having coached it under Crennel and former Texans coach Dom Capers. Grantham w |
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| New Dolphins GM looks for players at Senior Bowl |
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01/24/2008 |
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| coaching staff and hiring a coaching staff and trying to build a philosophy in an organization, it's just good to be here watching some football players. It's what I know.'' As a national scout and then director of college and pro scouting for the Dallas Cowboys, Ireland made many trips to Mobile and to Indianapolis, site of next month's NFL Scouting Combine. With the Dolphins, Ireland said he'll still evaluate and interview players while having final say on personnel decisions. Sparano didn't make the tr |
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| Dolphins hire Pasqualoni, four others |
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01/23/2008 |
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| Davie, FL (Best E Casino) - The Miami Dolphins beefed up their coaching staff on Wednesday, hiring Paul Pasqualoni as defensive coordinator and four others to various posts. Pasqualoni spent the last three seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, his first season as tight ends coach and the last two in charge of linebackers. Under Pasqualoni, Jason Witten emerged as a Pro-Bowl selection with 66 catches for 757 yards and six TDs, and DeMarcus Ware went to the Pro Bowl each of the last two campaigns, recording 25 1/2 |
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| Pasqualoni among 3 Cowboys assistants to join Dolphins |
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01/23/2008 |
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MIAMI (AP) -New Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano hired three assistants Wednesday from his former team, the Dallas Cowboys. Joining Miami were Paul Pasqualoni as defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles as assistant head coach and secondary coach, and Kacy Rodgers as defensive line coach. All worked in Dallas with Sparano, who was the Cowboys' assistant head coach before taking the Miami job last week. New Dolphins executive vice president of football operations Bill Parcells and new general manager Jeff Ir |
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| 'If it's the ultimate game, how come they're playing it again next year?" |
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01/23/2008 |
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| e whole episode seems like much ado about nothing, well, brace yourself for much more ado. This is one of those years where the break between the league conference championship games and the Super Bowl runs for two weeks, begging the same question Dallas Cowboys running back Duane Thomas asked on the eve of the big game in 1972. Like just about everybody else involved, Thomas was tired of the buildup and itching to play when reporters kept probing to find out whether he understood the magnitude of the conte |
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| Owens will return to Cowboys; Glenn will need surgery |
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01/22/2008 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones plans to pay Terrell Owens' $3 million roster bonus, which means the All-Pro wide receiver will be back for the final season of his three-year, $25 million contract. ``Yes, we are going to have Terrell back,'' Jones said Tuesday at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. Jones added that a contract extension for Owens is something he would consider ``down the line.'' Owens finished with 81 catches for 1,355 yards and a team-record 15 touchdown receptions.< |
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| LeBronx Bomber: James in New York state of mind, set to unveil Yankees-inspired sneakers |
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01/22/2008 |
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| ok as a slight to the hometown Indians. In the days following the game, James was blistered on sports talk radio by callers who couldn't understand why he would be so brash. James has been loyal to the Yankees since he was a kid. He's also a big Dallas Cowboys fan. His latest fashion statement has sparked new debate over James' allegiances. ``As a fan of Cleveland and of the Cavaliers, I'm wondering, why not a LeBron Cleveland Indians shoe?'' Lloyd Boyd of Cleveland said after shopping for new sneaker |
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| Wife of ex-Cowboys RB Springs sues after husband slips into coma |
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01/22/2008 |
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DALLAS (AP) -The wife of former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs is suing two doctors she accuses of letting her husband slip into a coma last October, just months after a new kidney donated by ex-teammate Everson Walls appeared to save his life. The medical malpractice lawsuit filed Tuesday in state district court by Adriane Springs seeks unspecified damages and describes Springs as being non-responsive and incapacitated. Adriane Springs said her husband has brain damage and didn't know if he w |
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| Wife of ex-Cowboys RB Ron Springs sues after husband slips into coma |
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01/22/2008 |
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DALLAS (AP) -The wife of former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs is suing two doctors she accuses of letting her husband slip into a coma last October. The medical malpractice lawsuit filed Tuesday by Adriane Springs seeks unspecified damages. Ron Springs appeared to have been improving after receiving a new kidney from ex-teammate Everson Walls in March. Springs suffered from Type 2 diabetes, which forced the amputation of his right foot. But Springs, 51, has remained in a coma since an Octob |
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