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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The first game at the Cowboys Stadium set an NFL regular-season attendance record with a crowd of 105,121 on Sunday night. The game between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys broke the previous mark of 103,467 between Arizona-San Francisco in Mexico City in 2005. The crowd included up to 30,000 fans in standing-room party plazas at either end of the stadium. The stadium has about 75,000 seats. The record for an NFL game in the United States was 103,985 for the Super Bowl between Steelers and Rams at the Rose Bowl in January 1980. The largest...

After all the hype about this stadium, how stupid is it that punts can (and have) hit the Jumbotron? NBC has been endlessly self-promoting the stadium all week, since they are carrying the game, to the point of putting Al Roker up on a scaffold hanging from it. I'm guessing they conveniently forgot to cover this little controversy. And BTW, half of every NBC "news" and talk show is taken up with promotions and features on their other lame productions - it's kinda pathetic, really. At any rate, I guess it will be raised for the U2 concert, at the...

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Nevada authorities said Tuesday they raided the Las Vegas offices of the controversial voter-registration activist group, ACORN. The Secretary of State's Office confirmed to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that a search warrant was served at the ACORN office as part of a probe into suspected voter registration fraud. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has been under withering attack from the Republican Party for allegedly signing up unqualified voters in order to boost Democratic presidential candidate Barrack Obama. ACORN has stated that while it indeed targets low-income voters, it is...

Move over, Bill Ayers. This week, Republican activists have a new Public Enemy #1. It’s ACORN, the once-obscure community-organizing group that boasts of having registered 1.3 million new voters. Republican officials and advisers to Sen. John McCain have accused ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) of rampant voter-registration fraud. Indeed, officials in states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Indiana and Connecticut now are looking into accusations that ACORN workers turned in thousands of fraudulent or duplicate voter-registration applications. (The Dallas Cowboys magically filled out voter registration forms in Nevada, for example.) So what exactly is...

Here are video highlights of the Dallas Cowboys victory today over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-21 in a game played in Tampa. Dallas QB Tony Romo was 16 of 27, and threw for a career high 353 yards and three long touchdowns to lead the Cowboys to victory. It was close early, with Dallas trailing 7-6 late in the first half before Romo hit Miles Austin for a touchdown. Romo connected with Roy Williams on a 66-yard touchdown in the third quarter, and then hit Patrick Crayton for an 80-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. . . . (VIDEO)

Team Value1$1.7 bil Dallas Cowboys are owned by Jerral Jones (Net Worth: $1.3 billion), who bought them in 1989 for $150 mil. Player-costs-to-win ratio8 82 Coach Wade Phillips Metro area population: 6,300,000 Revenue per fan: $27 Sport: Portion of franchise's value attributable to revenue shared among all teams. Market: Portion of franchise's value attributable to its city and market size. Stadium: Portion of franchise's value attributable to its stadium. Brand Management: Portion of franchise's value attributable to the management of its brand. The skinny The Cowboys new stadium will be a gold mine this season. The team has sold most...

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had 75,000 paying guests and a few dozen freeloaders over to his new house the other night to watch football. Punters for the visiting Tennessee Titans immediately showed their gratitude by using his $40 million TV set for target practice. “I hit it probably a dozen times in pregame,” veteran kicker Craig Hentrich(notes) said. “I guess,” he added a moment later, “they should have tested things out before they put that thing in place.” “That thing” is the 1.2-million pound, four-sided video board hanging from the rafters exactly 90 feet above the field in the new...

DALLAS (AP) -- NFL offensive linemen bang heads all the time. A trio of Dallas Cowboys linemen are now professional head-bangers, too. Leonard Davis, Marc Colombo and Cory Procter have signed a recording contract as part of a heavy metal band called Free Reign. Their debut album for Australia's Riot Entertainment will be released this fall.

1. Tom Landry 2. Roger Staubach 3. Michael Irvin 4. Bob Lilly 5. Emmitt Smith 6. Troy Aikman 7. Tony Dorsett 8. Randy White 9. Don Meredith 10. Drew Pearson

The colossal new Dallas Cowboys Stadium is living proof that everything is bigger in Texas. The menu in the luxury suites proves that things there are more expensive too. Those enjoying a Cowboys game from a luxury suite at the new stadium will have to shell out $90 for pizza and $66 for a 12-pack of domestic beer, reports Steven Sipple of the Lincoln Journal World. Ninety bucks for pizza? That's almost as much of a rip-off as Roy Williams.

Here is an interview with Dallas Cowboys Safety Ken Hamlin, who talked about how the Cowboys will make up for the loss of Terrell Owens' offensive production, and how Tony Romo will do without him. He also was asked about the news that Tony Romo has split with Jessica Simpson. . . . (Watch Video)

DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― Dallas Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett is in the news once again for a controversial video he posted on YouTube. The video showcases a so-called "Black Olympics" and features a Kool-Aid, fried chicken and watermelon eating contest between Bennett and his brother Michael, a rookie free agent with the Seattle Seahawks. We asked Bennett Tuesday about the video. He said he and his brother were eating together and, in his words, "We were like, 'Man, we eating every stereotype so let's race and see who can eat the chicken the fastest, drink the...

Gil Brandt selects his All-’60s Dallas Cowboys Team By RAY BUCK rbuck@star-telegram.com -SNIP- Brandt’s All-’60s Cowboys Team — that is, pre-Super Bowl appearance No. 1 — won’t surprise you because these selections include some of the most storied names in franchise history. -SNIP- But the fact that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon before the Cowboys could win the "big game" tormented Bob Lilly and his "Next Year’s Team" teammates for an entire decade. These Cowboys rosters over the first 10 years of the franchise included four future Hall of Famers: Lilly, Mel Renfro, Rayfield Wright and Bob Hayes, plus...

Dallas Cowboys NFL Team Column By Russell Easley 30 May 2009 Roster Series Part 3: Quarterbacks By now I’ve heard it all. Tony Romo chokes in big games. Tony Romo makes too many costly mistakes with his Favre-esque style of play. Tony Romo doesn’t care about winning in the NFL. And the most outrageous of all to me – Romo-friendly means scaling back the offense and making it simpler in order to hide his shortcomings as an NFL quarterback. Wow, Really ? Here’s my rundown on the 2009 Quarterback roster of the Dallas Cowboys: Starter – Tony Romo. There are...

IRVING, Texas (AP)—A Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed during the collapse of the team’s tent-like practice structure in a severe storm. The team announced Rich Behm was in stable condition at Parkland Hospital on Sunday after surgery to stabilize a fracture to the thoracic spine. The 33-year-old Behm was among a dozen people hurt in the accident Saturday, and was one of three Cowboys staffers who remained hospitalized.

... The 33-year-old [Rich] Behm was among a dozen people hurt in the accident Saturday, and was one of three Cowboys staffers who remained hospitalized. [Rich Behm is a Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant who was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed]... Joe DeCamillis, 43, the team's new special teams coach, sustained a fracture of one of his cervical vertebrae without paralysis. He was in stable condition at Parkland and scheduled for surgery Monday. ...

The Cowboys issued a release moments ago updating the status of three people that were taken to the hospital after their indoor practice facility collapsed. Rich Behm, a scouting assistant, sustained a fracture to the thoracic spine that caused a severing of his spinal cord and permanent paralysis from the waist down. He underwent surgery Saturday night and remains at Parkland Hospital in stable condition. Behm moved from the team's video department to scouting a few years ago and worked closely with Chris Hall, the team's college scouting coordinator, and director of college and pro scouting Tom Ciskowski. Owner and...

(May 2) - Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was among 12 people injured when winds just shy of tornado strength ripped through the roof of the team's indoor practice facility during a rookie minicamp Saturday.

An air-supported canopy over the Dallas Cowboys' practice field collapsed during a heavy thunderstorm Saturday afternoon, leaving one person critically injured and six others hurt, firefighters said. As many as 80 people may have been inside the facility when it was blown down shortly before 3:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET), said Mike Adams, a dispatcher for the Irving, Texas, fire department. Rescuers were continuing to comb through the wreckage beneath the fallen canopy, but, "Everyone as far as we know is accounted for," Adams said.

IRVING — Four Dallas Cowboys staff members were injured Saturday when the roof of the team's indoor practice facility collapsed. Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple said all players and coaches were accounted for, and he didn't know the extent of the injuries to the four staff members, who were hospitalized. "They were right in the middle of practice and they were in the middle of the field, which was not good," said WFAA-TV photojournalist Arnold Payne who was on the sidelines of the indoor practice field. "The wind just started shaking the sides of this big huge plastic practice tent."

The afternoon practice ended in horrifying fashion when the Cowboys' indoor facility collapsed. While a violent thunderstorm pounded rain down on the roof, the lights started shaking back and forth. Then chaos broke out, as the facility collapsed and players, coaches, reporters and team personnel scrambled for safety. Several people were trapped under the wreckage. Police and emergency personnel have arrived on the scene. More to come.

Cowboys training bubble with team inside collapese during storm. Several injuries...Breaking now...

Here is video in five parts of an in-depth look at the New Dallas Cowboys Stadium being built in Arlington, Texas. The Science Channel took a close look at it while being built. It boasts all kinds of new innovations, including the largest LCD Screens in the world, stretching from 20-yard line to 20-yard line on each side of the field. The scoreboard is hung directly over the center of the field. It should be a remarkable stadium that will change the way football is watched. The stadium is set to open on June 6 . . . . (Watch...

Here is video of ESPN's Darren Woodson talking about comments made by Terrell Owens regarding his release from the Dallas Cowboys. Owens reportedly said owner Jerry Jones was "persuaded" to let him go by his son Stephen Jones. Woodson believes Tony Romo, Jason Garrett and others also had a hand in persuading Jones to drop Owens. As a result, Woodson believes the pressure is really on, not only Coach Wade Phillips to produce this coming season, but also on QB Tony Romo since the perception in Dallas is that "Romo ran Owens out of Dallas." Owens has since signed a...

Here is a video report on Dallas Cowboys Coach Wade Phillips saying the Cowboys are moving forward with the changes that have been made, including the release of WR Terrell Owens. Phillips believes the Cowboys have some young players who can come in and play well at wide receiver. Miles Austin is one of the primary prospects to replace Owens, and the report discusses a "sleeper" pick in Travis Wilson who was on the practice squad last year. . . . . (Watch Video Report)

The Dallas Cowboys released Terrell Owens on Wednesday night, several outlets reported, citing unnamed team sources. The Dallas Morning News, ESPN and Fox all reported the news, citing unnamed team sources. The Cowboys informed Owens that they had decided to go another direction Wednesday night, the Morning News reported.

ESPN is reporting that T.O. has been cut by the Cowboys.

The Cowboys released Owens late Wednesday, according to published reports.

Ex-Dallas Cowboy Hayes' Hall call is long overdue12:13 AM CST on Saturday, January 31, 2009 • E-mail TAMPA, Fla. – Bob Hayes, his body ravaged by disease, didn't know if he'd ever be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And if he did make it, Hayes wasn't sure he'd be alive to see the day. In 1999, he made an emotional October trip to Washington, D.C., to visit his older sister, Lucille Hester. In a hotel restaurant, they discussed a variety of subjects, including what he wanted her to say if his dream of getting into the Hall of...

The Cowboys released the cornerback Wednesday, severing ties with the oft-troubled player and leaving the sixth overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft without a job again.

The Dallas Cowboys had a minor medical emergency and some panic in the locker room Sunday after the 44-6 loss to Philadelphia. Quarterback Tony Romo, who suffered a rib injury late in the game, collapsed in the shower and had to be helped to his feet by teammates. Romo had X-rays after receiving attention from the team’s athletic trainers.

In a growing feud that threatens to split apart the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, quarterback Tony Romo revealed yesterday that wide receiver Terrell Owens likes to wear women’s underwear. “He’s a real sucker for lacy things. You know, thongs, fishnet stockings, garter belts. He was wearing some when we lost to Pittsburgh, but not when we beat up on the Giants,” Romo said yesterday following practice. “I really think he just needs to get back to being a man for this team to continue to win.”

On Saturday, S2N posted a video of a Cowboys fan who was extremely pissed at Ed Werder and letting him know it in person. Well apparently that guy wasn't the only person upset with Werder. You can add T.O. to that list as well. NBC got Romo, Witten and Owens together after their win over the Giants tonight, and while they all seemed to be enjoying each other's company, Terrell had this to say to the ESPN reporter....

A couple of miles from the house, the Whites had their own mini-disaster. A tire blew on the Mercury. Bill, luckily, managed to nurse his wounded ride off the street and into the lighted parking lot of a strip mall. Bill became a bit woozy himself when he discovered his jack was malfunctioning. Never a good thing at midnight. Plan B kicked in, however. One of those cigarette-lighter-plug-in air compressors was available. Except it was leaking more air than it was pumping. "I don't know, a hundred cars, probably more, had to go by. Nobody was stopping," said Bill. "That's...

IRVING, Texas (AP)—Now that Adam “Pacman” Jones is really back in the NFL, he insists he will try to do everything he can to stay there. The cornerback-kick returner was fully reinstated Thursday from his 17-month NFL suspension, which followed an accumulation of arrests and legal problems, and is clear to play for the Dallas Cowboys during the regular season. “I am fully a Dallas Cowboy,” Jones proclaimed before the last preseason game. “I don’t have it lingering over my head, will he get reinstated, will he not get reinstated. I just have to keep myself out of bad situations...

NEW YORK -- Just months after returning to the airwaves with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his racist and sexist comment about a women's basketball team, Don Imus is again drawing fire for injecting race into his radio show. During an on-air conversation Monday about the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones, Imus asked, "What color is he?" Told by sports announcer Warner Wolf that Jones, who used to be nicknamed Pacman, is "African-American," Imus responded: "There you go. Now we know."

Again? Race Comment 'Disturbs' Sharpton By STEVE FINK, WCBSTV.COM NEW YORK (CBS) ― It appears "shock jock" Don Imus may not have learned his lesson following last year's "nappy-headed ho" debacle. In an audio file of the Monday, June 23, edition of his talk radio program, "Imus In The Morning," heard in New York on WABC-AM, Imus made what some consider a questionable comment during a discussion about oft-troubled NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones, who wants to drop his nickname. When Imus' co-host Turner Wolf informed Imus that the suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback had been arrested a slew of times...

Pacman heading to Dallas Irving, TX (Sports Network) - The Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans have agreed in principle on a trade for suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, though terms of the deal are unknown as of yet. According to the Titans, final details are still to be worked out prior to the draft and Jones must pass a physical before the trade will be finalized. The teams were rumored to have first discussed a trade more than a month ago. As late as Tuesday, however, the Cowboys were pessimistic on the prospect of a deal getting done. Jones was...

Kimberly-Clark Wins Cowboys Stadium Name Game VALLEY RANCH — After several months of secret negotiations, the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and Irving, Texas-based Kimberly-Clark Corporation have inked a sponsorship deal for the new billion-dollar Dallas Cowboys stadium, currently under construction in Arlington, Texas, The stadium will be called Kimberly-Clark Depend® Stadium when it opens in 2009. The name was announced at a press conference on Tuesday by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Kimberly-Clark Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Falk. "It sounds a little funny at first, I know," a wry Jones told reporters as a ripple of laughter crossed the...

After going from a favorite for the Washington Redskins head coaching job to being fired, Gregg Williams may land on his feet. Dallas media reported on Sunday that the former Redskins defensive coordinator interviewed with the Cowboys for a role on their staff. The former Buffalo Bills head coach interviewed numerous times for the head coaching position with the Redskins but was ultimately let go last week by owner Daniel Snyder. The current Cowboys defensive coordinator is Brian Stewart. Reports out of Dallas also said that longtime NFL coach Dom Capers interviewed for a position on the defensive staff. It's...

Terrell Owens breaks down, and it harkens to the not-so-distant-past for Charlie.

IRVING, Texas - Jess win, baby! Even a fake Jessica Simpson was good enough to throw off the Dallas Cowboys yesterday, as Big Blue took a Giant step toward the Super Bowl. The Giants, who notched a stunning 21-17 victory over Dallas in the NFC Divisional Playoffs, had a good-luck charm in the stands - in the form of Simpson lookalike Lynsey Nordstrom. The real Simpson was the subject of great hand-wringing in Big D all week because of her budding romance with Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and his habit of falling short on the field when gal pals are...

A Cowboys team inspired by its best start in 24 years, a franchise desperate to return to the NFL's elite, now has a better idea of what lies ahead. The outlook was as problematic as the snarled traffic around Texas Stadium after the game. But New England is the team of this decade. The Patriots' 48-27 victory was an affirmation of the present. "Well," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said sheepishly, "they are that good."

Thanksgiving: Reflection, food, thanks ... and Dallas Cowboys http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2007/11/20/opinion/112007b.txt http://tinyurl.com/33tapv November 20, 2007 Ron Fink Thanksgiving is the time of year when we sit back, smell the turkey, stuff ourselves with too much good food and then reflect on the good things that have happened to our families in the last year. Basically, we “give thanks” for the small and large successes we have enjoyed during the year, just as the pilgrims did. Thanksgiving Day as national holiday wasn't celebrated at Plymouth Rock, as lore would have it, but over 200 years later when President Lincoln declared the “last Thursday...

1. The New England Patriots as Hillary Clinton... "The greatest of all time" or so the "experts" wonder aloud? (And many would disagree...) The most organizational strength of any of the field. Complete with "philandering quarterback who'd rather knock up a girl, and leave her for a new Supermodel" - ready to take up residence as "first lady" and whose calendar would be well... blank, thus allowing him to remain "in play" pretty much 24/7. Team Hillary is also willing to stoop to classic Belicheck cheating levels like videotaping the visiting team's signals, or even planting ONLY the questions that...

The Dallas Cowboys may be a few years from their last Super Bowl, but they are the favorite football team among adults who follow professional football, rising one spot since last year. Since this survey began in 1998, the Cowboys have always been in one of the top four positions, usually in the top two. The Indianapolis Colts have continued their steady rise in the rankings and move up one spot, from No. 3 last year to No 2 this year. In 1999, the Colts were tied for No. 27 and have moved up each year since. Rounding out the...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -   Dallas native Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Torres gets a signed picture from cheerleaders of his hometown football team, the Dallas Cowboys. Six cheerleaders dropped by Forward Operating Base Loyalty in eastern Baghdad for a meet-and-greet session, Sept. 15. Six members of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad stopped at Forward Operating Base Loyalty in eastern Baghdad to sign autographs and visit with Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Sept. 15.   

IRVING, Texas - Three days before their regular-season opener, the Cowboys learned wide receiver Terry Glenn's problematic right knee will force him to miss the entire 2007 season, team owner and general manager Jerry Jones said late Thursday afternoon. Jones said Glenn's knee injury is similar to that of former Cowboys center Al Johnson, who missed his entire rookie season in 2003 following microfracture surgery. "You hate to see this with one of your top players and we need all of those we can beyond the field," Jones said. ""It's a real blow for Terry and for us."

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 2007 – The National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys took a break from training camp recently to express team members’ gratitude to injured servicemembers recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. More than 25 injured servicemembers recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Bank of America representatives enjoyed a day at the Dallas Cowboy's training camp at the Alamodome in San Antonio, on Aug. 6, 2007. Bank of America is the football team's official bank and its military segment capitalized on the relationship to create the opportunity and...

SAN ANTONIO – Israel Del Toro, 32, grew up a hard-core Bears fan in Chicago, and he doesn't give up his allegiances easily. "Bears, Bulls, White Sox," he says. "Stay with your team." But the Cowboys are getting to him, just the same. He wouldn't have figured on it, but then he didn't expect to end up at Brooke Army Medical Center, either. Del Toro is one of a dozen veterans here in the Alamodome, guests of Bank of America and the Cowboys. "Wounded warriors," the volunteers call them. They came up with the description to cover all branches of...