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DALLAS, TX — Following yet another disappointing showing in the NFL playoffs, the Dallas Cowboys have made one last desperate attempt to regain the franchise's former glory by re-signing Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman. The team reportedly lost confidence in quarterback Dak Prescott after he was unable to lead the team to victory against the underdog Green Bay Packers, instead placing an urgent late-night phone call to the retired 57-year-old Aikman. "I didn't expect to get this call after being out of the game for so long, but I'm happy to help the team any way I can," Aikman...

Joe Buck’s necessities for the next two weeks: one giant suitcase, two garment bags, plenty of room service and at least nine novel coronavirus tests. That’s the price of entry for the unusual stretch he is in, calling what could be 13 baseball games and four football games in 18 days. As the sports schedule has been scrambled this fall by the pandemic, Buck, the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports’s baseball and football coverage, has seen his itinerary warped, too. Image without a caption “The silver lining in all of this, at least in my life, is baseball is...

FOX broadcasters Joe Buck and Troy Aikman don’t appear to be big fans of military pregame flyovers at NFL games. In a video obtained by Defector media, Buck and Aikman, who apparently didn’t know they were being recorded, could be heard on a hot mic before the start of Sunday’s Packers-Bucs game mocking the pregame flyover as a waste of money by the government. TROY AIKMAN: That’s a lot of jet fuel just to do a little flyover. JOE BUCK: That’s your hard-earned money and your tax dollars at work! AIKMAN: That stuff ain’t happening with [a] Kamala-Biden ticket. I’ll...

Days before he's set to call his third Super Bowl for FOX, Troy Aikman confirmed on Wednesday that he and his wife of 10 years have split. People.com first reported the breakup of the Hall of Fame quarterback and his wife, Rhonda. Aikman later confirmed it to the Dallas Morning News: "This has been a difficult decision for Rhonda and me, but after 10 years of marriage we have decided to separate," he told the newspaper. "We remain deeply committed to our children and respectfully ask that you honor our family's privacy during this period of adjustment."

Confronting a series of “New Atheists” books that have topped bestseller lists in the last two years, Dr. David Aikman, Associate Professor of History at Patrick Henry College, presented the College’s sixth Faith and Reason lecture Tuesday, February 19. As with the previous, twice-yearly lectures, covering themes from philosophy to classical education, the campus community gathered together for a day-long schedule of discussion groups, Q&A, and panel discussions. Dr. Aikman's new book, Delusion of Disbelief, is due for release in April.

Troy Aikman Ford of Dallas, housed in a 30-year-old facility on North Central Expressway that has struggled for decades, will close by the end of the month. Ford Motor Co., which is reducing dealers nationwide, will buy the dealership from the former Dallas Cowboys star and retire the franchise. That will leave the Dallas metro area with 16 Ford dealers. The dealership's location, on the east side of North Central Expressway near the Walnut Hill Lane exit, was a challenge for several dealers before Mr. Aikman bought it in May 2005.

DETROIT (AP) -- Troy Aikman made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame's biggest class in years. The guy he threw to _ Michael Irvin _ will have to wait once again. Reggie White, Warren Moon, Harry Carson, John Madden and Rayfield Wright also were elected Saturday. Not since 2001 had the maximum number of candidates been chosen. Emmitt Smith, who joined with Aikman and Irvin to win three Super Bowls for the Dallas Cowboys, had campaigned vigorously for his two former teammates. But Irvin, plagued by off-the-field troubles in recent years, was left out in his second try....

Aikman, Emmitt, Irvin Heading Into Ring Of Honor By Nick Eatman DallasCowboys.com Staff Writer July 20, 2005, 1:31 PM (CDT) IRVING, Texas - For 10 consecutive seasons, they were linked synonymously as the Cowboys enjoyed their most successful run in franchise history. In any order, it was always Troy, Emmitt and Michael, not a last name required to identify any in this trio of superstars. While the glory days might have passed for Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin, all retiring over the past five years, including Smith who just called it quits at this year's past Super Bowl,...

Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach quarterbacked the same NFL team. Now they're part owners of the same team -- planning to enter a car in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series in 2004. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks are partners in Hall of Fame Racing, which will be directed by former Trans-Am driver Bill Saunders, who will act as managing partner. "Roger and I have discussed this for a while, and all the pieces just came together. We're not naive going into this thing. We recognize it will be a real challenge," Aikman said in a telephone interview Thursday with The Associated...