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Tom Landry, Don Meredith, and Tex Schramm are all spinning in their graves. (Roger Staubach is still alive, but if he was dead, he’d be spinning like a dreidel, too.) America’s Team has hit rock bottom. Jerry Jones purchased the Dallas Cowboys in 1989 and assumed the title of general manager. (Nobody realized it at the time, but apparently, it was a lifelong title.) The first head coach he hired — Jimmy Johnson — worked out extremely well. The early-to-mid-'90s Cowboys were disciplined, talented, and very successful. But Johnson only lasted five seasons. (He was fired after not drinking shots...

ARLINGTON, Texas – Jerry Jones turned 82 on Sunday and as birthdays go, this one might have aged him more quickly than some others. Earlier this week, Jones announced that an IndyCar race would be staged in the streets surrounding AT&T Stadium, an indication that the business of Jones and the Dallas Cowboys remains quite good. The results, though, are another story. For the last nearly three decades of his life, Jones has proclaimed for anyone who would listen that his singular goal was to win another Super Bowl, a prize that has eluded the Cowboys since the 1995 season....

High noon: Campo's firing expected today 12/30/2002 By RICHARD DURRETT / Dallas Web Staff IRVING -- Monday at 12:30 p.m. should mark the official end to the Dave Campo era of the Dallas Cowboys. The team has called a news conference at Valley Ranch where they are expected to announce the firing of Campo. Campo, the fifth coach in Cowboys history, finished his third consecutive 5-11 campaign with a 20-14 loss to Washington on Sunday, ending the Cowboys' streak of 10 consecutive wins against the Redskins. Also Online Video: Cynthia Vega reports Jones hasn't named a successor to Campo...