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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....

A few years ago, the subject of Don Meredith came up on The Ticket - I don’t remember why - and Mike Rhyner spent the better part of an hour, maybe more talking about Dandy Don, his tenure here with the Cowboys, and his eventual departure. Being a Cowboys fan since I was old enough to have a cheap plastic way too big Cowboys helmet bounce around on my head and rest on my shoulders, I was fascinated by what Rhynes had to say. I remember Mr. Meredith as an announcer, but not as a player. I kinda knew the...