Subject: DeMarcus Ware

• Win One for the Zimmer

  December 29, 2006

• Tony, Let's Go Bowling

  December 19, 2006

• Getting Defensive

  May 2, 2006

• Hail Roger: North Texas Scores XLV

  May 22, 2007

• The Cowboys' Money in the Tank

  September 19, 2007

• Cowboys 34, Packers 24

  November 29, 2007

• Cowboys Go 'Top Model' at Anonymous Runway Exhibit

  December 15, 2007

• Over The Weekend: Anonymous Runway Exhibit, Festivus, Collision

  December 17, 2007

• Modano, Cuban and Irvin Gather For Charity Game That Looked Like Baseball

  June 30, 2008

• Cowboys Camp: Wednesday Morning

  July 30, 2008

• The Top 10 Most Important Dallas Cowboys

  August 1, 2008

• Hard Knocks: Week 3

  August 21, 2008

• Cowboys v. Texans: The Dress Rehearsal

  August 22, 2008

• That ’70s Show

  September 2, 2008

• Hard Knocks: Week 5

  September 4, 2008

• Cowboys 41, Eagles 37

  September 15, 2008

• Video of the Week: Cowboys Fans Are Retarded

  October 3, 2008

• Cookin' with Ken Hamlin

  October 9, 2008

• The Top (Bottom?) 10 Most Embarrassing Losses in Cowboys’ History

  October 20, 2008

• Giants 35, Cowgirls 14

  November 2, 2008

• Dallas Cowboys Are No. 1! At Least in Something.

  November 12, 2008

• Thanksgiving Leftovers

     *Cowboys 34, Seahawks 9. Toldja.    *Isn't it great to have a quarterback who makes plays when plays aren't there to be made? I'm thankful, Tony Romo. Very thankful.   *Turkey sure was good, but the digestion process and my blowout-induced nap was uncomfortably disrupted by Marion Barber's right foot and DeMarcus Ware's left knee.    *Example No. 1,046 of why we don't need sideline reporters: Fox's Pam Oliver reported that Ware had ice on his "r

  November 28, 2008

• Cowboys 115, Steelers 55

  I hear we've matriculated from MySpace to Facebook, right?Well, screw me. I never got around to creating a MySpace page. Was reminded why today.Don't tell the teens and the 'tweens - or my wife - but something about the whole deal strikes as, um, ridiculously fraudulent.Like, for example, the fact that there are  exactly 72 profiles using the handle, photos and persona of "Tony Romo".A little digging and I uncovered that the Cowboys may no longer be America's Team, but, compared to Sunday's

  December 4, 2008

• Choirboys 20, New York Sack Exchange 8

  After the two teammates who disconnected last week connected this week, it was a third-string lineman and a third-string running back who ran the Dallas Cowboys past the New York Giants and firmly into their own playoff destiny Sunday night. Running behind beleaguered left guard Cory Procter, Tashard Choice clinched the 20-8 do-or-don't victory with a 38-yard touchdown with just over two minutes remaining. But, let's face it, for the third time in three games Dallas' defense looked ab

  December 15, 2008

• Eagles 44, Cowgirls 6

  Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys' history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys' history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don't game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. A Stink at the Linc. Sloppy execution. No composure. Lack of emotion. Mind-boggling turnovers. Half-assed effort. Leadership void. Bottom line: The Cowboys weren't re

  December 28, 2008

• Whitt's End 1.9.09

  Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *First things first. If you plan to see this movie, or even think it looks remotely entertaining, please, leave these premises immediately. *Nothing official yet (UPDATE: Now it's official), but I hear Eric Nadel's new broadcast partner in the Texas Rangers' radio booth will be former Mavs' voice Dave Barnett. Which, to me, would be a splendid choice. *Toldja. *Dallas Stars' icon Mike Modano earned h

  January 9, 2009

• NFL Free Agency Starts ... Now! Sportatorium Lightning Rod Roy (Safety) Williams an Ex-Cowboy?

  Going: Brad Johnson. Coming: Trent Green? Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said his team won't make a "big splash" in NFL free agency that kicks off right about now. Maybe not, but he does need to make at least a ripple with the signing of a backup quarterback, inside linebacker and safety. Right? If Jones would've just listened to us back in training camp he wouldn't be in this position and his team might've made last season's playoffs. Way back on July 29 - the first w

  February 26, 2009

• Whitt's End: 2.27.09

  Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Sorry to rain on Skip Bayless' - what, 14-year? - crusade, but Troy Aikman ain't gay. Went to the Pro Bowl and hung out with Aikman in Honolulu in '93. Lotsa drinks. LotsaLotsa hula girls. Guaranteed that Aikman "signed autographs" for more women that week than Bayless ever befriended black Cowboys. And, despite numerous pleas from various females one night, the quarterback&nb

  February 27, 2009

• Six Pac

  The Cowboys are counting on NFL outlaw Pacman Jones to pop the top on their sixth Super Bowl.

  September 4, 2008

• 'Boys Fill Up the Pro Bowl

  December 13, 2007

• Trinity Tussle|Defense Wins Championships

  October 25, 2007

• The Dallas Cowboys' Dumbsday Defense

  Despite Dallas' 5-1 start, the Phillips 3-4 has been stupefying

  October 18, 2007

• Take Stock

  February 16, 2006

• Is Jerry Jones Broke? Naw, Can't Be. Can It?

  Betcha he isn't writing that fan a check, that's all I'm saying.If Tom Hicks can be a cash-strapped customer at the pawn shop, can it also happen to Jerry Jones? I know, sounds ridiculous. And the notion is likely just that - ridiculous. But the economic crunch is certainly in play with him, like the rest of us. Consider: *The Cowboys yesterday officially released Greg Ellis, saving some headaches but also a couple million bucks. *In the end, Jonestown Coliseum cost $1.15 billion. That .1

  June 3, 2009

• Star Ball

  June 21, 2007

• Parcells Guys

  Can has-beens from a coach's glory years change the cowboys from mediocrites to monsters?

  August 25, 2005

• After the Draft: Projecting the Cowboys' 53-Man Roster

  Ugh.There's a minicamp at Valley Ranch this weekend, only three months before training camp in San Antonio and a mere 139 days until the Dallas Cowboys kick off their 2009 NFL season against the Buccaneers in Tampa. No better time to look into my crystal football and predict the team's opening-day roster. I guess at this point we have to assume Wade Phillips is going to be back? Right, then. Onward and upward. I'm not holding my breath for the winner of Michael Irvin's reality s

  April 28, 2009

• Fourth and Long: A Premiere With Purpose

  Jerry McClureIrvin to Rich Behm's family: $40,000For the first time in a long time, the Dallas Cowboys are actually acting like a unified team. In the wake of the Valley Ranch practice facility collapse on May 2, last night's premiere of Spike TV's new reality series Fourth and Long at Sting matured from a big party into a bigger purpose. The event was delayed a week and turned into a fundraiser for Cowboys' scouting department assistant Rich Behm, paralyzed from the waist down in the tragedy. A

  May 15, 2009

• Good Riddance, Greg Ellis

  Good guy and good player ultimately not good enough.In the end, soon-to-be former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis is so much Michael Finley and Michael Young: A great leader and good player buried in a shitty era. Except that - with his annual bitching about this or that - Ellis may have tarnished his ultimate legacy. Considering the 33-year-old Ellis' diminishing returns and escalating complaining and the anticipated rise of Anthony Spencer, it makes perfect sense for the Cowboys to sever

  May 27, 2009

• America's Game

  June 11, 2009

• Dallas Cowboys’ coach Wade Phillips tries to put on a tougher face. You buying it?

  June 26, 2009

• Cowboys' Camp Questions?

  Home Sweet Dome.​A year ago at this time I was pegging the Dallas Cowboys for the "Super Bowl." Last time we saw them however - 44-6 losers in Philly on Dec. 28 - it was "or bust." Coming off 2008's 9-7 disaster, the Cowboys have shedded from their roster the leading receiver (Terrell Owens), second-best pass rusher (Greg Ellis), two best special-teams players (Keith Davis and Kevin Burnett) and the second-leading tackler (Zach Thomas). When the Cowboys open training camp in p

  July 27, 2009

• The Dallas Cowboys' Final 53-Man Roster Will Look Like ...

  Let's not get greedy. For now we'd settle for a win in December.​This? Just hours before the first practice of training camp here at The Alamodome, I decided to doodle up what the Cowboys' final roster will look like come the Sept. 13th opener at Tampa Bay. It starts here. And ends up below. Clip 'n save, woncha? OFFENSE: QB: Tony Romo/ Jon Kitna/ Stephen McGee RB: Marion Barber/ Felix Jones/ Tashard Choice/ Deon Anderson WR: Roy Williams/ Patrick Crayton/ Miles Austin/ Sam Hurd/ 

  July 29, 2009

• Camp Cowboys Top 10 Observations: Day 6

  Scouting assistant Rich Behm and his view of training camp.​10. Sounds to me like Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is leaning against rebuilding the indoor practice facility that collapsed May 2, leaving special teams coach Joe DeCamillis with a broken back, scouting assistant Rich Behm paralyzed from the waist down and director of college scouting Chris Hall with a torn up shoulder and knee. "I don't know," Jones said thoughtfully, slowly. "I don't know if I want to re-build it, honest

  August 3, 2009

• Because I'm Better Than Bitter, 20 Things I Love

  I love sports and stuff and, oh yeah, freaky things like, say, baby heads in glass vases.​No, no, no. You got me all wrong. Am I skeptical? Cynical? Inquisitive? Smart-assy? Guilty. But bitter? Hardly. I consider myself more tell-it-like-it-is realistic rather than jump-off-the-high-five negative. I don't think the Rangers will make the playoffs. I think Josh Hamilton should've come clean before he was caught. And I absolutely despise squirrels. But, honestly, I'm general

  August 13, 2009

• Dallas Cowboys' Training Camp: Success Over Circus

  ​No Terrell Owens. No Pacman Jones. No Michael Vick or Brett Favre or Michael Crabtree. No drama. To which I say ... Yes! Last summer the Dallas Cowboys broke camp fat 'n happy and consumed with personal agendas. After a successful training camp at San Antonio's Alamodome in which the focus was football over fireworks and even included a blessing by a Catholic priest (in light of Magic Johnson's pep talk failing last year in Oxnard), it's safe to say the 2009 version is leaner '

  August 20, 2009

• Wade Phillips final season as coach of the Dallas Cowboys? Sure feels that way.

  August 27, 2009

• Wowboys 37, Filthy Birds 21: My Top 10 Observations

  AP Not a one-hit wonder after all.​10. Linebacker Keith Brooking's performance and passion is refreshing. The way he was running past and taunting Atlanta's bench and his old Falcons' teammates after big plays today, he's quickly become the Cowboys' version of Brian Dawkins. All great teams have one. 9. A 16-point blowout of a quality opponent is nice. But you can't discount the fact that the Cowboys had a big advantage coming off their bye week. They are now 16-5 all-time off the

  October 25, 2009

• BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys to Sign DeMarcus Ware to Long-Term Extension

  Cha. Ching.​I was only half-kidding when I wrote after yesterday's game that ... 3. Credit to the Cowboys' pass rush. They sacked Matt Ryan four times after he had been nabbed only twice entering today. Seems like a good week for DeMarcus Ware to nudge owner Jerry Jones about those contract extension talks. But looks like it's the real deal. The Cowboys have announced a press conference for 4:30 p.m. at Valley Ranch. My guess is that DeMarcus Ware is about to become a very rich man.

  October 26, 2009

• Bang For Your Buck? The Worst Contracts in the History of Dallas/Fort Worth That I Can Think Off the Top of My Head.

  ​Jerry Jones signing DeMarcus Ware to a 6-year, $78 million contract is probably going to pay off in the long room. Ware is a good person, a great player and - barring something terribly unforeseen - a decent bargain. One thing Jerry's proven over his tenure is that he isn't afraid to overpay - for anything from players to stadiums. But it got me to thinking: Other than the two knuckleheads that inexplicably handed me paying gigs, what are the worst deals ever done in this area?

  October 27, 2009