Greg Ellis

Searching for the Soul of Austin

The neo city on the hills is a far cry from its cheap pot, cold beer and low-rent former ways.

And with the 9th Overall Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, the Cowboys Select ...

​As much as we'd all like to hear it, NFL commish Roger Goodell isn't going to finish that sentence with "Patrick Peterson. Cornerback. LSU."That's because Peterson will likely be taken in the top seven picks of Thursday night's NFL Draft, and Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said yes ... More >>

Can Michael Young and Your Texas Rangers Reconcile This Mess?

​When one party wants out, relationships are difficult to salvage. For now, Michael Young wants a divorce and the Texas Rangers are desperately seeking a lawyer to foster the proceedings. But what if it can't happen before next weekend and Young reports to Surprise, Arizona for spring trainin ... More >>

Better Football? Dallas Cowboys vs. Dallas Desire

​Woe are the Dallas Cowboys. I still don't think their season is kaput, but it doesn't look good: *At 1-3, they're firmly in the NFC East cellar. *Sunday they play at the Minnesota Vikings, an equally desperate 1-3 team. *You'd think the Cowboys would have the motivation factor, what with B ... More >>

Numbers With Friends: The All-Time Cowboys' Fantasy Roster

​I grew up with Drew Pearson, covered Michael Irvin and have the highest hopes for Dez Bryant. But should the Cowboys' rookie receiver from Oklahoma State be allowed to wear the sacred No. 88? The Cowboys revere uniform numbers, but they don't retire them. Should they? You don't see No. 8 or ... More >>

Dez Bryant is a Dallas Cowboy: My Top 10 Observations

​10. As I wrote yesterday afternoon, the Cowboys talked to the Miami Dolphins about trading up. And Texas safety Earl Thomas was indeed one of their three targets in Thursday's NFL Draft. The others: Idaho offensive lineman Mike Iupati and Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant. No matter which o ... More >>

Whitt's End: 3.12.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *I said upon hearing the Josh Howard-for-Caron Butler trade during the NBA All-Star break that the Dallas Mavericks were not only re-shaping their roster but re-booting their playoff prospects. I h ... More >>

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones finally gets a playoff win but his sights are set on bigger things.

Whitt Says It Will Happen: The Cowboys Will Beat the Eagles on Saturday. Again.

Wowboys 24, 'Fraiders 7: My Top 10 Observations

Welcome back. We missed you.​10. A win? Meh. Stats schmatts. Turkey? Whatever. Not to name drop or pound my chest or launch a pre-emptive-strike excuse for whatever distracted drivel may follow, but the highlight of a certain dorky sportswriter/radio host's Thanksgiving  ... More >>

Cowboys-Raiders: Friggin' Finally, It's Football Season!

​I know it's only August. It's only pre-season. But it is, after all, football. Tonight at 9 on Channel 11 and 105.3 The Fan we officially begin washing 44-6 out of our mouths. What will you be watching tonight? As for me ... 

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 (Ter ... More >>

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

Whitt's End: 6.5.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Might Michael Irvin's days at ESPN Radio be numbered? This isn't sourced "breaking news", but more so a simple putting two-and-two together and arriving at a common sense conclusion. And, no, it has ... More >>

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, ... More >>

What's In My Closet? Horrible Ideas Edition

Was just over on Unfair Park reading Schutze's take on the latest missle fired into the hull of the Trinity River Toll Road Waste Of Time Project. From the city that gave us the CueCat, plastic dividers on HOV lanes and P.C. Cobb Stadium downgraded into an InfoMart, this might be our dumbe ... More >>

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 h ... More >>

The Cowboys Pick Up the Pieces After the Valley Ranch Collapse

The accident at the Cowboys' practice facility leaves structures collapsed, questions unanswered and a life forever changed

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 ... More >>

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 o ... More >>

Jerry Jones' Promises of Change Have Been Mostly Empty So Far

Doesn't seem that the Dallas Cowboys have learned their lesson or changed one smidge

While We're Cleaning House: Greg Ellis, Pack Your Bags

He's unhappy? Yep, must be the off-season.Among the Dallas Cowboys' many problems, let's address this one this afternoon: Terrell Owens and Greg Ellis are captains. Let that sink in a second while I remind you that any team that annoints me-first guys as locker-room leaders is fatally flawed ... More >>

You Betcha: Week 9

Cowboys 41, Eagles 37

Week 1 Leftovers

Terry Glenn on the Receiving End of Cowboys’ Shenanigans

Is Roy Williams Suddenly One Biscuit Away From Being A Liability?

With the Addition of Pacman Jones, Valley Ranch Has Become a Halfway House

'Boys Fill Up the Pro Bowl

Say, “Cheeeeeeeese”!

The Dallas Cowboys' Dumbsday Defense

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

Let's Just Get This One Out of the Way

Scattershooting … While Wondering Whatever Happened to Blackie Sherrod

The Cowboys' Money in the Tank

Romo Arigato

Thanks to their dynamic quarterback, Cowboys will enjoy many happy endings

Dynamic Debut

You Betcha

Ellis Island

Cowboys veteran tries to escape the tired, poor, hungry, huddled masses

Are You Ready For Some More Football (Reading)?

Alternate Route

Don't look now, but T.O. actually seems OK

Win One for the Zimmer

From Ballin' to Bawlin'

America's Extreme

Cowboys tiptoeing line between super and stupor

Parcells Guys

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

With a Whimper

Light at the end of the tunnel? It's probably an oncoming train.

Sad Sacks

The Pokes' defensive linemen need to lose the funk and get the QB

Old News

The second verse sounds the same as the first for Parcells' Cowboys

Showing a Pulse

Getting Drew, Keyshawn and Marcellus reveals the Cowboys have life after all

Where's the Love?

Have you hugged your defensive lineman today?

Mo Funny

Plus: Sack of Kittens; A Gay Scam Robs Now