Subject: Offseason Training Camps

• German Engineering

  October 3, 2006

• Romo, Built in a Day

  August 15, 2006

• Dead Presidents

  August 1, 2006

• Rage Against the Machine

  July 28, 2006

• Reversing His Field

  July 27, 2006

• The Eagle Has Landed

  May 30, 2006

• A Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Does Interviews. Wait, That Can't Be Right.

  May 15, 2007

• What Up, Dawg?

  July 27, 2007

• Play Ball! Notes from Texas Rangers Spring Training, Thus Far.

  February 27, 2008

• It’s Officially Football Season: And Your Cowboys Are Off to a Great Start

  May 21, 2008

• Be like Mike

  Amidst so much business talk, Michael Irvin remembers that it's all just a game

  August 5, 1999

• The 10 Worst Quarterbacks in Dallas Cowboys’ History

  November 3, 2008

• Camp Player

  April 20, 1995

• Damned Rangers

  August 22, 1996

• At What Point Do We Question How the Texas Rangers Handle Their Pitchers?

  Yep, the Rangers' pitching staff is always a head-scratcher. This year? No diff. Stop me if you've heard this one before: Your Texas Rangers have pitching problems. If you're scoring at home, that's two similar season-ending surgeries in one week. After top prospect and rotation candidate Eric Hurley underwent rotator cuff surgery last week, semi-reliable set-up man Joaquin Benoit had the same procedure Tuesday. The Rangers' pitching - like it's been since, oh, 1972 - was already

  January 29, 2009

• Getting to first base

  March 12, 1998

• Lord, help him

  July 23, 1998

• The spring of our discontent

  March 25, 1999

• Six Pac

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

  September 4, 2008

• Mood Swings

  The Rangers' hitting coach is remarkable, resilient and really good at his job

  April 5, 2007

• Alternate Route

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

  August 23, 2007

• Captain Casual

  Wade Phillips ushers in a kindler, gentler, better Cowboys era

  August 2, 2007

• Play It Again, Sammy

  Can the Rangers' oldest rookie leave his diva days behind and deliver?

  March 29, 2007

• Our Idiot Kicker

  So far, the Cowboys' other new star has also sucked

  September 7, 2006

• Canton Cowboy

  Despite a run-of-the-mill reputation, Drew Bledsoe owns a Hall of Fame résumé

  August 17, 2006

• Ready to Blow

  With Terrell Owens, which comes first--the Super Bowl ring or the explosion?

  August 10, 2006

• On Thin Ice

  After giving fans the cold shoulder, can hockey win us back?

  October 6, 2005

• Parcells Guys

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

  August 25, 2005

• New Kids on the Block

  The Nash-less Mavs try to hang tough and build a winning team from scratch

  October 28, 2004

• Tough Love

  Can Julius Jones win a place in Parcells' heart? Assuming Parcells has one, of course.

  September 2, 2004

• The Summer of Wrong

  It's August. Who knew there'd be so much sports news? Not me.

  August 19, 2004

• Dear Hunter

  Do the Cowboys need another cornerback? What's the answer, for Pete's sake?

  June 17, 2004

• Face Off

  Big D and Cowtown take the court

  August 7, 2003

• Amateur Hour

  Even in June, the Cowboys' quarterback situation is a laugh riot

  June 12, 2003

• Steppin' Out

  Former Cowboy Mark Stepnoski tackles a new role--leading the charge for marijuana reform

  October 31, 2002

• Desperate Measures

  Welcome (again) to the Arena League, where Desperados are kind, giants are invisible and rock concerts turn into football games

  April 4, 2002

• Was He High?

  When Jerry Jones traded up to get Quincy Carter, he made everything difficult for his new "star"

  May 3, 2001

• The A-Team

  Love it when a plan comes together? Not so fast. Sure, they've got A-Rod and I-Rod, but what about Rusty Greer hitting leadoff, Tim Crabtree closing, and Johnny Oates acting human? John Gonzalez goes to Texas Rangers spring training to look for answers.

  March 15, 2001

• Scrambling for cover

  Randall Cunningham wants to be a backup. Really. But the one thing he's never outrun is quarterback controversy.

  July 27, 2000

• 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

• Dallas Cowboys: Three Dots and a Cloud of Dust

  Quick takes from a Wednesday's minicamp workout at Carrollton's Standridge Stadium: *Tony Romo says the story that appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about him being told to lose weight is total bullshit. "That never happened," Romo said with a smile. "It just didn't." ... *From what I could tell, the defense was kicking the offense's ass. Patrick Watkins intercepted Romo's deep pass off a flea-flicker, and rookie Mike Mickens picked off a deflected Jon Kitna pass over the middle ...

  June 18, 2009

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

  June 26, 2009

• Camp Cowboys Top 10 Observations: Day 1

  Playmaker and his pupil.​Pass along your questions or suggestions of who/what you'd like a report on and I'll watch it at tomorrow's practices. Thursday is the first day of two-a-days. Who knows, we might even see pads. 10. So much for the new-and-improved-and-tougher Wade Phillips. The Cowboys worked out for two hours in shorts and jerseys and helmets. After the leisurely practice, Phillips put them through conditioning drills - consisting of two sprints across the width of the field.

  July 29, 2009

• Whitt's End: 7.31.09

  ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Been buried in Camp Cowboys all week, but looks like 103.3 FM ESPN needs a new drive-time sidekick alongside Randy Galloway. Brian Estridge is leaving to co-host mornings on WBAP 820 AM with the legendary Hal Jay. Odds-on favorite for an increased role on Galloway & Company: Matt Mosley. Long-shot: Tyler radio icon David Smoak. *We can - and I do - rip Wade Phillips for his ridiculously ea

  July 31, 2009

• Camp Cowboys Top 10 Observations: Day 9

  ​10. Tony Romo spent about 10 minutes after practice chatting with long-time San Antonio Spurs' pest Bruce Bowen. Let's hope the topic was winning, not defense. 9. For the first time in training camp the Cowboys brought in referees. Today's lone practice focused on goal-line situations. 8. Amazingly, Flozell Adams has yet to commit one false-start penalty in camp. Part of Wade Phillips' increased accountability, players are yanked out of plays if they produce pre-snap penalties. Adams, ho

  August 6, 2009

• Snap To It!

  After all, this franchise has a history with bad snaps.​With nods to the special teams and Mike Mickens and Jason Williams, the most troubling aspect of last week's Cowboys' pre-season loss to the Raiders was the most elementary of plays: The snap. After a season in which Andre Gurode sent back off-speed eephus pitches to Tony Romo in the shotgun, the first day of training camp in San Antonio included three botched center-quarterback exchanges. On the third one - I swear - head coach Wa

  August 17, 2009

• My Top 10 Observations From Cowboys 30, Titans 10, Stadium 7.

  ... to this.   From this ...    ​                There are kinks to be worked out, yes. But in Friday's victory over the Tennessee Titans the Dallas Cowboys showed that their team and their stadium just might be great - if not super - after all. 10. We can criticize Tony Romo's girlfriends and golfing and lack of demonstrative leadership all we want, but only a handful of quarterbacks can make the play he produced in the f

  August 24, 2009

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

  August 27, 2009

• The Dallas Cowboys: Seven Coaches and a Baby

  ​In this week's Dallas Observer column in which I surmise that Wade Phillips is entering his last season - win, lose or drawl - I tell the story of riding up a training camp elevator with the Dallas Cowboys' head coach. Sounds riveting, I know. But wait, there's more! Watching Wade interact with a young'un turned into a psychological exercise. Faced with a baby asleep in a stroller, Phillips bent down, got this big, sweet, smile on his face and offered in his best Texa

  August 27, 2009

• Only Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Could Build A Palace Big Enough To Match His Larger-Than-Life Persona

  September 10, 2009