Choose Your Own Adventure for the Rest of the Cowboys’ Season

Working through the Cowboys’ schedule before the season, it was difficult for anyone but the most hardened cynics to imagine the team doing any worse than 4-2 through the first six games. A trip to New Orleans to play the Saints and a home tilt against the Packers looked daunting,…

Special Olympian Ashton Smith Suspended, Claims Bias

Ashton Smith, a 33-year-old champion swimmer from Fort Worth who competed in the Special Olympics World Games, has been suspended by the organization following a dispute with another athlete that exploded online.   Smith alleges she’s been the victim of abuse by another athlete that began with a racial epithet at…

The Cowboys Aren’t Perfect, But They’re Far from Dead

The headlines Sunday and Monday came fast. The Dallas Cowboys, fresh off their second loss in a row, were “frauds” according to The Dallas Morning News’ Jean-Jacques Taylor. Mac Engel at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram went a step further, proclaiming the Cowboys capitulation to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers…

Taco Not So Bueno: The Biggest Draft Busts of the Jerry Jones Era

Let’s start by giving credit where credit’s due. For the last seven years, the Cowboys front office has performed spectacularly on draft day. The team’s 2019 roster, arguably the Cowboys’ most talented of the salary cap era, has been built almost exclusively through the draft, with the exception of Amari…

Looking Back at the Best of Globe Life Park

The end, sadly, is here. Globe Life Park, the stadium formerly known as Rangers Ballpark In Arlington, Ameriquest Field and The Ballpark in Arlington, has just one homestand left in front of it. Six games against the Red Sox and Yankees, and the Rangers will move across the parking lot…

Dallas’ Summer-Long Nightmare Is Over. Ezekiel Elliott Is Getting Paid.

Despite July’s agitation and August’s frustration, it’s hard to imagine now, at the beginning of September, that anyone’s going to remember Ezekiel Elliott’s holdout even six months from now. Wednesday morning, just as the Cowboys began game-week preparations for the New York Giants in earnest, the team announced that it’s…

Shoulda Put a Ring On It: Cowboys’ Jason Garrett Faces a Win or Die Season

To the drumbeat of blue-balls fans tortured by a quarter-century of frustrating foreplay, and the backbeat of construction clangabang violently serenading the team’s annual state-of-the-union address, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones set the tone for the 2019 season by … pretending to be deaf. Eschewing traditional softball questions for a…

Ezekiel Elliott’s Contract Holdout Entering Crunch Time

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s holdout situation — perched in the purgatory between “Don’t worry about it” and “Hey, maybe this is going to be a thing” for most of the offseason — is officially a thing. When the Cowboys wake up Friday morning, there’s going to be nothing…

Cowboys Fool Everyone With Real-Life Click Bait

Tuesday afternoon, the message went out. The Cowboys were planning a press conference to “announce a contract extension for a current member of the team’s roster.” Sound the alarms, right? One of the team’s ongoing contract headaches was about to be solved, bringing the team a step closer to being…

Dallas Is Having a Boxing Moment

Forget Cowboys training camp in Oxnard. Forget Ezekiel Elliott’s impending holdout, Dak Prescott’s contract worries and Jason Witten’s exhumation from cold storage. Definitely don’t think about Joey Gallo’s injured hamate bone, the trade deadline or how many games in a row the Rangers need to win to get themselves back…

Overwatch League Changes Bring the Dallas Fuel Home Next Season

Fans of the Dallas Fuel now have more reason to anticipate the Overwatch League 2020 season. Along with a shake-up in the overall league structure, Dallas’ team in the competitive esport will host more home games and finally relocate their operations to North Texas. The Overwatch League, currently one of…

Ezekiel Elliott Off the Hook for Las Vegas Music Festival Incident

Ezekiel Elliott will not be punished for a May incident during which he was briefly handcuffed by Las Vegas police after knocking over a security guard at a music festival, the NFL announced Wednesday afternoon. Elliott met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss his actions Tuesday. A bystander video…