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| Rhoden seeks second straight at American Century |
Mens PGA Golf |
06/29/2009 |
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| l as many superstars from the entertainment world. The most famous celebrity golf tournament in the country takes place on July 17-19 at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club. Defending champ and seven-time title- holder Rick Rhoden is the 9-5 favorite, with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo the 3-1 second choice. Rhoden, who dominated this event with five victories in the 1990's, has only won two titles this decade, including last year's one-point victory over retired hockey player Dan Quinn. The former Major Leag |
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| Golf Course Review - Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course |
Mens PGA Golf |
06/20/2009 |
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| s he birdied the final two holes to defeat Quinn for his seventh title. The all-time leading money winner on the Celebrity Tour sank a six-foot putt for birdie on the last to secure the win. Quinn's 28 points on the final day left him one point shy. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo placed third, while NHL Hall-of-Famer Grant Fuhr finished fourth. REVIEW: The opening hole at Edgewood is a mid-length par four of 436 yards. Avoid the long fairway bunker on the right and the water on the left and you're left |
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| Cowboys release Ellis |
NFL Football |
06/02/2009 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - The Dallas Cowboys have released linebacker Greg Ellis, who had spent 11 seasons with the club. Ellis was selected by the Cowboys with the eighth overall selection of the 1998 draft and played 162 games, including 156 starts, for the franchise. He has recorded 634 tackles and is eighth in club history with 77 sacks, including eight last season. The 33-year-old product of North Carolina won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2007 after recovering from a torn Achilles th |
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| Argos release Vanderjagt |
CFL |
05/28/2009 |
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| 1996 and '97. He was the 1996 Grey Cup Most Outstanding Canadian and was a CFL All-Star in 1997 when he scored 190 points. Vanderjagt then left for the NFL and spent eight seasons with the Indianapolis Colts before playing part of one year with the Dallas Cowboys. During his time in the NFL, Vanderjagt established a record by connecting on 86.4 percent of his field goal tries. He was perfect during the 2003 season, drilling each of his 37 field goal attempts and all 46 point-after tries. Vanderjagt returned |
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| Cowboys will not keep Ellis |
NFL Football |
05/26/2009 |
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| Carrollton, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys linebacker Greg Ellis will not be with the team for the upcoming season. Earlier in the off-season, Ellis told reporters he was told that Anthony Spencer would be put ahead of him on the depth chart. He has expressed concern about his diminishing role with the team and the status of his contract. Should the Cowboys release him, the team would save about $4.15 million on the cap, while a trade would save them more than $5 million since the team would not have t |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Offseason Power Poll |
NFL Football |
05/15/2009 |
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| ams (pending suspensions), and the offense figures to be improved with Percy Harvin on the field and either Favre or the unspectacular but capable Sage Rosenfels pulling the trigger. Even Brad Childress shouldn't be able to screw this thing up. 13 - Dallas Cowboys (9-7) It will be a banner year for America's Team thanks to the opening of the lavish (or is that garish?) Cowboys Stadium, but whether the team itself plays up to the standard of the billion dollar facility remains to be seen. Tony Romo and offensi |
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| Around FCS: Hall of Fame misfires on FCS players |
Division I-AA College Football |
05/14/2009 |
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| pectacular snubs from the 2009 ballot. Can anyone honestly tell me why Charles Haley wasn't picked after a great career as a defensive lineman at James Madison, and an NFL career that earned him five Super Bowl rings with the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys? Or how about McNeese State cornerback Leonard Smith, who excelled down in Lake Charles, LA, before becoming a Pro Bowler for the Buffalo Bills? Northern Arizona's Archie Amerson won the Walter Payton Award in 1996 by rushing for 2,079 yards and sco |
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| Cowboys special teams coach DeCamillis released from hospital |
NFL Football |
05/11/2009 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook)- Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis is resting at home with his family after being released from Parkland Hospital Sunday night. The 43-year-old DeCamillis sustained a fracture of one of his cervical vertebrae when the roof of the Cowboys indoor practice facility fell on May 2 during a thunderstorm. He underwent surgery to stabilize the fracture last Monday. "I want to take this opportunity to express my family's overwhelming gratitude to every person that we hav |
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| Bengals finalize deal with S Williams |
NFL Football |
05/07/2009 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cincinnati Bengals officially signed safety Roy Williams on Thursday. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not released. Williams, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, was released in early March by the Dallas Cowboys, who picked him with the eighth overall choice of the 2002 NFL Draft. The 28-year-old Oklahoma product appeared in just three games in 2008 because of a fractured forearm. He had 512 tackles, 19 interceptions and 6 1/2 sacks in 98 games with Dallas. Williams |
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| Golf Tidbits: Special week for Tour rookie |
Mens PGA Golf |
05/07/2009 |
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| e a dog, but the fact that I was a professional sportsman and used to competing and fighting helped me," Ballesteros said. - Among the record 9,086 golfers that put in an application to play the U.S. Open were several professional athletes from other sports. That group includes Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, former NFL quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver, three former pro hockey players -- Grant Fuhr, Dan Quinn and Mike Dunham -- as well as Erik Hanson and Chris Sabo, who both played major league baseball. |
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