Engineer in Cowboys Accident Paying $12,000 Fine

May 16th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

By AP

The engineer who signed off on plans for the Cowboys practice facility that collapsed and seriously injured two team employees three years ago is paying a $12,000 fine to settle faulty design charges from the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.

Enrique Tabak and the board agreed on the penalty last August, and the Canadian engineer has been making quarterly payments that are due to end in June, records show.

Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis suffered a broken vertebrae and scout Rich Behm was paralyzed from the waist down when the tent-like structure fell during a wind storm in May 2009.

The board’s executive director says the fine is “significant.” An attorney for DeCamillis and Behm says it’s woefully inadequate in light of what occurred.

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Romo Shows His Stuff in New Starter Apparel

May 16th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in Features

Cowboys QB Tony Romo is getting ready for the 2012 season, and he is doing it with the help of Starter!

Romo recently did a photo shoot for Starter, wearing new Starter performance gear doing a series of athletic drills, which included weight and tire lifting, passing drills, footwork drills and more.

Don’t forget, Starter is available exclusively at Walmart.

Commenting on the brand, Romo stated: “Starter is something that I wear all the time when I’m working out. It’s high quality product that comes at an affordable price.”

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Check Out Ball Park Great Moments in Guy Time

May 15th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in Contests

Hey guys – won’t it be great to tell your lady that you could have a chance to win a year’s supply of groceries? Our friends at Ball Park are running a Facebook contest, asking fans to share a photo or video showcasing a funny/crazy example of “something only a guy would do” to win BIG.

To enter, follow this link: http://on.fb.me/GreatMomentsInGuyTime

So if you have a photo/video of a great tailgating moment, showing your team pride at the stadium, or just celebrating great times with your buddies, enter now for a chance to win a year’s supply of groceries. Nine others will win Ball Park grilling packages, complete with a grill and plenty of Ball Park products to keep your summer sizzling.

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Jones Says Team Has No Plans to Get Rid of CB Jenkins

May 9th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

Jerry Jones said he has no plans to trade cornerback Mike Jenkins despite speculation that Jenkins’ days in Dallas were numbered after the Cowboys traded up in the first round to select Morris Claiborne, the consensus top defensive player in this year’s draft according to Rob Phillips of Dallascowboys.com.

Jones called Jenkins, a 2008 first-round pick who’s entering the final year of his contract, “a vital part of our plan . . . a very critical role in what we want to be defensively.”

“Jenkins is not only this year, but a long-term player here as far as I’m concerned,” Jones said Wednesday at the annual Cowboys Golf Classic in nearby Grapevine.

Jones says having four solid corners is a necessity against today’s influx of spread offenses.

“I think we’ve got the resources to have three top corners, and (Orlando) Scandrick, which in my mind would be a fourth corner,” Jones said. “That area of your money allocation just happens to be an area where if you plan right to get strong at corner and strong with the pass rush, you’re going to spend some money out there.”

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Cowboys and Redskins Will Have Salary Cap Penalty Hearing Thursday

May 9th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

An arbitrator is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday in the challenge by the Redskins and Cowboys to salary cap reductions imposed on them by the NFL in March.

Several people familiar with the case said in recent days they thought it was unlikely that Stephen Burbank, the sport’s system arbitrator, would make an immediate ruling.

The hearing is to take place at the University of Pennsylvania law school in Philadelphia. Burbank, who is in charge of resolving disputes arising from the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, is a law professor at the school.

Attorneys are scheduled to argue the case before Burbank without testimony from any witnesses on Thursday, according to several people familiar with the case. One of those people said Thursday’s hearing is likely to focus primarily on jurisdictional issues, specifically whether the Redskins and Cowboys have the right to bring such a case before Burbank given that the league and the NFL Players Association agreed to the salary cap reductions given to the teams.

A person familiar with the matter previously said that the league had asked Burbank to dismiss the case because of that agreement on the cap reductions between the league and the players’ union.

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55-Year-Old Grandmother Tries Out for the Cowboys Cheerleaders Squad

May 8th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News, Opinions

Would you want to see a 55-year-old grandmother be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader?

That was the case last Saturday, as Sharon Simmons, a 55-year-old grandmother of two from Carrollton, Texas, tried out for the exclusive group.

She said in February that she would put in the time to train to be a Cowboys cheerleader.

If selected, she would be the oldest cheerleader in the league, 12 years the elder of the current oldest cheerleader, 43-year-old Laura Vikmanis, who cheers for the Ben-Gals – the Bengals cheerleaders.

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Cowboys List of Undrafted Free Agents Inked

April 29th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in 2012 NFL Draft, News

Jeff Adams, OT, Columbia

Levy Adcock, OT, Oklahoma State

Cole Beasley, WR, SMU

Tim Benford, WR, Tennessee Tech

George Byran, TE, North Carolina State

Taylor Dever, OT, Notre Dame

Lance Dunbar, RB, North Texas

Saalim Hakim, WR, Tarleton St

Adrian Hamilton, DE-OLB, Prarie View

Donavon Kemp, WR, UTEP

Ron Leary, G, Memphis

Tyrone Novikoff, OT, Idaho

Darrell Scott, RB, South Florida

Lionel Smith, CB, Texas A&M

Andrew Szczerba, TE, Penn State

Aston Whiteside, DE, Abilene-Christian

Eddie Whitley, S, Virginia Tech

Troy Woolfork, CB, Michigan

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Cowboys Move Up in Draft and Grab CB Morris Claiborne

April 26th, 2012 Charles Spooner Posted in 2012 NFL Draft, News

With the 6th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the Dallas Cowboys selected CB Morris Claiborne. Dallas needed to improve their secondary, and badly. Claiborne is the best defender in the draft and goes to a defense that will really utilize his skills. He will have the task of covering the best wide outs in the NFC East

Strengths
• Great Athlete
• Good Size
• Great Hands for CB
• Playmaker
• Great Defender
• Great Ball Awareness
• Smart player, and aggressive tackler

Weakness
• Does Miss Tackles
• Must Continue to Get Stronger
• Tends to Hug up on receivers when he is out of position
• Needs to focus more

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