The Cowboys released wide receiver Tom Crowder on Thursday. Crowder spent the last two seasons on the Cowboys' practice squad without playing in a game. He played in NFL Europe this spring for the Frankfurt Galaxy before his season was cut short by a broken jaw.

Greg Ellis, who's entering his ninth NFL season, ended his self-imposed silence about his role on the team Sunday. While he never mentioned money, Ellis made it clear that he wants the remaining four years on his contract restructured. Ellis, scheduled to earn $2.25 million in 2006, said he doesn't want more money, but he indicated he wants a portion of the money in the final two years of the contract given to him as a signing bonus as part of a restructured deal.

Entering the locker room before his first formal workout with the Dallas Cowboys, Terrell Owens smiled wide when he saw the throng of cameras and reporters waiting for him. He excused himself to get some lip balm, smeared it on, then kept grinning throughout a 15-minute chat that might still be going on if a team official hadn't ended it. "I'm here with a great coach, a great team, a great owner," Owens said. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity that I can make to help this team win. That's why they brought me in here."

The White House echoed with chants of "Here we go Steelers! Here we go!" on Friday as President Bush recognized the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. "It sounds like some people have been drinking some Iron City beer here," Bush joked after walking into the East Room, where the team was assembled. "I was a Texas Cowboy fan, you know, Dallas Cowboy fan," Bush told them. "It's kind of hard for me to admit, but the Steeler franchise is one of the really great franchises in football history."