March 2011 - Dallas Cowboys Wiretap

Spears, Sensabaugh To Test Free Agency

Oct 13, 2014 9:56 PM

A source close to the Dallas Cowboys said that the team will allow DE Marcus Spears and S Gerald Sensabaugh to test the waters as free agents before offering them contracts, if they do offer them deals at all. Spears said during the season that he would like to return and is looking for a long-term deal. He has eight sacks and sixteen tackles for loss in his career. Sensabaugh tied for the team lead in interceptions with five last season. Despite that production, the Cowboys are looking to retool their entire secondary.

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Jones Takes Blame For Super Bowl Seat Fiasco

Jul 22, 2014 1:31 AM

In his first public comments since the Super Bowl seating fiasco in Dallas, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he shares responsibility for what happened to hundreds of fans. Just hours before the Packers took on the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, the NFL announced that 1,250 temporary seats were deemed unsafe and the league moved 850 people to new seats, but 400 fans were forced to watch the game from standing-room-only locations around the stadium. "I do, along with the NFL, take responsibility for the seating issue and some of the things that we would like to improve on regarding the seating issues," Jones said during a 30-minute interview with Cowboys beat reporters Friday morning. "The informing of the fans that were involved, the NFL and I take responsibility for. You always like to look at areas you can do better, get better. We certainly intend to and will get much better in terms of the seating and how that is handled."

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Cowboys To Interview Newton At Combine

Jul 22, 2014 1:00 AM

The Cowboys plan to interview quarterback Cam Newton at the combine in Indianapolis. "I think obviously that position of quarterback you're immediately going to start looking for leadership," vice president/director of player personnel Stephen Jones said. "You're going to start looking for intangibles, and his physical abilities are pretty good. As far as in an interview, you're looking for a guy who is going to be the face of your organization that you feel like will be a leader for your team and is a winner." Dallas holds the ninth pick in the first round of April's draft and have not drafted a quarterback in the first round since selecting Troy Aikman with the No. 1 overall pick in 1989.

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Romo Back To Throwing Normally

Jun 15, 2014 3:04 AM

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is back to throwing the football normally. Romo missed the final 10 games of the season after suffering a broken left collarbone against the Giants. "You want to see if he's favoring it or doing anything unnatural or anything different," Dallas quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson said. "The times we were out there it seems like nothing is different. He can throw. He can play golf. He's playing basketball. I think that's all good."

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Ryan Confident He Can Turn Around Cowboys' Defense

Sep 8, 2014 7:19 PM

Rob Ryan is confident that he can help turn around the Cowboys' defense as their new coordinator. "The problems and all that? Hey, I'm not here to farm anybody else's land," Ryan said. "I'm going to do a great [expletive] job and you're going to see that." Dallas allowed the second-most points in the NFL last season.

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Cowboys Hire Packers WR Coach

Sep 4, 2014 10:05 AM

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett has hired Packers wide receivers coach Jimmy Robinson as assistant head coach/wide receivers coach on Friday, less than a week after the Packers won Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium. Robinson, who has been in the NFL since 1990, replaces Ray Sherman. Sherman coached the Cowboys' wide receivers from 2007-10. Garrett and Robinson were together with the New York Giants in 2000-03, when Garrett was the backup quarterback and Robinson was the wide receivers coach.

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Fans Sue Over Super Bowl Ticket Issues

Sep 9, 2014 8:41 PM

Approximately 1,000 fans sued the NFL, the Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones on Wednesday saying they were deceived by not getting seats or received inadequate seats for Super Bowl XLV. The federal lawsuit, filed in Dallas, alleges breach of contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices. The NFL has offered money, tickets, merchandise and more to roughly 400 fans who had to give up their seats at the big game. "We think that this is a pretty straightforward matter," said Michael Avenatti of Eagan Avenatti which is representing the fans. "People did not obtain what they were told they were going to get." The lawsuit seeks $5 million in actual damages for the plaintiffs -- but that number can be tripled under the state's trade law -- and unspecified punitive damages.

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Cowboys After New England's Strength Coach

Oct 31, 2014 9:17 PM

After 11 seasons with the Patriots, the Cowboys are going after strength and conditioning coach Mike Woicik, according to sources. Woicik is scheduled to fly to Dallas on Wednesday to talk with the Cowboys. He is the only player or coach with six Super Bowl rings, having won three with Dallas (1992, 1994, 1995) and three with the Patriots (2001, 2003, 2004). Woicik's contract with the Patriots was set to expire after the 2010 season.

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Payton Reportedly Purchasing Dallas Home

Jul 25, 2014 4:43 PM

Saints coach Sean Payton is moving to the Dallas area, but not to work for the Cowboys, The Times-Picayune reported, citing a source close to Payton. Payton is moving his family to the Dallas suburb of Westlake and enrolling his children in schools there, but the former Cowboys assistant also will maintain the family's residence in New Orleans.

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Cuban Expects Super Bowl To Return To Dallas

Sep 11, 2014 7:14 PM

Mark Cuban has predicted that the Super Bowl will return to Cowboys Stadium as soon as possible. The owner of the NBA's Mavericks made the claim amid criticism surrounding the Super Bowl XLV seating screwup. "I guarantee you without any doubt in my mind that they will come back the minute they are able to," Cuban said. "There is just too much upside. You have these little bumps and bruises. That ain't [expletive]." Approximately 1,250 temporary seats at the $1.2 billion stadium were not completely installed and were declared unusable hours before Green Bays' win over Pittsburgh.

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Vick Given Key To Dallas
Dallas animal rights activists didn't agree with the decision to give Michael Vick a key to the city.

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Cowboys Stadium Falls Short Of Attendance Mark
The weather, a taxi strike and some incomplete construction kept Cowboys Stadium from setting the Super Bowl attendance mark.

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Aikman: Jimmy Johnson Belongs In Ring-Of-Honor
Troy Aikman wants to see Jimmy Johnson become the 18th member of the Cowboys Ring-of-Honor.

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Five Hurt By Ice Off Cowboys Stadium
Another winter storm hit Dallas on Friday.

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Jones: Dallas A Good Super Bowl Location Despite Weather
Sub-zero temperatures have hit the Dallas area, but Jerry Jones says the city is a good host for the Super Bowl.

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Jones: Cowboys Badly Need Super Bowl Win
The Cowboys haven't won a Super Bowl in 16 years.

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