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This is a very powerful speech given to the Connecticut legislature at a public hearing regarding gun violence prevention. Seeing as how gun control is the topic du jour, you'd think this would be playing all over every news channel. Especially since a parent of a Sandy Hook kid (luckily a...

Associated Press – 18 mins ago.. . NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say at least four people have been shot outside the Empire State Building and that the gunman is dead. A witness says the shooter was firing indiscriminately. The shooting happened Friday morning at 34th Street and Fifth...

Dez Bryant isn't the only Dallas Cowboys wide receiver who had a tough childhood. Undrafted rookie Tim Benford said his mother has spent the past 10 years in a Florida prison, a fact that's never far from his mind. “I talk to her almost every other day when I can,” said Benford, who declined...

Posted Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012 9 Comments Print Reprints By Clarence E. Hill Jr. SAN DIEGO -- The Dallas Cowboys targeted one player at the outset of free agency in hopes of improving last year's 8-8 team. They flew a private jet to Kansas City to court cornerback Brandon Carr, threw a feast...

Running back Felix Jones started training camp by failing the conditioning test and still seems to be rounding himself into form after two preseason games. He doesn’t seem to have the same burst of past years and has dropped passes in each of the first two games. Coach Jason Garrett said...

By David Moore/ Reporter dmoore@dallasnews.com 12:50 am on August 19, 2012 | Permalink It remains to be seen if anyone on the roster right now will be the No. 3 receiver when the Cowboys open the regular season in New York. But two players certainly helped their cause against San Diego...

7/25/2012 6:57:52 AM Jets special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff, who has returned to the team after missing part of offseason workouts and minicamp following leg surgery in May, said Tebow would “possibly” be used as a situational kick returner, Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News...

Could referee lockout result in player strike? Posted by Mike Florio on July 24, 2012, 8:08 PM EDT As the NFL and its referees union rocket toward the playing of games without the usual game officials, a serious question is emerging regarding whether the players will submit to games officiated...

Posted Sunday, Jul. 15, 20120 Comments PrintReprints Share By Carlos Mendez cmendez@star-telegram.com It's easy to see that John Phillips is way ahead of where he was a year ago. Last summer, as the Cowboys headed to training camp, the young tight end was trying to put his faith in a...

The Dallas Morning News Staff writer Published: 09 July 2012 09:53 PM RelatedFor decades, winning the Super Bowl as a wild card team was next to impossible, but as the salary cap era has seen parity spread throughout the NFL, wild cards have taken over the league, taking down four of the last...

By Jon Machota / Special Contributor jmachota@dallasnews.com 10:25 pm on July 10, 2012 | Permalink If Cole Beasley doesn’t make the Cowboys’ 53-man roster it won’t be because he lacked confidence. The 5-8, 182-pound wide receiver out of SMU turned some heads during mini-camp with his speed...

Posted by jellis at 7/9/2012 2:06 PM CDT on dallascowboys.com The deadline for clubs to sign long-term extensions with players currently under the franchise tag is one week away - the negotiating window expiring July 16 - and the Cowboys do not plan to work out a deal with outside linebacker...

The Dallas Morning News Staff reports Published: 07 July 2012 05:28 PM Count former New York Giant defensive end Michael Strahan among the skeptics regarding Amani Toomer's proclamation that Tony Romo, not New York's Eli Manning, is the best quarterback in the NFC East. "You've got to check...

by Archie Barberio on Jul 7, 2012 6:00 AM CDT in Dallas Cowboys General Our BTB cyborg, OCC, penned a very good article the other day about head coach Jason Garrett possibly being on the hot seat. After reading that thought provoking post, I began to wonder about the man responsible for the...

Cowboys can reap stability, salary-cap health by taking care of adaptable QB now By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas -- Technically, Tony Romo is signed through 2016. However, the final three years of his deal with the Dallas Cowboys will void after next season as a result of a...

DeMarcus Ware says there weren't a lot of mistakes on defense in OTAs, minicamp The Cowboys’ top defensive player, DeMarcus Ware, summed up the offseason in glowing terms for the defense. He said the players were aggressive and comfortable with the plan. “When I think about the defense...

By Clarence E. Hill Jr. chill@star-telegram.com ARLINGTON -- In what was the team's final workout until training camp opens in late July, the Dallas Cowboys finished minicamp Thursday with a spirited practice that got chippy at Cowboys Stadium. Defensive end Jason Hatcher and running back...

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on Thursday shot down a report that disgruntled cornerback Mike Jenkins denied the club access to medical records pertaining to his surgically repaired right shoulder. Photo: EDWARD A. ORNELAS, San Antonio Express-News / © SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS (NFS)...

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne (left) gets a fist bump from secondary coach Jerome Henderson following a morning workout earlier this month in Irving. Photo: Tony Gutierrez, Associated Press / SA ARLINGTON — Dallas Cowboys secondary coach Jerome Henderson came off the field...

ByRainer Sabin / Reporter rsabin@dallasnews.com 6:41 PM on Tue., Jun. 12, 2012 IRVING -- From veterans to rookies, the Cowboys have been plagued by injuries since the team began organized team activities. And nothing has changed now that the Cowboys are back on the field for their three-day...