Archive for July, 2010

The Dallas Cowboys have announced that single-game tickets will go on sale this Saturday. Only a limited amount of seats are available. You can get tickets on Ticketmaster.com or you can call 800-745-3000. Season ticket holders will have a first crack at the tickets. Dallas opens the season at Washington, in Donovan McNabb’s first game as a Redskin. Their home opener is in week 2 against the Chicago Bears. Other home opponents include the Saints, Titans, Jaguars, and Lions. You can view the full regular season schedule HERE.

Last summer, tight end Martellus Bennett posted a video on YouTube! with his brother showing “The Black Olympics.” He and his brother poked at the racial stereotypes and made races out of eating watermelon and fried chicken. His latest blunder and show of immaturity came on this Fourth of July. Bennett was in a tattoo shop wearing a fake long beard while doing an impression of well-known terrorist Osama Bin Laden. At one point in the video Bennett says, “ya’ll lookin’ for me? I’m makin’ bombs!” Bennett’s Bin Laden video has since been removed from YouTube! Not only has the [...]

The title says it all (the entire season aired on July 4 from Noon to 8p.m.). What more could you want to do while in a drunken haze than remember when and think of exactly how far we came. The year hard knocks was taped, we had just drafted Roy Williams (safety). Our quarterbacks were Quincy Carter and Chad Hutchinson. Anyone remember the duet between Hutch and Richmond Flowers? Many people don’t like to wallow in the misery of yesteryear, but it can provide quite a bit of perspective. Addendum: Here’s an interesting bit of information. The Cowboys projected (as [...]

Being able to interview an NFL player – albeit over e-mail – is one of the huge pros of sports writing. No matter who it is, All-Pro nose tackle Jay Ratliff, or undrafted free-agent Bryan McCann, it is always a lot of fun to be able to get inside the mind of a pro-athlete, even if it is just through a few quick questions. Starting July 24th (first day of training camp), Bryan McCann will pick up were he left off in OTAs – fighting for the job as the Dallas Cowboys’ fourth cornerback. As with most rookies – especially [...]