Jerry Jones

Dallas' Finest Orthopedist Says Tony Romo Can Play Sunday If He's Tough Enough

Jerry Jones, who's served as the Dallas Cowboys' team physician since 1989, told KRLD 105.3 Wednesday morning that the team's quarterback, Tony Romo, will be medically able to play Sunday against the 6-1 Arizona Cardinals. Romo, who had two back surgeries in 2013 -- one before the season to remove ... More >>

Jerry Jones Sex Assault Suit Is Over, But It Isn't Exactly Clear Why

Jerry Jones is no longer headed to trial over accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2009. The case, brought by former stripper Jana Weckerly, also claimed that Jones and his longtime lawyer, Levi McCathern, conspired to pay her off until the statute of limitations expired. A hearing was ... More >>

Jerry Jones Lawyers Deny Sexual Assault Allegations at Hearing

The lawyer for Cowboys owner Jerry Jones appeared in a Dallas courtroom Friday to argue that a lawsuit accusing Jones of sexual assault -- and the Cowboys of conspiracy to cover it up -- should be dismissed because of the statute of limitations. Attorney Gregory Shamoun also said the claims made ag ... More >>

Jerry Jones and His Lawyer Intimidated, Paid Off Sexual Assault Victim, New Allegations Say

Monday, Jana Weckerly filed an amended complaint in her sexual assault case against Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, further detailing her claim that Jones assaulted her in 2009 and describing efforts she alleges Jones, the Dallas Cowboys and Jones' attorney, Levi McCathern, made to silence her. The new ... More >>

Jerry Jones Calls Roger Goodell a "Very Good Commissioner," Praises Handling of Rice Case

Jerry Jones capped off what's been a representative week for him with a vote of confidence for embattled NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on his weekly radio show on 105.3 The Fan. After being asked "What's your feeling on the Ray Rice issue?," whatever the hell that means, Jones answered from the bo ... More >>

Judge Denies Jerry Jones' Request to Seal Files in Sexual Assault Lawsuit

Dallas District Judge Dale Tillery denied Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' request to seal court documents related to a lawsuit brought by an Oklahoma woman. Jana Weckerly claims that Jones sexually assaulted her in 2009 before the Cowboys covered it up. In addition to denying the request to keep documen ... More >>

Jerry Jones Sued for Sexual Assault

Jerry Jones and the Cowboys are being sued for sexual assault and alleged subsequent cover-up. In a lawsuit filed in Dallas late Monday night, Jana Weckerly says that over the course of the evening documented in a series of graphic tweets posted in early August, Jones rubbed and grabbed her without ... More >>

Jerry Jones Re-Explains His Totally Insane Rationale for Remaining the Cowboys' GM

Jerry Jones talked to KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan this morning, making about as much sense as the Fake Jerry Jones who no doubt graced KTCK-FM 96.7 The Ticket's airwaves sometime yesterday. Here he is on why -- despite his team's unflagging mediocrity, total draft-day ineptitude and other traits with the ... More >>

"Welcome to AT&T Stadium": Jerry Jones Finally Sells His Stadium's Naming Rights

The name "Cowboys Stadium" is everything the structure itself is not: concise, blandly functional, lacking in imagination, panache and, most notably, a high-dollar corporate sheen. There was never any chance that it was going to last, despite Jerry Jones' protestations to the contrary. Today, it's ... More >>

The Washington Post Has a Grudging Respect for Jerry Jones, Even if His Ego is Bigger than Cowboys Stadium

At the very beginning of her column today on Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones, Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins sets the scene, and she sets it well. The Dallas Cowboys' home locker room after a game is suffused by a bright halo of light from a wall of TV cameras encircling the central figu ... More >>

Should the Dallas Cowboys Go Socialist?

Cowboys fans no doubt had high hopes that something would come of that White House petition to remove Jerry Jones as owner of the Cowboys. Alas, the White House removed the petition from its web site, claiming it was because it had nothing to do with the operation of the federal government but reall ... More >>

Singapore Dome to Eclipse JerryWorld as World's Largest. But Hey, Ours Has Yoga Pants.

Jerry Jones must have felt the superlatives slipping away from Cowboys Stadium, that monument to football, consumerism, and, not least, Jerry Jones. What other explanation could there be for opening the first ever lingerie store inside a sports stadium? Three years after it opened with a dome that ... More >>

Jerry Wipes: Now On Sale

It nearly broke the internet last week when, during the Cowboys-Giants game, cameras caught what appeared to be Jerry Jones' manservant dutifully cleaning his boss' glasses. The manservant turned out to be Jones' son-in-law, Shy Anderson, who immediately saw a way to parlay his brief moment in the s ... More >>

Here's Jerry Jones Rapping His Way Through Another Papa John's Commercial

Jerry Jones owns the Dallas Cowboys. He also really likes/has an endorsement deal with Papa John's. That goes some ways in explaining the existence of the above video, titled "Hip Hop Jerry," in which Jones proclaims his love for the pizza chain via a rap song. It's about what you'd expect from a wh ... More >>

Your Dallas Cowboys Commemorative Poster

​We all knew it when we saw it, with 14 seconds to go in the first half and the Dallas Cowboys down 21-0 to the New York Giants: That Sunday Night Football shot of owner and general manager Jerry Jones, his head buried in his hands, would become the defining shot of an 8-8 season that felt much, m ... More >>

Well, New York Daily News, The Ticket's a Station, Not a "Show." But Other Than That ...

​Yesterday our new New York Times contributor offered eight ways the Dallas Cowboys can win the NFC East tomorrow night, each one a thoughtful, stat-driven how-to. The New York Daily News counters this morning with one of those (yawn) things-we-hate-about lists, which, as you can see, even graces ... More >>

On This Sunday Morning, Pete Gent's Passing Reminds: Time to Re-Read North Dallas Forty

​In 1997, an insurance company called Rushmore sued Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys in federal court, insisting that Jones owed close to $1 million in workers comp claims filed by former players -- among them Harvey Martin, Tony Dorsett, Billy Joe DuPree, Randy White and Bob Breunig. The suit s ... More >>

No Surprise: Drew Pearson Into the Cowboys' Ring of Honor Today

​Jerry Jones has scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference here at Cowboys Stadium. As I've said all along, Drew Pearson is in. Question is, will he have company? Larry Allen, you still in town? Pretty sure he is. Four chairs up on the stage for the presser.

What Exactly Do the Cowboys Have in Running Back Felix Jones?

​Is Felix Jones the man? Or just the man until DeMarco Murray becomes the man? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said this week on his weekly radio show that he considers the fourth-year running back one of the keys to Dallas' season. "I expect Felix to have a really good season," Jones said. "A ... More >>

Oh, I Get It. Drew Pearson Will Have Company Going Into the Ring of Honor.

​We know one of these days in the next two weeks Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is going to call a press conference at which he'll announce his intent to induct former receiver Drew Pearson into the team's Ring of Honor. Good. Not a more deserving candidate. But ... not so fast? Or, perhaps, ... More >>

Hook, Line and Stinker: The Cowboys' Catch and Release of Nnamdi Asomugha

After an epic swing and miss at the NFL's No. 1 free agent, the Cowboys are off and crawling at training camp.

And with the 9th Overall Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, the Cowboys Select ...

​As much as we'd all like to hear it, NFL commish Roger Goodell isn't going to finish that sentence with "Patrick Peterson. Cornerback. LSU."That's because Peterson will likely be taken in the top seven picks of Thursday night's NFL Draft, and Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said yes ... More >>

NFL Players Really Don't Find Jerry Jones All That Intimdating. Hilarious, Maybe.

​On the other side, for those who haven't read it, is the class action complaint filed on Friday by the National Football League players (among those named: Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Payton Manning and homegrown Aggie Von Miller, who's yet to be drafted) presently locked out by the team owners in the ... More >>

Jerry Jones Puts On a Show During NFL Labor Negotiations, and Gets Panned

​You've waited for this moment all your life. Practiced. Rehearsed. Trained. Sacrificed. Compromised. Even went to college class, some of the time. But now, on the eve of a major company extending you a lucrative dream job, veteran workers at the company are suddenly urging you not to ac ... More >>

Jerry Jones, in the wake of his 6-10 season and a disastrous Super Bowl, is officially humbled.

Jerry Jones: 60 Minutes of Sympathy

​I know he takes a lot of shit and he deserves most of it. But the one thing you can't deny is the passion of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. It was on full display again during Sunday night's 60 Minutes story on CBS. At one point Jones' eyes were watering as he talked of being motivated - ... More >>

Inside the Huddle: Jerry Jones on 60 Minutes and Gary Cartwright on Dandy Don Meredith

Ex-Channel 5-and-8'er Scott Pelley has, from the looks of it, been in and out of town this year working on his Jerry Jones profile airing Sunday on 60 Minutes. The sneak peek above provided by CBS offers a good look at the "agony" of defeat (after defeat after defeat) endured by Jones, who acknowled ... More >>

More Suits Over Suites and Unpaid Rent at Cowboys Stadium. (Pssst, Wanna Buy a PSL?)

Patrick MichelsJerry Jones charges the stage for the Cowboys Stadium ribbon-cutting on May 27, 2009.​Back in February there was that story about Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys suing some 10 bidnesses for failing to pay the rent on their sweet suites at Cowboys Stadium. Total rent owed back the ... More >>

Jonesing for Art

At Monday's Yankees Game, a Few New Yorkers Offered Jerry Jones Some Very Good Advice

After Sunday's Worst Loss Ever (this week, anyhow), Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones hopped up to NYC to take in Yankees-Rays. Upon his departure from Yankee Stadium, Jerruh was accosted by a few fans in search of a signature, which he was only too happy to provide. But some Bron ... More >>

Rookie Receiver Dez Bryant Has The Talent To Take The Cowboys To The Championship. But Does He Also Possess The Temperament To Push Them Into Chaos?

Dez Bryant's Injury Makes Karma Happy and Jerry Jones Mad

​Was it, as Roy Williams denies, karma? Or was it, as Jerry Jones suggests, Wade Phillips' fault? Either way, the ankle injury suffered here in San Antonio Friday afternoon by rookie receiver Dez Bryant has yanked the momentum of Dallas Cowboys' training camp to a screeching halt. S ... More >>

"Wow Me Like You Wow Your Wife," says Jerry Jones in his Bid For An Emmy

​Now it's the Texas Rangers owner's turn to appear on HBO's Entourage. Who do they call to line that up? Mavericks owner Mark Cuban taped an appearance on the hip hit two weeks ago. Last Sunday night, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made his slightly-more-than-a-cameo appearance after having taped h ... More >>

Jerry Meets "Airy": The Entourage Highlights

​Last night was The Big Night -- Jerry Jones (and Rich Dalrymple, the Dallas Cowboys' director of public relations) took his turn on HBO's Entourage, where Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold tried to sell Jeruh and other NFL team owners on letting him broker the next round of TV rights. That job's handled in ... More >>

This Just In: People That Aren't Us Hate Jerry Jones

​Is it because he's so powerful? So rich? So over-the-top passionate? Or is it because he's won three Super Bowls? Built an unprecedented stadium that is gobbling up sports? Or kept his team popular, relevant and "successful" despite only one playoff win in 13 years? Whatever the reason, ... More >>

News & Notes & Assorted Other Follow-Ups

​Allow me to clean out the been-meaning-to-get-to folder ...This morning I made mention of Jerry Jones walking out of the Marriott Marquis in New York City last night with two Sports Business Journal awards: Sports Exec of the Year and Sports Facility of the Year. Which is relevant to this chitcha ... More >>

With Dez Bryant, The Dallas Cowboys Catch A Break In The NFL Draft And Inch Closer To The Super Bowl

Cowboys Thinking, Possibly Angling, For Texas Safety Earl Thomas?

The next Dallas Cowboy? My name is Earl.​Source from Valley Ranch tells me this afternoon that Jerry Jones and Bill Parcells are talking. About? The Cowboys are considering trading their 1st- and 2nd-round picks in tonight's NFL Draft to move up to the Miami Dolphins' 12th overall pick ... More >>

Welcome to a New, Bizarre World, Cowboys Fans

See ya later, bastard.​The sun rose in the east this morning. But don't kid yourself, it's a vastly different planet for your Dallas Cowboys. A world, that is, free of monkeys, gorillas, primates, mandrills, King Kongs and, most imporantly, playoff pratfalls. In what will surely be referenc ... More >>

Wowboys 24, Beagles 0: My Top 10 Observations

​10. Uh oh, Shaun Suisham misses a 30-yard, chip-shot field goal from right between the hashmarks. Okay, so the victory over the Philadelphia Eagles wasn't perfect. But it was dang close. 9. I respect Eagles' head coach Andy Reid, but I also question his strategy. He's taken Philly to fi ... More >>

Jerry Jones, Use Your Delusion

From last year, when George and Jerry went into the food business together​Your Dallas Cowboys' guaranteed trip to the NFL post-season prompts Bill Rhoden to visit with Jerry Jones in this sports pages of this morning's New York Times. Much of the content feels reheated; most of the opinions, reha ... More >>

The Dallas Desperados Are Back!

​We just got the invite: Tomorrow at 4 p.m., there will be a press conference "to announce the return of the Dallas Depserados," which, as you may (or may not) recall, canceled its 2009 season exactly one year ago along with the rest of Arena Football League. Probably the most intriguing item cont ... More >>

Shame on You ESPNDallas. Shame, I Say.

​If you're one of those who doesn't believe in the theory of "credit where credit is due", and who thinks principles like "ownership" and "theft" are antiquated ideals better left behind in a kinder, gentler, softer era, please stop reading. Now. If you have a tendency to ... More >>

Texas-OU Belongs in the Cotton Bowl, But Jerry Jones is Preparing to Lure the Game to You Know Where.

Jerry Jones: Texas-OU Welcome in Arlington. Terrell Owens? Notsamuch.

​What Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wants, he usually gets. (Other than, obviously, a playoff win over the last 13 years.) And what Jerry has his eye on - long-term - is Texas-OU. The game - tomorrow's kickoff is a ridiulously early 11 a.m. - is married to Dallas and the Cotton B ... More >>

Mark Cuban: Super Bowl or Bust?

​It wasn't exactly as declarative as when Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones injected his all-or-nothing expectations into the season a month ago, but Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban believes his team is as good - actually, better - than the one that went to the NBA Finals in 2006. "The ... More >>

Jerry Jones Admits to Watching Porn. Sorta.

​On our midday show at 105.3 The Fan, I nervously asked Jerry Jones this morning if he had, um, seen the video of two fans "christening" Cowboys Stadium last Monday night in Arlington. After joking that he had called several committee meetings to investigate the situation, Jones simply s ... More >>

Jerry Jones: I Wanted the New York Giants!

​Turns out Brandon Jacobs was right. Maybe the Dallas Cowboys should've picked the Detroit Lions for their nationally televised lid-lifter Sunday night at Cowboys Stadium. But certainly, according to Jerry Jones, they could've. Instead, Jones admitted to Newy Scruggs and I minutes&n ... More >>

Only Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Could Build A Palace Big Enough To Match His Larger-Than-Life Persona