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02/15/2010

Cowlishaw says NFL will play in 2011
DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw answered this question and more in today's chat.

02/16/2010

Kindle eager to horn in on success of former UT teammate
Sergio Kindle seems sure to be taken in the first round of this year's NFL draft.

02/15/2010

Texas' McCoy to receive honor, but work just starting
Drew Brees' MVP performance in Super Bowl XLIV may have been just what Colt McCoy needed.

Man gets 25 years for robbery at Texans' home
A 25-year prison term has been ordered for a man over a 2007 robbery at the Houston-area home of Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson.

Report: Adams had alcohol, marijuana in his system
A toxicology report shows defensive end Gaines Adams had marijuana and alcohol in his system when he died. But Greenwood County Coroner Jim Coursey says nothing found in the report contributed to Adams' death.

02/13/2010

Special teams rankings: Browns find bright spot after tough year
The Cleveland Browns finished 32nd in the NFL in offense and 31st in defense but still managed to win five games. That's because Cleveland fielded the league's best special teams, according to rankings compiled annually by The Dallas Morning News.

02/12/2010

Former Cowboy Pacman might find home in Cincinnati
Former Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones worked out for the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday.

02/08/2010

Drew Brees 'calling' to New Orleans results in title
Since Drew Brees arrived in New Orleans, he has married himself to the city more than just by being the Saints quarterback.

Area product Waters chosen Man of Year
Waxahachie's Brian Waters, a Kansas City guard, was named the winner of the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

Saints turn an eye to Arlington, 2011 Super Bowl
The New Orleans Saints did not afford themselves the luxury of sleep on their first Super Bowl championship before turning their thoughts to Dallas in the wee hours Monday morning.

How one Saint used film-room study to win the Super Bowl
Constant film study burned the play into Tracy Porter's brain.

CBS Super Bowl broadcast botches a critical call
CBS got the competitive game it wanted from the Saints and Colts. When the ratings are released today, it will be the most-watched Super Bowl ever. Unfortunately, the broadcast stumbled to the finish with a couple of premature calls from the booth.

Dat's incredible! Saints go from homeless to champions
Who Dat, indeed.

Peyton Manning not ready to join greats yet
Peyton Manning, it has been suggested recently, is the best quarterback in NFL history.

Rick Gosselin's Super Bowl grades – Saints

Rick Gosselin's Super Bowl grades – Colts

SMU's Thomas Morstead helps Saints win with clutch kick
A picture of Frank Gansz Sr. was taped to Thomas Morstead's locker Sunday after New Orleans' 31-17 win against Indianapolis in Super Bowl XLIV. It's been with him the whole season.

Cowboys have NFC's toughest road to Super Bowl next season
It might be 2010 Super Bowl week in Miami, but many Dallas fans have their sights set on the 2011 Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium. But if the hometown Cowboys are going to go to the big game in their own city, they'll face the toughest road in the conference to get there.

Blog: Dallas Cowboys

Las Vegas likes Dallas Cowboys' chances to win 2011 Super Bowl
The Dallas Cowboys are the third-biggest favorite to win Super Bowl 2011, according to Las Vegas sportsbooks.

Writer: Cowboys will play Jets in 2011 Super Bowl
Gary Myers of the New York Daily News thinks the Dallas Cowboys will face the New York Jets in the 2011 Super Bowl hosted at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

We're on the clock: How Dallas will prep for Super Bowl

Tracy Porter of the New Orleans Saints returns an interception for a touchdown.

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Odds: Cowboys a 2011 Super Bowl favorite

Schedule: Cowboys' road brutal

2011 Super Bowl: Jets vs. Cowboys?

Best, worst ads

Columnists: Taylor on Peyton | Cowlishaw on Payton

Dallas-area players: SMU's Morstead | Southlake Carroll's Hartley | Garland's Colts

How Cowboys rank in Super Bowl win pct

How Saints should thank Cowboys

Box score | Photos

Good omen for Cowboys: Playing both Super Bowl participants
For the first time since 1995, the Cowboys will play the previous season's Super Bowl participants when they travel to Indianapolis and host New Orleans in 2010.

CBS News host pays homage to TCU
Fort Worth's Bob Schieffer paid homage to his beloved TCU Horned Frogs on the Super Bowl edition of Face The Nation.

Emmitt Smith flips out at Super Bowl
The NFL flew in the Hall of Fame Class of 2010 for the ceremonial coin toss at the Super Bowl. And former Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith became the ceremonial captain of his class when referee Scott Green asked him to flip the coin.

Cowboys get some credit for Saints Super Bowl victory
CBS analyst Phil Simms offered an early shout out to the Cowboys, who can take solace that they beat the Super Bowl champion Saints in December.

Assessing the Super Bowl ads

Another year, another procession of beer-stoked lunacy, talking babies and screaming chickens. Read what media critic Tom Maurstad has to say about Super Bowl XLIV's offering of commercials.

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Read what media critic Tom Maurstad has to say about Super Bowl XLIV's offering of commercials.
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Saints wins Super Bowl XLIV, 31-17

A fantastic tale of two Garland Naaman Forest kids ends without Super Bowl win
In the deathly quiet Indianapolis locker room Sunday night, Melvin Bullitt softly delivered a message to secondary partner and longtime friend Jacob Lacey.

Notebook: Southlake Carroll's Garrett Hartley a Super Bowl legend
New Orleans' Garrett Hartley became the first player in Super Bowl history to make three field goals from 40 or more yards.

How Cowboys rank in Super Bowl win percentage
How the Dallas Cowboys rank in Super Bowl winning percentage.

02/07/2010

Saints alive: New Orleans wins Super Bowl XLIV, 31-17

Sean Payton's kickoff risk pays off in Saints' win
Sean Payton feels as though he has been rolling the dice ever since he left the Cowboys' staff for New Orleans four years ago. No reason to stop Sunday night just because he was losing at halftime of the Super Bowl, writes Tim Cowlishaw.

Super Bowl Champions

02/06/2010

Colts' Manning has work to do to reach top of all-time QB list

Rick Gosselin ranks Colts quarterback Peyton Manning eighth on his all-time list.

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There seemed to be a movement in the last week during all the Super Bowl hoopla to coronate the Colts' Peyton Manning as the greatest quarterback of all time. Slow down a second, writes Rick Gosselin.

A slight edge for Colts
They carry with them the hopes of a city that nearly died and a region that remains a long way from full recovery. They wear the trademark of a franchise that has known mostly suffering and humiliation, not the celebration of a championship season.

Manning, Saints' defensive coordinator set to resume long-running rivalry
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The competition between Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning and New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams resumed a week ago. Williams tossed out the line that his defense would deliver "remember me" hits on Manning.

If Brees is under pressure, he can turn to TE Thomas
The Minnesota Vikings got to Drew Brees just once in the NFC title game, but the New Orleans quarterback felt the heat around him.

Colts' Mathis has emerged from Freeney's pass rushing shadow
The focus all week has been on Colts Pro Bowl pass rusher Dwight Freeney and his bum right ankle.

Rick Gosselin breaks down Super Bowl XLIV

Super Bowl picks: SportsDay and The Ticket
Super Bowl XLIV predictions from members of SportsDay and The Ticket

Charles Haley misses out on Hall, but he's making progress
Charles Haley took an important first step in the Hall of Fame process Saturday, writes Rick Gosselin. He was discussed.

Charles Haley, Tim Brown miss out

Cowboys in Hall of Fame game after Emmitt's induction?

Jones can't wait for XLV

Fans' vote had Haley and Ed Jones in Hall

Irvin quiet about civil suit, ESPN firing

Jones hasn't spoken to Deon Anderson, arrested last week

More Cowboys update

Voters pass over Charles Haley, Woodrow Wilson's Tim Brown
As the Cowboys offense of the 1990s received another honor, the defense was snubbed.

02/05/2010

Depth charged: Saints' deep corps of wideouts a Super threat

Marques Colston (right) led the Saints in receiving in 2009.

The NFC champion New Orleans Saints do not have a Pro Bowl receiver, such as the Colts' Reggie Waye. But the strength of the Saints on the flank is their numbers, writes Rick Gosselin.

Horn: Record viewership for Super Bowl?

Chat replay: Gosselin on Hall of Fame, Super Bowl

Hall arrivals-to-be Emmitt Smith, Rice were in it for long haul

The NFL's all-time leading rusher and receiver: Emmitt Smith (left) and Jerry Rice.

If there were separate tiers within the structure of the Hall of Fame, Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice would be headed for the highest level, writes Tim Cowlishaw.

Emmitt trusted talent

Favorite memories: Some surprises

Video: Emmitt on the Hall

Gosselin: Emmitt rare

Hometown hero

Photos: Emmitt in Miami | Career

Interactive Emmitt

Hall of Fame Cowboys

Stats | Breaking the record

02/06/2010

Super Bowl is no longer super dull
Queen Latifah, hip-hop royalty and part-time football expert, will perform "America the Beautiful" before Sunday's Super Bowl. She will have a rooting interest in the game.

Goodell: NFL Lockout must be avoided
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell insisted Friday that the league is not determined to lock out the players when the current labor agreement expires in March 2011.

02/05/2010

Hot air: Record number seen as possibility for Super Bowl
Anyone who has been paying attention knows this has been a boffo season for NFL ratings and viewership on all networks. CBS is feeling so good about Sunday's Colts-Saints Super Bowl that one of its executives made a rare public prediction this week.

02/06/2010

Super Bowl XLIV notebook

02/05/2010

DMN staff picks (2/5)

Live chat: Rick Gosselin answers your Super Bowl and Hall of Fame questions
Rick Gosselin, Pro Football Hall of Fame writer for the Dallas Morning News, answers your questions about the Super Bowl, Cowboys and Hall of Fame from South Florida at 11 a.m.

02/04/2010

Why ex-Cowboy Emmitt Smith is a rare Hall of Famer

On this Oct. 27, 2002 carry against the Seattle Seahawks, Emmitt Smith became the NFL's all-time leading rusher.

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Rick Gosselin writes that few players are worthy of first-ballot election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Emmitt Smith is.

Emmitt: Hometown hero

Interactive Emmitt

Photos: Emmitt | Haley

Hall of Fame Cowboys

Explore Ring of Honor

Stats | Breaking rushing record

Haley's Hall odds?

Aikman pulling for Haley

Emmitt: A shame if Haley not in Hall

02/05/2010

All-time NFL rushing leader Emmitt Smith built confidence by trusting in his talents
As former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith awaits a call Saturday that would confirm he’s bound for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he reflects on how he gained confidence in his abilities by going against older, bigger players as a child.

Emmitt Smith's favorite memories
As the NFL's all-time rushing leader awaits word on his candidacy for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he relates the memories that stand out the most for him.

02/04/2010

Saints' Sean Payton listened, learned as Cowboys assistant under Parcells
A New Orleans Saints victory Sunday over Indianapolis would make coach Sean Payton the third former Bill Parcells assistant to win a Super Bowl since 2001.

Saints, Colts consider fourth quarter to be their 15 minutes
The last two Super Bowls have been decided in the fourth quarter. If Sunday's game follows tha pattern, the advantage will go to ...

Canton-bound Emmitt Smith continues to make Pensacola proud
Emmitt Smith is a product of his Pensacola, Fla., roots. When he goes into the Hall of Fame, a piece of Pensacola goes with him.

Super Bowl XLIV notebook

NFLPA executive director says lockout likely in 2011 season
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith says the chance of a lockout after next season is a "14" on a scale of 1-to-10.

02/03/2010

Saints' Ayodele won't take no for an answer

Saints defensive lineman Remi Ayodele celebrates a hit on Vikings quarterback Brett Favre during the NFC Championship Game.

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"I've made a career coaching guys nobody wanted," says New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. Add tackle Remi Ayodele of South Grand Prairie, who was released eight times in his first three pro seasons (four times by the Cowboys), to the list.

Chat replay: Taylor

Gosselin: Colts need special teams to be just that

Video: Archer, Cowlishaw from Super Bowl

Video: Archer, Daryl Johnston from Super Bowl

XLIV preview

XLIV matchup

Colts will need special teams to be just that vs. Saints
Aaron Francisco made the cover of the NFL Record and Fact Book , the football bible for the 2009 season.

Why Manning-Brees matchup could surpass Bradshaw-Staubach
The defenses aren’t geared to stop Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts and Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints, so look for one of the all-time Super Bowl shootouts Sunday.

Super Bowl XLIV notebook

Dallas native Tim Brown's road to Hall of Fame candidacy 'the hard way'
Tim Brown played for an owner who instructed quarterbacks not to throw the ball his way. As for the number of quarterbacks who did throw him the ball, well, how many singers audition for American Idol and never make the show?

After Rice, wideouts' Hall bids might not be well received
Wideouts' bids might not be well received

Super Bowl host city gets game, not necessarily the attention
Miami Gardens has much in common with Arlington when it comes to sports. And both are also overshadowed by their bigger neighbors.

Link: North Texas hosting committee

Dozens of D-FW area officials head to Super Bowl

More Super Bowl news

02/02/2010

Cowlishaw: Interest in Pro Bowl from viewers, not players
There were at least 33 reasons to make fun of Sunday's Pro Bowl. Right up until the game kickoff on ESPN, anyway, writes .

03/01/2009

NFL blog: Live chat: Rick Gosselin answers your questions about the Super Bowl and the Pro Football HOF

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Quarterback Matthew Stafford, a former Highland Park standout, was one of 330 players evaluated at the NFL combine last month.

There's no such thing as an off-season for the NFL. Rick Gosselin keeps you updated on the latest developments – and gets you prepared for the draft – on our NFL blog.

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