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01/06/2009

Rookie voter wants Raines in Baseball Hall of Fame's forecast

AP

Tim Raines is among the players eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame this season.

Last week, for the first time, columnist Tim Cowlishaw voted for the Hall of Fame. While Cowlishaw is confident his pick of Rickey Henderson will be inducted, he also makes a case for former Montreal Expos player Tim Raines to get in.
Blog: Texas Rangers
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01/04/2009

Tim Cowlishaw's top local performers for 2008 

LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN

The Dallas Cowboys didn't reach the playoffs, but linebacker DeMarcus Ware was a force, finishing the season with 20½ sacks.

Before we roll into 2009, let's say goodbye to a lousy 2008 season in local professional sports, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw. We offer our Dynamic Dozen, the top 12 performers from the four local clubs. For the second straight year, we have seven athletes repeating and five newcomers.
 Photos: Dynamic Dozen
 Blog: Tim Cowlishaw

12/24/2008

Unwrapping the annual college football bowl selections

MICHAEL AINSWORTH / DMN

Graham Harrell (6), Michael Crabtree (5) and the Texas Tech Red Raiders end their season in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.

Like chestnuts roasting on an open fire, columnist Tim Cowlishaw can't think of anything that says the holiday season is here quite like the 11th random college football bowl selections.
Schedule
Blog: Colleges
Blog: Cowlishaw

12/23/2008

Dallas Cowboys-Eagles time change fuels conspiracy theory

LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN

Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens has caught 10 touchdown passes this seasons.

Is the NFL doing everything in its power to get the Dallas Cowboys into the playoffs? Conspiracy theorists will tell you it's true, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw.
 Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Cowlishaw

12/20/2008

Dallas Cowboys' once-potent passing game continues to fade

LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN

Baltimore defenders Terrell Suggs (55) and Ray Lewis celebrate a sack of Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo.

The Ravens' 33-24 upset of the Dallas Cowboys had the Texas Stadium fans booing the final performance here, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw. It left the Cowboys with a 9-6 record and fading hopes of ending a 12-year playoff victory drought.
 Video: Postgame report
 Tell Us: Faith in Romo?
 Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Cowlishaw

12/14/2008

Dallas Cowboys' defense playing at January level with eight sacks 

VERNON BRYANT / Special to DMN

Dallas Cowboys defenders Greg Ellis (left) and DeMarcus Ware sandwich New York quarterback Eli Manning after a pass attempt.

Unleashing a pass rush against Eli Manning that we haven't seen around here in maybe 20 years, the Dallas Cowboys defense was dominant in its most important game of the season Sunday night, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw.
 Video: Postgame report
 Game photos
 Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Cowlishaw

Sean Avery's short stay will haunt Dallas Stars
Sean Avery has played his last game as a Dallas Star. If you consider that a good thing – and the players and coaches surely do – it does not signal an end to the problems that Avery represents, writes Tim Cowlishaw.
Blog: Dallas Stars

12/13/2008

Win today could yet again shift Dallas Cowboys' fortunes

JOHN F. RHODES / DMN

The last time the Giants played in Texas Stadium, Amani Toomer scored two touchdowns in New York's 21-17 playoff win.

At one time, it appeared tonight's game between the New York Giants and the Cowboys (7:15 p.m., Ch. 5) would be a battle for NFC East supremacy, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw. That's no longer the situation. Now it's just a test to see which team can overcome its drama queen wide receiver.
 Farewell to Texas Stadium
 Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Cowlishaw

Dallas Cowboys' Irving debut was the start of something big 
Tim Cowlishaw: When the Cowboys played their final game in the Cotton Bowl 37 years ago, there were no tributes in the newspapers to its passing. There was no great fanfare.

12/11/2008

Touting a Horn: Texas QB Colt McCoy deserves Heisman

TOM FOX / DMN

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy is in the running for the Heisman Trophy after completing 77.6 percent of his passes and throwing 32 touchdown passes.

If columnist Tim Cowlishaw has anything to say about it, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy will win the Heisman Trophy. Actually, Cowlishaw does have a say. And his vote is for McCoy in a year when Big 12 quarterbacks stood out.
• Statistics: Colt McCoy | Sam Bradford | Tim Tebow
Blogs: Colleges | Cowlishaw

12/07/2008

Dallas Cowboys' play makes it feel a lot like Decembers past 

TOM FOX / DMN

The Dallas Cowboys' Anthony Spencer (93), Leonard Davis (70) and Kevin Burnett (57) walk off the field after what could turn out to be another costly December loss.

It may have been closer to shirt-sleeve weather in Dallas on Sunday, but it looked and felt a lot like December at Heinz Field, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw. The temperature was 22, the wind chill was 8 and the Dallas Cowboys lost a football game (20-13 to the Steelers_. That's December.
 Videos: Postgame report | Motion Pictures
 Game photos
 Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Cowlishaw

12/06/2008

For Dallas Cowboys, it's gut-check time in Pittsburgh

AP

The Steelers' defense limited San Diego's LaDainian Tomlinson to 57 yards rushing in an 11-10 win three weeks ago.

If the Pittsburgh Steelers do as they are expected to do today, they will continue to lead the AFC North and maintain their position to get a first-round bye in the playoffs, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw. If that happens, the Dallas Cowboys will sink further in the NFC playoff chase.
 Blog: Dallas Cowboys

12/02/2008

NHL should have let Flames punish Dallas Stars' Avery
Sean Avery of the Dallas Stars called the media over to make a statement he wanted as many reporters as possible to hear. It's stupid. It's Avery. For however long he is gone, he won't be missed, writes Tim Cowlishaw.

11/30/2008

In with OU, but out with Big 12 tiebreaker

Reuters

Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford is flipped as he leaps for the goal line. Can the Sooners jump Texas in the BCS standings?

After watching Oklahoma's 61-41 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday night, Tim Cowlishaw writes that Sooners deserve to jump past Texas in the BCS rankings. He also writes that the Longhorns and their fans are getting hosed - not by the BCS but by the Big 12.
Tell us: South's best?
Blogs: Colleges | Cowlishaw

11/27/2008

Romo, Dallas Cowboys tune up for demanding stretch run 

JOHN F. RHODES / DMN

Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo completed 22 of 34 passes for 331 yards and three touchdowns in Thursday's win.

For the first time since his finger injury forced him to miss three games, Tony Romo looked like the real deal Thursday, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw. He led Dallas to 24 points on the team's first four possessions, and the Dallas Cowboys coasted past Seattle, 34-9.
 Videos: Postgame report
 Game photos
 Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Cowlishaw

11/25/2008

If Saints keep marching, Dallas Cowboys benefit

AP

New Orleans head coach Sean Payton, the former Dallas Cowboys assistant coach, can help his old team again.

The New Orleans Saints' return home to the Superdome on Monday, and their explosive victory over the Packers may be the best thing that has happened to the Dallas Cowboys since Tony Romo returned, writes columnist Tim Cowlishaw.
Video: DMN report
Blog: Dallas Cowboys

11/23/2008

Red-zone defense propels Dallas Cowboys 

JOHN F. RHODES / DMN

Linebacker DeMarcus Ware gets one of the Dallas Cowboys' four sacks in the game.

The Dallas Cowboys' defense came through with big plays in the red zone, and that will need to continue down the stretch if the team wants to remain in the playoff picture, writes DMN columnist Tim Cowlishaw.
 Videos: Postgame report | Motion Pictures
 Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Cowlishaw

11/22/2008

Win over OSU should give Sooners the nod
As dilemmas go, this really isn't much of one. The Oklahoma Sooners, with a performance for the ages Saturday night, made certain of that.

11/20/2008

NFL's credibility is on the line with bettors

AP

Steelers safety Troy Polamalu picks up a loose ball on a lateral attempt. Officials overruled Polamalu's apparent touchdown.

The biggest lie in sports was on display following Sunday's Pittsburgh-San Diego game, won by the Steelers, 11-10. Tim Cowlishaw writes that the score should have been 18-10, and the biggest lie is that the NFL wants in no way to be associated with gambling.
NFL: TD 'incorrectly reversed' (from post-gazette.com)
Bettors grumble (from post-gazette.com)
Blog: Tim Cowlishaw

11/14/2008

Playoff shutout is not out of the question for Dallas teams
Since the Dallas Stars arrived for the 1993-94 season, giving the Dallas-Fort Worth area teams in all four major sports, fans have never gone through a 12-month period without at least one team making the playoffs, writes columnist Tim Cowlishaw. Could this be the year?

11/13/2008

Dismantling Dallas Mavericks isn't the answer

LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant enjoyed his night against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, scoring 27 points.

The overall play against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday compels the Dallas Mavericks to try to make it work with this group of players or something close to this group, writes columnist Tim Cowlishaw. Those who look at the 2-5 record and say "blow it up" are supporting a cause that's unworkable.
Mavs-Bulls preview
Video: Mavericks report
Blog: Dallas Mavericks

11/08/2008

Texas Rangers should step up to plate for Manny

AP

Manny Ramirez hit .396 and drove in 53 runs in 53 games after joining the Dodgers last season.

While Texas Rangers fans would love for general manager Jon Daniels to be in on trade talks for Padres ace Jake Peavy, there's no way it's going to happen. That leaves only one way for the Rangers to make a big splash, writes Tim Cowlishaw. Why not take a run at Manny Ramirez?
 Tell Us: Make a run at Manny?
Blog: Tim Cowlishaw

11/06/2008

BCS system, not playoffs, is best for college football

MICHAEL AINSWORTH / DMN

Texas Tech fans will be happy with the BCS, if their Red Raiders reach the national championship game.

College football is different from every other sport in that it doesn't always provide a bow on a neatly tied package at the end of the year. Tim Cowlishaw writes that he will gladly sacrifice that in order to maintain the integrity of autumn Saturday afternoons and nights.
• BCS standings
• Weekend schedule
Blog: Colleges

11/05/2008

Turco, Dallas Stars slipping into black hole

JOHN F. RHODES / DMN

Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco (right) has been one of the reasons the team has given up 50 goals in 12 games.

This weekend, the Dallas Stars revisit Anaheim and San Jose, where they won important road playoff games to gain control of those series. If we just continue to see more of the same, then this team could be fading before it even moves into sight on the local scene, writes Tim Cowlishaw.
Blog: Dallas Stars

11/02/2008

Edwards closer in Chase with win at TMS

JOHN F. RHODES / DMN

Driver Carl Edwards backflips off his car to celebrate his win Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.

We have seen the trouble created by Carl Edwards' aggressive, gambling nature in the Chase, writes Tim Cowlishaw. On Sunday, he tried a gamble of a different sort. He backed off and coasted past the field to win the Dickies 500.