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Garrett: Cowboys no plans to trade CB Jenkins

Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett gives instructions during NFL football rookie camp at the team's training facility earlier this month in Irving.  Garret said there is  no plans to trade disgruntled cornerback Mike Jenkins, who has not been at the Cowboys' OTA's this week.

IRVING — Cornerback Mike Jenkins has been the notable absence for the Dallas Cowboys throughout offseason workouts and into this first week of organized team activities. Jenkins has remained home in Florida while rehabilitating from...... Full story

NFL wins salary cap fight with Redskins, Cowboys

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones leaves an owners meeting Tuesday in Atlanta.

ATLANTA — An arbitrator upheld the NFL's salary cap reductions on the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins for this season and next. Stephen Burbank ruled Tuesday in favor of the league and dismissed the grievances by both teams. The...... Full story

Jones: Cowboys followed rules before cap reduction

Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones watches during NFL football rookie camp at the team's training facility Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Irving.

GRAPEVINE — Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said his team filed "a real good brief" in its challenge of a $10 million salary cap reduction by the NFL, and followed the rules before being penalized. A hearing is set Thursday before arbitrator...... Full story

Cowboys sign 6 linemen, UNT rushing leader

North Texas running back Lance Dunbar (5) battles Alabama  defensive back Will Lowery (29) for the ball in the second half of an NCAA college football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Alabama won 41-0.

IRVING — Six offensive linemen headlined by Memphis guard Ronald Leary and North Texas rushing leader Lance Dunbar are among 21 undrafted free agents signed by the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys announced the signings Monday, two days after...... Full story

Cowboys go defense in NFL draft

Air Force's Asher Clark (17) makes a reception against the defense of Boise State's Tyrone Crawford (40) during their game last year in Boise, Idaho.

IRVING — The Dallas Cowboys certainly took care of defensive coordinator Rob Ryan in this year's draft. It was so good for Ryan that midway through the final day of the draft Saturday he was heard in the hallway at Valley Ranch laughing while...... Full story

Cowboys get DE Tyrone Crawford in 3rd round

IRVINg — After a long wait to make their second pick of the NFL draft, the Dallas Cowboys kept their focus on the defense. The Cowboys got Boise State defensive end Tyrone Crawford with the 81st overall pick in the third round. It was their...... Full story

NFL draft gets its 2nd-highest television audience

NEW YORK — The first round of the NFL draft averaged 6.66 million viewers on ESPN, up 11 percent from last year and the second-highest audience since 7.29 million tuned in two years ago. ESPN said Friday it had a 5.1 fast national rating,...... Full story

Cowboys trade up to select Claiborne

LSU's Morris Claiborne (17) returns a punt for a touchdown against West Virginia during their game last year in Morgantown, W. Va. The Cowboys traded up to select Claiborne with the sixth pick on Thursday in the NFL draft.

IRVING — The surprise for LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne wasn't that he got picked sixth overall in the NFL draft. It was when he got a call from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Claiborne said that he had never spoken to Cowboys executives...... Full story

AP sources: Suspending Pro Bowl an option

Fans hang signs asking to Pro Bowl to remain in Hawaii before the start of the game earlier this year in Honolulu.

NEW YORK — Have NFL fans seen the last of the Pro Bowl? The game could be suspended next year, two people familiar with discussions said Thursday. Commissioner Roger Goodell, among others, expressed concerns about the quality of play after...... Full story

Jones: Salary cap penalty hasn’t kept Cowboys from making moves

Jerry Jones, owner and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, gives a thumbs up before an NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011,  in East Rutherford, N.J.

IRVING — Jerry Jones says the Dallas Cowboys have been able to do everything they wanted to do this offseason despite the NFL reducing their salary cap. The NFL took away $10 million in cap space from the Cowboys and $36 million from the...... Full story

Romo still feels like he's getting better

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo walks off the field following their loss to the Giants last season in East Rutherford, N.J.

IRVING — Tony Romo still wakes up thinking about how he can get better at football, not if he is running out of chances with the Dallas Cowboys. The quarterback and first-time father also gets a smile on his face being around his newborn son...... Full story

Cowboys should get defensive in NFL draft

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones addresses a news conference last year in Arlington.

IRVING — The Dallas Cowboys addressed some pressing needs during a flurry of free-agent signings They added two veteran offensive linemen who are expected to be starters, got a proven backup for quarterback Tony Romo, a starting cornerback, a...... Full story

Deion Sanders' estranged wife denies attacking him

In a May 12, 2008  photo Deion Sanders and Pilar Sanders attend the NBC Universal Experience at Rockefeller Center in New York. An inmate listing on Collin County, Texas,  website early Tuesday April 24, 2012, shows that Pilar Sanders was arrested Monday and booked into the county jail on the family violence charge.

McKINNEY — Deion Sanders' estranged wife denied Tuesday that she attacked her husband at their home and said she's not getting a fair shake because of her husband's stature in the community as a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys....... Full story

Cowboys will spend a lot of time at home late

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo looks for a receiver during the first quarter of an NFL game against the New York Giants Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J.

IRVING — The Dallas Cowboys will play five games at Cowboys Stadium in a span of six weeks before its regular-season finale at Washington, but four road games in five weeks before that. The Cowboys already knew they were playing in the NFL's...... Full story

Ryan Leaf formally charged with 4 felonies

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf appears in 2010 in Holter Lake, Mont.

HELENA, Mont. — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been formally charged with four felonies on accusations that he broke into an acquaintance's home to steal prescription painkillers, then robbed a second home two days after being released...... Full story

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