Capsules, Injury Reports and Advances
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August,
1996
8/31 ... Road
to the Super Bowl Still Goes Through Dallas
8/31 ... Just
Call Deion Sanders "Two-Way"
8/31 ... Kevin
Williams Rising in Importance
8/30 ... Cowboys
to Meet Their Makers This Year (Johnson, etc.)
8/30 ... Cowboys
Hardly Destructible This Time
8/29 ... Forget
Who's Missing; It's Troy's Time
8/29 ... Switzer:
An In-Depth Look at the Coach
8/29 ... Herschel
Walker Fits Again with the Cowboys
8/29 ... Emmitt:
"I Will Play Monday Night!"
8/28 ...
Switzer: Cowboys Still the Team to Beat
8/28 ... Cowboys
Getting Tight End from Tampa Bay
8/28 ... NFC
East Capsules
8/28 ... Annual
Kickoff Luncheon Had Its Moments
8/27 ... Aikman:
Cowboys Are a Humbled Team
8/27 ... Defending
Champions Still Have Questions to Answer
8/26 ... Dominique
Ross Heads List of Final Cowboy Cuts
8/25 ...
Cowboys Beat Oilers in Pre-Season Finale (three versions)
8/24 ... Texas
Bragging Rights On the Line in Florida
8/24 ... Cowboys
Concerned With Lack of Offense in Pre-Season
8/24 ... Cowboys
Sign Ex-Packer Safety George Teague
8/24 ... Chaos
Continues with the Cowboys
8/23 ... Cowboys,
Lean at Tight End, Look at Safety (DMN)
8/23 ... A
Tight Situation at Tight End
8/23 ... Another
NFC East Preview: Cowboys Have What it Takes
8/23 ... Novacek's
Future Still Uncertain
8/22 ... Painting
a Bleak Picture at Running Back
8/22 ... Irvin
Returns Vehicle, Still Sued for $1.4 Million
8/22 ... Deion
Acquitted of Injuring Guard
8/22 ... Emmitt's
Style of Running Lends Itself to Injuries
8/21 ... Bayless
Book a "Load of Stinking Garbage" Dumped on Aikman
8/21 ... Notes:
Aikman and the NFL; Martin's Special Consideration, etc.
8/21 ... Car
Dealers Association Sues Michael Irvin
8/20 ... Aikman
Happy to Have His "Blue Light Special" Again
8/20 ... Cowboys
Cut Hervey, Seven Others
8/20 ... Aikman
Taking on the NFL?
8/19 ... NFC
East Preview: Cowboys Ready for It to Start
8/19 ... Emmitt
Feeling Better, But Uncertain of Return
8/19 ... Cowboys
Cut 11; Sign Kelvin Martin (also DMN
version)
8/19 ... Emmitt
Out 2-4 Weeks with Sprained Knee Ligament
8/18 ... New
Book on Cowboys Blasted as "Voyeuristic Journalism"
8/18 ... Cowboys
Anxiously Await Word on Smith
8/18 ... Cowboys
Lose to Denver (and AP version)
8/18 ... Smith
Injury just Compounds Dallas' Problems (Fleming column)
8/17 ... Road
Back to Super Bowl Will Be Longer, Harder
8/16 ...
Cowboys Special Teams Are a "Hodgepodge"
8/16 ... For
Now, Deion's Only Starting Job Will Be on Offense
8/15 ... Tight
End Bjornson Has to Fill Some Mighty Big Shoes
8/14 ... Cowboys'
Performance Brings Out the Bad Adjectives
8/14 ... What
to Look for in 1996
8/14 ... Irvin
Informant Ends Up in the Slammer
8/14 ... Mark
Tuinei, Oronde Gadsden Out With Injuries
8/14 ... Cowboys
Just Wish They Had Some "Middle Class"
8/14 ... What
Emmitt Smith Has Accomplished
8/13 ... What!?
Lance Fleming Praising Jerry Jones!?
8/13 ... Emmitt Signing (Dallas
Morning News) and (NY Daily
News)
8/13 ... Emmitt
Signs $48 Million, 8-Year Deal
8/13 ... Cowboys
Look Bad Losing Another Preseason Game
8/13 ... Dallas
Loses to Patriots (Dallas Morning News)
8/13 ... Dallas
Loses to Patriots (Associated Press)
8/12 ... Cowboys
Stay Busy, Make Money This Pre-season
8/12 ... Patriots
Enter Cowboy Country Tonight
8/11 ... Johnston
May Have to Split Time Between Fullback, Tight End
8/11 ... Carver
Accepts His Six-Game Suspension
8/10 ... Jerry
Jones Willing to "Keep the Show on the Road"
8/9 ... Shante
Carver to Miss Six Games
8/9 ... Don't
Tell Cowboys Fans Scrimmage Didn't Mean Anything
8/9 ... Cowboys
Beat Oilers by 1 in Scrimmage (DMN version)
8/8 ... Coaches,
Players Say Irvin Provides a Spark
8/8 ... Scrimmage
with Houston to be a Big One, Man!
8/8 ... Michael
Irvin "Totally Happy" to be back at Camp
8/7 ... Cowboys
Played to Rave Reviews South of the Border
8/6 ... Chiefs
Trounce Cowboys in Pre-Season Game
8/5 ... Cowboys,
Chiefs Take NFL to Football-mad Northern Mexico
8/4 ... Injuries,
Depth Problems Catching up to Cowboys
8/3 ... Novacek's
Back Not Responding to Treatment
8/2 ... Cowboys
Struggling to Fill Holes
8/2 ... Ex-cop
Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kill Michael Irvin
8/2 ... Jerry Jones Signs Corporate
Deal with AT&T
8/1 ... Tony
Casillas Wants to Go Out on High Note
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