| 04/12/2001 Aikman to join Fox on Monday Past their prime time days IRVING For years, the Cowboys have had a star-studded roster that made them one of the NFL's glamour teams and ensured Dallas a bevy of nationally televised games. NFL draft preview: Running backs College ties give Browns an edge Jimmy Johnson arrived in the NFL fresh off the University of Miami campus. He may not have known the pro game, but he certainly knew the players. Now that edge belongs to Butch Davis, who returns to the NFL after six years at the University of Miami. Davis was hired as head coach of the Cleveland Browns and brings with him a vault of knowledge on college players. 04/11/2001 Towering praise IRVING Owner Jerry Jones has thought long and hard about the best way to permanently honor former Cowboys coach Tom Landry, who died 14 months ago. NFL Draft preview: Cornerbacks Announcement of Fox-Aikman deal delayed Fox's announcement that it has hired Troy Aikman to work as an NFL analyst has been delayed and now may not come until next week. 04/10/2001 A winner walks IRVING In an emotional soliloquy that lasted nearly an hour, Troy Aikman, who guided the Cowboys to an unprecedented three Super Bowl championships in four seasons, announced his retirement Monday. On top of her cursework TEMPE, Ariz. Network executives and World Wrestling Federation officials swear by this Arizona student. But if they do, she will most assuredly bleep them out. Gosselin: Lost cause was Aikman at his best IRVING - Twenty-five years from now, they'll talk of Troy Aikman as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. And no one will be quite sure why. Teammates hit hard by retirement IRVING Darren Woodson stood reverently in the back of the room and watched the end of an era. Although quarterback Troy Aikman had been released weeks ago, Monday's retirement announcement made it all hit home for the veteran Cowboys safety. Aikman notebook Sherrington: It was tough to say goodbye IRVING In a filibuster that would have put William Jennings Bryan to shame, or Julia Roberts, Troy Aikman was as patient and prepared Monday as he ever was on a football field, checking off receivers one-by-one. Next stop: Fox booth as analyst Troy Aikman may be introduced as a Fox Sports NFL analyst as early as Tuesday, industry sources confirmed in the wake of Aikman's announcement on Monday that his playing days are over. Horn: Tiger's coattail provides CBS a smooth ride Computer gremlins delayed the inevitable good-news Nielsen numbers from the final round of the Masters for CBS-TV on Monday. 04/09/2001 Cowlishaw: Aikman will be remembered as a champion IRVING - Jack Nicklaus missed the cut at the Masters on Friday, and 20 years from now, no one will care. They will only remember his six green jackets. Aikman: 'My time has come' IRVING -- Troy Aikman announced his retirement from football Monday, sayinhis "time has come" to leave the game. Aikman described his Cowboys career as "12 of the best years of my life." The Morning Line In the day of the $9,000 at-bat, escalating seat prices and falling economic confidence, taking in sports for non-corporate-ticketed patrons should have that super-sizing-a-meal feel. 04/08/2001 Harasta: Former Cowboys corner applies Landry's lessons Aaron Kyle spends his days close to the Hall of Fame. It's not the one for football in Canton, Ohio, but the one in Colorado Springs, Colo. home of U.S. Olympic greats. 04/06/2001 Hawthorne signs with Cowboys Cowboys catch Pickens after all IRVING - Free agent recevier Carl Pickens has agreed to terms on a one-year
deal worth $500,000 to play for the Cowboys, his agent said. |