You can get a good sense of which teams are legit title contenders based on how many things they need to go right to win it all. The fewest questions, the best chance. At Alabama, it all starts with QB Mac Jones.
Who starts in goal for the Rangers? Might Vegas have a home-ice advantage? Here are the biggest lingering concerns for each club.
A couple of football issues with training camp at The Star for the Cowboys: The Texas heat and only one grass practice field at The Star. Practices could be held early in the morning or early in the evening to keep the players out of the heat but the grass field could get worn out quickly. With a hotel next to The Star, accommodations should not be a problem.
The Cowboys will not be heading to Oxnard, California, for training camp this summer with the league directing teams to remain at their own facilities because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to multiple sources. Last week coach Mike McCarthy said the staff was planning separate camp schedules for practices at The Star in Frisco, Texas, as well as Oxnard. Since 2012, the Cowboys have held camp in Oxnard. The league has not made a determination on when training camps will open.
If you took the NFL's best players, sorted them by college conference and built the best lineups, which one would reign supreme? We're about to find out.
Dallas added a quarterback who brings legitimate insurance to the position. Here's a two-part analysis of the Cowboys, beginning with offense.
The Cowboys and their quarterback are locked in the highest-stakes game of chicken in NFL history.
The news of the playoff format sparked optimism last week. Here's the latest on the remaining hurdles the league must clear to get back on the ice.
Curtis Cokes, the Hall of Fame welterweight who became Dallas' first world champion in 1966, died Friday. He was 82.
Still wanting to make an impact outside of football, the five-time Pro Bowler talks about his foundation's initiatives as well as life beyond The Star.
Aldon Smith has not played in an NFL game since Nov. 10, 2015, with the Raiders, but the Cowboys defensive end does not believe his absence will impact his ability to rush the passer in his 2020 return.
Here's everything you need to know about where your favorite team will be picking and the prospects it should be looking at in this year's unique draft.
While much uncertainty remains as to whether play can actually resume, there are five specific ways the league can maximize the fun should a playoff tournament happen.
Gerrit Cole on the O's? Cody Bellinger in Houston? We look back at the past decade to assess where teams went wrong and which players they should have taken instead.
With multiple return-to-play proposals on the table, Brian Windhorst, Jackie MacMullan and Tim MacMahon discuss the feasibility of these options, as well as the NBA's real motivations behind each plan. Plus, the crew identifies the teams who could benefit the most from this extended layoff (33:50).
Georgetown guard Mac McClung, arguably the top available transfer, announced his commitment to Texas Tech on Wednesday. McClung is expected to request a waiver to play immediately next season.
As if meshing with a new team and coaching staff isn't challenging enough normally, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said doing so amid the coronavirus pandemic has given him a lesson in patience and the importance of keeping things in perspective.
Mike McCarthy did not want to say the Cowboys are behind because of the virtual offseason program, "but I think it's obvious to think if we started April 6, like we normally would as a first-year program, we would be in a different spot than we are here today,” McCarthy said. He said the coaches have been creative and the players responsive. “I think it leans toward the veteran experience of our football team that we able to get this much work done,” he said.
Mike McCarthy is not getting caught up in the Dak Prescott negotiations. Prescott has yet to sign the $31.4 million exclusive franchise tag in hopes of landing a multi-year contract by July 15 and has not taken part in the voluntary meetings. “He's involved in a business situation and I have full confidence that he'll be ready to go,” McCarthy said. “There has been communication. I mean this is the way these business situations go sometimes. You respect that.”
Mike McCarthy has been at his home in Green Bay since the coronavirus pandemic hit, working the offseason program through virtual meetings with players and coaches. “I am anxiously preparing, frankly, to get back to Frisco as soon as possible,” McCarthy said in a conference call Wednesday. “It's time for me to get back.” Coaches are not yet allowed back in team facilities, but McCarthy has a place not far from The Star where he will live during the season.
It might be 11 months away, but Todd McShay already has his preliminary top-32 prospect rankings for the 2021 draft, including three QBs in the top five.
From the origins of Appalachian State mascot Yosef to Florida's coach getting arrested in Cuba during the 1912 Bacardi Bowl, these are just a few of the hard-to-believe stories for college football's top teams.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 40 | 24 | .625 | - | W1 |
| Dallas | 40 | 27 | .597 | 1.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 32 | 33 | .492 | 8.5 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 28 | 36 | .438 | 12 | W2 |
| San Antonio | 27 | 36 | .429 | 12.5 | W1 |
