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Oklahoma State Seeks to Erase Ghosts of Past Bedlams

Don't look now but here comes another chance for Oklahoma State. Another big-game situation for the Cowboys to erase 100-plus years of botched opportunities and a chance to free the tortured souls of Jerry Cramer, Chris Rockins and Brent Parker. Saturday night at Boone Pickens Stadium, the 10th-ranked Cowboys (10-1)...

Jerry Jones Needs to Fire Himself

Sorry, LeBron James and NFL fans everywhere. It doesn't matter that Wade Phillips cleaned out his office Monday so Jason Garrett could move in. The Cowboys could have hired Jason Kidd or Jason Alexander or Jason Voorhees of "Friday the 13th" fame. As long as Jerry Jones is in charge, Dallas is destined to be a recurring...

Seasons Not Over for Cowboys, Chargers

When FOX and "the worldwide leader in sports'' promote the Dallas-Minnesota game by proclaiming the loser would be doomed, we must believe it. So the Cowboys are doomed. Well, not necessarily. Let's take a closer look at three of the NFL's "failing" teams, as well as one that was failing until it won big on Sunday. In...

Jerry Jones Should Wait No More: Time to Can Wade Phillips

Henry Kissinger once said, "Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately." Jerry Jones, who fancies himself the world's leading football diplomat, needs to listen. He is going to fire Wade Phillips. You know it, I know it, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton know it after Chicago beat Dallas on Sunday. So why...

Dallas Cowboys at 50: Selecting America's All-Time Team

"America's Team'' turns 50 this year. Face it, Steelers fans and Packers fans and Raiders fans and fans of all the other teams with national followings: the Dallas Cowboys ARE America's Team because, while it can't be quantified, more people follow them than any other team in any other sport. They follow them to love...

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05/22/12 Bixby's Special Olympic Participants Receive... Source: GTR News Online - Tulsa OK Bixby athletes competing in Special Olympics Oklahoma did not have to wonder if their community cares about them when they headed for Special Olympics competition in Stillwater.
05/13/12 Florida State Football: Can the Seminoles Win the Big... Source: Bleacher Report And here comes the Seminoles' kick in the groin.
05/09/12 UPDATE: Special Olympics Summer Games kick off in... Source: Stillwater NewsPress - Stillwater OK Special Olympics Summer Games, with most events held at Oklahoma State University, are in Stillwater through Friday.
05/08/12 Special Olympics' 40-year hold on Barry Switzer Source: The Oklahoman - Oklahoma City OK On Wednesday Barry Switzer will celebrate his 40-year affiliation with Oklahoma Special Olympics.
05/03/12 WVU athletics: Go southwest young man Source: The Times Leader - Martins Ferry OH If the Mountaineers were looking to make an early impression on their future Big 12 brethren, Dana Holgorsen's ball club achieved all that and more the evening of Jan. 4.

Background on barry switzer

Barry Switzer (born October 5, 1937) is a former football coach, active in the college and professional ranks between 1962 and 1997. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is one of only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl (the other being a rival college head coach Jimmy Johnson.)

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