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Cowboys Rescue Horse From Drain With Manure [VIDEO]

Feb 23rd 2011 – 9:53AM

Sometimes a happy ending and a crappy ending are the same thing. When five cowboys in Memphis for a roping competition saw a horse stuck in a storm drain on Beale Street, they snapped into action with some Western smarts, using manure as a lubricant to free the animal. "We didn't actually pick him up," Philip Murrah of...

Getting In a Workout With Miles Austin

By Tom LorenzoFeb 2nd 2011 – 3:15PM

NEW YORK -- Let's be honest, I have what you would call a "writer's physique." So when I got the chance to work out with Miles Austin, a Pro Bowl wideout for the Dallas Cowboys and occasional cover model for men's fitness magazines, naturally, I felt I could hold my own. On Tuesday afternoon I was asked by the fine folks...

Cops: Drunken Cowboys Arrested on Horse and Mule

By Ben MuessigJan 13th 2011 – 9:37AM

You can lead a horseback-riding cowboy to a watering hole, but you can't make him drink responsibly. Police in Austin, Texas, arrested two men on charges of drunken driving after they allegedly blocked traffic on East Sixth Street while riding a horse and a mule. Jose Rios, 33, and Samuel Olivo Jr., 48, were nabbed after...

Lions vs. Cowboys Preview, Score and More

By David ElfinNov 19th 2010 – 2:40PM

There's a newfound positive attitude in Dallas after the Cowboys ended a 5-game slide in interim coach Jason Garrett's debut and stunned the NFC East-leading Giants 33-20 last Sunday at New York thanks to a series of big plays, none bigger than the 101-yard interception return touchdown by rookie cornerback Bryan McCann...

Tony Romo's Injury Leaves Cowboys Down, Likely Out

Oct 26th 2010 – 6:55AM
Tony Gutierrez, AP

Tony Gutierrez, AP

Oct. 26 -- You show up 1-4 seeking a revival, and your franchise quarterback winds up sprawled on the turf with a fractured clavicle. It sucked the air out of the Cowboys. It deflated Cowboys Stadium. You could feel it, the nearly 92,000 people here collectively groan. Giants linebacker Michael Boley heard the first...

Background on cowboys

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks.

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