16 Results for dallas cowboys

Why Fitzgerald couldn't be stopped

Alan Grant, ESPN The Magazine

The Steelers did everything right, but in the end they couldn't stop Larry Fitzgerald.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | February 02, 2009

Stopping Fitzgerald is a matter of timing

Alan Grant, ESPN The Magazine

The best way to stop the NFL's best receiver? Attack his quarterback.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | January 23, 2009

NFL Poindexter: What Is Love?

Alan Grant

Like Foreigner's Mick Jones, I want to know what love is. And this week I want to know how that love is manifested in sport—especially football....

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2008

BOWL OF CONFUSION

Alan Grant

...perhaps because of it, he is still annoyed with last year's vote, which sent 13 Dallas Cowboys to Honolulu. Thirteen! "Come on man," says Lucas. "When you have that many people in the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2008

OFFICE POLITICS

Alan Grant

[Author's Note: Talking politics can be a slippery slope. As a former athlete who just happens to be an outspoken black man, the terrain can be even m...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: YOU WANT THE ROCK?

Alan Grant

So Terrell Owens wants the rock. After the Cowboys' loss to the Redskins last Sunday, Owens was upset with having caught just seven balls. How many...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: ART IS EVERYWHERE

Alan Grant

A few minutes into the second quarter in their win over Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia Eagles defense raised the level of their game. On first down, Ste...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: TEARS FOR FEARS

Alan Grant

Vince Young speaking to a team therapist? Big, strong, virile NFL players on anti-depressants? Tears? It doesn't surprise me. At different points in m...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 19, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: THE LINGERING DOUBT

Alan Grant

In 1994, the Cincinnati Bengals special teams coach was a guy named Marv Braden. Like most special teams coaches, he was colorful and naturally high-s...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2008

Lucky Ones

Alan Grant, Special to Page 2

Jake Plummer and Bill Cowher have had luck on their side to reach the AFC Championship game, notes Alan Grant.

Story | Conversation | January 20, 2006

The best candidate is Condoleeza

Alan Grant, Special to Page 2

When Paul Tagliabue ends his tenure, the next NFL commissioner should be Condoleeza Rice -- she can definitely handle it.

Story | Conversation | May 12, 2004

Davis deserves it

Alan Grant

TD should get the call to the Hall. If he doesn't belong, Elway doesn't either.

Story | Conversation | August 23, 2002

Can T.O. change like Keyshawn?

Alan Grant, Special to Page 2

Keyshawn Johnson was able to redeem himself in Dallas. Alan Grant hopes Terrell Owens can do the same.

Story | Conversation | March 27, 2006

Rock of ages

Alan Grant

...fourth quarter, Rice beat Cowboys CB Terence Newman off the line, then exploded straight up the seam and caught a laser from Matt Hasselbeck, cradling the ball just as Dallas SS Roy Williams tried...

ESPN Insider Story | December 29, 2004

For the love of the game

Alan Grant, Special to Page 2

Page 2's Alan Grant went to see Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice -- and he knows why they're still playing.

Story | Conversation | October 17, 2003