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Rangers GM: No Hamilton progress at meetings

Richard Durrett, ESPN.com

Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said he has not communicated with Josh Hamilton agent, Mike Moye, at the winter meetings.

David Moore / Reporter, dallasnews.com

Rick Gosselin / Columnist, dallasnews.com

The draft premium each April is on edge pass rushers. Most NFL defenses are built to pressure quarterbacks with speed. But the Cincinnati Bengals are the rare defense whose pressure starts inside out. The Bengals lead the NFL with 39 sacks, and the foca…

T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com

Jon Daniels expects to meet with Josh Hamilton's agent soon, but for now he's operating under the assumption that Hamilton is still testing the market.

SportsDayDFW sports, dallasnews.com

KCBI-FM (90.9 in Dallas) reports this afternoon that Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has committed $1 million over three years to the Miracle of the Million program. The donation was announced during a breakfast with Dr. Tony Evans, pastor of Oak Cliff Bi…

Richard Durrett, ESPN.com

The Rangers have officially added reliever Joakim Soria, signing the free agent to a two-year deal with a club option for 2015.

Tim MacMahon, ESPN.com

Dallas Mavericks center Chris Kaman, who spent the first eight years of his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers, believes his former team can go from "the worst possible franchise in the NBA and all of sports history" to one of the best.

T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com

For the second straight year, the Rangers will play an exhibition game against the Mexico City Red Devils. The game will be played at the Ballpark in Arlington at 7:05 p.m. CT on March 28.

Richard Durrett, ESPN.com

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington said he isn't sure what role veteran Michael Young will have next season.

Samer Kalaf, deadspin.com

Big man Eddy Curry has a lot of free time on his hands after playing only two games for the Dallas Mavericks this season before being released. Being a free agent has led Curry to devote more attention to Zoo High, his clothing company. Zoo High has bee…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Giants suffered a tough loss to the Redskins on Monday night. It left them one game up on the Cowboys and the Redskins in the race for the NFC East division and guaranteed that they won’t win more than three games in the division this season. They s…

Brandon George / Reporter, dallasnews.com

The Oakland Raiders announced Tuesday that they have signed running back/fullback Jamize Olawale from the Cowboys practice squad to their 53-man roster. Olawale went through training camp with the Cowboys after he signed with Dallas in May as an undraft…

Jon Machota / Special Contributo, dallasnews.com

Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan has said several times that the abundance of injuries on defense are not an excuse for poor play. It’s probably in his best interest to continue saying that because his boss doesn’t seem to think injuries should …

Brandon George / Reporter, dallasnews.com

ARLINGTON — Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday on KRLD-FM that he actually resorted to rooting for the rival Redskins on Monday night against the NFC East-leading Giants. The Redskins won, helping the Cowboys move to within a game of first place in …

ESPN.com

Oh, you want to know about tiebreaker scenarios and what happens if the New York Giants lose the next two and the Washington Redskins beat Baltimore, or what the Dallas Cowboys need to do to sneak into that wild-card picture? You see that the Giants hav…

Jon Machota / Special Contributo, dallasnews.com

Robotic is probably the word used most often to describe Jason Garrett’s demeanor when he answers questions at his daily press conferences. Garrett’s responses can be repetitive and without much detail, which at times can be interpreted as arrogance. …

Jon Machota / Special Contributo, dallasnews.com

Doug Free is certainly in the argument for most criticized Cowboys player this season. The right tackle has significantly underperformed, leading the league with 14 penalties and constantly struggling to keep pass rushers off of Tony Romo.

T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com

On May 8, a warm humid night at Camden Yards, Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton put on a hitting display that was one of the greatest in baseball history.