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Carter passes Bird on scoring list as Mavs roll

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Vince Carter scored 26 points to pass Larry Bird on the NBA's career scoring list, and the Dallas Mavericks headed into the All-Star break with a 123-100 victory against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Last month, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made it clear that coach Jason Garrett would no longer call the offensive plays.  Or so we thought. On Wednesday, Garrett made it clear that nothing is clear, and that Garrett may still call the plays. The bigger qu…

Matt Loede, cowboysgab.com

Stephen Jones said the team wants a long-term contract with quarterback Tony Romo because he’s the key piece to moving toward a championship, Calvin Watkins of ESPN Dallas reports. “Tony is a key piece of what we’re about going forward,” Jones sai…

Brandon George / Reporter, dallasnews.com

IRVING — The Cowboys have hired former Florida State linebacker Kendall Smith to be their new assistant strength and conditioning coach under Mike Woicik. Smith, 25, has spent the last two years working with Tom Shaw in Orlando, Fla., at the World Wide …

Jon Machota / Special Contributo, dallasnews.com

IRVING – Wednesday’s press conference was Jason Garrett’s first opportunity to show that he had a significant impact on the coaching changes that the Dallas Cowboys have made during the off-season. The perception heading into the presser was that Co…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Two high-profile drunk driving cases in the last two months have the Dallas Cowboys seeking assistance from Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Cowboys Executive V.P. Stephen Jones said team officials had “very educational” meetings with MADD recently. Cow…

SportsDayDFW sports, dallasnews.com

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Former Cowboys placekicker David Buehler has signed with the New York Giants. The team announced the move Wednesday. Lawrence Tynes is entering the final year of his contract with New York, and Buehler will provide some competiti…

CNNSI.com

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Every University of Miami baseball player underwent testing recently for performance-enhancing drugs, including human growth hormone, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

Rainer Sabin / Reporter, dallasnews.com

The last six weeks have been a bittersweet for tight end Jason Witten. Since the new year began, he received the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for his work in the community. But his team, the Dallas Cowboys, remained home for the third conse…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

For a few weeks now, it has been expected that the Cowboys would be taking the offensive play-calling responsibilities away from head coach Jason Garrett and handing them to offensive coordinator Bill Callahan. After an epic opening statement that seeme…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Troy Aikman is a Tony Romo fan. And Aikman wishes more NFL fans were Tony Romo fans. Aikman, the Hall of Fame former Cowboys quarterback, said on 105.3 The Fan that it’s frustrating that the average fan doesn’t recognize how good a quarterback the Cow…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Last year, the NFL stripped a total of $46 million in cap space from the Cowboys and Redskins because they treated the uncapped year of 2010 too literally.  With half of the penalty applying to 2012 and the other half to 2013, the situation is creating …

David Brown, yahoo.com

Slugger Josh Hamilton reported to Los Angeles Angels spring training Tuesday for the first time since coming over from the Texas Rangers via free agency. Hamilton and Albert Pujols in the same camp — in the same lineup! The power. When they met, it must…

CNNSI.com

After a poor start to 2012, Cam Newton rebounded to lead the Panthers to five wins in their last six games. Andrew Lawrence writes that Carolina needs to find him some help.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Chris Kaman wasn’t exactly enjoying an All-Star year for the Dallas Mavericks, and the team wasn’t playing exceptionally well when he went down with a concussion on Jan. 29. Still, the team would like its center back on the court as they make a desper…

Jonathan Bales, dallasnews.com

Jonathan Bales is a special contributor to SportsDayDFW.com. He’s the founder of The DC Times and writes for DallasCowboys.com and the New York Times. He’s also the author of 

grantland.com

The Mavs dropped to 22-29 after a crazy, last-second loss to Atlanta on Monday in Dallas, and they are in serious danger of missing the playoffs for t...