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Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott runs a conditioning exercise at NFL football training camp, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Oxnard, Calif. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)
Cowboys' Elliott sees high stakes amid questions over future

By Schuyler Dixon Aug. 06, 2022 03:21 PM EDT

FILE - Then-New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey speaks during a news conference in Trenton, N.J., on Dec. 7, 2005. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has chosen former New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey to hear the appeal of the six-game suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. Watson was suspended this week by independent disciplinary officer. The league, which had been pushing for an indefinite suspension, wanted further discipline and appealed Robinson's ruling on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
Union files brief replying to NFL’s appeal in Watson case

By Rob Maaddi Aug. 05, 2022 06:24 PM EDT

FILE - Then-New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey speaks during a news conference in Trenton, N.J., on Dec. 7, 2005. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has chosen former New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey to hear the appeal of the six-game suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. Watson was suspended this week by independent disciplinary officer. The league, which had been pushing for an indefinite suspension, wanted further discipline and appealed Robinson's ruling on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
Former attorney general to hear appeal of Watson suspension

By Tom Withers Aug. 04, 2022 04:25 PM EDT

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 5-11

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) celebrates after a play as defensive end Tarell Basham (93) looks on on opening day of NFL football training camp, Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Oxnard, Calif. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)
Prescott presses reset again for Super Bowl-starved Cowboys

By Schuyler Dixon Aug. 01, 2022 01:37 PM EDT

FILE - Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson arrives at NFL football practice Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Houston. The NFL suspended Watson for six games on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022 for violating its personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas, two people familiar with the decision said. (AP Photo/Justin Rex, FIle)
Notable suspensions under NFL’s personal conduct policy

By The Associated Press Aug. 01, 2022 09:50 AM EDT

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley runs a drill during training camp at the NFL football team's practice facility, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Barkley believes the potential is there for another big year

By Tom Canavan Jul. 28, 2022 05:25 PM EDT

FILE - Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Carson, Calif. The Houston Texans had been told that their former quarterback Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during massage sessions, but instead of trying to stop him, the team provided him with resources to enable his actions and “turned a blind eye” to his behavior, according to a lawsuit filed Monday, June 27, 2022. Watson, who was later traded to the Cleveland Browns, has denied any wrongdoing and vowed to clear his name. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
AP sources: NFL insists on indefinite suspension for Watson

By Rob Maaddi Jun. 28, 2022 02:20 AM EDT

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson answers a question at the NFL football team's practice facility Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
All eyes on the NFL's pending decision on Deshaun Watson

By Rob Maaddi Jun. 16, 2022 12:56 PM EDT

Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry warms up at the NFL football team's practice facility Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Henry insists foot is healthy, open to extension from Titans

By Teresa M. Walker Jun. 14, 2022 06:19 PM EDT

FILE - Dallas Cowboys' Don Perkins is taken down by Baltimore Colts' Billy Ray Smith (74) and Ordell Braase (81) during a football game in Baltimore on Dec. 3, 1967. Perkins, a six-time Pro Bowl running back with the Cowboys in the 1960s, has died. He was 84. The NFL team and the University of New Mexico, where Perkins was a standout player before his professional career, said Perkins died Thursday, June 9, 2022. No cause of death was revealed. (AP Photo, File)
Don Perkins, 6-time Pro Bowl RB with Cowboys, dies at 84

Jun. 10, 2022 06:36 PM EDT

FILE - Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber III carries during the team's NFL football game against the New York Giants on Sept. 20, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. Barber, who scored plenty of touchdowns without recording a 1,000-yard season, has died, the team said Wednesday, June 1, 2022. He was 38. Barber played a final season with Chicago in 2011 after spending his first six years with the Cowboys. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, File)
Cowboys say former running back Marion Barber dead at 38

Jun. 01, 2022 09:05 PM EDT

During filming for the Denver Broncos' 2021 schedule release video, former quarterback and current "intern" Peyton Peyton Manning washes a Von Miller jersey at UCHealth Training Center on Tuesday, May 10, 2021 in Englewood, Colo. Schedule release day has become a competition across the NFL between the social media departments of teams to see whose video creates the biggest impression. (Ben Swanson/Denver Broncos via AP)
NFL teams use engaging videos to elevate schedule release

By Joe Reedy May. 11, 2022 07:40 PM EDT

FILE - Dallas Cowboys running backs coach Gary Brown looks at the scoreboard during an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Gary Brown, who rushed for 4,300 yards while playing on three NFL teams in the 1990s before going on to coach running backs in the pro and college ranks, has died. He was 52. Wisconsin’s athletic department and the Dallas Cowboys announced that Brown died Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File)
Gary Brown, former running back and coach, dies at 52

By The Associated Press Apr. 11, 2022 12:15 PM EDT

Cleveland Browns new quarterback Deshaun Watson speaks during a news conference at the NFL football team's training facility, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
Goodell: No timetable on NFL investigation of Deshaun Watson

By Barry Wilner Mar. 29, 2022 06:16 PM EDT

Georgia running back James Cook speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Running backs hoping to change perceptions at NFL combine

By Michael Marot Mar. 03, 2022 05:02 PM EST

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott speaks during a news conference following an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Cowboys face same questions after another early playoff exit

By Schuyler Dixon Jan. 17, 2022 03:11 PM EST

Umpire Ramon George (128) backs away from the line of scrimmage after setting the ball on the final play for the Dallas Cowboys in the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the San Franciso 49ers in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
49ers hang on over Cowboys 23-17 in chaotic wild-card finish

By Schuyler Dixon Jan. 16, 2022 08:18 PM EST

FILE - Nickelodeon commentators Nate Burleson, Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, and Noah Eagle are seen during an NFL wild-card playoff football between the New Orleans Saints and the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in New Orleans. Nickelodeon is back again for the opening weekend of the NFL Playoffs this year with more slime and hoping to top last year's critically acclaimed broadcast. The network will do a kids-focused broadcast of the San Francisco 49ers-Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman, File)
Slime Time: Nickelodeon ready for 2nd NFL playoff broadcast

By Joe Reedy Jan. 14, 2022 07:30 PM EST

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Emmanuel Moseley (4) runs to the end zone after intercepting a pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Cowboys, 49ers meet again in postseason in wild-card round

By Schuyler Dixon Jan. 14, 2022 05:28 PM EST