RealClearSports: Cowboys Fans at Home in San Francisco

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

SAN FRANCISCO — Maybe the dateline should read Dallas-by-the-Bay. A Northern California stadium half full of Cowboys fans? The next thing, the area will be endorsing Rick Perry.

That nonsense about the Dallas Cowboys as "America's Team?" It isn't nonsense around here.

Where did it all go wrong? How did fans...

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RealClearSports: Meredith: Brilliant Star of a Bygone Era

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

There was a certain eeriness to the fact Don Meredith would die hours before a Monday Night Football contest. Also a certain poignancy.

Meredith better than anyone understood the contention of the late commissioner Pete Rozelle that at its essence the NFL is nothing but entertainment.

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RealClearSports: Tom Cable Unleashes Emerging Raiders

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

ALAMEDA, Calif. - As of the moment, Tom Cable is the coach of the Oakland Raiders and Wade Phillips is no longer the coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

Or exactly the opposite of what we believed a few weeks ago might be the situation.

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