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Dallas motto for 2008-2009 season: Finish (Yahoo! Sports)

On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys fly to Oxnard, Calif., for the opening of training camp. But their attempt to...

Cowboys, Pats biggest challengers to Super repeat for Giants (Yahoo! Sports)

The Super Bowl champion New york Giants are not in danger of being one-year wonders. They will instead be...

Superman has kryptonite, Romo has the playoffs (Yahoo! Sports)

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo needs to prove he can win when it really counts. Two years ago, he botched...

Romo aware of target on his back (Yahoo! Sports)

As camp approaches, Tony Romo knows he's ripe for criticism until he leads the Cowboys to a playoff win.

Cowboys Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

•  Jerry Jones has spoken with his checkbook.

The recent signing of safety Ken Hamlin for six years and $39 million concludes the richest offseason in Cowboys history. During the spree, Jones has inked five players to contract extensions totaling more than $211 million, including tackle Flozell Adams, running back Marion Barber, cornerback Terence Newman, receiver Terrell Owens and Hamlin.

That number includes $58 million in signing bonuses alone. Yes, Jones has done his part—providing a talented and well-paid roster.

Now he wants results. He doesn't just want to win a playoff game for the first time since 1996, he wants to win a Super Bowl.

Watching the Giants win only stoked the fire, and Jones is convinced the time is now for the...

AccuScore: How would teams fare with Favre? (Yahoo! Sports)

Brett Favre's impact with a new team might not be as significant as expected.

Hamlin, Cowboys agree on long-term contract (AP)

Dallas Cowboys safety Ken Hamlin won't have to wait until after the season for a long-term contract. The Cowboys and Hamlin agreed Tuesday on a $39 million, six-year deal that includes a $9 million signing bonus and guarantees the Pro Bowl safety about $15 million. After coming to Dallas on a $2.5 million free-agent deal following four years in Seattle, the 27-year-old Hamlin set career highs with...

Cowboys S Hamlin signs extension (PA SportsTicker)

The Dallas Cowboys finally have secured the long-term services of Pro Bowl safety Ken Hamlin.

Rodgers rarin' to go for Packers (Yahoo! Sports)

Patience has paid off for new Packers starting QB Aaron Rodgers, who is trying not to get caught up in the Brett Favre drama.

AFC North could produce a sub-.500 champion (SportingNews.com)

Thanks in part to their daunting schedules, the teams in the AFC North face a tough road to the postseason. In fact, don't be surprised if the division produces a sub-.500 champion.

NFL's 'Pacman' Jones appears in Vegas courthouse (AP)

Suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones appeared before a grand jury investigating a Las Vegas strip club shooting that left a man paralyzed and two others wounded. Attorney Robert Langford declined to comment Friday about Jones' testimony Thursday to the grand jury, an investigative panel whose proceedings are secret.

Wade Phillips could be gone after this season in Dallas (Yahoo! Sports)

This is not a make-or-break season for coach Wade Phillips, though I happen to think it's his last season wrote...

Fowler asking NFL for answers about steroids charge (Yahoo! Sports)

A month later, Tennessee Titans linebacker Ryan Fowler remains in limbo, his immediate future still uncertain...

NFL offseason report card: Grades are in (SportingNews.com)

The usual teacher's pets slacked off a bit, but the Eagles got the gold star and the Jets and Vikings moved to the head of the class.

Giants burning question: Bigger, better, more Super? (SportingNews.com)

After winning the Super Bowl last season, all signs point to the Giants building on their success and staying strong in the league's toughest division in 2008.

Does Terrell Owens get the message? (SportingNews.com)

T.O.'s name popped back into the news yesterday. Not surprisingly, there was a bit of controversy attached to it.

Cowboys' best bet: good returns from Pacman (SportingNews.com)

Assuming Pacman Jones stays out of trouble for three months, he still won't be a huge impact player in Dallas. But the Cowboys just need him to fill a special teams niche.

Ravens, Bills among 6 to crash NFL playoff party (SportingNews.com)

After pondering the six teams that might not make it back to the playoffs in 2008 and six of the teams not good...

Uncapped NFL wouldn't blow lid off balance (SportingNews.com)

A National Football League without a salary cap wouldn't be the football Armageddon that many presume it would be, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio says.

Packers must get creative to land Jason Taylor (SportingNews.com)

Jason Taylor reportedly wants to be traded, but he screwed up by announcing that he would retire after this season. If the Packers are interested in the defensive end, then they'll have plenty of negotiating to do with the Dolphins.

Foreclosure sale of 'Pacman' Jones' home postponed (AP)

A foreclosure sale on the home of former Tennessee Titan Adam "Pacman" Jones has been postponed until next month. Attorney J. Phillip Jones has been appointed trustee of the property. His office says the sale originally scheduled for Friday on the steps of the old Williamson County Courthouse is set for July 28.

Don Imus says he was making a 'sarcastic point' (AP)

Don Imus said Tuesday morning on his radio show that he was trying to "make a sarcastic point" with his latest on-air remarks about race, but that they had been misunderstood. Imus resurrected his radio career six months ago with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by a racist and sexist comment he made about a women's basketball team.

Don Imus once again brings race to airwaves (AP)

Don Imus has once again injected race into his radio show. During an on-air conversation Monday about the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, Imus asked, "What color is he?" Told by sports announcer Warner Wolf that Jones is "African-American," Imus responded: "There you go.

Cowboys S Williams set to tackle critics (PA SportsTicker)

Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams is ready to silence his critics.

Giants, not Cowboys, favorites in NFC East (Yahoo! Sports)

Things are so good with the Dallas Cowboys that minicamp gets canceled so the players can have a picnic.