Cowboys Plan To Franchise Dez Bryant

Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones confirmed to FOX Sports Southwest that the team indeed expects to apply the franchise tag to wide receiver Dez Bryant by Monday’s deadline.

“I still think that it’s probably, you know, would be a stretch to think that we would have something done by Monday and beat the franchise-tag deadline,” Jones said. “Looks like we’re eyeing a franchise tag on Dez, but certainly won’t stop us from working hard to get a long-term deal.”

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7 Foot Chinese Boxer Ready To Dominate The Heavyweight Division

The Chinese fighter, given the nickname “The Great Wall” for obvious reasons, stands at a whopping 7-feet and weighs in at 286-pounds. He might just be the most intimidating boxer walking this earth, even though he has no amateur experience.

In a stereotype that will make every tall person sigh, Dong was formerly a basketball player. He didn’t think twice about changing sport, however, as he told Fox Sports. “The transition wasn’t really hard,” said Dong. “Nowadays I have to concentrate on fewer things, since I only have to apply punches and protect the upper part of my body.”

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Rajon Rondo Has A Shouting Match With His Coach

Point guard Rajon Rondo did not play the final 20-plus minutes of the Dallas Mavericks‘ 99-92 win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night after a profanity-laced shouting match with coach Rick Carlisle over play-calling responsibilities.

The incident occurred with 8:10 remaining in the third quarter, when Carlisle stormed out on the American Airlines Center court to call a timeout and shouted at Rondo, who appeared to be ignoring a play call from the bench as he brought the ball up the floor.

Rondo responded by shouting back at Carlisle. They exchanged heated words for much of the timeout, with assistant coach Jamahl Mosley at one point stepping in front of Rondo to prevent the point guard and coach from getting in each other’s faces.

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