Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP Dallas Cowboys secondary coach Dave Campo, here with rookie cornerback Mike Mickens (33) may have a top secondary in the works. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Browse more photos » Improved Secondary Play Should Make the New Stadium Blitz City In the last three years, I've probably devoted more lines to analyzing, and ripping the Cowboys mediocre safety play...
Writer's Block (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Fourth-year safety Pat Watkins knows what he's facing when training camp starts in late July. There will be stiff competition in the secondary. The Cowboys drafted DeAngelo Smith and Mike Hamlin to play safety, while third-year players Alan Ball and Courtney Brown are being trained at safety and corner. Gerald Sensabaugh was signed as well. With that kind of depth built up, and the likelihood of only...
Football news from a chick™ (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Courtney Brown Alan Ball The biggest playmakers at organized team activities today were a pair of low-profile, third-year defensive backs: cornerback Alan Ball and safety Courtney Brown. Ball had an interception and each player had a couple of deflections, earning praise from teammates and coach Wade Phillips. The performances came one day after the team backtracked on owner Jerry Jones' comment that...
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Defense wins . Offense loses. That was the theme of today's organized team activity. The passing game looked, as Roy Williams said, "sloppy" . There were some center-quarterback exchange problems and blown assignments on the O-line. On the other end of the offense's miscues, the defensive backs came up big--particularly Courtney Brown and Alan Ball . Brown showed his cornerback skills by...
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
The Cowboys finished up their organized team activities for the week, today. Hopefully, next week won't have as many absences. Here is today's list courtesy of the DMNblog : K Nick Folk , WR Travis Wilson , WR Sam Hurd , WR Miles Austin , S Courtney Brown , CB Mike Mickens , FB Deon Anderson , CB Terence Newman , TE Rodney Hannah , LB Justin Rogers , LB Stephen Hodge , LB Bradie James , LB Victor Butler...
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
DeMarcus Ware and Anthony Spencer comment on Cowboys moving Greg Ellis. (via NewsDFW ) Hat tip to DCFanatic for the video link. With the Cowboys ready for life after Greg Ellis, fellow linebacker DeMarcus Ware talked about Ellis ' leadership and the business aspect of pro football. "He was a mentor to me when I first came in and also we became really good friends," said defensive end DeMarcus...
World Famous Creative Strategy (Free subscription) | 04/24/2009
What do Tim Couch, Courtney Brown, Ryan Leaf, and Yatil Green have in common? No, not that they match up from material to the most recognizable color of that item, but rather that they were flops. Which kind you ask? Well, in celebration of this upcoming weekend, we have the NFL Draft. All those people rather flopped because of injuries, or simply performing at a level that was considerable lower...
Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
Pfizer's plans to adopt a lean, mean biotech approach to R&D gets a cautious thumbs up from Frank Lichtenberg, a Courtney Brown professor of business at Columbia Business School. In a case study for BusinessWeek , Lichtenberg notes that Pfizer invested $35 billion in drug development between 2004 and 2007 and introduced only four major therapies. "The recent record suggests that they really...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Know Theatre delivers a charming rendition of Sarah Ruhl's "Eurydice," which flips the Orpheus legend into the story of his lost bride Eurydice (Courtney Brown).
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 03/05/2009
Courtney Brown takes the title role of "Eurydice" in Know Theatre's regional premiere of Sarah Ruhl's re-imagining of the Orpheus myth from a decidedly different viewpoint.
Cowboys Gab (Free subscription) | 12/15/2008
Cowboys list of inactives for Week 15 are: QB Brooks Bollinger (3rd), CB Adam Jones, CB Courtney Brown, RB Alonzo Coleman, LB Steve Octavien, G Montrae Holland, G Joe Berger, WR Isaiah Stanback. RB Marion Barber is active, though he could be limited and share carries with RB Tashard Choice. WR Roy E. Williams and [...]
WaitingForNextYear (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
By now, you all know the drill. Browns use a high draft pick on a star collegiate athlete. Athlete never gets to maximize his potential for the city of Cleveland. Now that I think about it, on the cover, it looks like this movie could be about Tim Couch, Courtney Brown, Gerard [...]
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
The Cowboys practiced this morning in shorts and helmets and that means they didn’t run anything at full speed. Consequently, there isn’t a lot to report. To give you an idea of why, when they were running 11-on-11 Courtney Brown made an INT and Wade came over and told the defense to quit catching the ball. So they weren’t really covering, breaking up passes or anything that resembled...
The Sport Report (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
Of the 20 players selected in the top four of the NFL Draft from 1998 to 2002, a whopping 10 of them are already out of the league, including three No. 1s (Courtney Brown, Michael Vick, Tim Couch), two No. 2s (Charles Rogers, LaVar Arrington, Ryan Leaf), two No. 3s (Andre Wadsworth, Akili Smith) and [...]
HoustonChronicle.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2007
Dallas Cowboys FB Oliver Hoyte was ruled out for Monday night's game against Buffalo. Hoyte has a neck injury that kept him out of the previous two games. He had been listed as doubtful. The team previously said it would be without CB Anthony Henry, S Courtney Brown and WR Terry Glenn, who hasn't played all season. Miami Dolphins
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