Bobby Carpenter News

ALDO ORTEGA, HILLIARD, OH: Bobby Carpenter was a first-round pick. He has not become a starter and is going into his fourth year.

Investors in the D1 Sports Training facility being built on the Far North Side are, from left, Bobby Carpenter, Mike Vrabel, Jody Shelley and A.J. Hawk.

Jason Witten moved through the animated crowd like a modern-day pied piper. Everywhere Witten turned, he was followed by swarms of followers eager for recognition and affirmation.

Attention all players from the 2006 draft, and even the ones from 2007 as well, the time is now.

Here's a quick look at the position battles that will get the most attention during training camp and the preseason: Mike Jenkins vs.

Quick takes from a Wednesday's minicamp workout at Carrollton's Standridge Stadium: *Tony Romo says the story that appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about him being told to lose weight is total bullshit.

By CLARENCE E. HILL JR. CARROLLTON - Dallas Cowboys linebacker Bobby Carpenter will probably forever go down as a draft bust.He has accepted as much.And yes, the world knows, thanks to HBO's Hard Knocks television series, that his teammates kiddingly call him 'Barbie' Carpenter.He knows he can't win the image game at this point.

This position battle is not for a starting position, but who will become Kevin Burnett's replacement in the Dallas Cowboys' nickel linebacker package... by David Trollope 10 reads Sports This position battle is not for a starting position, but who will become Kevin Burnett's replacement in the Dallas Cowboys' nickel linebacker package.

In less than a week, the Cowboys players will don the pads and helmets for a three-day mini-camp in the middle of the Texas summer heat.

The Dallas Cowboys Women's Association, with the help from some of the team's biggest stars, helped raise close to $10,000 for the Rich Behm Family Trust on Thursday night.

Throughout the 2008 season, Wade Phillips would remind just about everybody that he was not coaching the '07 Cowboys that went 13-3. And Phillips can say the '09 Cowboys are not the '08 Cowboys, especially on defense.

Even for these parts, 90 degrees on June 9 is unseasonably hot. And making matters worse for the Dallas Cowboys in their 11th of 12 scheduled OTAs over a four-week period, the late Tuesday morning practice was on artificial turf.

Pro Bowl tight end Jason Witten is one of seven Cowboys who will serve as "celebrity waiters" at a sushi restaurant Thursday night to raise money for paralyzed scouting assistant Rich Behm.

Greg Ellis hasn't seemed comfortable with his future in Dallas for four years, ever since the Cowboys moved him to outside linebacker in their burgeoning 3-4 defensive scheme and drafted three consecutive first-round picks at his position.

J essica Simpson may grace the cover of the June issue of Vanity Fair , but last week, she was just another Dallas beauty catching lunch with her mom.

The Dallas Cowboys have placed defensive end turned outside linebacker Greg Ellis on the trading block, reports Calvin Watkins of fanhouse.com. Ellis, who didn't participate in Friday's OTA, has been publicly uncomfortable with the move to linebacker in 2006.

The Cowboys are considering cutting or trading Greg Ellis, who didn't participate in today's OTA workout.

Last season the Cowboys had the world in front of them. They had a team stacked with talent, a favorable schedule, and analysts across the country thinking it was going to be their year... Season Preview: Dallas Cowboys by Derek Major Last season the Cowboys had the world in front of them.

Tony Romo wants you to believe he had nothing to do with Terrell Owens' release.

We don't know for sure whether Brad Johnson was the infamous "snitch" at Valley Ranch last season.