*Before diving into the Dallas Cowboys 2022 training camp, have we all properly recovered from how 2021 ended?By the teams first practice Wednesday in Oxnard, Calif. it will be 192 days since the 14 penalties the one stinkin catch by CeeDee Lamb the too-little-too-late spike attempt by Dak Prescott the comedic-turned-criminal, late-to-the-party run by Umpire Ramon George. Some of us still have nightmares and depre sing daydreams about . You? *As camp beckons, I have an ominous feeling about this season. Because everything lined up for the Cowboys last season before it quickly fell apart, thats why.The record-setting offense. The avalanche of defensive takeaways. The health. The patsy NFC East opponents. The home-field advantage in the playoffs. A year ago at this time we were already buzzing about HBOs and the looming prime-time opener against Tom Brady and the defending champion Tampa Bay Avisail Garcia Jersey Buccaneers.This year? Um, Amari Cooper is gone and Cedrick Wilson is gone and Michael Gallup will mi s a couple of games and were just supposed to a sume the offense will be better? Randy Gregory is gone and were just supposed to a sume the pa s rush wont suffer?I dunno, I feel like the . *Ranking DFWs alternate uniforms: 4. Dallas Stars ; 3. Texas Rangers ; 2. Dallas Mavericks ; 1. Cowboys . *With the Rangers plunging toward another haple s, sub-.500 season, its already time to peer into the future. By the time they again compete for the A.L. West their pitching staff will likely be led by Alex Colome Jersey Jack Leiter, and Brock Porter. They just signed the Michigan high-schooler ranked as the 7th-best pitching prospect for a bargain $4 million. *If you believe the Mavs are going to build on this seasons run to the NBA Western Conference Finals, you are alone. season puts Dallas over/under win total at only 47.5 wins. Best in the West are the Suns and Clippers at 52.5 and Warriors at 51.5. Hard to believe Christian Wood and JaVale McGee arent moving the needle, but insert sarcasm they definitely are not. *My Mom had Shingles. So did both Grandmothers. I definitely do not want Shingles. But, man, the vaccines its a two-dose proce s kicked my butt. Debilitatingly sore arm at injection site and zapped of energy and filled with aches for 24 hours. Still, a couple days of pain are a small price to pay for a lifetime of protection.* . * . *If Im Jerry Jones, just for one season I have the Cowboys wear 17 different versions of blue, white, silver and the star. Take a page out of Oregons marketing book and watch the souvenir scratch roll in. *Because he was a behind-the-scenes engineer, Ted Nichols-Payne isnt a household name to DFW sports fans. But not many folks can bring Eric Nadel, Brad Sham and Chuck Cooperstein under the same roof. Thats what happened at his memorial this week in Dallas. RIP, TNP.Scroll to Continue *Rings since 1997: Jennifer Lopez 6, Dallas Cowboys 0. *Turns out Bo Jackson has more empathy for the Uvalde school shooting victims than the governor of Texas.Bo, who admits I dont know a soul there, . Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, was quick to praise the quick response and amazing courage of law enforcement officials in the wake of the shooting, but last visited the city on June 5 and attended none of the funerals. *Again, how is there not a company that movies and marketers hire to make sure their sports content doesnt look like something made by people who have never seen much le s played the sport they are selling? Shameful, Michelob Ultra. Youre really trying to appeal to golfers by depicting a golfer parking his push-cart directly on the green? This never happens. 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If you have acce s to the Internet, you know that country has a horrible history of human rights, a habit of invading countries without provocation and isnt particularly fond of America or Americans. There are inherent risks that come with going there, much le s attempting to make a living there.Secondly, she flew from New York to Moscow with two vape cartridges in her luggage. Seriously? Ru sian officials claim there was hashish oil in them, a crime that comes with a 10-year prison sentence. In the U.S., po se sion of hash and hash oil is illegal under federal law. So she was breaking the law, in multiple countries.In receiving the ESPYs Humanitarian League of the Year Award, WNBA star Nneka Ogwumike called Griner an American hero. Represent her in court? Sure. Hope for her safe return? Absolutely. But make Griner a martyr or our face of courage? Come on, we gotta have better options. *Wanna chill out at Dallas oldest and only bar where both cu sing and bras are prohibited? Stans Blue Note on Greenville Ave. turns 70 this week. In bar age, thats like immortal. *What the what, COVID? Youre worse than those holiday pounds that refuse to leave. If President Joe Bidens diagnosis wasnt a grim reminder that the virus is still alive and well, media attending this weekends XFL pre s conferences at Texas Live! in Arlington are required to underdo a COVID-19 test. A 35-minute COVID-19 test upon check-in. As of Thursday, Texas Health and Human Services reported that 7.3 million Texans still had COVID. Carlos Rodon Jersey Ugh overload. *This Weekend? Friday lets sneak in a round of golf before NFL training camps open next week. Saturday lets hang out with Big Brothers Big Sisters lil bro Ja. Sunday lets do a little run/walk around White Rock Lake, come high water (extremely unlikely) or Hell (in the form of 102 degrees). As always, dont be a stranger.