Dallas Cowboys

Texas Stadium

The Dallas Cowboys are a team in the Eastern
Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football
League. They are based in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. The team currently
plays their home games in Irving but they are scheduled to move to a new stadium
in nearby Arlington in 2009.[1] The Cowboys joined the National Football League
(NFL) as a 1960 expansion team. The team's national following might best be
represented by its NFL record of consecutive games in front of sold out
stadiums. The streak of 160 sold-out regular and post-season games began in
1990, and included 79 straight sellouts at Texas Stadium and 81 straight
sell-outs on the road.[2]

An article on Forbes Magazine's website, published September
13, 2007, lists the Cowboys as the most valuable sports team in the world, with
an estimated value of approximately $1.5 billion, ahead of the Washington
Redskins ($1.467 billion) and the New England Patriots ($1.199 billion). They
are also one of the wealthiest teams in the NFL, generating almost $250 million
in annual revenue.[3]

The Cowboys are one of the most successful teams of the modern
era (1960 and beyond.) The Cowboys have more victories (40) on the ever-popular
Monday Night Football than any other NFL team (Miami is 2nd with 39 and the
49ers are 3rd with 38).[4] They hold NFL records for the most consecutive
winning seasons (20, from 1966 to 1985) and most seasons with at least 10 wins
(24). The team has earned the most postseason appearances (28, which includes
another league record of 54 postseason games, winning 32 of them), the most
appearances in the NFC Championship Game (14), and the most Super Bowl
appearances (8), two more than any other NFL team. The Cowboys also played in 2
NFL championship games before the NFL's 1970 merger with the American Football
League. The Cowboys became the first team in NFL history to win 3 Super Bowls in
just 4 years (a feat that has been matched only once since, by the New England
Patriots). They are also tied with the San Francisco 49ers and the Pittsburgh
Steelers for having the most Super Bowl wins (5).

 

 Tony Romo didn't have to wait until the offseason to get his big payday from
the Dallas Cowboys after all.

The Cowboys and their quarterback have reached an agreement on
a six-year, $67.5 million contract extension, $30 million of which is
guaranteed. The deal includes an $11.5 million signing bonus. "Right now, we're
just talking, but it's closer than it was before," Romo said late Monday. "I
feel like I'm going to be with the Cowboys the rest of my career, definitely. I
love it."