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By Stephen Hawkins
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iver S Tony Dixon is getting watched more closely by
mceit. Bill Parcells than most players in Dallas Cowboys
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t’s cleT With Darren Woodson missing all of camp and prob
ers Wijably the beginning of the season while recovering from
idthatiiick surgery, Dixon is getting an almost uninterrupted
le as ciance to prove himself as the No. 1 strong safety,
he' ll “His opportunity has come to the forefront,” Parcells
depuliisaid. “It’s a challenging thing for him. I don’t think he’ll
ns dire, Uver be able to look at this year and say, 'Gee whiz, I
ation; d dn’t have the opportunity to play.'”
saidfel Starters at other positions get rotated often, with
earl^wrec-time Pro Bowl linebacker Dexter Coakley and
P rc - defensive tackle La’Roi Glover among players who have
already spent time away from the first team the first four
on jiys of camp. Dixon hasn’t been moved around.
?lJ1 l ^ es g°i n g t0 8 et a really good long look probably
more than anybody at any position,” Parcells said.
I And the alternative if Dixon doesn’t work out?
larcells doesn’t know.
I For now, it’d be Keith Davis or Lynn Scott, the two
playing behind Dixon in camp. But Davis, before a
l:andout NFL Europe season, sat out last fall and
Scott is a special teams player who has never started
|n defense.
Dixon has played in 33 straight games, but his pri-
ary role last season was on special teams (team-high
tackles). He made seven defensive starts at the end of
[002, filling in for an injured Woodson.
I “It’s a lot better this is not my second year. Had it been
as Air fly secon d year, I’d probably still be out there eyes wide
firstPlBP en ” Dixon said. “But it’s my fourth year. I’m comfort-
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able in the scheme. I’m out there eager to play and
ready to do it.”
Dixon was drafted in the second round in 2001,
three picks after the Cowboys got quarterback Quincy
Carter. He’s going into the final year of his contract.
Woodson had surgery the week before camp to
remove a herniated disc from his back. He is expect
ed to be out up to eight weeks, which would go past
the Sept. 12 opener at Minnesota.
“I don’t want Woody to be rushed to come back,”
Dixon said. “I want it to be a situation where I’m out
there playing good and they can look and say Tony’s
getting the job done, and when Woody is ready to
come back, he can come back. So I have to stand up,
I have to fill that void.”
Doctors told Woodson, the team’s career leading
tackier going into his 13th season, to remain home
and rest. He hasn’t made an appearance at camp yet.
Before coming to camp, Dixon told Woodson how
much he was going to miss him. Now he’s trying to
apply what he’s learned just by watching and hanging
around with the defensive captain over the years.
“Woody and I have been close since I got here, so
it’s almost one of those you don’t have to say any
thing,” Dixon said. “We both understand the business
of it, and we both want what’s best for this team.”
Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer said it’s dif
ficult to determine just by practice if Dixon is going
to be able to maintain the spot until Woodson returns.
He’ll know more after the first exhibition game Aug.
14 at Houston.
“It’s hard to really say this is the guy until it really
gets into the heat of the moment and you see all of
the bullets flying at you,” Zimmer said. “He’s not
doing anything to say, no he can’t do it. But he hasn’t
done anything to say, hey, this is our guy.”
TONY GUTIERREZ • THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
With incumbent safety Darren Woodson sitting out a back injury,
Tony Dixon (above) is expected to take over starting duties.
Bryant transcripts released Teen player dies after practice
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By Dave Zelio
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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roppeiil Transcripts released from a closed
31 totwo-day hearing in the Kobe Bryant sex
ual assault case provide rare detail of the
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fierce battles over evidence,
including a candid assessment
by the prosecution about its
chances should the judge rule
on a number of issues.
District Judge Terry
Ruckriegle withheld 68 lines
out of some 200 pages of
June 21-22 testimony deal
ing in part with Colorado’s
rape-shield law.
“If in fact you were to rule that all of
the rape-shield evidence were going to
come in in this case, I’m thinking the
prosecution is going to sit down and
re-evaluate the quality of its case and
its chances of a successful prosecution,”
ovate I
BRYANT
prosecutor Ingrid Bakke told the judge.
However, a prosecution spokeswom
an cautioned Tuesday that the tran
scripts provide only limited details.
“It is one-sided information, and we
hope that people will keep that in mind,”
spokeswoman Krista Flannigan
said. “That’s what the trial is for.”
In releasing the transcripts,
Ruckriegle said he concluded he
must disclose the details despite
concerns about compromising
the privacy rights of Bryant’s
accuser and the Lakers star’s
right to a fair trial.
“It is with great reluctance
that this court releases these
transcripts,” Ruckriegle wrote. “The
effect of this release is to present nar
rowly limited, one-sided evidence and
argument to the public prior to the
selection of a jury and without refer
ence to the totality of the evidence.”
By Sheila Flynn
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A football player at Carter High School
died and two others were hospitalized after
the team’s first practice of the season.
Senior Eric Brown, 17, was Carter’s
5-foot-ll, 275-pound center. He fin
ished practice around noon Monday
and went home, where he fell ill, said
Troy Mathieu, spokesman for the Dallas
Independent School District.
“He didn’t do anything in practice that
would’ve warranted concern,” Mathieu
said. He said Brown left the practice with
several other players and they stopped for
food before returning home. Once he got
home, however, the player began experi
encing health difficulties, Mathieu said.
“His sister noticed he wasn’t feeling too
great and then called 911,” Mathieu said.
Brown was taken to Charlton Methodist
Hospital and pronounced dead at 3:09
p.m., officials said.
The Dallas Medical Examiner’s office
said Tuesday it would wait for the results
of several tests, which could take weeks,
before determining a cause of death.
An ambulance was called for anoth
er player immediately after practice,
Mathieu said, and a third player later
went to the hospital. He said one was
discharged and one was kept overnight
for observation.
Temperatures Monday reached the
mid-90s. Mathieu said the practice began
around 8:30 a.m. and ended before noon,
and players took frequent breaks for water.
The National Center for Catastrophic
Sport Injury reports that 21 young foot
ball players across the country have died
from heat stroke in the past eight years.
No high school athletes died from heat
stroke in 2003, according to the center.
Texas high school football has only seen
one heat-related death in the last 22 years,
said Charles Breithaupt, athletic director
for the University Interscholastic League.
oigust 4, 2004
SPORTS IN BRIEF
A&M coach hired
by New Mexico
Texas A&M associate eques
trian coach Pam Bruemmer is
switching schools and positions.
Bruemmer accepted the
head equestrian coaching job at
New Mexico State University on
Tuesday, becoming New Mexico
State’s first varsity women’s
equestrian coach.
Bruemmer was one of the
original members of A&M’s first
equestrian club team in 1989
and graduated in 1992 with a
degree in journalism.
It will be the second time
Bruemmer has coached at New
Mexico State, with her first stint
as assistant English coach, last
ing from 1999 to 2001, before
returning to coach at A&M.
Bruemmer helped lead the
A&M English squad to a sixth
place finish at the Intercollegiate
Horse Show Association
National Championships this
year, the highest finish ever for
the English members of the
equestrian team.
NMSU will field a varsity
women’s equestrian program
for the first time in 2004-05
after successful years as a club
program.
Armstrong victory
festivities date set
AUSTIN (AP) - The Tour de
France is finished and Lance
Armstrong won his record sixth
straight title. Now it’s time to party.
Armstrong's adopted home
town will host a celebration of
his victory Aug. 13 at the state
Capitol. Organizers expect more
than 60,000 to attend the night
time event, which will feature
musical performances, a parade
and a slate of speakers.
“Lance is an American hero,"
said Michelle Milford, spokes
woman for the Lance Armstrong
Foundation. “His admirers live
far and wide, but in particular,
here in Austin," she said.
The city previously hosted vic
tory celebrations for Armstrong
in 1999, after his first Tour win,
and in 2001, after his third.
An Armstrong spokesman said
Armstrong will spend the next two
weeks with his family but would
not say if that would be in Austin.
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