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  • Kyle Orton Signs 3-Year Deal With Cowboys

    Kyle Orton Signs 3-Year Deal With Cowboys

    It’s official: the Dallas Cowboys have reached an agreement with Kyle Orton and have signed him on to what will be his seventh season, where he will back up current QB Tony Romo after playing for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos.

    The news was broken by Adam Schefter from ESPN today via Twitter:

     

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    Adam Schefter    Kyle Orton reached a three-year agreement with the Dallas Cowboys.(image) 1 hour ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    You can watch a video of Schefter discussing the news on ESPN.com.

    Dallas has been looking for a reliable recruit ever since Jon Kitna announced he would be unable to finish the season last year and retired. Kitna was a veteran player who went 4-5 in 2010 after Romo suffered an injury to his collarbone that took him out of the game for the rest of the season. The Cowboys already had Orton in mind after Kitna’s injury but were forced to wait out his stay with the Chiefs, who claimed him first. Not everyone is pleased with their decision, however, as evidenced today on Twitter.

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    The Bill Walton Trip    Kyle Orton signs a 3-yr w/ Dallas. He went from backing up a QB who performs 4th qtr miracles to a QB who needs a miracle to survive the 4th(image) 1 hour ago via Echofon ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Jared Truettner    Fail! Nothing can help the cowboys. RT @dallasnews: Report: Cowboys lock up veteran QB Kyle Orton to a three-year deal http://t.co/Qyfa5QfC(image) 3 minutes ago via Tweetbot for iOS ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Kevin H.     Idk how i feel about Kyle Orton going to Dallas; Romo is on notice for sure lol(image) 1 minute ago via Twitter for iPhone ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

  • Dallas Mavericks’ Rick Carlisle Ejected From Game For Kicking Ball

    Kick a ball in the NFL, score a field goal. Kick a ball in the NBA, get ejected; this isn’t the NFL, Rick. In case you missed it or just didn’t hear anything about it, Mavericks’ coach Rick Carlisle got a little heated recently. Usually when I get mad I just chill to some smooth jazz, but what does Rick do? He decides to kick the game ball into the audience and hit someone in the head; smooth move, ex-coach. . .er, X-lax, yeah, that’s what I meant.

    http://youtu.be/YdyMSvH-iOg

    After he kicked the ball, relieving stress, he saw the err of his ways and approached the dazed audience member, apologizing for his mistake. Apologies aside, though, the referees decided to eject Rick from the game for his angry deed. According to one source, Rick later released an apology for his actions stating:

    “I want to apologize to our franchise, Mark [Cuban], our fans,” Carlisle said after the game. “The incident where the ball got kicked into the stands — that can’t happen. My intent was not to kick it into the stands, I was trying to kick it to the referee, but I’m not a very good kicker. But, that can’t happen; the officials made the right call on that one. That’s a regrettable situation.”